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Teen-ager and some other unusual hyphenations are New Yorker style, yes

It’s worth traveling to see totality if you can swing it

It isn’t. I’ve seen both total and partial, and it’s (literally) night and day. There’s no comparing the two, in my opinion.

See the footnote in TFA

Seems like an instance of Betteridge’s Law, so long as there’s a camera ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline... ) Although I do agree with the other comme…

Did you miss the part immediately after this where the author then explains why that journalist’s take is incorrect?

This seems like exactly the kind of attempt to blame a single person rather than the system that the article is arguing against . Yes, the helicopter pilot was a major part of the …

This is an insane thing to publish, and I can’t believe their legal team signed off on it. Save it for the courts.

Just want to say, thanks for writing this! It was lovely to read this expounding upon the depths and contours of the original statement. The point seemed so obvious when she expres…

In addition to what others have said, the OP posted their rationale in a comment along with the post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49135427

Yes, indeed. I was being sarcastic

Search input box is at the bottom, yes

Can’t land a good partner on your own merits? Globalism means you can go to a poor country and find someone whose position on the “poverty vs living with this asshole” scale tips h…

Yeah, what could we possibly have done[0] to justify an attack on our water supply? [0]: https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-water-desalination-pl...

Google seems inflated: I feel like the meaningful range is between 4.5 and 5 stars, so 4.5 stars is just okay, and as you get closer to 5 stars it’s more likely to be actually good…

Loved Tatsu-ya when I lived there. If you like Japanese food and you haven’t been yet, you should check out Asahi imports (on Burnet, not too far from Komé, which is also great, al…

brb gotta add literally every pizza place in NYC But seriously, this is great, and has already given me some new spots to try for lunch. Hopefully it takes off! I’d imagine it’ll b…

Not going to reply to all the comments, but so glad I posted this! Lots of great recs I hadn’t heard of to check out

I have been too nervous to really try using the phone as a passenger in a car, but it has also activated for me on trains and planes, where I suffer less from motion sickness anywa…

Unrelated, but all I want is a letterboxd for books, with the light social aspect, the ability to log a read multiple times, and with a great interface. I read my hope for this int…

I stopped being precious about mine after stripping and reseasoning some real gnarly ones from thrift stores. Knowing that I can always start fresh from zero made me worry less, an…

That’s way more than I do with mine: hot water, nylon brush, throw it on the heat till dry, wipe with paper towel already oiled from constantly doing this. First use is always over…

Buy a good metal spatula with a sharp edge and a slightly flexible business end. This is my favorite spatula by far: https://products.radacutlery.com/collections/kitchen-utensil...…