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That's incredibly cool actually, what was the book? Could you share anything he wrote which you found especially interesting?

Linus Tech Tips made a Faraday cage out of an employee's house using graphite-based EMF-blocking paint. MMS messages with images couldn't be sent from within the house, although te…

Fat shaming doesn't work. It can maybe work, sometimes, on an individual level, like if you're a big enough dick to your friend or partner maybe you can get them to lose some weigh…

Then your bank is garbage and you should switch to a better one. My main bank (USAA) lets me use a one time code sent to my email as a second factor (or SMS, or a code from their a…

That's pretty unhinged, but I'm glad there's someone out there vandalizing annoying pumps. It's important work, I think.

Can't you use youraddress.servicename@gmail.com? I thought gmail strips whatever comes after the dot. (I don't have a google account, so I could be wrong or maybe it was a differen…

“This seems like a path toward having no people with Down syndrome, having no people with certain disabilities, even though there are people that have those disabilities that live …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude#List_of_app... The sun on Pluto is only slightly dimmer than the sun on a very strongly overcast midday on Earth (about half as bri…

Often, the whole kernels you see in the toilet aren't actually filled with corn.

Someone who's jailed for driving on a suspended license because it's the only way they can get to their job probably isn't going to discontinue that behavior upon their release. I …

"within your natural lifespan" isn't really a qualification of "never, ever". The two are very different time frames. I think it's good that you're willing to adjust your opinions …

Yes-like Meta, or Threads, or Apple, Glean, Element, X, Zoom, etc. If you choose a generic word for your brand name, don't be surprised when a bigger company chooses the same gener…

I detest Meta as much as the next guy but I can't bring myself to feel bad for Threads Software Limited here. This is what you get when you pick your company name out of a dictiona…

Piracy vs. not buying it vs. not downloading it are morally equivalent. The actual ethical stance here is whether or not you're paying for DRM; once you've committed to not doing t…

> The Gujo City Fire Department in Gifu Prefecture, which has many ski resorts within its jurisdiction, received 351 emergency calls between Jan. 1 and Jan. 23. Nearly 40% — 135 ca…

Where do you live? If you're in the US, check if you live near an Ace hardware store; mine sells gallon jugs of 90% sulfuric acid for something in the range of $25. Look for Rooto …

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Do you have a source for this?

I just did it from Firefox on Linux in a private tab near Washington, D.C.. Fake name, no phone, no backup email. I was able to log out, sign back in, and send an email without any…

Don't forget that we very nearly had a successful coup, which would have spelled the end of American democracy. Are we on the verge of becoming a Stalinist state? No, not really. C…

For me it'll be "yes". If an airline cancels my boarding pass because they don't like my email address (?), too bad for them, they just lost a sale. If someone keeps missing import…

Correct, things used to be worse than they are now. Does that mean that the automatic rebuttal to any complaint with anything remotely modern is that at least we're not still livin…

22 kg, not 83. (That's still a lot.)

They've also taken a hardline stance against right to repair, which is a deal breaker for a lot of HN. Unfortunately, there aren't many modern options for people who care about bot…

Users that care about having control over their devices shouldn't be buying Apple hardware in the first place. Not that I support Apple's anti-consumer practices, but if you buy on…