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> doesn’t need a bunch of number keys that no one is ever going to click on Don't underestimate the number of people who like to lean back in their chair and do everything with a m…

I don't want to get between a Frenchman and his butter, but I just use a potato peeler for cold butter. I find it works well enough. I've also used a cheese slicer, but I found it …

I'm reluctant to pimp my own product on HN, but one of the features of Spreadspeed [1] (my Excel add-in) is a Quick Protect tool which protects the sheet but will unlock individual…

I don't understand why Sweden is being held up as a paragon. Their death rate is currently 9th worst worldwide and over 2x that of the United States': https://www.statista.com/stat…

In order for that argument to work, the US would also have to lower the minimum wage. Is that what you're proposing?

In case anyone is not aware, the planned relief for companies in the private sector is in the form of loans, not cash giveaways

From what I understand, the sense of taste is intertwined with the sense of smell. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-connection-between-taste-a...

Not only that, but I find the taste different. I'm one of those people who thinks cilantro tastes like soap. For me, it overpowers all other flavors in a dish, but I find coriander…

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22565107

Did anyone here bother to check the bio's of the officials listed on the amicus brief? If so, you'd discover that the many (maybe most, I didn't count) were holdovers from previous…

If you prefer video, watch the 1998 PBS piece Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet . I won't link to it because I'm not sure if the site is legit, but I just re-watched a f…

It's complicated. The US spends more per capita (PPP) than any other country by good margin [1]. Of that, the US government pays roughly 50% of the total cost [2]. The net effect i…

I don't think 5 star general is a rank anymore. There is also one 6 star, George Washington, General of the Armies. As far as branches, the Merchant Marines falls under the DoD as …

I use airnow.com. The site's usability is fine, and more importantly, their AQI numbers look much more realistic than the data you're getting from PurpleAir. You might consider ano…

> (1) Americans consider housing to be an investment. Apparently I'm the lone dissenter on this, but I think for many people this is a side benefit that they may hope for, but the …

> Maybe now we can get some wage inflation! We have been. Real (inflation adjusted) median household income has been going up in recent years, from ~$57k / household in 2014 to ~$6…

The whole thing is pretentiously written blather. > This is not to say that all women who appeared in public were assumed to be sexually available, nor that middle-class women were…

Another interesting one is Hickory (NC) Furniture Mart. It started as a drive-in restaurant and pivoted over time into a mall with over 100 furniture stores.

Good point. Someone on r/cfb made the same point, but the idea of marketing "The" caps and shirts was still widely mocked, even by OSU diehards.

Ohio State University recently tried to trademark the word "The". Thankfully they were denied.

I saw Scott Hanselman speak, and he said he has impostor syndrome. I thought to myself, great, if Hanselman has impostor syndrome, I'm not even qualified. I must be an impostor-syn…

I was excited for a second, but ESPN's site still autoplays videos, e.g.: https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=401110...

> For youngsters these days, an hour of free play is like a drop of water in the desert. I'm over my free NYT limit, but the lead caught my eye. Is this a by-product of raising kid…

I did this a few weeks ago. I just quit a long tobacco habit, so I might have been a bit impulsive. For the most part, it turned out fine. I needed a second person to help trim the…

The lead paragraph of the bill: > To ensure the digital contents of electronic equipment and online accounts belonging to or in the possession of United States persons entering or …