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The publication is NPR so that it is US news goes somewhat without saying. However, this is something that Americans need to understand is exceptional for a nation of its resources…

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This may be a good place to start. https://nodejs.org/api/repl.html Generally you have a client run their own Javascript that speaks to your backend but does not run on your hardwa…

Dr. Acula would like a word with you.

This may be the same issue as is seen in crop pesticides. The practitioners don’t trust the science and try to play it safe by adding more than is advised.

That could mean a lot of things. Are you saying that they look dead, fused with another cat, drastically younger, attacked by an interdimensional monster, cloned or are the evil al…

My complaint from the beginning was that you stifled conversation by detaching this thread and because every comment is flagged and downvoted automatically you have allowed those w…

Your handling of this comment section was irresponsible. If you cannot handle this responsibility you should ban submissions and comments dealing with any and all social issues and…

The moderators have a long-standing bias towards the political right. A black man with a PhD in Mathematics is not allowed to speak out about systemic racism on Hacker News.

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> I fail You got that part right. You have a moral obligation to be aware of racial discrimination and its calling cards.

This is an interesting and innovative approach. It is essentially a grey hat operation carried out by the government to raise individual awareness about cybersecurity. Considering …

A down-sampled image has less noise than an image in its native resolution. You can experiment on your own monitors if you don't believe the theory, just remember to use font smoot…

By that logic Apple's Retina displays would be worse than non-Retina displays. Down-sampling decreases eye strain and makes the image smoother. It is only an issue when dealing wit…

I'm using an LG 4k and while I have no idea what model yours is I had an interesting revelation that made the coexistence of my monitor with my MBP more palatable. I turned off the…

Some of this seems a little obvious to me but I may have been spoiled by Grid By Example[1] being my tutor. This article does not get into grid areas which, if used, should be the …

You may need "font smoothing" enabled.

Former butcher turned coder here. If this concerns you just find a meat counter that grinds their meats in-house. It is an incredibly easy thing to do and it is very economical as …

Thanks, that's something to go on. It's interesting that the referenced radio hosts estimate that over twice as much mass is lost by hydrogen escaping the atmosphere.

You could pause MySpace audio the same way you can skip a YouTube intro. That didn't both me back then, of course you stop noticing things when you get used to them.

> Please, show me where they say it is clearly causative. You are either being intentionally obtuse or you misunderstand the purpose of a study. This is a published study, not a Fo…

I wonder how much extraterrestrial material is added to the Earth every year and how that affects the geological cycle. They said that the "glass foam" on the samples is unexplaine…

It loads right away on Firefox! Unfortunately it also immediately loads a full-page ad that obscures all of the page's content to beg for money before I have even had a full second…