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With the number of comments on this post, I doubt anyone will read this, much less the OP, but I feel compelled to say: GO TO THE FUCKING DOCTOR!!! If you're noticing something wro…

What's your preferred medium (one-on-one conversation, book, audiobook, podcast, article, etc.)?

I don't mean to be alarmist and I have no idea what the likelihood is, but one thing you didn't list as a possible cause is something that has changed in your brain. When I was 32 …

He has one on the ICE actually, though I don't have the link handy.

Please correct my math if I got this wrong, but a less click-baity headline would be: > IRS Says Its Own Error Sent 0.0016 Percent of a $2.2 Trillion Stimulus Package to Non-Americ…

Agreed. Would renaming it vertical-split or vertical-alternating reduce confusion?

I don't want to just spread negativity, but I see this so often on HN I feel like it's mean not to comment. I would strongly recommend anyone considering developing an app to have …

> I'm guessing that video is taken in the US since she is planting corn. Yep, Nebraska. I grew up near(ish) the town on her sweatshirt.

Has the ACLU's stance on the right to bear arms has been inconsistent, as in, changed quite a bit over time? Or they just haven't had much of a stance to speak of? Honest question.…

> I would bet that most people who join the military today (at least in the US) do so hoping to avoid ever having to see action, rather than looking forward to killing for their co…

I had also heard that. This was the first source I found, which paints a slightly more complicated picture, but does seem to indicate that divorce is less common among the affluent…

> nervous people who are very self conscious in an interview setting may respond completely differently than they would if they were asked the same question on the job by the coffe…

Relevant Computerphile episode (w/ Tom Scott): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI

http://www.flexboxdefense.com/ Really appreciated this back when I was first introduced to CSS Flexbox.

Binging With Babish has gotten me cooking more than at any other time in my life. And Primitive Technology is mesmerizing.

>Another popular algorithm is PageRank developed in 1988 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page... I think you meant 1998 there.

Got an email signup for that?

Re: the notion that "airlines bump people all the time", there are those arguing that while it is indeed lawful and routine for airlines to bump passengers due to overbooking, this…

Just a word usage nitpick: In your "Hacker News for Moms" idea description, you say, "Higher quality posts and articles than the dribble that most moms read on their Facebook feeds…

> Good. Censorship and other attacks should be as noisy, obtrusive, and damaging as possible Agreed. It's human nature to not bother to speak up when a group you're not a part of i…

> My sister One anecdote > My girlfriend Another anecdote > During high school a huge percentage Now we're talking percentages, which is better. But you'd still need something bett…

Maybe it's not so much about drawing developers to them but trying to keep existing .NET developers from straying?

Agreed. Everyone here saying that nothing could have stopped Netflix from triumphing needs to go read the second article you mention. According to it, seeing Blockbuster's demise a…