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I have the same name as an entrepreneur who had a fairly successful exit and is now an early stage investor. As a result, I get a slow trickle of cold intro emails with hot* start-…

Maybe it's like prostate cancer in that it changes so slowly that often something else kills you long before the prostate cancer has a chance to? [0] [0] https://www.cancer.gov/typ…

"Stored pressure ABC extinguishers are very common, and they often require internal maintenance every 6 years and hydrostatic testing every 12 years. Other types of extinguishers m…

Very few people want to spend $40 on a fire extinguisher every few years until the moment when their kitchen is actually on fire.* *That is, unless, history repeats itself and we l…

The same year. What started as a bad flu in Kansas in the Spring of 1918 morphed into a super-killer by the Fall of the same year.[0] [0] https://www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-s…

I'm going to venture a guess that lifestyle is a huge factor in the difference. People are generally more active out west (better weather, more open spaces/ parks/ mountains, bette…

Eliminate all of the wildlife in the yard? Some people actually prefer a diverse array of wildlife over a neighbor's pet.

The butterflies & migrating birds would likely beg to differ.

Everything? Amazon is crushing it and clearing out the space for essentials. Costco Online is selling out of food and sundries as soon as they refresh the web page. Anecdotally, I'…

HN hive mind: At what point are there sufficient numbers of survivors to establish herd immunity and get some semblance of normalcy?

Anybody semi-capable can easily modify a stick built house. And Americans _love_ to modify their houses. DIY stores are big business here. I, myself, am adding some recessed LED li…

It is my (albeit limited) understanding that the Gates grants are focused on providing toilets to areas where there previously were none and not on replacing crumbling infrastructu…

That's probably because Bill & Melinda issued their grants a few years back. You can see a list of all of the high-tech outhouse makers here [0]. Many of the designs are out in the…

Surely, you're joking?! What if you want to actually see the Flugelfluffer assembled before you purchase it in a flatpack? (maybe you want the white one? no, wait, the natural one)…

>designed to make you maximize browsing time Have you never been to an IKEA? If you want to see what maximizing browsing time looks like IRL, you should visit one some time.

Al Ruddy (the producer) describes how this came about in his interview with Malcolm Gladwell[0]. It's quite a story. [0] http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/39-chutzpah-vs-chutz…

Which is why many pro athletes move their residency to Florida the day they sign their multi-million dollar contracts and buy the biggest mansions they can afford.

There shouldn't be any _outdoor cats_, full stop. I don't think people realize the extent of the bird/squirrel/lizard/frog carnage inflicted by the fluffy apex predator they occasi…

Mesothelioma, perhaps? Asbestos is still used in aftermarket brake pads.[0] [0] https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/current-best-practices-preventi...

I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of women who have tried to get pregnant have had at least 1 miscarriage in their lifetime. Fertile or not, it appears to be part of the chil…

I've heard a well timed press of the escape key during "page load" interrupts something to do with "java script"?

This is colloquially referred to as having a "gut feeling".

...is because humans, in general, have a natural truth bias.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth-default_theory#Truth_bia...

The sheer hubris of this beggars belief. Maybe we can get a skillshare from Elizabeth Holmes on how to build a lasting company or Adam Neumann on how to con your way into making a …

I suspect many bread makers would immediately recognize the name of the province where the windmills are located. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan_wheat