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That's an oddly alien view to me. I'd build a house so I could live in it, not to make money from it.

> water molecules in food start to vibrate producing heat That isn't really how microwaves work. Or, perhaps, that's how all radiation heat things work. It's any molecule that will…

Well, young people don't really watch that much TV these days. Why would they? I mean, you have to choose a channel and then you're watching the same thing for ages , like 25 minut…

> your best bet is to make an entirely new clone Or you can just rebase to edit the commits and remove the secret file. If you're really paranoid you can run `git gc` vto ensure th…

From the Glossary: binary digit is a digit that may assume one of two values: “0” (zero) or “1” (one) 10, 11, 14 Those examples of binary numbers are just terrible.

Over half the world are not "believers in Genesis" (by which I would guess you mean biblical literalists).

No, scoring 50% on a test is not the same as a coin toss, for very obvious reasons.

The default KDE font is Noto Sans, which is a professionally designed font commissioned by Google and is used in various Google projects, including ChromeOS.

Ok, to clear it up: "Ours is entirely procedural" == ""Infinigen is entirely procedural" "relying on no external assets" == "every asset, from shape to texture, is generated from s…

I'm not sure how you missed it, it's right there in the summary: "Infinigen is entirely procedural: every asset, from shape to texture, is generated from scratch via randomized mat…

The UK actually has a statutory 5.6 weeks - which is 28 days - for all full time employees. Most companies will split that as 20 days flexible leave plus 8 public holidays, but it'…

If it quacks like a duck, it's more likely that's it one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zyyini-Whistle-Carring-Suitable-Bar...

"You are being fired from the company for poor performance. Is there anything else I can help you with?" "But my last performance review said I was above expectations in every cate…

Would it really be only 1% of kids who join the Boy Scouts, or Girl Guides, or Boys Brigade (or whatever your country's equivalents are)? I would have guessed it was much higher th…

Sure we do. In the Boy Scouts for example, though I just learned it from a book. I suspect a large percentage of people on HN would know how to start a fire from scratch.

I wouldn't, just because it's so long ago. It's like reading, "the only person who has attempted to build Babbage's Difference Engine is Donald E. Knuth"!

Interesting to me: "So far as I know, the only person who has attempted to explain Harriot’s transition from weighing experiments to the invention of binary is Donald E. Knuth, who…

Everybody noticed. It's what people mean when they refer to a comment sounding like it was written by ChatGPT. I suspect it's a deliberate choice, much as The Sun newspaper aims at…

Because if it was, it would mostly talk about porn? :)

1. There is no such thing as 100% accurate. Not only is it not physically possible (there can always be hardware errors or bit flips) but it's not even theoretically possible (you'…

To be honest, I think I would just let this one go. Does your father, at 84, really need a new car anyway?

No, my fish isn't. Your fish might be, but that's a you problem.

Very easily. There's no baby formula shortage in the UK or EU, so why not pass emergency legislation that allows them to provide the US market and pay the EU/UK producers up front …

So, the types are: 1. Keep your head down, work hard and humbly, be a good little serf. 2. Say "screw this", realise there's a ton of wealth in the world and the leeches are taking…

Actually, this doesn't apply to the whole of Scotland since "The Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000", and it doesn't apply to NI either. The crown ownership only a…