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Not true, restrictive states had significantly lower mortality. Mask mandates being the most significant factor. The largest gaps in mortality occur in the latter half of 2020 and …

The sea surface temperature data is from NOAA and the sea ice extent data is from JAXA. His claims are not difficult to verify, if you follow the citations.

DCCC site calls out the personal finance and ponzi stuff on August 24: https://web.archive.org/web/20220824162022/ttps://dccc.org/t... Word is that state party officials tried to g…

The opposition pointed out his shady personal finances and ponzi stuff publicly, months before the election. Press apparently weren't interested at the time.

Likely restrictive zoning. In much of North America, commercial and mixed-use buildings are not permitted in areas zoned for single-family residences.

The reason it doesn't make sense is that I think everyone (even his defenders) are misreading the offending sentence. "If I were a Jew" is meant to inform his "concern" not his "ap…

You must walk before you can run. An Oregon carbon tax could serve as a model to others, and help inch us toward international consensus. It's a coordination problem; signalling se…

It astounds me that an article about government officials going on an unwarranted fishing expedition through a journalist's entire digital life would be flagged on HN. Particularly…

You can reopen tabs in a private window, but the session appears to be lost when you close the window.

The draft explicitly excludes hyperlinks from copyright protection. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL...

Not that much longer. This mass extinction is believed to be 10-100 times faster than any previous.

Yes, but it'd be very slow. Lye would be much more effective. But any solution strong enough to saponify the grease will be strong enough to damage your skin, so use gloves. I usua…

Low pH cleaners are fine. Higher pH such as dishwasher detergent will strip the seasoning.

Wiping with vinegar will cause rust. You want to go the other way - alkalis will convert grease into soluble compounds without damaging the steel.

Gun ownership rates have been falling, not rising. http://www.norc.org/PDFs/GSS%20Reports/GSS_Trends%20in%20Gun...

The author is incorrect - his shoe is a Vapor Glove 2, not a 3 - as evidenced by the design and clearly visibly label. And the Vapor Glove is definitely not a follow-up to the Trai…

The requisite starch for dondurma (Turkish ice cream) is banned from export, due to the rarity of the orchids that produce it (also slow growth and very low yields). I'd be surpris…

A trademark is more precarious than a patent. If you don't defend the trademark in a timely manner, the infringer can make a laches defense. Unchecked infringement - however minor …

Clove oil works well, according to Dave Arnold: http://www.cookingissues.com/index.html%3Fp=5731.html

Honeybees are not native to North America. They actually may have a negative impact on native species.