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3,000 troops to evacuate an embassy seems excessive? How many diplomats are there? Nonetheless A terrible situation for Afghanistan; I wish the world could help them but I'm not su…

I hope that GATech one day offers an affordable online math MSc program, like their CS program

I didn't mean it negatively. I wrote it with a smile. They should take pride in their work!

It is being demolished now. The company doing the demolition must be very proud of destroying things, because they make drone & time-lapsed videos of it: https://johlerdemolition.c…

I actually haven't heard of the Honor Harrington series; I'll look it up. Do you recommend paperback or audio for it?

(spoiler warning) I gave up on the ExForce series after a half dozen books; it was good, just repetitive. But I couldn't force myself to purchase the Bobiverse #2. While the Bobive…

While this is good news for the state of New York, I don't think it meets the site guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Putting the Checking account into a fund/security and then selling the fund/security for ATM withdrawals, or individual expenses etc will be a headache come tax time. How does your…

Comparing New York, the midwest, the south, and SV, it's mostly SV that is entitled. NY has this to some extent (finance) too

> Irony” is a term that everyone uses and seems to understand. It is also a concept that is notoriously difficult to define. I've always thought this. It's easier to explain irony …

The market for retirees who are willing to pay $100M annually to live in a pressurized bubble on the moon is maybe one or two, for only one annum

I would like to se it weighted by the number of athletes sent.