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Yes, the electrical shocks are very annoying! I don't know if it's related to an older/failing battery but I've certainly noticed this on an old Macbook Pro. Thanks for mentioning …

I totally agree - the article misses this point in a very conspicuous way. It suggests that Alice and Bob will both graduate at the same level. What may well happen instead is that…

Love the attempt, but after giving it a good image and letting it run for a while it's totally off. I measure my heartbeat at 100 bpm and it's reading around 50. I see some cool lo…

Consider laboratory automation? I work in that now. I am going through the same issue as you after studying science (there are many of us!). Jobs rarely overlap, wanting both skill…

This is a crucial point. Freelancers who are asked to edit AI generated content should be charging more per hour, not less. A lot more - something that ends up with the client savi…

I see a lot of musing and wondering here about the cause of poverty. One thing that's missing that I have seen a fair bit is crime and scams. People who are victims of crime can ge…

That's a really good point about the free stuff people with wealth get. Free objects are an easy to understand example. If you're in an expensive neighborhood you can walk down the…

I would also love to read a 2 year follow-up story that gives us an update. This article reminds me of my own attempt to transition into software from chemistry and agriculture. Fo…

Yes! I've seen people with some very striking white teeth in India which is a place where people often do have horrible teeth (often from betel nut use). So the twig users sometime…

Gun control is the main reason we have less violent crime in Canada. There is still violent crime here though, it's not a safe wonderland. There is often impunity given to certain …

I found the "wave damping" link inside that article a very interesting description of why not only some traffic jams happen but how we can actually drive to prevent or fix them. Th…

Lol, I agree it's a good example of an odd reporter metric. How about 30 times around the earth, isn't that impressive too?

I live in Canada as well. As far as I can tell there is basically no access to psychologists under the public healthcare system. You're just supposed to pay cash at about $150/hr t…

There have been some hilarious and unfortunate disasters using introduced populations for pest control. But coyotes are not introduced. They are native to the area which means ther…

Thanks for posting this, such a nice story and writeup! Where I live in Vancouver the coyotes have been very noticeable this year. I love to hang out with them in the park and gard…

This is a timely article for me since I'm building an indoor light display and the client specifically mentioned flicker. It's supposed to be a cosy warm light setup (that animates…

I think this is key when people talk about "ownership". Actually owning a product means that if it fails you're holding the bag, if it succeeds you take the profits. And you have f…

I'd love to turn my spectrogram tool into something more of a scientific tool for sound labelling and analysis. Do you use a spectrograph for your project?

I made this spectrum analyzer/music visualizer recently. It's meant to be easy to use by just going to the URL and looks great on a 4K screen, jameskdouglas.github.io/frequenSee/ F…

The chlorine you are tasting in your water is an active, reacting compound. It has to be because it literally reacts with cells to kill them and keep the water (relatively) free fr…

I suppose the trick is that these people won't come out and drink coffee with you! The people who do come out will be more fun and social, and these two you mention would just stay…

I'm quite interested in this and I see you've indicated REMOTE (US, Canada). I'm Canadian. But when I go and look at the open roles they are all indicated as US only. Can you clari…

This issue is very relevant for me since I have been homeless since May. It's been a bad run of being a target of criminal activity, unemployment and just running out of money duri…

Interesting topic, but the agronomy/plant science assumption that the article is based on is lacking. Rice doesn't require complex irrigation - dryland rice farming is common. Rice…

Haha, nice timing that this appears after the "why are airplanes so hard to build?" article! Putting the engines to radiate sound upwards does make a lot of sense.