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troydavis

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    Comment #40899387

    What's the point of fake comments, let alone talking with yourself using alt accounts? Do you think potential users will trust someone who posts fake comments?

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    Comment #40876836

    Good point - I just linked to the first relevant explanation. pvg linked to a much longer explanation that isn’t specific to, or about, Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i…

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    Comment #40876660

    Thanks for editing out the line where you told me to go get my brain checked.

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    Comment #40876596

    Don’t rely on my assessment, go read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9775868 . If you disagree, don’t tell me, suggest an improvement to Dan.

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    Comment #40876586

    Your quote omits the portion where Dan explicitly addressed that case. It needs to be one year since it received “significant attention,” and also major new development. Dan’s post…

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    Comment #40876554

    Please reread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9775868 . It says one year since it received significant attention, not one year except when a massive chunk of features and cont…

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    Comment #40876493

    Effectively a dupe - this just got attention 3 months ago ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39672947 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39677009 ) and 8 months ago ( https…

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    Comment #40860436

    Head over to the full text ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899630/ ) and find in the page for “sleep”. Excerpt: > Covariates included … drinking status (never drin…

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    Comment #40824173

    Check out my comment in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40392631#40392877 . As I wrote, head over to https://old.reddit.com/r/changemyview/ , where you can have every version …

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    Comment #40782232

    Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40772224

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    Comment #40753555

    I bought an AirGradient indoor meter and ran into 3 significant undocumented problems, 2 of which affect CO2: 1. The VOC readings use a relative scale and it's relative to a floati…

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    Comment #40722583

    Another source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-18/lausd-bo...

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    Comment #40715828

    Look for the “Search tools” dropdown menu. Change “All results” to “Verbatim” mode: https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/google-verbatim

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    Comment #40653748

    I had about the same experience as I wrote about here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40501084 Basically, let me use the app anonymously and get some value from it, so that (…

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    Comment #40651007

    No, it’s because you need to read closer :-) Find for “hn@“ That said, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40650590 answered your question as thoroughly as anyone can.

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    Comment #40650624

    > I don’t know who to reach out to If the other answers here don't answer your question, there's a contact email address on https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html .

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    Comment #40562582

    Related reading: https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html https://www.tomorrow.bio/intro-to-cryopreservation https://www.alcor.org/what-is-cryonics/

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    Comment #40554765

    I’ve been really happy with Enchant: https://www.enchant.com/ It has all the ticketing features (assignment, status, etc.), but feels/acts like a very fast email reader.

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    Comment #40501084

    I clicked “Start Planning Now” and got a signup form. Let me use the app anonymously and get some value from it, so that (a) I want to save something it’s generated, and (b) it’s e…