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zootam

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    Comment #22720611

    Glad I was wrong! Hopefully this can be certified and implemented in all kinds of sterilization devices ASAP. Thank you for the link.

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    Comment #22720419

    This is nothing new, just the latest rehashing of the same rumor that's been recirculating for months.

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    Comment #22708137

    Thats a great side effect when dealing with being exposed to the virus, but I think health professionals would not recommend this instead of a vaccine.

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    Comment #22708061

    > https://www.who.int/uv/faq/whatisuv/en/index2.html >The three types of UV radiation are classified according to their wavelength. They differ in their biological activity and the…

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    Comment #22708039

    A maker's implementation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzGrh2io9Ds& Looks cool, not sure how well it works.

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    Comment #22624112

    the 15" macbook pro has a dedicated gpu, the mac mini only has integrated gpu.

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    Comment #22219625

    All of long island has 7.5 million people, at 5,617 people per square mile. The bay area average is 868 people/sq mile. No, the bay area is not dense at all.

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    Comment #22082105

    There are different kinds of homeless people. Some of them might do well in such a setting. But more than a few of them would be disruptive and ruin the land and ruin it for everyo…

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    Comment #21976820

    i think they're in some odd holding pattern on their downward spiral, where there isn't enough capital for changing the business or even purchasing new product, but there isn't eno…

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    Comment #21900361

    What do you mean not possible to reinstall the OS? They don't make it easy, but you can download older OSX images from apple's servers (Sierra, Yosemite, etc..) and install them wi…

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    Comment #21896938

    This submission might as well be a 'bump' for the discussion thread referenced in it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21868022

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    Comment #21876434

    >but it ain't the core problem What do you consider to be the core problem? I think the root cause is expensive housing. Increasing throughput on the highways often only lets more …

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    Comment #21876366

    does this actually count as mass transit? i am not surprised its hardly mentioned, as it is only useful to a tiny percentage of the population of 1 region. as a case study, it boil…

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    Comment #21469672

    i think as part of an audit there would be a lot of questions regarding the gray area of auditing illegal AirBnb listings- ones where you have to pretend to be just 'visiting your …

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    Comment #21434323

    having the jenkins build history reflect release deployments generally works well enough. if build #20 is bad, build #19 deployed with hash XYZ was last known good, click 'rebuild'…

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    Comment #21001766

    there's no way they'd find someone with 7-10 years of experience for $122k in the bay area

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    Comment #20958209

    >It's so very Peter Thiel-ish. soon, all of the United State's defense companies will be named after stuff from Lord of the Rings

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    Comment #20539998

    People can import clothes from just about anywhere, and there is plenty of clothing for everyone (maybe not distributed evenly but enough exists) Space and time are the constraints…

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    Comment #20483835

    >Similarly insurance and healthcare businesses must also be on a transparent block chain How is blockchain the answer to this at all?

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    Comment #20465708

    according to random people in the slickdeals thread the loss was $16 million

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    Comment #20367652

    Is there a plan for Universal Rent Control? I am skeptical of how this may work out in practice. Given rates of homeownership/rent in metropolitan areas without rent control, would…

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    Comment #20255856

    i also think bedhead's prognosis is overly bleak and alarmist.

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    Comment #20255844

    >The suburbs are dying, and this is reflected in real estate values. Follow the Chicago Tribune's architecture columnist, Dennis Rodkin, on Twitter. Every day this guy features a n…

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    Comment #20239227

    what is this 'Dark Tower' that is being mentioned?

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    Comment #20190252

    > Cliff Bleszinski / Cliffy B: he's another big name from the Unreal scene but retired from Epic Games and "peaced out' after his career flops. Cliffy B was an early investor in Oc…