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Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by mnemonicsloth »

falsestprophet wrote: post #99
dandelany wrote: post #96

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Oh gawd. Please don't give it to PETA. I don't have any better ideas, but I wouldn't do anything to support PETA. They're reactionary, inflammatory, and probably do more harm than good for the cause they support. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/mar/03/advertising.mark... http://www.activistcash.com/organization_blackeye.cfm/oid/21 http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/2628-hyperb... http://www.petakil…

"They're reactionary, inflammatory..." In what way is PETA reactionary?

They want medical science to go back to the way it was before drugs were tested on animals.

Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by Confusion »

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #98
maxklein wrote: post #16

I got the skin of a leopard. Completely unasked for, totally illegal and now I'm feeling very guilty, but unsure what to do. It's not good to have naive family members go on safari.

This probably isn't a popular thing to say, but assuming it's legal, I'd keep it. Anything that rare and precious is worth cherishing for the rest of your life.

So he should cherish something just because it is rare and precious? It sounds like he couldn't care less and would probably store it somewhere in a closet. And good for him: we shouldn't care about what others think is valuable (except to prevent ourselves from needlessly offending them).

Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by Confusion »

zackattack wrote: post #118
maxklein wrote: post #87

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Okay, on further research and a bit of help from Wikipedia - I believe it's not leopard fur, but rather 'serval' fur: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Serval_in_Tanzania.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serval Servals are not endangered, does not mean I'll be making myself a cape out of it though!

Awwww. I made a serval ethogram in my animal behavior class. =(

Since we are on tangents here, my downstairs neighbour owns a half-serval. It was illegally imported and abandoned: she takes care of it, together with another dozen of cats. When she has a litter, she needs to keep the serval away from the litter or it will kill the kittens.

Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by maxklein »

Confusion wrote: post #163
zackattack wrote: post #118

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Awwww. I made a serval ethogram in my animal behavior class. =(

Since we are on tangents here, my downstairs neighbour owns a half-serval. It was illegally imported and abandoned: she takes care of it, together with another dozen of cats. When she has a litter, she needs to keep the serval away from the litter or it will kill the kittens.

What's the other half?

Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by chengas123 »

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #89
daeken wrote: post #88

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PDFs on the Kindle 2 are effectively unusable in 99% of cases. There's no zoom function, so unless you break out a magnifying lens, you won't be able to read a damn thing on most PDFs. Quite sad, as I was looking forward to the update :(

With a DX in rotated mode I've never had a problem -- and I've downloaded and read dozens of different PDFs, including e-books with lots of diagrams.

They might be okay on the DX due to the bigger screen. But I agree that PDFs on the Kindle 2 are completely unusable.

Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by carbon8 »

maxklein wrote: post #164
Confusion wrote: post #163

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Since we are on tangents here, my downstairs neighbour owns a half-serval. It was illegally imported and abandoned: she takes care of it, together with another dozen of cats. When she has a litter, she needs to keep the serval away from the litter or it will kill the kittens.

What's the other half?

Probably regular domestic cat. They can and do breed.

Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by araneae »

cpr wrote: post #35

Hey, there are 12 days of Christmas, so I've got 11 more days to find out what I'm getting... ;-) (Seriously, we celebrate most gift-giving on Epiphany, the traditional 12th day of Christmas, when the Magi brought their gifts to Bethlehem. Takes the "gift whammy" off Christmas itself, though we have a few minor gifts.)

Are you Russian Orthodox Christian?
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