Ask HN: What do you know almost nobody else does?

Post by zigzaggy » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 1:16 PM UTC

bestouff wrote: post #28

silves89 wrote: post #26

Bicarbonate of soda works as a deodorant. I have a small pot by my bathroom sink. Dab in two damp fingers, under the arms, no smell. It's more effective than any deodorant I've tried, doesn't give me an allergic reaction, is better for the environment, and is very cheap.

Sodium bicarbonate is a magic substance which has so many uses, it almost looks like it's a cheat in the matrix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_bicarbonate#Uses From the list: - cooking (leavenant, baking powder, etc.) - fungicide and pest control - pH increase - pyrotechnics - disinfectant - fire extinguisher - medical (addon for laxatives, antidepressant, anesthetics, anti-tear gas) - hygiene (addon for tooth…

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Post by AnimalMuppet » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 6:09 PM UTC

smitty1e wrote: post #34

I know where there is a U.S.-made 18" naval gun projectile.

Post by tmaly » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 7:04 PM UTC

ranguna wrote: post #12

Is this quora now? I'd prefer if we don't have this kind of question here. How can anyone even know that they are the only people that know a piece of information, it's not like they're going around asking people if they know it or not.

Post by LeoPanthera » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 8:57 PM UTC

LaundroMat wrote: post #48

LeoPanthera wrote: post #14

I believe I have played for at least a few minutes every single game ever commercially released for the BBC Micro, a British 8-bit home computer. I got slightly obsessed with playing all of them, a few years ago. About 10-20% of them are pretty good. A small percentage are genuinely shockingly good, for such an old system. The vast majority are pretty awful, with many of them being horrible BBC BASIC “conversions” of…

Did you publish your findings somewhere?