Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland • Hacker News Board

Re: Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland

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Post by Loughla » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 12:52 PM UTC

galangalalgol wrote: post #49

willvarfar wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tangent: I used to subscribe to the mag for years. I was getting steadily more frustrated with the shift towards US domestic content and away from nature and the world, but I there was still good stuff in there and I was a big fan of sponsoring the research and exploration. Then they sold to Murdoch, and so my subscription was no longer fuelling the research and exploration stuff, so I stopped in disgust. Still miss…

I remember it becoming more and more about environmental issues, when Murdoch bought it did they change?

I've had a subscription for decades - I can't see a shift toward what I genuinely expected when Murdoch bought it. Yes, they focus more on US issues than in the past, but I have to assume that is where their market is. But environmental issues and nature conservation are still very prominent in the publication.

Re: Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland

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Post by hnnnnnnng » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 1:07 PM UTC

cjones26 wrote: post #3

National Geographic has been driving me crazy with this email popup. I won't be giving them my email, so sadly I will not be reading any National Geographic articles.

Just type a random email in the box. This is basic debugging knowledge.

Re: Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland

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Post by acheron » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 1:14 PM UTC

LightG wrote: post #51

willvarfar wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tangent: I used to subscribe to the mag for years. I was getting steadily more frustrated with the shift towards US domestic content and away from nature and the world, but I there was still good stuff in there and I was a big fan of sponsoring the research and exploration. Then they sold to Murdoch, and so my subscription was no longer fuelling the research and exploration stuff, so I stopped in disgust. Still miss…

Thanks for the heads up ... didn't know that and will act accordingly.

If you're boycotting something based on false rumors you read on an Internet forum, I'm not sure how you buy anything.

Hey, I heard that Kim Jong-un bought out all the world's watermelon farms, so every time you buy a watermelon you're contributing to the oppression of North Koreans!

Re: Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland

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Post by bakedbeanz » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 1:15 PM UTC

hnnnnnnng wrote: post #62

cjones26 wrote: post #3

National Geographic has been driving me crazy with this email popup. I won't be giving them my email, so sadly I will not be reading any National Geographic articles.

Just type a random email in the box. This is basic debugging knowledge.

How is providing a fake email "debugging"... ?

Re: Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland

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Post by meragrin_ » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 1:30 PM UTC

willvarfar wrote: post #34

cjones26 wrote: post #3

National Geographic has been driving me crazy with this email popup. I won't be giving them my email, so sadly I will not be reading any National Geographic articles.

Tangent: I used to subscribe to the mag for years. I was getting steadily more frustrated with the shift towards US domestic content and away from nature and the world, but I there was still good stuff in there and I was a big fan of sponsoring the research and exploration. Then they sold to Murdoch, and so my subscription was no longer fuelling the research and exploration stuff, so I stopped in disgust. Still miss…

> Then they sold to Murdoch, and so my subscription was no longer fuelling the research and exploration stuff, so I stopped in disgust.

Is there any proof of the funding part? I find it hard to believe they would partner with Fox for years before forming the joint venture, not get anything out of the partnership, and then form a joint venture and get even less.

Re: Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland

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Post by meragrin_ » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 1:31 PM UTC

willvarfar wrote: post #57

ceejayoz wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disney bought 21st Century Fox from Murdoch two years later. His ownership was very brief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_21st_Century_Fo... No need to cancel a subscription over old news.

So the money raised by the sale of magazines now goes to research and exploration again?

Is there any proof it ever stopped?

Re: Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland

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Post by willis936 » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 1:46 PM UTC

CaliforniaKarl wrote: post #29

cjones26 wrote: post #3

National Geographic has been driving me crazy with this email popup. I won't be giving them my email, so sadly I will not be reading any National Geographic articles.

I understand the annoyance, but I really hope the parent comment does not remain the top comment on this post. I hope that would be related to the content, not the issues around its presentation. For anyone who needs it, both the source material and an alternate link have been posted as top-level comments.

A better OP would be just the source material. HN could take a page out of r/science's book in this regard and just outright ban secondary sources.

Re: Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 2:03 PM UTC

CaliforniaKarl wrote: post #29

cjones26 wrote: post #3

National Geographic has been driving me crazy with this email popup. I won't be giving them my email, so sadly I will not be reading any National Geographic articles.

I understand the annoyance, but I really hope the parent comment does not remain the top comment on this post. I hope that would be related to the content, not the issues around its presentation. For anyone who needs it, both the source material and an alternate link have been posted as top-level comments.

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Re: Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland

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Post by arbitrage » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 2:06 PM UTC

Fricken wrote: post #43

elseweather wrote: post #16

I wish the article had more photos - from the one it looks like it could be an awesome rock climbing area

When I was a kid the magazine was all about the photos. Online NatGeo doesn't get it. They're not getting my email address either.

Oh they get it. But good photos require sometimes multiple talented photogs and a support team. These are expensive. Their cashflow was on the decline, because nobody buys magazines anymore. Magazines had a higher profit margin than online impressions, until they didn't anymore.

Nobody's paying, nobody's funding expeditions or in-depth research.

Race to the bottom! Last one there wins ... somehow.

Re: Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland

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Post by u801e » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 2:22 PM UTC

cjones26 wrote: post #3

National Geographic has been driving me crazy with this email popup. I won't be giving them my email, so sadly I will not be reading any National Geographic articles.

I just use a random user and a domain that resolves to local host. I'm not sure how their MTA will deal with it though.