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New comment by 48864w6ui in "Roman Tyrian purple snail dye found in UK for first time"

48864w6ui — Fri, 10 May 2024 08:07:36 +0000

It used to be standard practice, at the end of a year, to cut all the ads out of that year's issues and bind them in a single hardback volume.

Now historians realize that often the ads may be more interesting than the articles.

New comment by 48864w6ui in "Neighbors Are Retiring in Their 30s. Why Can't You?"

48864w6ui — Wed, 08 May 2024 05:38:01 +0000

> use it as a "score"

Sounds like achiever/explorer/killer/socializer?

New comment by 48864w6ui in "Interview with Marian Rejewski, the first person to crack Enigma (1974) [video]"

48864w6ui — Sun, 05 May 2024 22:12:15 +0000

Anyone know why the Russian Formalists got the sparkling repressive power of the state? I had thought they were expressly apolitical, but maybe Stalin was paranoid?

New comment by 48864w6ui in "In Praise of Idleness (1932)"

48864w6ui — Sat, 04 May 2024 21:37:28 +0000

It's been found difficult, and left untried

New comment by 48864w6ui in "More info about synonyms at Google (2010)"

48864w6ui — Fri, 03 May 2024 22:33:26 +0000

Nearly all customer facing computing is now optimized for people who don't know how computers work, not for people who do.

New comment by 48864w6ui in "As private equity dominates wheelchair market, users wait months for repairs"

48864w6ui — Fri, 03 May 2024 22:08:28 +0000

Is private equity this century's equivalent of the LBO? https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-23-me-521-st...

New comment by 48864w6ui in "Ask HN: Social media with a high barrier to entry?"

48864w6ui — Thu, 02 May 2024 08:44:42 +0000

You and your smarter friends could share bookmarks with each other and comment on them, via email.

This would have an incredibly high barrier to entry, because out of 8-9b people on the planet, which hundred are going to be (and remain) a smarter friend (or fof) of leafy?

New comment by 48864w6ui in "New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars"

48864w6ui — Thu, 02 May 2024 07:42:10 +0000

If we randomly sample individuals on earth, we're also likely to be single-celled organisms.

New comment by 48864w6ui in "The fishy death of Red Lobster"

48864w6ui — Thu, 02 May 2024 07:25:57 +0000

If they can make even more money on a different viable business by vampiring out this one, the NPV calculation says...

(What %age of eastern european enterprises got long term investment in the 1990s?)

New comment by 48864w6ui in "The California man who hid for 6 months in a secret room inside Circuit City"

48864w6ui — Thu, 02 May 2024 07:11:00 +0000

The Miss Manners approach to dating served me well:

All dates have three elements: food, entertainment, and affection. A first date should have plenty of entertainment and only a hint of affection. At some point, the affection becomes the entertainment, but under no circumstances may the food be omitted.

New comment by 48864w6ui in "New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars"

48864w6ui — Wed, 01 May 2024 17:18:05 +0000

Oops, sorry for the spoiler

New comment by 48864w6ui in "New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars"

48864w6ui — Wed, 01 May 2024 15:59:01 +0000

Recall that no one could reconcile billion year ages for the earth with it not having cooled far more - until the discovery of radioactivity.

New comment by 48864w6ui in "New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars"

48864w6ui — Wed, 01 May 2024 15:54:51 +0000

What evidence? Do we no longer figure ~4by bp?

New comment by 48864w6ui in "New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars"

48864w6ui — Wed, 01 May 2024 15:51:48 +0000

After going back through all the elephants, life started with Great A'Tuin.

New comment by 48864w6ui in "New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars"

48864w6ui — Wed, 01 May 2024 15:45:04 +0000

Anyone remember the title of the short where they explore an ancient martian city and find a periodic table that serves as a Rosetta stone?

New comment by 48864w6ui in "FTC says Amazon executives destroyed potential evidence using apps like Signal"

48864w6ui — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 22:26:17 +0000

Is HN like a DX contest?

New comment by 48864w6ui in "A small lathe built in a Japanese prison camp (1949)"

48864w6ui — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:43:34 +0000

I'd thought gammon was a clear reference (in GBBO tradition) to a "swiney hiney".

New comment by 48864w6ui in "Forget billions of years: Researchers have grown diamonds in just 150 minutes"

48864w6ui — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 21:52:00 +0000

There's a London pub nicknamed the Sloaney Pony; maybe try there?

New comment by 48864w6ui in "About 25% of Americans age 50 and older expect to never retire, AARP study finds"

48864w6ui — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:16:51 +0000

What percentage of Americans even have the recommended 6 months of living expenses in liquid savings?

New comment by 48864w6ui in "When do we stop finding new music?"

48864w6ui — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:23:59 +0000

The local oldies station plays 1950-2004 (now-20) and does seem to delve a little past top 40 from time to time.