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New comment by fourteenrhinos in "Delta’s Biscoff cookies were supposed to be temporary"

fourteenrhinos — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:25:46 +0000

I have been on several flights in the last couple of years where the flight attendants have asked that no one open/consume peanuts or peanut snacks while on board due to a passenger with a severe allergy.

All considering for the person affected (and my desire to not end up at an alternate airport for hours/overnight) has always seemed like an easy thing to do.

New comment by fourteenrhinos in "First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)"

fourteenrhinos — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:09:52 +0000

Relevant here is the relatively unknown(by modern standards) Hugo Award winner The Terminal Experiment by Robert Sawyer.

Man invents a high resolution brain scanner and is able to identify the exact moment of death. Book largely explores the implications of that and the existence of this tech, all wrapped up with a murder mystery.

Not the best cyberpunk I’ve ever read but a solid read if you find this premise interesting.

New comment by fourteenrhinos in "Breaking into apartment buildings in five minutes on my phone"

fourteenrhinos — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:58:37 +0000

Can you elaborate on why having the phone removed was itself a source of pride?

I do appreciate the hacking around aspect, particularly with respect to old phone systems, but having a free student phone removed seems like it would be a bad thing for everyone, no?

New comment by fourteenrhinos in "'Maya blue': The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost"

fourteenrhinos — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:27:50 +0000

Thank you for sharing this--I was also confused by the hand photos but viewing them again with this reference point gave me a new appreciation for the entire work!