Hacker News: kevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kevinconawayHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:52:25 +0000<![CDATA[“Wilhoit’s Law” was created by a different Frank Wilhoit (2022)]]>Article URL: https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservatives-frank-wilhoit.html

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]]>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:42:42 +0000https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservatives-frank-wilhoit.htmlkevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37353136https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37353136<![CDATA[Pearls Before Breakfast (2007)]]>Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/pearls-before-breakfast-can-one-of-the-nations-great-musicians-cut-through-the-fog-of-a-dc-rush-hour-lets-find-out/2014/09/23/8a6d46da-4331-11e4-b47c-f5889e061e5f_story.html

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]]>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 01:10:22 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/pearls-before-breakfast-can-one-of-the-nations-great-musicians-cut-through-the-fog-of-a-dc-rush-hour-lets-find-out/2014/09/23/8a6d46da-4331-11e4-b47c-f5889e061e5f_story.htmlkevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36902078https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36902078<![CDATA[David Shor, a Data Guru for Democrats, Throws One Last Bash]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/style/david-shor-democrats.html

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]]>Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:09:49 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/style/david-shor-democrats.htmlkevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32770512https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32770512<![CDATA[A neighborhood’s cryptocurrency mine: ‘Like a jet that never leaves’]]>Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2022/cryptocurrency-mine-noise-homes-nc/

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]]>Fri, 02 Sep 2022 13:32:02 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2022/cryptocurrency-mine-noise-homes-nc/kevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32690573https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32690573<![CDATA[In Some States, the Boon of To-Go Cocktails Is Going, Going, Gone]]>Article URL: https://www.eater.com/22559413/new-york-pennsylvania-reverse-liquor-cocktails-wine-to-go-pandemic-mandates-for-restaurants

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]]>Sat, 03 Jul 2021 19:20:24 +0000https://www.eater.com/22559413/new-york-pennsylvania-reverse-liquor-cocktails-wine-to-go-pandemic-mandates-for-restaurantskevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27724034https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27724034<![CDATA[Interior Department approves first large-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S.]]>Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/11/interior-department-approves-first-large-scale-offshore-wind-farm-us/

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]]>Sun, 16 May 2021 21:35:10 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/11/interior-department-approves-first-large-scale-offshore-wind-farm-us/kevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27177208https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27177208<![CDATA[Interior Department approves first large-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S.]]>Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/11/interior-department-approves-first-large-scale-offshore-wind-farm-us/

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]]>Tue, 11 May 2021 18:33:41 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/11/interior-department-approves-first-large-scale-offshore-wind-farm-us/kevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27121733https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27121733<![CDATA[New comment by kevinconaway in "A salt monopoly could spike car accidents in the Midwest"]]>According to [0], John Simmons became CEO in 1972 at age 53 and remained there until he stepped down for health reasons in 1980/81 (he died of cancer shortly thereafter) [1]

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/16/archives/simmons-takes-mo...

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/04/obituaries/john-w-simmons...

]]>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:36:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26484654kevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26484654https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26484654<![CDATA[The Eisel-Lemire ParseNumberF64 Algorithm]]>Article URL: https://nigeltao.github.io/blog/2020/eisel-lemire.html

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]]>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 16:14:19 +0000https://nigeltao.github.io/blog/2020/eisel-lemire.htmlkevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25407547https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25407547<![CDATA[The L.A. Dodgers Are Named After Terrified Brooklyn Pedestrians]]>Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/the-l-a-dodgers-are-named-after-terrified-brooklyn-pedestrians

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]]>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:20:47 +0000https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/the-l-a-dodgers-are-named-after-terrified-brooklyn-pedestrianskevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25255385https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25255385<![CDATA[Mask Mandates Work to Slow Spread of Coronavirus, Kansas Study Finds]]>Article URL: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/23/937173060/mask-mandates-work-to-slow-spread-of-coronavirus-kansas-study-finds

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]]>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:47:28 +0000https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/23/937173060/mask-mandates-work-to-slow-spread-of-coronavirus-kansas-study-findskevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25189400https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25189400<![CDATA[Octotree and AGPL]]>Article URL: https://github.com/ovity/octotree/issues/1046

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]]>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 19:46:53 +0000https://github.com/ovity/octotree/issues/1046kevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24992390https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24992390<![CDATA[The L.A. Dodgers Are Named After Terrified Brooklyn Pedestrians]]>Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/the-l-a-dodgers-are-named-after-terrified-brooklyn-pedestrians

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]]>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:36:23 +0000https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/the-l-a-dodgers-are-named-after-terrified-brooklyn-pedestrianskevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24918572https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24918572<![CDATA[On Call Shouldn’t Suck: A Guide for Managers]]>Article URL: https://charity.wtf/2020/10/03/on-call-shouldnt-suck-a-guide-for-managers

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]]>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 00:33:56 +0000https://charity.wtf/2020/10/03/on-call-shouldnt-suck-a-guide-for-managerskevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24913665https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24913665<![CDATA[New comment by kevinconaway in "Analyzing the Design of Unusual Japanese Butter Tableware"]]>Interesting. Here, in the US the gold wrapper is salted while the silver wrapper is unsalted

]]>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 18:51:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24820178kevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24820178https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24820178<![CDATA[Twitter issues new rules to counter manipulation ahead of election]]>Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/09/with-election-day-looming-twitter-imposes-new-limits-us-politicians-ordinary-users-too/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24731338

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]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2020 16:13:09 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/09/with-election-day-looming-twitter-imposes-new-limits-us-politicians-ordinary-users-too/kevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24731338https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24731338<![CDATA[There Are Two Ways Out of a Frog. This Beetle Chose the Back Door]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/science/beetle-frog-poop.html

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]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:18:21 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/science/beetle-frog-poop.htmlkevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24048789https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24048789<![CDATA[How Inuit parents teach kids to control their anger (2019)]]>Article URL: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/03/13/685533353/a-playful-way-to-teach-kids-to-control-their-anger

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23927773

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]]>Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:35:53 +0000https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/03/13/685533353/a-playful-way-to-teach-kids-to-control-their-angerkevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23927773https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23927773<![CDATA[J. Crew files for bankruptcy, the first national retail casualty of the pandemic]]>Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/04/jcrew-bankruptcy-chapter-11-coronavirus/

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]]>Mon, 04 May 2020 12:19:32 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/04/jcrew-bankruptcy-chapter-11-coronavirus/kevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23067058https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23067058<![CDATA[Silicon Valley’s two-tiered system for white-collar workers is under pressure]]>Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/03/09/tech-contractors-coronavirus/

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]]>Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:33:01 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/03/09/tech-contractors-coronavirus/kevinconawayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22580716https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22580716