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13,223karma·911submissions·April 6, 2011
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Williard Boyle was the other co-inventor. His passing in 2011 was linked here but did not elicit any discussion. Nobel Prize winner Willard Boyle, inventor of CCD, dies. - https://news.yc…
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(2024) Previous discussion: Why Writing by Hand Is Better for Memory and Learning - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39482641 - Feb 2024 (130 comments)…
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Turning off Auto-Correction stops the system from referencing names in Contacts, though the system will still suggest—without auto-correcting—common names that may not be listed in Contacts.
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Previous discussions: Apollo Lunar Surface Journal - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41012854 - July 2024 (10 comments) Lunar Surface Journal – One Small Step, Transcript and …
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pg, from 2009: Empty comments can be ok if they're positive. There's nothing wrong with submitting a comment saying just "Thanks." What we especially discourage are comments that …
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Related, and worthwhile for the source article: Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding, and meet the spider-men who climb it - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42665355 - Jan 202…
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Related: FDA warns top U.S. bakery not to claim foods contain allergens when they don't - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40797790 - July 2024 (580 comments)…
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Every soy sauce label I remember seeing has said, "Refrigerate after opening." I don't know why this seems to be rarely done (at least in the US).
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Previous discussion: The curious tale of Bhutan's playable record postage stamps (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22896682 - April 2020 (30 comments)…
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Previous and related: How Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39212710 - Feb 2024 (5 comments) Why was Roman concrete …
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>Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html …
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In the loosely defined category of message in a bottle, what may be the most popular ever is ongoing: PostSecret. https://postsecret.com …
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Issue source: https://www.highdesertjournal.org/issue-27
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Source: High Desert Journal PDF shows a 2020 date but that's when it was archived, not when it was published.
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(2014)