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The questionable quality is that the word free is known to induce strong positive emotions, more so than if online retailers said more straightforwardly something like “Prices include shipping.” Yes…

Republication of Tiny, tamper-proof ID tag can authenticate almost anything - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436252 - Feb 2024 (93 comments)…

Costs in all major areas have increased. The cost of goods has gone up. That’s the ingredients, beverages (alcoholic or not), and indirect items (linens, silverware, dish soap, etc.). The cost of tran…

The typical changeover in a sourdough culture moving locations is about one month, assuming regular feeding. As a professional bread baker I am disappointed that this fact is often withheld/obscu…

Previous discussion: The Optical Mouse - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7304183 - Feb 2014 (11 comments)…

The Moon Machines episode "The Navigation Computer" focuses a bit on Charles Draper's system based on gyroscopes and accelerometers. The show includes a segment on the software-develo…

“The opposite of addiction is not sobriety, the opposite of addiction is connection.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY9DcIMGxMs …

>The FDIC calls people without a bank account “the unbanked.” People with a bank account but who primarily rely on alternative services such as check cashing outlets are called “the underbanked.” …

Someone here recently linked Connections episodes available on the Internet Archive and it's been great to watch episodes. https://archive.org/details/bbc-connections-1978 …

For Westerners unfamiliar with the rambutan, the best description I can give of its taste and texture is that they are both like eating the inside of a grape.

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