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Meta but why has the term "gaslight" become so common on Twitter and HN?

They could just rename it the War Prize. Definitely the most controversial of the Nobels: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-prize-peace/war-and... …

Yeah, they were even urged by some experienced hikers (who had microspikes etc.) to turn around near the trailhead due to treacherous conditions. Serious contenders for outdoors Darwin award.

More info from Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/socalhiking/comments/mqtxrg/video_o... He had GPS coords in photos turned off. He sent the photo before he got lost…

...And it's down. Edit: nvm, might be corporate VPN blocking it.

Are you someone notable in tech startups or just a rando reflecting on his life in an HN story?

Please don't. Posting the suicide hotlines does not make you a hero.

It's not for speed, it's for comfort/safety. You can type 100 WPM with two fingers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqyiyh_hrUs This comes up in every HN post.…

OS X's solution works perfectly: Dvorak + QWERTY shortcuts layout. It's brilliant and elegant, Windows needs to implement the same thing (revert to QWERTY when holding the ctrl or windows ke…

There's a durability test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1riMzZ6CjUI . Seems like a solid device.…

Ask Blind, but the common places tend to be Microsoft, big older tech companies (Cisco), and if you're ok with low TC defense/aerospace. I worked at defense and those guys would spend hours …

> If 0.01% of these visitors left a dollar... 0.01% is a fantasy, massively high conversion rate, just so you know.

Oh ok. I wonder why he didn't just say "bikeshedding."

> sheds are biked ad nausuem What does this mean?

Does anyone remember that super rusted, broken down carcass of a car that got bid up to extraordinary amounts by auto enthusiasts (including Jay Leno)? Everyone was saying that as a vehicle it's …

In winter sports communities, it's a common to say that there used to be more snow in the past because of global warming. The data don't show this though. There's a huge scatter year to…

Stainless steel is really cheap, and they adapted fabrication methods from the grain silo industry.

What about my e-viruses and e-worms?

> You don't need a user account to use the practice tool, but you're progress may not be saved if you're not logged in. Distressing to see errors like this in a language text.…

Cool ideas! Side note to @dang, it's hard to read text blocks like this in HN's light grey font. I copied and pasted it into a notepad window to increase the contrast.

Have you heard of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis ? The idea that being really smart comes with major pitfalls most of the time is part of it IMO. I love t…

This may be true, but I suggest you keep this to yourself. We also see that college majors with the highest average IQ (like Physics, Engineering) have the least women: http://www.randalols…

Of course. Gifted students are sometimes failed by schools. But I think it's safe bet that a random large group of college grads will have a higher average IQ than adults who only finished high s…

Worth what? It takes like an hour or so and there are different types, WAIS, Stanford-Binet. You learn your IQ, then go home and do your laundry.

Meanwhile, we see significantly less depression in higher levels of educational attainment: https://figshare.com/articles/figure/Weighted_prevalence_of_... …

Well, there was a presidential candidate promoting "European style socialism" for a while.

Large aerospace companies are constantly working on modifications, repairs, upkeep that all require significant analysis. For a commercial jet, something like a truck driving into a jet engine nacelle…

Yeah, the price goes up automatically when you buy. It's just like upvoting. They put a lot of work into making this fake interactive stock trading thing when it's really just imaginary inte…