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Benlights··on I Don't Have a Smartphone
At lease one issue I want to push back on is this one

> That person owns a smartphone (which is at least a couple hundred dollars).

Smartphones can be bought for under $100 these days.

Benlights··on When Knowing Someone at Meta Is the Only Way to Break Out of "Content Jail"
I've been having the same issue
Benlights··on Sunlight After Dark
I came across this company that is claiming to put satellites in orbit to generate solar power on earth after dark. Is this feasible?
Benlights··on Make sports betting taboo again
The author mentions an undisclosed $10 fee on every $100 invested in Robinhood. I've had an active Robinhood account since 2017 and I've never been charged a fee to invest.
Benlights··on I always knew I was different, I didn't know I was a sociopath
Her about page on https://patricgagne.com/ says this

> B.A. · University of California Los Angeles

> M.A. · California Graduate Institute

> PhD · California Graduate Institute of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Benlights··on The invention of a new pasta shape (2021)
That's too bad. I would love to try the Sfoglini brand but it doesn't have kosher supervision, as opposed to the TJ's.
Benlights··on Jar Jar Binks: The greatest thing that ever happened to Star Wars
What's with the file download when opening the site?
Benlights··on African Ports Overwhelmed by Red Sea Reroutings
What nonsense is this, At the Babi Yar ravine just outside Kyiv, 33,771 Jews were massacred on September 29 and 30, 1941. Months before the US entered the war. Additionally there were Jews being slaughtered from 1939.
Benlights··on New pill helps Covid smell and taste loss fade quickly
I've had Covid at least three times myself. The first time was in Feb 2020 and was my roughest bout. I didn't fully lose my sense of smell or taste but it was very confused. Oranges tastes like parsley and other foods got swapped. I've always prided myself on my sense of smell and have been able to differentiate ingredients in a dish. After about a month my sense of taste and smell seemed to go back to normal but for about 2 years I felt that they had not recovered fully. I love to cook and my taste clearly changed. I started drinking more full bodied wines and eating blue cheese, things that had not been my favorite.

I've had at least one but I suspect 2 brushes with Covid in the intervening years. They were pretty mild with no fever and only cold like symptoms.

Around March of this year (2023) I experienced a bout of Covid that reminded me of the original time I had contracted it. Fever, body aches, lightheadedness etc. The symptoms were the same just lighter in intensity and over quicker. The interesting thing is that I never lost my sense of smell and I feel like I've regained what I'd lost from my first bout of Covid.

No more blue cheese:(

Benlights··on The vanishing family: Life in the shadow of a cruel genetic mutation
Such a sad story, I could not imagine living with what feels like a ticking timebomb strapped to my head.
Benlights··on Zeal is an offline documentation browser for software developers
What are the advantages over https://devdocs.io/ ?
Benlights··on Telehealth startup Cerebral shared millions of patients’ data with advertisers
People are throwing the word fine around, what there needs to be is jail time...
Benlights··on Turn the radio volume down for adverts and DJs talking
It blocks in video creator ads not Youtube ads
Benlights··on BloomTech, previously Lambda School, cuts half of staff
Idk about cost, DevBootCamp was about 11k in 2014.
Benlights··on Why to not use JWT (2021)
If there is an expiration in the JWT, logging off is still an issue. You can't log out until the JWT expires.
Benlights··on The Secret Life of Leftovers
Reading about food waste has always bothered me. Growing up in a Jewish orthodox household wasting food was verboten. There is even a mitzvah (commandment) regarding wasting food and or resources[1].

I think that mindset drove me to be named the "leftovers king" by my extended family, as I repurpose leftovers into delicious meals.

There are a couple techniques that can help turn fridge leftovers into really good meals besides for soup. You can make an amazing Frittata using whatever leftover veg and protein you have.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_tashchit

Benlights··on Hertz paid Accenture $32M for a website that never went live (2019)
I've been hearing about this lawsuit for years now, but I've never seen what the ruling was.
Benlights··on No Dislikes has officially ruined YouTube for me
Weirdly I just opened YouTube on my phone in a browser window (something I don't do very often). And the dislike button was there.
Benlights··on Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these days
May I ask what computer it is?
Benlights··on Show HN: Visualize SQL Queries
You can only change them before a animation runs. If you are in middle of an animation hit Stop/Reset and then adjust.
Benlights··on Why can't you reverse a string with a flag emoji?
I had the same issue when I read the article, I kept on getting stuck and asking myself what I was missing.
Benlights··on Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’
This should be one of the options for google maps routing. A "Avoid Overpoliced Municipalities" toggle.
Benlights··on Show HN: Hebrew Wordle
Are we playing a different game? By me the word starts with a "מ"
Benlights··on Unintentionally Inappropriate Domain Names
Someone had to be sleeping for some of these.
Benlights··on President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment
I only know of one or two billionaire athletes, who are you referring to?
Benlights··on President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment
It's not the technical assistance needed it's the legal review. Go get that from a CS major.
Benlights··on Americans are rethinking where they want to live
What does SOL stand for?
Benlights··on The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem
It feels like no one in this thread lives in an urban area with a persistent rat problem. We tried multiple types of traps; snap, glue, electrification. "Eco friendly" sprays, bait boxes, you name it. Nothing works.

When your wife is hesitant to leave the house because of the rats gamboling near the front door drastic action is needed.

I'm not advocating for brodifacoum but the comments here seem tone deaf and one dimensional.

Benlights··on Bloom/Lambda School requires applying to 460 jobs before giving tuition refund
I can't talk about Lambda, but I know a bunch of successful devs (including myself) that started with no prior programming experience. Many don't even have anything more than a highschool diploma. (If that)
Benlights··on Willingness to look stupid
This article starts with a nice premise but then devolves to one long humblebrag.
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