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comrh··on Van life (cancer edition) finale
Partial to the Louis Prima version https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n7VT2EHa0b4
comrh··on What science says: Could humans survive a nuclear war between NATO and Russia?
Small nit, it was by Raymond Briggs
comrh··on The case against empathy (2019)
If you can't afford the competitive price do you go bankrupt though?
comrh··on I hate what video games have become
Take my advice and stay away, easily the most toxic online gaming community I've ever seen mostly because of the 45 minute time sink.
comrh··on Hackers gaining power of subpoena via fake “emergency data requests”
Get the police department phone number from the town's government and not google maps.
comrh··on I hate what video games have become
What aspect is pay to win?
comrh··on If you speak Russian, call Russia and tell them what is happening in Ukraine
What country doesn't have a history filled with blood?
comrh··on Russian-manufactured armored vehicle vulnerability in urban combat (1997)
The Iraqis were under a dictator, the Ukrainians elected their President.
comrh··on Car stolen with homemade GPS tracker in backseat
Buying a new car is more of a hassle than risking getting into a shootout over property?
comrh··on History's deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during World War II (2020)
> to kill every last Japanese person, military or not

This is a war crime.

comrh··on Citizen sleuths exposed pollution from a century-old Michigan factory (2019)
It's not even fiction https://www.propublica.org/series/sacrifice-zones
comrh··on Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a single FM radio station
Mine from 2014 does, did they remove them? It also has the navigation nob in the center console that I love.
comrh··on Mysterious aircraft spotted at Area 51 in satellite image
Satellites follow a predictable path and are easy to track though.
comrh··on Iowa man convicted of lottery rigging scheme granted parole
> he could be forced to return to prison in another state if he doesn’t pay required restitution.

Repaying $1.6 million in restitution in six years as a felon just out of prison seems pretty impossible.

comrh··on Sweden approves plan to bury spent nuclear fuel for 100k years
I think it would be a pretty big difference in delta-v.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Solar_sy...

comrh··on The case against masks at school
I wish we could all come together and say, "this needs more study" too and admit we might not have enough data to actually make a real decision.
comrh··on Ask HN: Hacker claimed ownership and then deleted my Facebook Page of 50k users
You have legal recourse at least to file a FOIA request and force them to respond.
comrh··on Alphabet's Calico has begun trials on a molecule for neurodegenerative diseases
It's pretty shocking to me people are so willing to experiment on themselves with some research chemical that has mostly studied in mice.
comrh··on NASA says Webb’s excess fuel likely to extend its lifetime expectations
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2021/12/29/nasa-says-webbs-exces...
comrh··on Tepco slow to respond to growing crisis at Fukushima plant
It would be concentrated as it moves up the food chain
comrh··on A History of Black Print
Thinking racism has been a "solved" problem for a "long time" is just incredibly naive. Have you considered historical injustice still effect the present day? Have you considered other people's experiences when they tell you racism still exists and has a major impact on their lives?
comrh··on FAA investigating controversial crash video
Holy crap that is an insane story.

Here's the man himself telling the story: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80027439

comrh··on Facebook bans 7 'surveillance-for-hire' companies that spied on 50k users
Facebook is horrid imo but nothing like NSO or Black Cube
comrh··on Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eventually be fired
Any business doing work with the US government will have to mandate vaccines.
comrh··on U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware
NSO has repeatedly shown that their statements are pretty much worthless. It's just damage control. I wouldn't put any stock in the "we avoid +1 numbers" to even be real.
comrh··on ‘Dancing molecules’ successfully repair severe spinal cord injuries
Like the bleeding of horseshoe crabs for LAL it's always reevaluated based on current technology.
comrh··on What elements does a plant need to grow?
Really nice documentation, well done.
comrh··on Finland Divided: The Finnish Civil War 1918
Wow I never knew this existed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_and_Mannerheim_recordin...
comrh··on ProctorU is dystopian spyware
The quoted person expands on their arguments on those topics in the linked article. If you think they're needlessly "playing a card" why not engage with the actual argument?
comrh··on Metallurgist admits faking steel test results for US Navy subs
Subs come to the surface though.
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