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eppsilon··on NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
Then Twitter could label them "non-profit" instead of "government-funded" or "state-affiliated", both of which imply government influence or control.
eppsilon··on Get in zoomer, we're saving React
What shift is Angular 2+ undergoing? In my experience it’s been remarkably stable since the first couple of releases. I’ve often wished they were more willing to support newer paradigms (functional components, observable inputs, etc.).
eppsilon··on High schoolers create filter to remove lead in water
Could that be due to the long decline of blood lead levels after the phase-out of unleaded gasoline?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7969125/#t2

Incredible that lead in the water had such a relatively small effect, though.

eppsilon··on Food Packaging
There are biodegradable bags [1], but not sure if they are completely plastic-free ("38% vegetable-based").

1. http://amzn.com/dp/B01LXVVH1I

eppsilon··on I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app
Maybe Apple could provide some way to cache apps on a local network without needing a Mac. (macOS has a content caching option in the Sharing prefpane.) They could add the same thing to iOS/tvOS to make it cheaper and more widely available. Ideally there would be a containerized version of the service that could run on any Linux-ish device...can't imagine Apple doing that though.
eppsilon··on Scientists raise alarm over ‘dangerously fast’ growth in atmospheric methane
Moving to higher ground only considers the first-order effects of climate change - floods and severe weather. Potential further effects include reduced agricultural output/efficiency, massive migrations of climate refugees, and the destabilization or collapse of national governments. If we do nothing, natural disasters will be the least of our concerns.
eppsilon··on Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription Software
Honest answer: I use more than one browser. If Apple Keychain autofill worked in 3rd-party browsers, it would almost cover my use cases though.
eppsilon··on The optional chaining operator, “modern” browsers, and my mom
Maybe the update function in iOS 10 has stopped working for some reason? You could try updating it with iTunes (or via Finder on newer macOS versions).
eppsilon··on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
I assume "vmception" requires a lot of power...
eppsilon··on .NET 6 Preview 5
What do you use instead?
eppsilon··on An Unbelievable Demo
"AY-und"

Edit: another example: "door" => "DOH-ur"

eppsilon··on An Unbelievable Demo
Should've called it C--.
eppsilon··on Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
You must be new here…
eppsilon··on Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
That’s great. Finally they’ll match the dark mode setting. Hopefully that applies to the window decorations too?
eppsilon··on Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
Sidebery is a pretty nice extension for that
eppsilon··on Beyond Meat’s Beyond Burger life cycle assessment (2018)
IIRC someone was working on a seaweed-based feed additive to cut down on the methane production, not sure what came of it.
eppsilon··on Starting a crypto project
Kind of like when you use the word "hacker" (as in HN) with a non-technical person. They always assume you mean the black hat kind.
eppsilon··on Yahoo Answers to shut down May 4, 2021
There's a podcast called My Brother My Brother and Me where they find ridiculous Yahoo Answers questions and respond with "advice".
eppsilon··on Killing TurboTax
Wouldn't this cost money to implement? Money that Congress would need to appropriate?
eppsilon··on Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take to cancel it
FWIW, they won a Pulitzer for this investigative story about NYC taxi drivers: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/nyregion/nyc-taxis-medall...
eppsilon··on U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings time permanent
AZ is in a similar position...we just don't change ours
eppsilon··on CDC advises Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving
2016 had a few more viable 3rd party candidates that did particularly well in certain areas (like McMullin in Utah)
eppsilon··on In Secretly Recorded Phone Calls, Officers Say Innocent People Were Framed
Your argument isn't supported by the turnout results. Average in 2016 was about 59%. Non-swing states like CT, DE, IA, MA, MD, ME, NJ, OR, NH posted 65%+ turnout. Many swing states did have solid turnout, but even among states with similar tight margins there's a wide variance, like 75% in MN vs 66% in MI.

Edit: Data from here: https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_elect... (notably PA and WI are missing)

Maybe you could say states that transition from being safe to swing states see a turnout boost? I haven't checked. I would expect that turnout is more determined by demographics and inertia (states with high turnout in prior elections continue to do so, etc) than whether they are swing states, though.

eppsilon··on In Secretly Recorded Phone Calls, Officers Say Innocent People Were Framed
IIRC the so-called "blue dog" Democrats in the House were the main obstacle preventing Obamacare from being more progressive. Unfortunately, they were right to be afraid...many of those Democrats lost their seats in the following years.

In retrospect the Democrats' window of complete control of the federal government was going to close no matter what they did (due to the GOP's obstructionism and unity in hating anything Dems did), and perhaps they should have passed more ambitious reforms while they had the chance.

eppsilon··on Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?
FYI: the nvAlt developer is working on a new version: https://brettterpstra.com/2019/04/10/codename-nvultra/
eppsilon··on Coming to Chrome: a new way to use tabs
There is another extension called Auto Tab Discard that integrates with TST. I'm going to check out Sidebery too though...TST is a little rough at times.
eppsilon··on Landlord service Naborly makes blacklist of tenants who missed 4/1 rent (YC '18)
Sounds a lot like a condo?
eppsilon··on Firefox 75: Ambitions for April
If only dark mode on macOS also included the context menus.
eppsilon··on i3 4.18
> in the grand scheme of things, [Spaces] is a relatively recent addition...

It's not that new. Spaces were added in 10.5 (2007).

eppsilon··on Firefox 73
Safari does this
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