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jayess··on Law firm mistakes number of days in month, files appeal 1 day after deadline
This is why I always file the day before the deadline.
jayess··on Saudi Aramco Is the WeWork of Energy with Pulled IPO
The longer I live the more I realize that nothing is ever "solved."
jayess··on Firefighting foam leaves toxic legacy in Californians’ drinking water
This is a big deal here in Michigan as well, due to various other industries using PFAS-laden chemicals in industrial settings. Around here it's mostly tanneries that used these chemicals and then wantonly dumped them in municipal dumps or the companies bought land and just dumped the chemicals there. Entire communities are now being discovered to be polluted.
jayess··on Ask HN: I am addicted to Porn. Help me quit
It's too bad that several heartfelt responses are dead because someone else didn't like them and downvoted.
jayess··on The worrying state of Mediterranean fish stocks (2017)
Do any countries do fish stocking? My state (Michigan) stocks millions of fish in the state's lakes every year, funded by fishing licenses.
jayess··on Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO
It doesn't appear this company will go public anytime soon, if ever. I give it 90 days before it collapses.
jayess··on Oracle’s Larry Ellison Calls Uber and WeWork ‘Almost Worthless’
I feel like many people don't remember a few short years ago when your options after a night of drinking were to call a friend, wait an hour for a taxi that might arrive and definitely doesn't take credit cards, or drive home drunk.
jayess··on .su
This is kinda funny. I was able to get a .su domain earlier this year.
jayess··on Apple and Foxconn broke a Chinese labor law to build the latest iPhones
Well, you know, communism.
jayess··on Troubles with the AWS web console
It's been a few days but I'm still trying to figure out how to share access to the billing console with one of my organization's members. It's just baffling in every sense.
jayess··on EASA Insists on Testing Boeing 737 Max Itself Before Lifting Ban
> Just look at what is happening to telecommunication services, with big corporations growing their profits while Americans get stuck with slow and expensive service that becomes relatively worse comparing to other western countries.

I get 1 gig internet service for $80 a month in a mid-sized American city in the midwest. No complaints here. The offerings just keep getting better and cheaper.

jayess··on Hong Kong leader to announce formal withdrawal of extradition bill
I'd be surprised if CCP exists in 2047.
jayess··on The wisdom of never leaving your hotel room
How much was rent?
jayess··on No More Cheap Shipping for Chinese Sellers
This will probably drive Wish out of business.
jayess··on If you must run Windows 10
I guess I'll just say it. I love windows 10. I tried a mac for a couple of years and it feels like the OS is stuck in circa 2008.
jayess··on Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet
I use a similar service to delete my old tweets, older than 30 days. No way I want some public archive of my thoughts out there forever.
jayess··on Planet: Imaging the entire Earth every day
That's correct, it's something like four particles per cubic meter.

> "fingernail-sized or smaller bits of plastic", often microscopic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch

jayess··on US Rules Airlines Must Allow Miniature Horses to Fly as Service Animals
If the airlines wouldn't charge $150 each way for a pet in a carrier, I think the problem would recede.
jayess··on Why is modern web development so complicated?
Whatever the last developer did.
jayess··on Epstein Arrest Leaves Top Technology Figures Racing to Distance Themselves
He doesn't seem to have been an investor: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/hedge-funders-have-s...
jayess··on How Turkey Purged Its Intellectuals
NYT has always been a tool of the political establishment.
jayess··on Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
Where is that setting?
jayess··on Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew
By attacking, looting, and setting fire to shops that have nothing to do with the government?
jayess··on 'Big Law Killed My Husband': An Open Letter from a Sidley Partner's Widow
Non-practicing lawyer here. Practicing law sucks for most lawyers. The level of alcoholism and drug addiction is very high.
jayess··on FDA names dog-food brands with potential link to canine heart disease
Thanks for the info. I'm not sold on BARF, I'm just curious. I didn't know the connection between that and anti-vaxx.

Interestingly, I'm not sure why my parent post got downvoted so badly.

jayess··on FDA names dog-food brands with potential link to canine heart disease
My dog's brand isn't listed, but it seems like pea protein is a common denominator. My dog's "grain free" food has pea protein as one of its top ingredients.

I just switched him back to regular wet dog food. I'm beginning to think organ meat is necessary for canines. And reading through these comments has lead me to start looking into a BARF diet.

Coincidentally I also noticed this article yesterday on allergic reactions in humans to pea protein: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/food-allergy-pea-protein-1.51...

jayess··on Tell HN: Social media strike proposed for July 4-5 by Wikipedia co-founder
A hashtag would get censored, they frequently do this.
jayess··on Beijing's US Treasury holdings dip
In favor of what?
jayess··on Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing Global Movement
Can anyone answer whether plastic recycling actually happens? I've tried to search around before but can't find much concrete data on how/where plastic can actually be recycled and what it is recycled into.
jayess··on Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing Global Movement
In my school days the main scare problem was acid rain.
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