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RupertSalt··on Blue light filters don't work – controlling total luminance is a better bet
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RupertSalt··on Blue light filters don't work – controlling total luminance is a better bet
Let me explain how many times I went back-and-forth with the opticians about "is this coating/feature optional?"
RupertSalt··on FCC asks stations for "pro-America" programming, like daily Pledge of Allegiance
By the time I started staying up late, it seemed that most United States-based stations didn't "sign off" much at all.

However, the "border blaster" stations in Mexico would sign off precisely on schedule, playing the Mexican National Anthem [audio] with men's chorus and brass band.

The radio stations were required to broadcast "The Mexican National Hour" in the Spanish language, which turned Sunday evenings into a series of special-programming blocks.

RupertSalt··on Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links
> the archive targets

Isn't there a substantial overlap with the copyright holders?

RupertSalt··on Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links
[citation needed]
RupertSalt··on Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links
If the WMF had a dollar for every proposal to spend Endowment-derived funds, their Endowment would double and they could hire one additional grant-writer
RupertSalt··on Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links
Spammers and pirates just got super excited at that plan!
RupertSalt··on Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links
"Non-paywalled" ad-free link to archive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment...
RupertSalt··on Making frontier cybersecurity capabilities available to defenders
It's an Internet trope — we could link to knowyourmeme, or link to the HN Guidelines
RupertSalt··on Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
A sola scriptura republic
RupertSalt··on Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
I recommend that commenters shell out and pony up for a thesaurus before its import duty is magnified sixfold.
RupertSalt··on Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
US Consumers pay in fungible dollars, and so if your company paid for three pizzas eaten by an AWS team, and I paid for 1 ounce of Maersk fuel oil, and our Starbucks venti latte purchases paid to rethatch Juan Valdez's hut, who can even trace the serial numbers on our $1 bills?
RupertSalt··on Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff

  A tariff or import tax is a duty imposed by a national government, customs territory, or supranational union on imports of goods and is paid by the importer. Exceptionally, an export tax may be levied on exports of goods or raw materials and is paid by the exporter.
If an analysis says that "domestic consumers are paying 90%" of a tariff then they are simplifying the process that others are describing here as "baked into the cost" and I would say, more accurately, "the cost of tariffs are recouped from consumers/businesses by those who paid them (the importer)"

  The economic burden of tariffs falls on the importer, the exporter, and the consumer. [Wikipedia]
If economists are saying "consumers pay tariffs" then I would expect to see a notation on the price tags and a line-item on my receipts, but the cost of the tariff must be paid by the importer, or there won't be a consumer who can purchase the goods, let alone bear the costs of their tariffs.
RupertSalt··on Child's Play: Tech's new generation and the end of thinking
Who can forget the billboards that launched a "career"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelyne
RupertSalt··on I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure
Ah, now you’ve captured the F/OSS zeitgeist!
RupertSalt··on US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The point was how they gained absolute power, and I would also say that there were multiple factors at work, and I doubt that the GP meant that “abusing free speech” was the only method or reason, but was it not a factor at all? There is often so much “not this but that”, folks should consider “both-and”.
RupertSalt··on That irritating feeling France was right – US makes Gaullism respectable again
It is okay, because most American voters cannot identify the capital of Africa on a map.
RupertSalt··on IPv6 Adoption in 2026
Perhaps you mean “prefixes” such as they are assigned by registrars, and announced by routing protocols.

The instructor of my Cisco classes said that the only module that caused students to break down in tears was VLSM.

RupertSalt··on US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
Joseph Goebbels would have been disappointed to learn that his office was superfluous and irrelevant!
RupertSalt··on [dead]
Saul Alisnky’s Rules for Radicals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_Radicals#The_Rules

RupertSalt··on Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Silicon MacBooks via iokit
This is a milder version of “Shake to Reboot” which is standard for all Etch-a-Sketch models
RupertSalt··on Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging
This is close to a recipe suggestion on Bob’s Red Mill Muesli.

I would assemble it the night before, so that the berry juice moistened the oats.

Cardamom or cinnamon, honey, or plain yogurt can be added.

RupertSalt··on Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging
Alcohol has adverse interactions with psych meds, and THC is becoming the recreational drug of choice.
RupertSalt··on Asbestos is a bigger problem than we thought [video]
First-person plural is the preferred pronoun for gods, monarchs, scientists, and CEOs.
RupertSalt··on US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
I can read that for free, and even hang on to it for a couple of weeks, as soon as the library opens today.

Actually I don't need to wait, because it's available immediately over the Internet in eBook format, with my library card.

There are also CDs, DVDs, and on-demand audio/video available with a library card.

I visited a library across town, and many sections were given over to video games for various popular console systems.

RupertSalt··on A beginner's guide to split keyboards
The person on the right side is sitting in a more elevated position, and so with their shoulders relaxed and upper arms at their sides, they only need to extend the forearms to reach the keyboard.

The "numeric keypad" hazard also illustrates why I was motivated to switch my Sun mouse to the left-hand side, and I reversed the buttons in my X11 mappings. This was a reliable way to perplex my coworkers.

RupertSalt··on Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus
A top-10 list indicates 6 primates, cat, dog, and cow. While there has been a lot of testing done on primates and dogs, they are much more sympathetic for animal-rights groups, and the general public, when protesting vivisection, breeding, and confinement.

Anatomically and behaviorally, primates would still be the top choices there. And many, many disciplines experiment on animals, where results don't come at the genetic level.

Good, the genetics match closely. But mice (or rats: see the idiom "lab rat") are also considered vermin, prolific breeders, fit in your hand, short life-cycle, and easily obtained. So they join fruit flies in the lab experiments.

Interestingly, pigs are used in many types of medicine while not enjoying that genetic similarity. In the 1950s and 60s, your insulin and thyroid meds were often derived from pigs.

RupertSalt··on Mystery donor gives Japanese city $3.6M in gold bars to fix water system
When the sections are stored above ground, they can make for some really gnarly skate parks. You've heard of the half-pipe, now see the attempts at full-pipe!
RupertSalt··on We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science
The Thirteenth Amendment makes it clear that it is permitted only by exception.
RupertSalt··on We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science
Along Interstate 5 in 1980s-90s Southern California, there were large signs, black-on-white, which showed a pictogram of a family running.

The English text above read "WATCH FOR PEOPLE CROSSING ROAD"

The Spanish text below read "PROHIBIDO"

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