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fracus··on Reviews of Diet Coke in New York City Restaurants
As a diet coke connoisseur, glass > can > plastic > fountain. Fountain is very often flat in restaurants and dirty. I enjoy cans over plastic because you know exactly how cold it is going to be. Glass, I just feel like a rich person.
fracus··on Ask HN: What types of posts do you most enjoy on Hacker News?
My favorite are accessible hobby posts with well written tutorials. I also enjoy the philosophical posts.
fracus··on A Typology of Canadianisms
I've never heard a fellow Canadian say "to hospital" over "to the hospital", in person, or on TV.
fracus··on A Typology of Canadianisms
That is what OP said. "All dressed" is a direct translation from French.
fracus··on Conservative and Liberal Brains Might Have Some Real Differences
All these types of studies politely demonstrate right wing voters are less intelligent.
fracus··on How do airplane toilets work?
I don't know why I assumed it would turn into a spray. I didn't consider it would freeze at altitude.
fracus··on How do airplane toilets work?
I'm curious why they don't just flush the waste outside the plane at altitude because I thought the best way to get rid of toxic waste is dilution.
fracus··on Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi
Soon Americans will have to pay a service fee to walk on the sidewalk. Everything is getting sold.
fracus··on Attabotics CEO on devastating week that brought bankruptcy
The EDC agreed to help find funding, then reported back that they tried and failed, and then put the company into bankruptcy and took over the company for pennies on the dollar. I wonder how sincere their help was.
fracus··on 1945 TV Console Showed Two Programs at Once
He basically just glued two TVs together. You would get more usability if you just bought two separate TVs.
fracus··on Laser-wielding device is like an anti-aircraft system for mosquitoes
Wasn't this scaled down from such a device?
fracus··on Busting the top myths about the Big Bang
Seems to me the biggest problem relating the Big Bang to people is the definition of space. How can you define space if there is no known boundary? How can you say there is no central point for certain? The rising loaf of bread analogy has a center of mass. What is the Universe if it has no defined boundary? And what do we call what is outside the Universe? If we take a small box and sample a total vacuum of mass and energy in the vast space between galaxies then wouldn't that be the same nothingness outside the Universe. This reminds me of the Richard Feynman interview where he relays the "why" conundrum when trying to explain scientific principles to laymen. Analogies made in the effort to ELI5 will never be perfect and any further explanation to resolve the inconsistencies will just be too complicated.
fracus··on Can you see circles or rectangles? Does the answer depend on where you grew up?
They discuss people from the educated, democratized world see rectangles while a group from Namibia see circles because, they hypothesize, their world isn't highly "carpenterized" with right angles and straight lines. So could this not be simply because they don't know what a rectangle is, and so categorize these close loops as circles? I don't understand the acceptance it is an optical illusion.
fracus··on Elon Musk Forms a New Political Party to Challenge Trump and the Republicans
Now I'm trying to decide which of the two I hate the least. I would guess I'd hate Musk's policies the least.
fracus··on The story behind Caesar salad
I'm Canadian. And yes, it was about people who live in places where pizza and caesar salad are ubiquitous.
fracus··on Lefties Aren't as Creative as We Thought
It is sad that I read this title thinking it was a nonsensical political rage bait title.
fracus··on The story behind Caesar salad
You are missing out.
fracus··on The body parts evolution still can't explain
It can't be evolution's failure to explain but our inability to as yet understand.
fracus··on The story behind Caesar salad
It casts the same spell as pizza. You'd have a hard time finding someone who doesn't really enjoy it. It even works on people who don't generally like salads.
fracus··on Nvidia won, we all lost
This was an efficient, well written, TKO.
fracus··on Air Pollution May Contribute to Development of Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers
Do ya think so?
fracus··on Trump officials want to prosecute over the ICEblock app
They should just rebrand the app as a wink wink bird spotting app.
fracus··on Flint, Michigan replaces most lead pipes 10 years after Michigan water crisis
The residents should be able to sue for healthcare from probable lead exposure. It is mind blowing people don't actively vote for nationalized healthcare.
fracus··on Microsoft cutting jobs with largest layoff in years
I would have thought most layoffs would have occurred a while ago when they announced they were abandoning the console market.
fracus··on App that allows people to share ICE sightings boosted after White House backlash
The Streisand Effect? I wonder how the oppressive administration is going to oppress this app away.
fracus··on Young Americans Are Spending a Whole Lot Less on Video Games This Year
I was going to buy the Mario Kart Switch 2 bundle but ultimately cancelled my pre-order. The price tag was just too rich for what I was getting. I could afford it but the price/value just wasn't good enough. I'm making the same decisions at the grocery store.
fracus··on Swearing as a Response to Pain: Assessing Effects of Novel Swear Words
Mythbusters shouldn't have ended when it did. I wish all 5 of them could have made an arrangement where it could continue.
fracus··on When we die do we still have any of the original cells from our birth? (2020)
I won't spoil the article, but if we didn't, we'd be the Ship of Theseus.
fracus··on [dead]
I've been using Ubuntu for over a decade. I actually have to uninstall Windows 11 when I buy a new computer. I first take a couple of minutes to check it out and wow, it is so terrible. Ads, and over tuned UI. Everything is online now. The need for programs compatible only with Windows is long gone.
fracus··on Microsoft Confirms Xbox Handheld Console – Official Release Set for 2025
I'm surprised there is a relevant market for handheld gaming beyond mobile phones.
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