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jacoblsievers··on Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish? (2017)
Are you implying something?
jacoblsievers··on Designing the Facebook Company Brand
Agreed. This is clearly a pivot to a younger user base.
jacoblsievers··on List of countries by mobile phones in use
I'm not surprised by Hong Kong, but why are Canada and Australia so low?
jacoblsievers··on Fossil colour studies are changing our idea of how dinosaurs looked
Actually title of referenced study: "Tissue-specific geometry and chemistry of modern and fossilized melanosomes reveal internal anatomy of extinct vertebrates"
jacoblsievers··on White House weighs encryption crackdown
I think there is some confusion here regarding a right to free speech vs. the right to any speech. The courts routinely recognize the state's right to limit modes of speech, e.g. vandalism, yelling in a theater, etc. Isn't encrypted speech just another "mode"?
jacoblsievers··on US 'launched cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems'
It's a small price to pay for salvation.
jacoblsievers··on Federal HTTPS domains that'll expire soon because of US government shutdown
I doubt that "anyone" can grab a .gov address.
jacoblsievers··on Show HN: Day of the Dead website with 12 Free illustrations
Probably killed by reddit...
jacoblsievers··on Scorching Summer in Europe Signals Long-Term Climate Changes
And anyway, its not really about the outliers. The trend seems clear: https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/graph_data/Tempera...
jacoblsievers··on Show HN: LogoFox – fast logo maker
Yes, UI is a wreck. In addition, services like this demonstrate a fundamental lack of understanding as to what logos are for and how they function. You can't communicate your brand's identity effectively by clicking some buttons and going on your "gut." Do yourself a favor: pay for a professional.
jacoblsievers··on Library encourages shitty JS; activate by misspelling JavaScript in script tag
Hilarious.
jacoblsievers··on [dead]
I think the point is that to a certain degree Parties have created this artificial binary.
jacoblsievers··on The Kingdom of the Dead: For post-Soviet people, Crimea was a gigantic madeleine
It's a reference to Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past." The taste brings forth memories involuntarily.