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9 years ago
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on: Blinded after applying contact lenses with wet hands
I tried contacts twice, a few years apart. On both occasions, a few weeks in, I ended up sitting in front of an opthalmologist having had what seems to have been a corneal abrasion from the contact lens. The opthalmologist couldn't find anything wrong, and I can only guess that maybe a dry eye caused the lens to stick to both the ball and lid, then moving the lid yanked the lens and in turn the ball. Seriously sharp pain and eye streaming.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks
Agreed. I don't even know any europeans talking about leaving.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: The internals of PostgreSQL
That is interesting, ta, although more work for the author.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: My Go Resolutions for 2017
I think the striking point is that you're forced to use a throwaway to have an opinion.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Workplaces need more walls, not fewer (2014)
I've given up on my dev dept. I'm sitting in the finance dept.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Facebook to Open Startup Garage at Station F in Paris
Battery chickens.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: The Rust module system is too confusing
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Braess’ paradox
An overloaded shortcut is a trap.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Missiles of North Korea
So you're saying it's only self defence? In that case what's the fuss?
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Missiles of North Korea
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Land Lines
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Dubai Police now using Crime Prediction software
Ah, but the two Italian Lamborghinis were donated. Otherwise I would've been very unimpressed.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: India's economy surpasses United Kingdom
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: India's economy surpasses United Kingdom
"Owing to Britain's recent Brexit-related problems.." -- I'm not aware of any Brexit-related economic problems. On the contrary, all news I've seen since has been positive, to the surprise, and disappointment, of many.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Basic project template for golang, slightly opinionated
I can't even begin to grasp how this is HN front page. No offence, but in the world of tech is this really in the top 30 most interesting things?
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Bluetooth 5 Now Available
Use an umbrella.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Artists who survived brain injuries but found a new craft
Agreed. I used to use the app religiously, I'm now using News Republic more often. I don't watch on the TV at all anymore, it makes me feel foul. I remember watching a BBC journalist throw bottles of water for a group of desperate people, who reacted by sidestepping the bottles and continuing to watch the idiot in front of the camera, completely disinterested in the water. Of course, he only started "assisting" the desperate after he'd finished his drawn out description of how desperate they were. They're increasingly tabloidy in order to maintain market share, but it's just increasingly repulsive.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: UK Investigatory Powers Bill: Politicians exempt themselves from new laws
The UK is as corrupt as everyone claims Russia is, starting with the BBC. Theresa May has turned out to be a tyrant. As a Brit, I don't know if I'm more disgusted by the arrogance of the ruling class, or the apathy of the subservient working class. Dystopia is here. Talk of bloody revolution is not necessary - the first cyber revolution?
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re Dropped Off
Yes. These companies have teams of people spewing out a list of values for PR, and thinking that they have Jedi mind trick powers over the employees (on some people it actually works!). It's the company image, not how the company operates.
karmacoda
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9 years ago
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on: Inside tiny tubes, water turns solid when it should be boiling
As a non-physicist I was thinking the molecules become jammed, immobilised upon expansion; for want of a better analogy a swollen foot in a shoe, no more wiggle room. But the article says that the solid water does melt at even higher temperatures.
