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Ask HN: What was your favorite content or book in 2023?
I mostly read fantasy and scifi books. Here are my favorites: * “The Weirkey Chronicles” by Sarah Lin * “The Captain” by Will Wight * “The Last Echo of the Lord of Bells” by John Bierce * “Scion of Storms” by Samuel Hinton * “Waybound” by Will Wight * “Mark of the Fool” by J.M. …
File Management Tools for Your Favorite Shell
Going around your files and directories using the shell can feel slow and confusing, and not only when you’re a beginner. Personally, I was using GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) to display, rename, move, and delete my files for a long time. It took me a couple of years to really get used to the shell …
Chili Peppers: 6 Surprising Health Benefits From This Spicy Food Favorite
Chili peppers are one of the most popular ingredients to add some kick to countless recipes. They’re red hot, spicy and add a definite zing. And did you know they’re actually a fruit? For all the culinary reasons we love chili peppers, it turns out there’s even more reason to include them in your meal. …
My favorite Teardown moments after 46 hours of breaking stuff
Teardown is a destruction sandbox puzzle game that just hit 1.0 after 18 months in Early Access. You may know it from popular videos of places being destroyed by nukes or remember seeing early clips of its incredible physics-based destruction on Twitter. Teardown was a little light on variety when it first came to Early …
Oprah on the cheap: 10 ‘favorite things’ that won’t break the bank
DALLAS (NEXSTAR) – Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has released her annual “Oprah’s Favorite Things” list and she’s giving us a gift in the form of affordable options. This year’s list includes everything from home essentials to fashion and accessories – and all of the items are available on Amazon! Also new for 2020, Oprah is …
Dr. Will Kirby Endorses Da’Vonne Rogers for America’s Favorite Player
[SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers ahead for Big Brother 22.] Popular competitor Da’Vonne Rogers returned for All-Stars four years after she last appeared. Even though Da’Vonne was a fan-favorite for two seasons of Big Brother, she hasn’t won America’s Favorite Player. BB2 winner and legendary player Dr. Will Kirby thinks her exit speech might have done the trick to earn her the AFP …
Hungerford: Biotech and semiconductors: My two favorite technology and health care subsectors | Business
As regular readers of my column know, my two favorite sector investments are technology and health care. They are easily the best sector performers for the past decade. Compared to the S&P 500’s 10-year average gain of 14% through June 30, tech stocks have returned 17% and health-care stocks 16%. Earlier this month, Fidelity held …
Activity break: retirees enjoy favorite programs at Lebanon Senior Center | Lifestyle
The Lebanon Senior Citizens Center offers a variety of activities for retirees each week, and many of them have become community traditions. Among the most popular is the weekly sing-a-long, which Activities Director Teresa Botts said dates back more than 20 years. “There are about 30 to 40 people that come out for it every …
Swiffer. Blackberry. Dasani. Meet the man who named your favorite products | Technology
Have you ever wondered how the BlackBerry smartphone got its name? Or how about the Swiffer mop, or the Impossible burger? Just ask David Placek. For three decades, his company, Lexicon Branding, has been hired by the likes of Intel, Apple, Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola, to help name hundreds of products and launch corporate rebranding …