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- One liner NPM package “is-windows” has 2.5M dependants, why on earth? https://twitter.com/caspervonb/status/1139947676546453504 82 comments
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- The Last Person on Earth Without Windows 95 https://zipcon.net/~kestral/win95.html 5 comments satire
- One liner npm package "is-windows" has 2.5 million dependants, why on earth?! https://twitter.com/caspervonb/status/1139947676546453504 810 comments programming
- AMD Catalyst 14.9.2 Beta Driver for Windows and for Civilization: Beyond Earth http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDCatalyst14-9-2BetaWINReleaseNotes.aspx 5 comments hardware
- Civilization: Beyond Earth demo released for Windows. Will Aspyr release a demo for Linux? https://twitter.com/CivGame/status/525698013188988928 13 comments linux_gaming
- In a geologic triumph, scientists drill a window into Earth’s mantle https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/06/drill-earth-mantle-rocks/ 10 comments science
- In a geologic triumph, scientists drill a window into Earth’s mantle https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/06/drill-earth-mantle-rocks/ 26 comments worldnews
- The World Outside My Window - Time Lapse of Earth from the ISS (4K) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOAEIMx39-w 100 comments space
- Set a Rotating Picture of the Earth as Your Windows Wallpaper http://lifehacker.com/5579327/desktop-earth-sets-a-rotating-picture-of-the-earth-as-your-windows-wallpaper 5 comments reddit.com
- Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/world/global-climate-change-report-un-ipcc/index.html 93 comments climate
- Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/09/world/global-climate-change-report-un-ipcc/index.html 235 comments worldnews
- Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/09/world/global-climate-change-report-un-ipcc/index.html 14 comments worldnews
- Astronaut and scientist Kate Rubins looking out of an ISS window at Earth (October, 2016). https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/30722763316/ 5 comments space
- Why on earth is there no way to make Facetime stay on top of all other windows in macOS? https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/50w3kl/why_on_earth_is_there_no_way_to_make_facetime/ 14 comments apple
- Waiting Since 2008: "The Google Earth Plugin is currently only available on Windows and Mac OS X 10.6+." http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/plugin.html 4 comments chromeos
- Nacer Chadli brings us back down to Earth and reminds us why quotes are important during the transfer window https://www.twitter.com/HotspurRelated/status/423847498105769984/photo/1 11 comments soccer
- You have $150. You can a. spend it on beer, b. almost buy a copy of Windows 7 Professional, or c. take pictures of Earth from frickin' space. http://space.1337arts.com/ 437 comments science
- As Earth Warms, Old Mayhem and Secrets Emerge From the Ice. Climate change is revealing long-frozen artifacts and animals to archaeologists. But the window for study is slender and shrinking. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/science/climate-change-archaeology.html 8 comments science
- In 1910, Halley's Comet zipped by Earth, forcing our planet to pass through its tail. Because the tail was found to contain toxic cyanogen, people panicked. Some sold all their possessions. Others sealed all their windows. And some charlatans even sold bogus anti-comet pills. https://astronomy.com/news/2020/10/halleys-comet-covid-19-and-the-history-of-miracle-anti-comet-remedies 217 comments space
- In 1910, Halley's Comet zipped by Earth, coming within 60 times the distance to the Moon. Because Earth passes through the comet's tail, which contains toxic cyanogen, people panicked. Some sold their possessions. Others sealed their windows. And charlatans even sold bogus anti-comet pills. https://astronomy.com/news/2020/10/halleys-comet-covid-19-and-the-history-of-miracle-anti-comet-remedies 9 comments space
- Future astronauts will face a specific, unique hurdle. “Think about it,” says Stott, “Nine months to Mars. At some point, you don’t have that view of Earth out the window anymore.” Astronaut Nicole Stott on losing the view that helps keep astronauts psychologically “tethered” to those back home. https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/the-complex-relationship-between-mental-health-and-space-travel 227 comments space
- My window looks out to stars. I love looking out at them hoping to see something. My boyfriend thinks it would negatively impact us if Alain’s came to Earth but I can’t help but hold out hope that it would bring something new! https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/a4kg8e/my_window_looks_out_to_stars_i_love_looking_out/ 19 comments aliens
- What are your thoughts on how the Overview Effect (seeing the earth from outer space) will impact those that experience it once it becomes the norm, like looking out the window of an airplane? https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/8o3jm6/what_are_your_thoughts_on_how_the_overview_effect/ 16 comments space
- The tail of a feathered dinosaur has been found perfectly preserved in amber from Myanmar. The one-of-a-kind discovery helps put flesh on the bones of these extinct creatures, opening a new window on the biology of a group that dominated Earth for more than 160 million years. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38224564 4 comments worldnews
- The tail of a feathered dinosaur has been found perfectly preserved in amber from Myanmar. The stunning discovery helps put flesh on the bones of these extinct creatures, opening a new window on the biology of a group that dominated Earth for more than 160 million years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38224564 9 comments science
- [xpost r/space] a (free) Windows 10 app to update your wallpaper or lockscreen with a "live" image of Earth from Himawari 8 : space https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/4q1vsk/i_made_a_free_windows_10_app_to_update_your/ 14 comments windowsphone
- I made a (free) Windows 10 app to update your wallpaper or lockscreen with a "live" image of Earth from Himawari 8 http://himawari8.nict.go.jp/ 40 comments space
- I made a Windows PowerShell script that puts a near-realtime picture of Earth as your desktop background. https://gist.github.com/michaelpote/92fa6e65eacf26219022 181 comments programming
- Two objects, in center window. look at the middle right 7:03 shoots up towards earth. Then another middle of center window at 7:05 which seems to float up, then moves left and continues out of sight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Bfeature=share&v=KSzuiqVjJg4 9 comments aliens
- SpaceX on Instagram: “With four windows, passengers can take in views of Earth, the Moon, and the wider Solar System right from their seats.” https://instagram.com/p/7gntyhl8cw/ 66 comments spacex
- NASA releases high resolution views of the Moon and Earth seen midflight from the windows of the Apollo 13 LM https://archive.org/details/earthmoonapollo13 3 comments space
- It's Been Exactly 29 Years Since Earth Had a Colder-Than-Average Month. The last cooler-than-average month (based on a 1961 to 1990 average) on a global level was February of 1985, the year the first version of Microsoft Windows was released and the first Back to the Future film hit theaters. http://mashable.com/2014/03/19/29-years-cooler-than-average/ 22 comments worldnews
- LIVE: Tracking GOCE - the European satellite that is supposed to make the re-entry into earth. We are now less than 3 hours away now from the re-entry window. Please update the latest status/information here. http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Track_ESA_missions/index.html 18 comments space
- Windows on Earth is a rich, realistic digital simulation that lets you explore Earth from the window of the International Space Station http://winearth.terc.edu/ 5 comments space
- Everyone should have recognized that George W. Bush's "ranch" in Crawford, Texas, was just a prop — window dressing to make him seem more folksy, down-to-earth, and of course manly. http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/2008/12/from-white-house-to-whites-only-house.html 119 comments politics