Can Microsoft Flight Simulator help me learn to fly or make me a better pilot? — and The Art of Electronics (2015)

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Can Microsoft Flight Simulator help me learn to fly or make me a better pilot? aviation.stackexchange.com \| points: 379 \| comments: 244

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The Art of Electronics (2015) artofelectronics.net \| points: 368 \| comments: 96

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NY Governor vetoes ban on noncompete clauses, waters down LLC transparency bill gothamist.com \| points: 352 \| comments: 266

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StreamDiffusion: A pipeline-level solution for real-time interactive generation github.com \| points: 343 \| comments: 61

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Crown shyness en.wikipedia.org \| points: 310 \| comments: 45

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Study: TikTok Global Platform Anomalies Align with CCP Geostrategic Objectives [pdf] networkcontagion.us \| points: 246 \| comments: 165

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Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them generals.io \| points: 235 \| comments: 48

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How does a B-tree make queries fast? blog.allegro.tech \| points: 233 \| comments: 73

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Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (2011) english.stackexchange.com \| points: 209 \| comments: 167

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Ask yourself dumb questions and answer them (2020) terrytao.wordpress.com \| points: 199 \| comments: 85

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Show HN: An open-source, self-hostable synced narration platform for ebooks smoores.gitlab.io \| points: 195 \| comments: 32

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San Francisco’s rent prices have never returned to pre-2020 levels sfchronicle.com \| points: 187 \| comments: 258

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Unveiling the big leap in Ruby 3.3’s IRB railsatscale.com \| points: 183 \| comments: 67

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Sam Altman’s knack for dodging bullets with a little help from bigshot friends wsj.com \| points: 176 \| comments: 111

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Bill Watterson Commencement Speech (1990) web.mit.edu \| points: 174 \| comments: 51

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Cummins pickup truck engines tricked air quality controls, feds say usatoday.com \| points: 167 \| comments: 105

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If only someone told me this before my first startup news.ycombinator.com \| points: 148 \| comments: 57

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How can Santa keep his lists when the GDPR is around? worldbuilding.stackexchange.com \| points: 145 \| comments: 53

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America lost the chestnut, its one perfect tree theatlantic.com \| points: 138 \| comments: 98

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2TB microSD card is on the way early next year overkill.wtf \| points: 119 \| comments: 168

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