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What a Massive New 728-Foot-Wide Crater Means for Future Moon Bases

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bookofjoe · 1790704764 · focus · HN ↗
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/science/space/what-a-massive-new-crater-means-for-future-moon-bases.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1E.p7Sx.xUPQ1BuWlWIb&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/science/space/what-a-mass...
1. egberts1 · 1790711426 · focus · HN ↗
  Eh, still have to login.
  1. bookofjoe · 1790793097 · focus · HN ↗
    I can only get you so far...
    joe_the_user · 1790819528 · focus · HN ↗
    No,
    You could have gotten this link: <a href="https://archive.is/88rlJ" rel="nofollow">https://archive.is/88rlJ
    (which is currently also the top link)
    bookofjoe · 1790859079 · focus · HN ↗
    Failure acknowledged. The fact I pay $360/year to the Times for a subscription enabling me to provide these gift links here at no charge does NOT excuse me from my inability to have prevented the Times from requiring a log-in to read them.
    FunFact: The Times instituted this requirement to prevent AI/LLM from scraping and stealing its content. Clearly it was remiss.
  2. somenameforme · 1790818550 · focus · HN ↗
    I don't even get that far but get a blank page except for: "Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker." They're doing a pretty good job of minimizing their traffic.
    bookofjoe · 1790861263 · focus · HN ↗
    New York Times 10-Year Online Subscriber Growth
    • 2016: Ended with approximately 1.6 million paid digital-only subscriptions.
    • 2018: Crossed the 3.3 million digital subscriber mark.
    • 2020: Accelerated past 5 million digital subscribers, fueled by intense news cycles (the U.S. election and COVID-19 pandemic).
    • 2022: Surpassed 8.8 million total subscribers after shifting reporting metrics from individual product subscriptions to total unique subscribers and acquiring The Athletic.
    • 2024: Reached over 10.8 million total subscribers by year-end.
    • 2025: Closed the year with 12.78 million total subscribers, adding 1.4 million net digital subscribers over the 12-month period.
    • Mid-2026: Reached 13.35 million total subscribers (including ~12.8 million digital-only subscribers), staying on track for a stated goal of 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027
    Source: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+times+subscription+online+stats+past+10+years&newwindow=1&sca_esv=f6f768f5eb8b4ccf&hl=en&sxsrf=APpeQntWaI_Te9xV3mgbNAnPjyIAZyQBNg%3A1790861069117&source=hp&ei=DV--asuJBZGtiLMP34LsgQk&iflsig=ABILxe8AAAAAar5tHZ39kY6KqdJu9rDsygcq5qlAkz-9&ved=0ahUKEwiLxPWu9ZiXAxWRFmIAHV8BO5AQ4dUDCC4&uact=5&oq=new+york+times+subscription+online+stats+past+10+years&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IjZuZXcgeW9yayB0aW1lcyBzdWJzY3JpcHRpb24gb25saW5lIHN0YXRzIHBhc3QgMTAgeWVhcnMyBxAhGAoYoAEyBxAhGAoYoAEyBxAhGAoYoAEyBxAhGAoYoAEyBxAhGAoYoAEyBRAhGKsCSOOgAVAAWPebAXAKeACQAQCYAbMBoAHjK6oBBTQ4LjE2uAEDyAEA-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&sclient=gws-wiz" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+times+subscription+...
    somenameforme · 1790863923 · focus · HN ↗
    That didn't pass the sniff test for me, and yeah it's misleading. Not on your part, but theirs - probably to try to appeal to advertisers. See the fine print on their numbers here. [1] Rather than copy-paste a bunch of stuff ctrl+f there for "The Company includes our digital and print products and related businesses, including:". Those numbers are an opaquely combined total across a whole slew of different services, brands, companies, and promotions. Suffice to say they're certainly calculating it in the way that will yield the largest number that's legally defensible.
    [1] - <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71691/000007169123000006/nyt-20221231.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71691/00000716912300...
  3. b0ner_t0ner · 1790819885 · focus · HN ↗
    Bypass Paywalls Clean on Quetta works fine.

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