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811.
Alaska's thawing permafrost has big consequences for greenhouse gas emissions(labroots.com)
3 points by Mz 9y ago|0 comments
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Hospitals Could Do More for Survivors of Opioid Overdoses, Study Suggests(npr.org)
2 points by Mz 9y ago|0 comments
813.
'Smart' Pill Bottles Aren't Enough to Help the Medicine Go Down(npr.org)
1 points by Mz 9y ago|1 comments
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Johnson and Johnson says its drug shouldn’t be used in executions(washingtonpost.com)
4 points by Mz 9y ago|2 comments
815.
The hidden stories of medical experimentation on Caribbean slave plantations(theconversation.com)
1 points by Mz 9y ago|0 comments
816.
by Mz 9y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_banning http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hellban Not entirely accurate on HN since, apparently, all banned users can continue to post, but their st
817.
There's an unforeseen benefit to California's physician-assisted death law(latimes.com)
1 points by Mz 9y ago|0 comments
818.
by Mz 9y ago
A year later, when I began to worry about a thesis topic, Neyman just shrugged and told me to wrap the two problems in a binder and he would accept them as my thesis. I like the professor.
819.
by Mz 9y ago
You knew a lot of insider info about yourself. Brute forcing registration of outlook accounts in no way guarantees they will be connected to a pay pal account etc. I imagine there are easier ways to extract money from people. There are too
820.
by Mz 9y ago
It isn't a metaphor. Without modern farming technology and techniques, the world cannot support 7 billion people. We deal with that fact or we die in droves. Those are our options.
821.
by Mz 9y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15060319 The last time we faced the possibility of "automation" taking our jobs, we invented the 40 hour work week to redistribute work and raise quality of life for more worki
822.
by Mz 9y ago
If this is at all accurate, then all it is saying is that programming started as a pink collar ghetto. The article itself indicates it was dominated by women as long as it was considered "glorified clerical work." This is actually
823.
by Mz 9y ago
In fact I'm a seasoned pizza I completely misunderstood your comment. I might need to go get food soon.
824.
by Mz 9y ago
What is the alternative? IIRC, healthcare now accounts for about 20% of the GDP in the US. Provide universal basic healthcare and you cover around 20% of the budget of many people. You also benefit families and people with health problems
825.
by Mz 9y ago
All the warm, fuzzy pro UBI articles gush about how tech giants are generously willing to support UBI in the face of jobs going away. They then paint glowing pictures of how useful that money will be for underpaid workers doing "good w
826.
Workplace flexibility is the way to win the war for talent(venturebeat.com)
305 points by Mz 9y ago|133 comments
827.
by Mz 9y ago
My mother says her English became fluent from watching American TV. So, I will suggest you look for subtitled videos online in the target language. There is a large difference between spoken and written. If you want to be able to converse i
828.
by Mz 9y ago
It used to take around 20 farmers to support a single non farmers, such as a noble or black smith. We now have many people supported by each farmer in the modern world. If people are too "nice," we can totally go back to a hunter-
829.
Scientists Find Record 2.7M-Year-Old Ice Core in Antarctica(smithsonianmag.com)
74 points by Mz 9y ago|10 comments
830.
by Mz 9y ago
It is not an appeal to authority. It is citing my source. I don't know what your beef is with me. As far as I can tell, both my comments make the same point: That pro vaxxers are just as extremist and close minded as anti vaxxers. Ther
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Snapchat is using the solar eclipse to show off potential of its maps feature(businessinsider.com)
2 points by Mz 9y ago|0 comments
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by Mz 9y ago
No, that isn't what I am saying at all. People here are talking to me as if I am an antivaxxer when I have said I am not. Pro vaxxers are just as blind, unthinking and extremist as anti vaxxers. Both sides disregard valid points on the
833.
by Mz 9y ago
Thank you for saying that. I needed to hear that more than I expected.
834.
by Mz 9y ago
I think the only warning you need to give people is that this needs to not be a bluff. You need to be fully prepared to accept the consequences. It needs to not be grandstanding, thinking that if you are willing to "throw your life awa
835.
by Mz 9y ago
^ This. The crux of the issue is that people who are rabidly pro vax and people who are rabidly anti vax are both equally guilty of disregarding the valid concerns of the other side. This fact means neither is willing to consider a more nua
836.
by Mz 9y ago
No, being a doctor on the internet changes nothing. Exchanging a few comments online is no substitute for a medical exam, knowing my medical history, etc. Any doctor that imagines they know what is best for me merely because they are a doct
837.
by Mz 9y ago
Remote work is increasingly popular. I pursue it for reasons of germ control, but lots of people prefer remote work for various reasons. It isn't a given. I spend my days in a large city. I just have freedom to get up and walk away fro
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by Mz 9y ago
We have a lot of mystery diseases currently that are occurring in large numbers. Autism is just one widespread issue of the modern world. Anti vaxxers believe at least some of these problems are being caused by the widespread use of vaccine
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by Mz 9y ago
I homeschooled my sons. I am fine with schools et al having such requirements, as long as people have options to walk away from that system and make choices like homeschooling. That in no way means that some random stranger on the internet
840.
by Mz 9y ago
I am not endangering myself. As I said above, I haven't had the flu in many years. That is prejudice and assumption talking. I do remote work. Because of my genetic disorder, I have arranged my life to be able to avoid exposure to infe

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