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'Kill Switch' Mandate That Could Shut Down Your Car(thefederalist.com)
1 points by daoboy 3y ago|2 comments
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by daoboy 3y ago
I am having trouble evaluating the merits of this claim. It seems to be primarily one sided reporting right now. Anyone have a good idea if this will actually provide government actors the ability to shut off your car remotely? Because that
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by daoboy 3y ago
No source. I'm just spreading moosinformation
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by daoboy 3y ago
I understand that moose are responsible for quite a few train derailments, too. I presume they are sober, though.
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Do Programming Certifications Still Matter?(m.slashdot.org)
4 points by daoboy 3y ago|0 comments
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by daoboy 3y ago
Look like the author primarily plugs a keto diet as a cure-all for a variety of disparate pathologies. He is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, so I will hold off on calling him a quack, but definitely approachi
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by daoboy 3y ago
As the child of an English teacher this is consistent with my experience. It is possibly related to the fact that my own bad grammar often resulted in a different sort of physical stress...
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by daoboy 3y ago
"researchers have discovered a neural pathway, which involves a previously undiscovered group of sensory neurons that connect the heart to the brainstem. The study, published in Nature on 1 November1, shows that activating these neuron
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by daoboy 3y ago
This is silly. It is long past time to stop giving legitimacy to the offense industrial complex.
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by daoboy 3y ago
A good opportunity to break out my favorite Bertrand Russell quote: "Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise."
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by daoboy 3y ago
I did not realize this was a myth, but to the extent it is I'm glad it is being addressed. Everyone I know (mostly US midwest) who has one can't say enough good things about them. The main barrier to more widespread use seems to b
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by daoboy 3y ago
"In 1997 federal funding for residencies was capped, forcing hospitals to either limit programmes or shoulder some of the financial burden of training their doctors. Some spots have been added back, but not nearly enough. Many potentia
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Last Contact: Free Online Puzzle Game Designed for Researchers and Scientists(sherlocked.nl)
1 points by daoboy 3y ago|0 comments
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by daoboy 3y ago
Just finished reading Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky and have Mars on the brain, so this is serendipitous. I also appreciate this sentiment, having expressed something similar to some overly optimistic friends: “Mars is nowhere near being
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AI can diagnose type 2 diabetes in 10 seconds from your voice(diabetes.co.uk)
32 points by daoboy 3y ago|18 comments
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by daoboy 3y ago
https://archive.ph/CeLJZ "Any discoveries GSK makes with the 23andMe data will now be solely owned by the British pharmaceutical giant, while the genetic-testing company will be eligible for royalties on some projects.
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by daoboy 3y ago
This seems unnecessarily negative towards the trend of self-optimization. Self help media has been around for a long time, and this is just a new evolution of it targeted to a specific audience. I have only watched a handful of episodes of
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by daoboy 3y ago
Andrew Ng would be inclined to agree. "There are definitely large tech companies that would rather not have to try to compete with open source, so they're creating fear of AI leading to human extinction," he told the news out
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OpenAI vs. Anthropic vs. Cohere(sacra.com)
2 points by daoboy 3y ago|0 comments
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by daoboy 3y ago
That's messed up. I have generally preferred Samsung products,too. 10-15 years ago, when I had a lot more free time, I used to put CyanogenMod on my phones and play around with that. Are there any good open source mobile OS around thes
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Images from the 2023 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition(nikonsmallworld.com)
161 points by daoboy 3y ago|35 comments
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Smart speaker data is used in ways you might not expect(techxplore.com)
1 points by daoboy 3y ago|0 comments
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by daoboy 3y ago
The system of likes/dislikes, upvotes/downvotes, etc are a feedback mechanism specifically designed to leverage the fact that we are predisposed by evolution to worry about that exact thing. So while I accept it to the extent that
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by daoboy 3y ago
This very issue is why I haven't had a social media account in years. Even something as benign as posting here on HN entails editing to avoid downvotes. While we all make necessary and unavoidable judgements, the explicit nature of bei
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by daoboy 3y ago
I have seen several podcasts with Michael Levin now and it is really brilliant work he and his team are doing. For what it's worth he also comes across as a really nice guy.
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At a Haunted Grocery Store, Trying to Explain the Unexplained Has Consequences(atlasobscura.com)
2 points by daoboy 3y ago|0 comments
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Lifespan extension: separating fact from fiction(milkyeggs.com)
4 points by daoboy 3y ago|0 comments
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by daoboy 3y ago
I can't believe I didn't know Julia Child was a spy. That is very cool. I have trouble imagining any of the vapid narcissists of today's stardom being able to pull something like that off. Who would be the most likely candida
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by daoboy 3y ago
Thank you! This is a tough crowd, got a lot of down votes on this one
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by daoboy 3y ago
I don't really. It was just a silly joke based on the notion that kombucha is supposed to help your gut microbiome but many people think it tastes gross.

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