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by nharada 7y ago
I feel that "put it in a mountain until we figure out what to do with it" is a better solution than "fail to figure out decarbonization and watch the collapse of society as we know it"
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Ask HN: Books for how to be a better tech lead?
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Is there some legal structure in place to prevent you from raising the cap as partners being to approach the 100x ROI?
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by nharada 8y ago
Completely disagree, we could solve climate change with today's technology if the political/popular will existed.
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by nharada 8y ago
I don't think you should get to walk back your shitty comments by claiming you were just joking the whole time. Based on this guy's past behavior, I don't think anyone is giving him the benefit of the doubt here either.
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by nharada 8y ago
I really like the idea of all of this tech being open source, but I don't think it's logical that eventually it will all be 100% open. There's tons of safety critical software now that's closed source (avionics software,
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by nharada 8y ago
One tricky thing I've noticed when trying to hire ML people is that it's very difficult to tell when someone is okay at ML and when someone is great at ML from their past projects. Because machine learning is just statistics, it i
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by nharada 8y ago
There's a difference between "faking it" and "trying your best but making mistakes". Trained pilots still crash airplanes, but I'm not getting on a plane flown by some random passenger.
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I assume I'm not the only one who read the abstract and still has no clue what this is about?
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by nharada 8y ago
I think a lot of people are missing the point of this post, especially because it offers an opportunity to nit pick on specifics. But the point here isn't "don't write code for the military" or "don't write cod
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by nharada 8y ago
> Just a guess: existing high-priced generic pharma companies will react by offering similar long-term contracts. They'll try to do an end run around Civica Rx. If they do this then won't Civica Rx have done exactly what they w
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by nharada 8y ago
I've been taking high dose riboflavin (vitamin B2) at the recommendation of my neurologist for the last 4-5 months and it's been shockingly effective. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15257686
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by nharada 8y ago
My impression is that when rich and powerful people talk about "the dangers of AI" what they really mean is "the dangers of AI (to me when it's not controlled by me)"
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I had no idea flowers evolved so late. The first flowers were 100 million years after the first dinosaurs!
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by nharada 8y ago
> Yes it's wrong, but what do I know? I just design electronic circuits. This outlook, along with "well if I don't do it someone else will anyway", is why tech workers are quickly becoming the new bankers in the vie
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by nharada 8y ago
"Yet Washington continues to ignore the problem, or, worse still, to actively impede efforts to address it. How can this be? A possible answer, which seems to be the one that Hansen himself, at least in part, subscribes to, is that sci
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by nharada 9y ago
One argument would be that by legalizing these drugs, it's much easier to offer treatment and addiction therapy. Users are less likely to get help when their habit is illegal, and the stigma around illegal activities makes citizens les
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by nharada 9y ago
It makes you an activist to not want to work on certain projects because you disagree with them?
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by nharada 9y ago
> We honestly don't know how fast species went extinct at various points in the past and we don't really know how fast they are going extinct right now. Citation needed please. Yes, they're estimates, but there are scienti
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by nharada 9y ago
"We know almost nothing about the vehicle, price, performance, or details, but as someone who has never worked with aircraft or lived in New Zealand let me tell you why this is the worst idea I've ever heard and why the people bui
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by nharada 9y ago
I'm all for this. We desperately need carbon-free sources of energy, and even though there are challenges associated with nuclear it really is a powerful technology and I think the risks are generally worth it. Even better if the partn
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by nharada 9y ago
So you order a flying car to take you from A to B, where you've chosen a route that you know flies over your target (presuming big populated targets aren't routed around automatically). Then you load explosives on-board instead
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by nharada 9y ago
You're suggesting someone would fly in one of these, and exactly at the right moment detonate a bomb to cause it to fall from the sky onto someone? How in the world would they aim the falling vehicle? It's not like they're go
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by nharada 9y ago
I think that's kinda the parent comment's point. Just because sonar is good for indoor localization doesn't mean it's got the range for highway speeds. In fact, ultrasound on cars is for exactly this: low speed, close qu
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by nharada 9y ago
So is this about sales or about the vibe of having a coffee place where people hang out and chat? I'd be happy to pay some money to work for longer than one drink at a cafe, but I don't really want to drink 5 coffees to work for a
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by nharada 9y ago
While I agree that PhD gate-keeping is frustrating, I've found a sizable subset of the people who say that really mean "we want you to have the mathematical foundation for this", not "we require a PhD". I don't
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by nharada 9y ago
"The only reason I use it is that it's perfect as a handsfree music player and that has its uses in the shower, etc" Doesn't this mean that you find it useful?
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by nharada 9y ago
Worth pointing out that the one in the parent post is a real thing that is being marketed right now in Portugal where net neutrality doesn't exist.
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by nharada 9y ago
"may become profitable for the first time next quarter after ... ramping up deals to sell its data to other companies" Cool, so any indication on who is buying all my data?
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by nharada 9y ago
I also attended a unionized school (UMich) and I also appreciated the union. Our union frequently pushed for wage increases and other benefits, and our healthcare was absolutely stellar (basically full and free coverage for most common thin

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