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by notadoc 9y ago
Any diver, snorkeler, or spear fishermen can tell you reef ecosystems are in serious trouble. And it's certainly not just warming temperatures, it's also acidification, overfishing, destructive fishing with dynamite and cyanide, a
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by notadoc 9y ago
They edited the same page to remove those references. Best to assume Sierra and El Capitan are not patched until proven otherwise. Clear as mud.
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by notadoc 9y ago
No, there is no macOS 10.12.7 release https://support.apple.com/downloads/macos Perhaps you're referring to a release on Dec 6 labeled as "Security Update 2017-002 10.12.6," which does not appear to incl
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by notadoc 9y ago
Hopefully Sierra and El Capitan will get patched soon.
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by notadoc 9y ago
Well you could always avoid the tech heavy indices, but then you're sort of actively managing your positions rather than letting it be purely passive. Theoretically, is not another growing peril of indexing that it removes incentives f
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by notadoc 9y ago
In short, it's evolution. Bacteria develop resistance when exposed to antibiotics. They lose their effectiveness. This will give you a decent overview of antibiotic resistance: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsh
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by notadoc 9y ago
Admittedly, I envy you. I still use an iPhone, which I justify for work and the camera. But I know it's a problematic item, and I am very aware that it is bad for me and was designed and optimized to interfere constantly by interjectin
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by notadoc 9y ago
I know several families (some with teenagers!) who traded their iPhones for dumb phones, reducing usage to much like a phone behaved in 2005; entirely for phone calls that actually matter, and the simplest of brief text messaging. They all
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by notadoc 9y ago
I'm surprised the "identified 11 priority areas in science" did not include antibiotic research, given that we are rapidly running out of antibiotics as resistance develops, all while virtually nobody is researching or develo
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by notadoc 9y ago
I remain thoroughly convinced that social media is bad for society, and for the self. It is optimized to bring out the worst in people, and rarely offers anything of value.
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Ask HN: Have you seen a UFO?
15 points by notadoc 9y ago|17 comments
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by notadoc 9y ago
My interpretation was that the origin of the material was simply unknown, which doesn't mean much. If I wake up in the morning and there's an unexpected beer can in my yard that I did not place there, then that would be an object
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by notadoc 9y ago
Why aren't all of the major tech companies pouring money into a swarm of lobbyists to stop the repealing of net neutrality if they are concerned it will be bad for business?
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by notadoc 9y ago
"Fake news" is about to get a whole lot worse.
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by notadoc 9y ago
> Tech luminaries call net neutrality vote an 'imminent threat' If tech companies and luminaries genuinely considered the loss of net neutrality as an existential threat, wouldn't they be hiring every lobbyist under the su
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by notadoc 9y ago
I strongly believe social media in current forms is bad for society and for people individually, it is a digital addiction that feeds the worst of human nature with no redeeming quality. Everyone I know who still is used by the service alwa
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by notadoc 9y ago
Ok, and what’s the plan for water? Harvest the monsoon?
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by notadoc 9y ago
Unequivocally yes. I'd also highly recommend using multiple larger (>20") displays for a notable productivity boost.
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by notadoc 9y ago
Siri reminds me of that every time I attempt to use it.
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by notadoc 9y ago
If jobs were screened entirely by competency and personality/fit, with interviews/resumes somehow conveying those aspects of a candidate without any other identifying information revealed about the applicants (no school, age, sex,
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by notadoc 9y ago
Texas is on the Atlantic gulf coast, it is not on the west coast of the USA. As far as Houston goes, look for yourself: https://www.zillow.com/houston-tx/houses/ A dilapidated tear down in an undesirable area is a
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by notadoc 9y ago
And the actual study for those interested https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01019-z
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Scientists reveal the relationship between sugar and cancer(vib.be)
2 points by notadoc 9y ago|1 comments
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by notadoc 9y ago
Perhaps because screens have endless distractions whereas textbooks do not. Personally, I prefer to read a paper book any day. It feels infinitely softer on my eyes, and it's just more pleasant of an experience to me for whatever reaso
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by notadoc 9y ago
It's almost as if widespread use of pesticides is having a widespread effect on insects
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by notadoc 9y ago
> While in the US you have regions where people make $50k a year and a house costs $50k — $100k LOL, not on the coastal states. If it's the west coast, people earn 50k while starting house prices are 500k+
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by notadoc 9y ago
> how do we get these assholes (the FCC, an unelected body) to do the will of (77% of) the people? Hire lobbyists. Whoever pays the most wins.
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by notadoc 9y ago
It sure feels like "blockchain" and "cryptocurrency" are the new misunderstood but mandatory usage buzzwords of the day.
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by notadoc 9y ago
How absurd. Virtually every single photo of every male or female that is printed is photoshopped. A lot of people photoshop their pictures before posting to Facebook even. Should that all be declared too? What about those filters on social
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by notadoc 9y ago
Does anyone else get the impression that Twitter has no idea what to do with their service, let alone how most people use it? Adding verbosity is the last thing the service needs.

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