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by notadoc 5y ago
Do we really need these clickbait headlines on Hacker News? For a while, this was a refuge from that garbage.
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by notadoc 5y ago
I see Google search decline in three stages: - When they became ad obsessed where entire search results are filled with ads or YouTube recommendations - Developed recency bias, aka if it's new it must be better, which has incentivized
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by notadoc 5y ago
What are the odds that crypto miners will start picking up M1 Max MacBook Pro's? Not cost effective, presumably.
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by notadoc 5y ago
A little surprised nobody is sharing focus-centric Spotify playlists!
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by notadoc 5y ago
Similar arguments were made with why factories, tech support, customer service, etc couldn't possibly leave the USA. And they did anyway.
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by notadoc 5y ago
Yes, people who don't see this coming are in for a potentially rude awakening. The US tech worker is about to get NAFTA'd.
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by notadoc 5y ago
Now the developed world will compete with the developing world to lower wages in the developed world. The high salaries and perks for many USA tech jobs may not last much longer. No need for companies to pay more for premium locations &#x2F
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by notadoc 5y ago
DuckDuckGo is often a superior search engine to alternatives, certainly less human bias, but their name does not help them. Who says "DuckDuckGo it?" They need to shorten the name considerably, either to Duck, or pick a different
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by notadoc 5y ago
Interesting idea but the search matches aren't great. Also the UI is not easy to scan, the list view of search results has been standardized for decades now for a reason.
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by notadoc 5y ago
I'm skeptical of the Apple Car project as a casual observer, are the employees too?
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by notadoc 5y ago
Yea yea west coast states are a disaster. But why is this on hacker news?
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by notadoc 5y ago
I suspect many people would leave many jobs if offered a comparable payout, particularly if their skills are valuable
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by notadoc 5y ago
Guessing nearly 1/3 of employees at many companies would leave immediately if offered 6 months salary. Or maybe it's because those people were upset that discussing politics was not part of their job description?
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by notadoc 6y ago
>All hospitalized patients received as best available therapy the same standard care, (per hospital protocol), of a combination of hydroxychloroquine (400 mg every 12 hours on the first day, and 200 mg every 12 hours for the following 5
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by notadoc 6y ago
You can experience this directly yourself on a near daily basis right now, here's all you need to do. - Go on social media and find the endless streams of videos showing mayhem and violence at many of the protests / riots going on
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by notadoc 6y ago
Weight gain and loss is simple physics. If you want to reduce obesity, focus on the dietary input. Virtually nobody is active enough to burn the extreme number of excess calories consumed that leads to obesity and the maintenance of obesity
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by notadoc 6y ago
Wikipedia is not a reliable source for anything, let alone medical information or studies
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by notadoc 7y ago
Sidecar would be a lot more interesting if you could use it without Catalina.
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by notadoc 7y ago
My tax bill went up, as did many other people I know. I assume a large number of people in high tax states had a higher bill due to SALT changes amongst others. > The perception that they only benefit the 1% is propaganda. It’s also pate
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by notadoc 7y ago
Throw in the towel on the 737 Max and go back to the drawing board.
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by notadoc 7y ago
That's certainly possible if for no other reason than grinding global supply chains to a halt. If Chinese are being forced to self-quarantine or avoid work, factories will not be producing goods. That could cause considerable consumer
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by notadoc 7y ago
Seems unlikely for cultural reasons. Consuming obscure, rare, and endangered species is a significant component of traditional Chinese medicine (which is also widely practiced elsewhere in Asia) regardless of efficacy.
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by notadoc 7y ago
I believe this has been known a very long time. That's why most tooth brushes are full of fecal coliform. But given how nasty c-diff is, perhaps this will lead to some change in behavior or environment.
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by notadoc 7y ago
Zerohedge? Their primary product is fear porn for clicks, how reliable of a source do you think that is?
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by notadoc 7y ago
> The data suggests that deplatforming works. And how will you feel when whatever you personally have interest in gets deplatformed because someone else finds it to be disagreeable? If you don't think power will eventually be applie
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by notadoc 7y ago
It's far beyond the web, polarization/toxicity is now all over politics, media, outrage mobs, protests, etc. It's growingly reminiscent of cultural revolutions and other negative historical events, which is not a good thing.
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by notadoc 7y ago
> We have much better medicine now, thankfully. Do we? Against a deadly and virulent flu virus causing viral pneumonia? Not really without development of a highly effective vaccine. You have better life support, but that's about it.
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by notadoc 7y ago
Or someone/group/agency who was able to compromise MBS phone or WhatsApp account. There are a lot of possibilities here, what a wild story.
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by notadoc 7y ago
Presumably because the attacker(s) assumption was that Bezos would open a message coming directly from someone he trusted and had direct communication with, in this case being MBS? That brings a lot more questions though; who actually sent
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by notadoc 7y ago
Is anyone surprised by this? It could be for many reasons too, including average people forgetting iCloud passwords and wanting their data back. Does Apple unlock an iCloud backup in that situation? Perhaps a pro-privacy compromise would be

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