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Murfalo··on Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why
Isn't Austin a very left-leaning city? Though, to be fair, the people I know in Austin are deeply conservative Texas natives who hate the new atmosphere...

Edit: I'm missing the point, they said Texas, not Austin.

Murfalo··on Firefox Keeps Getting Faster
I have the same issue quite frequently... If I knew any decent alternative with uBlock (or equivalent) I'd switch on the spot! On a Pixel 6.
Murfalo··on Firefox on the brink?
Firefox mobile is its own beast. I experience a whole host of issues on it, but have never had issues with Firefox on desktop. Only reason I use FF for Android is for uBlock, but it's so unreliable I'm dying for a better option...
Murfalo··on One sleepless night can rapidly reverse depression for several days in mice
Indeed, the article title is a little misleading! Sleep depravation producing short-term improvements in human depression has been well known for some time. What the authors actually propose is an underlying mechanism to that improvement, in mice...
Murfalo··on The Tyranny of the Marginal User
Thank you for this! I have very similar thoughts. Felt like I was going crazy each time I saw these types of conversations sparked by mention of the "repugnant" conclusion...
Murfalo··on Espresso coffee mitigates the aggregation of Alzheimer′s associated tau protein
If anything wouldn't this argument suggest you should isolate and quantify the active ingredient? Certainly there is more variation between two espressos than, say, two 80 mg caffeine capsules.
Murfalo··on Supercentenarian records show patterns indicative of errors and pension fraud (2020)
Conspiracy-theorist goggles on... this is also fraud?! (I have no evidence, just pointing out the possibility)
Murfalo··on A cab ride I'll never forget (1999)
End of life is terrifying... Especially the idea of facing it alone, with all your friends and family long gone (or, worse yet, having been abandoned), is heartbreaking.
Murfalo··on Ask HN: Do you hate software engineering but love programming?
OK I do think there is an issue with wokeness in society. But, I also think there is a problem with anti-wokeness that can be seen here with people chomping at the bit at the first (poorly attributed) use of "misogyny". Women aren't even mentioned, and the only way I see them/misogyny even entering the equation is if you make the rather odd pair of assumptions that an unhappily married man must: 1) be married to a woman, and 2) be unhappy exclusively as a result of his wife. You could attribute it to the result of the woke hivemind's effects, but you could also very much not! It's effectively an unintentional strawman...

I think there is probably a happy medium of wokeness that can be reached via measured discussion between respectful adults. I think in real life (at least in my experience) people are willing to have those discussions, and are much less polarized and divisive than the internet/cancel culture might have you believe.

Murfalo··on Lionel Messi Is Impossible (2014)
US I've heard "frisbee golf" too, alternatively "frolf"/"frolfing"
Murfalo··on Unredacter: Never use pixelation as a redaction technique
What is funny or rude about *******? Is this supposed to be some 7-letter curse word or something? I don't get it.
Murfalo··on Is Rust stack-efficient yet?
It's not clear to me how this would track stack<->stack and memory<->stack copies. Can you explain?
Murfalo··on Study finds no detrimental effects of psilocybin in 10mg or 25mg dose
IIRC tolerance builds extremely quickly (after just one use) and is cross-tolerant with most other 5-HT2A agonists so I think tripping a week straight is not really possible.
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