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alvarezbjm-hnon TSMC to build second Japan chip factory

But, How would you separate one from the other (China from government)?

Sounds like a strawman for them

alvarezbjm-hnon First 3D-printed functional human brain tissue grows like the real thing

Not a mass. It starts with one rudimentary nanobot self replicating into a galactic-like sentient machine

alvarezbjm-hnon First 3D-printed functional human brain tissue grows like the real thing

They didn't print brain tissue, they kinda printed scaffolds for it to grow.

"The researchers aimed to construct layered neural tissue in which neural progenitor cells (NPCs) mature ..."

Don't trust this kind of source for titles.

About cartilage. That is a very specific configuration of materials in not a random shape. Also, it must want to attach to the bone by itself, and source its nutrients from synovial liquid. Sounds too complicated for what I know we can do.

About human cells growing in a petri dish. Thats pretty much cancer right there. In such an alien environment, healthy cells expect something to kill them, and if enough changes happen without that, they will suicide.

Growing hearts in pigs is much closer to something viable.

alvarezbjm-hnon Taylor Swift threatens legal action against student who tracks her jet

"You have no expectation of privacy using public airspace"

Replace airspace with "space". Public figure in a public space. They always want the perks without the cost.

Now, not being harrased is another thing. But not being noticed? (Specially in an airplane) Haters gonna hate.

Epilogue: Yes, any publicity is publicity. I am even considering her AI releases, and the acompaning complains, a public stunt.

alvarezbjm-hnon Autism, through the eyes of a computer (2019)

Rather cathastrophic.

"Some experts caution that these tools can never substitute for the judgment clinicians hone through years of experience — but should instead augment it"...

Good luck with that. Tools can't have responsibility. (Bad for customers, good for organizations)

Elaborating: What % of autist people kills someone out of aggressive behavior? I am quite sure we don't know, because, I suspect, it is low. Compare that to the general population.

The only reason they want to put tracking devices on autists is because. unlike healthy people, autists can't fight back.

Once the technology is mature, you try to enforce it on (sell it to) exconvicts, immigrants and jaywalkers.

alvarezbjm-hnon Spotify looked to ban white noise podcasts to become more profitable

Do you have a name? I am interested (insect and bird toggle, surface select)

alvarezbjm-hnon Amazon doesn't 'employ' drivers, but hired firms to prevent them from unionizing

No, no. It seems I was not clear enough.

By forced courtesy I mean there was a metric for that. Those with the worst metrics were let go and we were reminded of that weekly.

On the other hand, I suppose people except sociopaths treat others well, anywhere, most of the time, not out of an obligation.

alvarezbjm-hnon Amazon doesn't 'employ' drivers, but hired firms to prevent them from unionizing

"Courtesy with customers is forced on them? My god!"

I worked in a call center for two years, for three different companies. Yes, (fake) courtesy is forced. The customers of one site were so difficult that courtesy was scripted (there were scripted interactions for frustrated and for rude customers)

alvarezbjm-hnon Amazon doesn't 'employ' drivers, but hired firms to prevent them from unionizing

Economic hardships cause emotional distress, and you can't rationalize feelings. Your civil expectations probably match your income level, but not that below you.

E.g. Not getting enough sleep because your poor neighborhood is a ruckus provokes bad mood, chronically.

alvarezbjm-hnon Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter

I was asking for my IPAQ to have a phone years before, then the palm Treo came in, and I stopped asking... because the Treo was terrible.

alvarezbjm-hnon Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it

"reflexively engage their skepticism/critical thinking muscles upon hearing Save-The-Children-and-Stop-The-Terrorists rhetoric"

Not part of human nature. Save the children/Rethoric is embedded. Reflexive thinking has variying energy requirements and for most requires external kickstart, when possible at all

Forcing tor in all new network adapters is more feasible, which is saying much.

alvarezbjm-hnon First 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan

For me, flossing causes bleeding during the first week. Afterwards, the bleeding stop and my sensitivity to temperature improves greatly. My halitosis goes away on most days, too.

My dental hygienist knows when I have been flossing and when I haven't.

alvarezbjm-hnon Tell HN: Twitter switched temporarily to rate limited mode

Not working. God bless archive

https://archive.ph/KwVqi

alvarezbjm-hnon I became addicted to running, and lost 26 lbs. All thanks to ChatGPT

DISCLAIMER: Under no circumstance think about to stopping eating without consulting a nutritionist. There is no medical advice here!

Fun fact: If you stop eating completely, your metabolism goes down.

Still, with a basal metabolism of 1500 calories (daily) and no food, you would lose 160g of fat (daily). You can add exercise to lose more fat, and keep your muscle.

You could also stop eating (only water allowed) for 74 days and lose around 10 pounds (combined fat and muscle)

This is the reason diets don't work longterm. It takes great willpower (which the person didn't have much of to begin with) for a really long time (probably for life)

alvarezbjm-hnon Reverse-engineering Google’s "Skip Button Guarantee"

Strawman. Parent was talking about [(Cl^(-1))]

If you care about excrement content, that should be another study.

Bottom line: Representative sample https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(statistics)

alvarezbjm-hnon Human Or Not: Guess if you're chatting with an AI or a Human

I suggest you set up the game as a discussion: men vs women, car vs airplane, dc vs marvel, ac vs dc? white chocolate vs dark chocolate.

Both sides MUST attempt to sound intelligent. When time is up, the options should be: Human, AI, Wasn't trying.

alvarezbjm-hnon Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

For some people. For some of us it comes more naturally (Making BS statements to justify some hostile policy)

alvarezbjm-hnon False 911 Calls Increase During Festival as iOS Mistakes Dancing for Car Crashes

Is apple paying for the false alarms? I assume they aren't (They aren't in the saving lives bussiness) I suppose they have no motive for this:

"Apple will have to make the calculation actual lives saved vs. useless dispatches"

alvarezbjm-hnon Google is now testing YouTube Playables, before Stadia's corpse is cold

Maybe I am too old to have a valid opinion on games, but I saw a unique oportunity for stadia to become a universal anticheat engine.

Since the game CLIENT couldn't be tampered with by the customer, gamers were unable to execute the worst (best) cheats: injection. The gamers could still use reflection cheats, but with added latency.

During the life of Stadia I wasn't aware of any attempt of Google to capitalize on this advantage. Imagine playing Call of Duty or PUBG in a cheat free platform. Simply mind blowing.

alvarezbjm-hnon Doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’ in South Korea

"Smoking and parenthood are lifestyle choices, which have consequences. Skin color is not, and shouldn't. It is not relevant to the conversation"

You are mixing up many different unrelated topics here.

Smoking is [mostly] a choice. You used it for an analogy. You explained why it is good to have smoking laws. Then you act like this is part of the conversation on the same level as childfree zones. Smoking is a personal and a public health issue. You getting cancer is expensive for everyone, your non smoking flatmate getting smoking derived cancer is a tragedy (and expensive for everyone) Definitely not in the same level as ruckus, dirt and destruction of property.

Parenthood as in "how many children will someone have" is [mostly] a choice. But there are many reasons for society benefitting parenthood in spite of exclusionists (How to call them NIMBYS?)

-> Children are expensive for parents. CONVERSELY, they are fantastic for economy. Parents are forced to work because they MUST SPEND. Not that they want, they MUST pay for food, care, health, education, clothing, entertaiment.

-> Housing is a very important current issue. Not only in the US. In the few countries I have cared to pay attention, there is the pertinent mafia who has (unofficially exclusive) permission to build, and they naturally build less than required: it is obvious, less supply, better prices. Then add the "investors", buying all property to rent it. Now add the NIMBYS to that humanitary tragedy.

-> There comes a point when the rich country population is unsustainable, and the immigration floodgates are opened. (Cheap labor, anyone?) US and Canada are there already. If not done correctly, that creates many more social issues for everybody (even the immigrants)

alvarezbjm-hnon Doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’ in South Korea

"Black people aren't children" Deflection

Both concepts (white only and childfree) are the same (Exclusion of the others), and come from the same place (My right to have what I want is more important than everybody else's)

Same as it was considered bad taste to have blacks lingering around, now it is bad taste to have children running around.

alvarezbjm-hnon Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around

"Shared with you by a Times subscriber"

The "Gifter" is a Times subscriber. Subscribers can gift 10 articles a month to non-subscribers.

alvarezbjm-hnon Who is the head of the mercenary group calling for an armed rebellion in Russia?

Ongoing discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36452290

Other submissions https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36457433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36457433

Dang's post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36456034

alvarezbjm-hnon Wearable device that records your voice for legal defense

You can't fix the law.

At least this idea can help normalize public opinion to: it would better for us, the public, if we could record our interactions. Big brother is already doing it LEGALLY for quality purposes.

alvarezbjm-hnon Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner chief blames war on defence minister

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36452290

alvarezbjm-hnon Wagner coup in Russia? Wagner declared war on the Russian army

I find this, so far, to be the single most important event since Kiev-not-falling-within-48 hours after the Chinese winter games last year.

This is the riptide. And Wagner surprisingly still has 20k - 30k soldiers. Even if it fizzles, this is a landmark in the war.

alvarezbjm-hnon The Prigozhin Coup seems pretty damn well organized

Ongoing discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36452290

alvarezbjm-hnon Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

It would be better to pose the question after the sale is complete, imo. Ask the costumer which partner, from a list, contributed to get him/her to decide for the product.

alvarezbjm-hnon [dead]

Ongoing discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36452290

alvarezbjm-hnon Moscow to try Wagner head for mutiny as Ukraine prepares counteroffensive

How can we know why the popular thread was flagged?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36452290

I can't vouch for it, there is no button