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bookofjoe

113,539 karma · joined May 8, 2016

• Retired (38 years in practice) neurosurgical anesthesiologist

• References: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5DdrMc8AAAAJ&hl=en

• Interview (2017): https://everything.typepad.com/blog/2017/07/interview-with-joe-from-the-bookofjoe-blog.html

• Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s? i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJoseph+Stirt&s=relevancerank&text=Joseph+Stirt&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

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bookofjoe··on They confided in ChatGPT. Their secrets ended up in court.
https://wapo.st/4gvV43D
bookofjoe··on The Weed Got Too Strong
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/opinion/weed-marijuna-chi...
bookofjoe··on The baffling science of SSRIs: how do they really work?
https://archive.ph/yaEZJ
bookofjoe··on Welcome to Needle Nation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/well/needle-injections-pe...
bookofjoe··on Tell HN: PayPal blocks GrapheneOS
I would bet that fewer than 1/1,000 non-HN users have ANY clue what it means to root a device. I sure don't!
bookofjoe··on Australia Bans Generative A.I. From Official Music Charts
Thank you VERY MUCH for bringing unwall to my attention: never heard of it until I read your comment.
bookofjoe··on Can 'Argentina's Texas' Save the Country's Economy?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/world/americas/argentina-...
bookofjoe··on Australia Bans Generative A.I. From Official Music Charts
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/australia/australia...
bookofjoe··on Wall Street Journal defends billionaire's use of AI to write op-ed
https://wapo.st/4gEqVhh
bookofjoe··on Logging in Was Never Supposed to Be This Complicated
https://archive.ph/wcnMT
bookofjoe··on Anna's Archive Owes $340 Million, Lost Several Domains, but It's Still Online
Perhaps, but I'm betting "reference" significantly antedated the Wikipedia-induced ubiquity of "citation [needed]."
bookofjoe··on The exoskeletons are coming (to a store near you)
https://archive.ph/uTf5T
bookofjoe··on Ultra-slow messaging apps Carrier Pidge and Roost have taken off
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/technology/carrier-pigeon...
bookofjoe··on AI Can See Optical Illusions
https://archive.ph/ox1Eo
bookofjoe··on Study's Alarming Finding: At Least 1 in 4 NFL Players Gets Brain Disease
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/us/nfl-cte-brain-disease....
bookofjoe··on Anatomy of an Autonomous Attack: 5 Alarming A.I. Capabilities
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/science/openai-huggingfac...
bookofjoe··on Anthropic Could Aim to Raise $100B in Blockbuster IPO, Valuing It at $2T
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/technology/anthropic-ipo-...
bookofjoe··on Octopus intelligence may be related to never-before-seen mutation
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness [excellent]

https://www.amazon.com/Other-Minds-Octopus-Origins-Conscious...

bookofjoe··on Anna's Archive Owes $340 Million, Lost Several Domains, but It's Still Online
You're right. Has to be of Wikipedia use origin. Thanks!
bookofjoe··on Anna's Archive Owes $340 Million, Lost Several Domains, but It's Still Online
Over the past decade I've noticed on HN the following order of frequency in choice of words, most common to least:

1. Citation

2. Source

3. Reference

Long ago in a career based on original research, I/we ONLY used "reference."

bookofjoe··on Harvard Is Selling a $699 Course Taught by A.I. Clones of Its Faculty
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/business/dealbook/harvard...
bookofjoe··on Chatbots Are Pushing Us Toward a Post-Human Internet
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/magazine/ai-chatbots-inte...
bookofjoe··on Explain it to me like I'm ten
When I was in college I read:

At a party, want to have people think you're really smart?

If someone asks "Where's that [quote] from?" quickly respond "The Bible or Shakespeare."

In English, you'll be right 50% of the time.

bookofjoe··on Explain it to me like I'm ten
Classic Spanish proverb: "Vísteme despacio, que tengo prisa." Literally meaning "Dress me slowly, because I'm in a hurry."
bookofjoe··on Why Some People Are Born with Devastating Gene Conditions–and Never Get Sick
https://archive.ph/PQe8t
bookofjoe··on typ.ing
Worked wonderfully for me. I loved using it.
bookofjoe··on Ask HN: What's your daily driver keyboard?
Das Keyboard 4 Professional - Cherry MX2 Blue Switches
bookofjoe··on Robots Will Soon See the Real World Thanks to These Next-Gen AI Models
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-world-models-robotics-33ab46c...
bookofjoe··on Full Self-Driving Is the Best Thing about the New Tesla Model Y
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/tesla-model-y-review-13d3...
bookofjoe··on I'm becoming AI-blind
As will be obvious when an alien intelligence makes itself known.
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