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Almost the exact same thread and thoughts shared on the tweet are here too... Interesting stuff. I wouldn't think Twitter and HN would be so closely aligned.

Had a very similar experience in San Jose, CA. I've never had a cavity and one dentist made a rush look at my teeth, provided no evidence of a cavity and told me to book time for a filling. I never went back. Five years later I've seen other dentists every 6 months and none of them have suggested I have a cavity.

It's a type of prisoners dilemma with Google. They're having to out game the SEO gamers and pick a tactic that moves the web forward and doesn't over reward entrenched parties. I agree this site gives good useful information, but what if new glues come out on the market? What if a YouTube channel comes out comparing and testing glues? Authority is great until it's out of date, so I think it's logical to go with a bias towards fresh content.

I do wish there was more of a focus on attribution and citing sources on the web. Maybe Web3 will save us on that front...

Do you think you're considering the burger metaphor, ie the type of task, and not letting the point of the article stay front and center? I think we can agree that not all development tasks are the same, but I think the premise of first in first out is better than large bulk concurrent tasks, which I thought was the premise of the .

Force or power was how I see the translation. These are people using their force or power to their own agenda. It's a useful name IMHO

Amory Lovin's "Reinventing Fire" is a commonly held classic. Disclosure, I work for RMI the consulting firm he founded.

As a partner of a person with a complete spinal cord injury, I appreciate these articles and the science being done by these researchers, it is truly a big and complex and worthwhile problem to solve.

For most of us, I do want to suggest being careful when and how you mention research and articles like this to people in wheelchairs. Just be aware there are lots of different reasons why someone might be in a wheelchair and what can and can't be done for a given illness. It can be really taxing to get suggestions or shares of articles like this from well-meaning friends and family that don't actually understand the realities of living with an injury or medical issue that puts someone in a wheelchair.

Obviously people should know work is being done. And obviously people might be excited to hear about breakthrough research. If you're inspired by articles like this, consider donating to the institutions funding the research. But, be aware that articles like this come out every year and for the vast majority of spinal cord injury patients it won't be available to them soon or ever.

If you really want to support those in the accessibility needs community, support local building code changes and adaptive sports and outdoors programs. Making buildings, sports, and wilderness accessible will impact more people positively in the near term. The science is cool and amazing, but 100k people are limited by a few stairs to enjoy life and experiences with family.

True risk. My partner is a paraplegic and their are things to watch out for all the time. Hot items on paralyzed skin, bed sores, muscle atrophy. I don't know if this is common, but my partner has developed a heightened sense of awareness for many of these things. Not to say that muscle tears couldn't happen, but there are other senses that do kick in with practice and awareness to keep people safe.

As the partner of a complete paraplegic, sitting up and providing trunk control would be a huge benefit to newly injured patients. My partner had titanium rods but in their back 20+ years ago and the connections and bones are now wearing down. Allowing the muscles to provide trunk control would likely improve quality of life, increase mobility, and remove the challenges with arthritis from implants they put in spinal cord injury patients currently.

Not sure if this will help, but "giving back" or supporting those around you are some of the core ideas of having kids. I know it can feel hard when there are personal limitations, but I hope you can find someone or a group to invest in. I feel it really makes a difference in my life with similar limitations.

Gratitude is a skill anyone can learn. Accepting compliments is also a skill that anyone can learn. But, both of them take practice. It's okay to feel uncomfortable with something, that doesn't necessarily mean that it's wrong. Sometimes we're just uncomfortable with something because it's not something we've had a lot of experience with.

I'm genuinely surprised my Pixel 3 phone had no problems with it in Chrome. That was a lot of video.

That sounds like a lot of anger Ranman.

The only thing worse than Outlook is Outlook on Mac. So much wrong and terrible interaction. I've been on it a year at a new role and it baffles me how had it is to use.

Winter of our discontent - Steinbeck

Amazing piece of work, specifically the book he won the nobel prize for literature. Great story of a normal man trying to be good in the face of great temptation.

Seriously... let it go people. Google is a business.

I don't think anyone is saying that web based apps were a bad idea from day one... Wouldn't the success of PWAs and pushing the web forward to support this type of open computing a good thing? Essentially, Google took a bold move, the tech world liked the idea of a more app-centric look a the web and pushed for PWAs. By all accounts, this is a success for all the web. It's okay for a product to go away if better stuff comes of it.

Child rearing produces children that are adults and had the attention of a fully invested parent. Are you sure you're measuring the right thing?

Completely agree. Raising a family is work and it does add to the greater good of the world. And, it's not being measured properly, which leads oeople to assume that dual income is the "right goal" when it's an intrinsic bias to the situation.

The study has data to back up it's findings and suggests tree growth can help; what data are you using to back up your statement?

From the article: "The Crowther Lab of ETH Zurich has published a study in the journal Science that shows this would be the most effective method to combat climate change."

I grew up in Orem. Provo is not small or an example of most rural towns. Provo is incredibly progressive given the local church culture and university. I live in rural Iowa and broadband internet and the issue of low-education and long standing segregation have caused exactly the same issues of a depressed economy in our 5,000 people community. The laws of small numbers make it very difficult to succeed in big numbers capitalism.

Amen.

I love SLC, but the pollution has gotten too intense.

I would think the general climate of fear in the country would make it frightening to launch an ambitious product like this. There's really no hope of a second right now when things go wrong.

Disclosure, I work for Google, but have no connection to Waymo.

I hope the team can keep pushing on; Waymo is one of the most important "moonshots" to the country. It really could save lives. But, one mistake and people won't trust it even though hundreds of automobile accidents happen every day.

Yes. And many of these people work at some of the biggest companies like Google, Facebook, Apple, and other tech companies. And, it's not just the support labor for janitorial, kitchen staff, etc. Many of these RVs are used by entry level and new in career salary employees. Unless you have a dual income family making very solid pay or have a director-level plus salary in a home, it is often not possible to own or at times even rent a home.

Snagit; saving us from this since 1990.

Slow clap... Great marketing effort to collect email accounts. I hope some more towns get help too with pothole filling. Very creative.

But... Why?

This is bad. I get that religion has taboos, but religion also has an influence on morals. Yes, there are ways to be a good moral person without the Bible, but are we really giving people agency and the ability to choose if they are sensored? Human rights are human rights and as a human I should have the right to obtain a Bible if I so chose and live the consequences there of.

Agreed, and I work for Google. This is not interesting.