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fragrom··on Ask HN: America turns 250 today. What does it mean to you?
It was an interesting premise, but more or less done now.
fragrom··on Social Cache Busting
While this is true, it also means they're not someone I want to converse with so it makes it easy to move on to someone more interesting.
fragrom··on OpenAI aims to ship its first device in 2026, and it could be earbuds
It's already such a packed field for audio (Apple, Samsung, Bose, Beats, and on and on), they're really going to have to nail this.

I don't think having just AI integration is going to differentiate their product enough. I'll be curious to see what they release.

fragrom··on Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
No, you see, it's only wasteful when the OTHER guy does it. /s
fragrom··on Crick and Watson Did Not Steal Franklin's Data
I'm of two minds on this. On the one hand, you're right--I've seen lots of social media memes that basically say stuff like, "Einstein was an idiot, it was his wife that did all the work!" when that's patently a false statement.

But I also know that a lot of that sort of thing DID happen. Women, marginalized groups, etc., were written out of history on a regular basis.

The problem is, the issue requires nuance and intellectually honest discussion. And that doesn't exist when you're trying to create the next biggest clickbait article or meme.

fragrom··on Man unexpectedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
I donated bone marrow through Be the Match (before they changed their name). It was painful, but I highly recommend the experience to folks whenever it comes up.

You get to save the life of a stranger AND they give you a t-shirt. Win win!

fragrom··on Prozac 'no better than placebo' for treating children with depression, experts
This is what my psychiatrist more or less warned me about when I went on medication; that a lot of people who are suicidal lack the energy and ability to plan their suicide, and medications can sometimes undo those particular symptoms and people manage to end themselves.

I'm not sure what kinds of studies have been done about it, but I've had a few therapists same similar ideas. If it's not a studied phenomenon, then it has folks that believe it exists.

fragrom··on Animals could easily be talking to us if we tried
This is an extraordinarily hand wavy blog post.

Fusion is really simple, too, you just hook up the things and there's power!

fragrom··on Career Pivot from Coding
It's still IT, but it's not necessarily coding work: cybersecurity and/or pen testing.

It'd still use your coding chops--you know where programmers usually get lazy and make security mistakes--and problem solving, without (necessarily) being coding.