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henrywon Kaspersky is declared a US national security threat and is banned by the FCC

I'm wondering this too since Windows has built-in antivirus now. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/comprehensive-securi...

henrywon Does the human lifespan have a limit?

Mid 30s. Gauging by how my joints feel and how quickly I recover from physical exercise and injuries.

henrywon Does the human lifespan have a limit?

https://www.prohealthlongevity.com/collections/nmn-bulk-and-...?

henrywon Does the human lifespan have a limit?

Dr. Sinclair's book Lifespan (https://www.amazon.com/Lifespan-Why-Age_and-Dont-Have/dp/150...) talks about extending the health span of people. I've been personally taking 1g/day of NMN for almost 3 years now, and I feel like aging has paused or is going backwards slowly.

henrywon New material that can absorb and release enormous amounts of energy

Can this be made into bulletproof clothing that looks like normal clothes? That would be cool

henrywon Two weeks later David Bennett is alive, his pig’s heart beating soundly

This reminds me of the movie The Island where they cloned people as organ backups https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/.

henrywon Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduces Risk of Hospitalization/Death by ~50 Percent

Atea Pharmaceutical is finishing up phase 3 trial of a Covid anti-viral pill in November that might be more effective (based on phase 2 trial data) and doesn't mutate the virus: https://ateapharma.com/at-527/

henrywon The coronavirus is here to stay – here’s what that means

I think long covid is temporary for most people. I had it for 4 months last year and have recovered. Got to stay positive through out it, have faith it’ll get better, and do everything you can to stay healthy

henrywon We at $Famous_company switched to $Hyped_technology

What are some examples of $HYPED_TECHNOLOGY and $FLASHY_LANGUAGE these days? All I can remember is Ruby on Rails.

henrywon Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract ending

It's at $0.28 right now https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CLK20.NYM?p=CLK20.NYM

Update: -$35.53 now

henrywon Coronavirus relapse cases continue to rise in S. Korea

"The KCDC said it took 13.5 days on average for people to be retested positive for COVID-19 after being released from quarantine."

Maybe they were never fully recovered.

henrywon Ask HN: How is your PPP loan application coming along?

What is the local bank?

henrywon Robinhood trading site seizes up, customers miss stock rally

Seasoned traders probably have a second account to hedge.

henrywon Robinhood reports outage as markets rebound

Do they compensate their customers for this?

henrywon Coronavirus May Have Spread in U.S. for Weeks, Gene Sequencing Suggests

If the virus has been spreading undetected in Washington since mid-January, that could mean that anywhere from 150 to 1,500 people may have it, with about 300 to 500 people the most likely range, said Dr. Mike Famulare, a principal research scientist at the Institute for Disease Modeling in Bellevue, Wa., who performed the analysis. These people “have either been infected and recovered, or currently are infected now,” he said.

henrywon Trump administration backs Oracle in Google fight

Just curious, why are all the comments mentioning Larry Ellison's fund raiser downvoted?

henrywon Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 805, Passing SARS

New cases seem to be going down https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-cases/

henrywon What It's Like to Work on League of Legends

Interesting that 3 of the 5 employees play support and the other 2 play top.

henrywon Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate Debt Bubble

Are you saying real estate in the Bay Area are not inflated?

henrywon Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'

I'm glad it's fixed now. https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11931

henrywon Focus has become more valuable than intelligence (2018)

I think you can have both time to focus (work time) and time to interact with others (break time). I think using "focus" as an excuse to not interact with others may not be the most healthy way to live life.

henrywon New York Fed Adds $115.14B in Short-Term Liquidity to Markets

There's an explanation here: https://wolfstreet.com/2019/11/06/whats-behind-the-feds-bail... & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORGFtWowKKM

Basically there are actors borrowing at the low repo rates and using it on higher rate government backed mortgage products. Banks with money don't want to lend to these actors, hence the repo rate hike.

henrywon 51% of young voters believe humanity could be wiped out within 15 years

51% seems very extreme. Is Silicon Valley living in a bubble? On a side note, Foster City will be flooded with just a 1M [1] rise in sea level 20 years out [2].

1. https://ss2.climatecentral.org/#13/37.5341/-122.3201?show=sa...

2. https://riskfinder.climatecentral.org/state/california.us?co...

henrywon IBM will soon launch a 53-qubit quantum computer

The article says "Attacking Bitcoin keys would require around 1500 qubits". So with 28 of these, Bitcoin is compromised?

henrywon The Modern Man Is Getting Stoicism All Wrong

Stoicism is the first of nine "masks" in the book The Mask of Masculinity.

https://www.amazon.com/Mask-Masculinity-Embrace-Vulnerabilit...

henrywon Ask HN: Do Udacity nanodegrees get anyone a job without academic background?

Take graduate CS classes online. Or get a masters online like https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academics/graduate-degrees... or the many others available.

henrywon Udacity restructures operations, lays off 20 percent of its workforce

I have taken a few ND, and I feel that the React ND was the best and most practical one. I used it at work, where as none of the other ones applied.

henrywon Second-Order Thinking: What Smart People Use to Outperform (2016)

The first quote by Ray Dalio is from his most excellent book https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Life-Work-Ray-Dalio/dp/150...

I've listen to the section for personal principles on audible 5 times now, and I will probably keep repeating it at least a couple times a year.

henrywon Widespread and sometimes drastic marine oxygen declines

There's a good animated video that explains this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348

henrywon Unmutual friend: How Charles Dickens tried to place his wife in an asylum

This reminds me of Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch.