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jabbernottyon Pfizer and Biontech provide update on Omicron variant

Something else to consider is that while a person may die while having COVID-19, it does not mean that is all that they died from. People in general may have several health problems, which is especially likely for an 80+ year old person. Some healthcare activities have also been postponed since the outbreak, by the patients and also the hospitals, which may have led to less healthy people.

jabbernottyon SE aeronautics claims tri-wing aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation

> Their address is in a residential area, and the lot there (Mathews Manor) seems to be cursorily chosen.

Actually, two of their team have the last name Mathews.

jabbernottyon Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017)

Convention in Europe is to mention the 'before taxes' number. To the best of my knowledge that is true for at least western Europe.

jabbernottyon Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017)

> That's a huge exaggeration. In what other field can a bright kid take a 12 week bootcamp and get a job that pays $80k?

They did specify "outside of a couple of tech giants in the USA". Here in Europe, €30K would already be a good starting salary. Personally, 10 years in, I don't expect to reach €80k.

jabbernottyon The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité

There was a time when Koos Nolst Trenité and I walked the same street. For reasons I can't recall we struck up a conversation a few times. Nice guy.

I dug up his card to find his site; he seems to still be active there. http://www.angelfire.com/space/platoworld/

jabbernottyon Using component-based design helps us build faster

I don't understand why this is being downvoted. There is no negativity in the message.

jabbernottyon Using component-based design helps us build faster

I find it amazing how many different software development frameworks are out there. After all these years I still haven't bothered to look up what React is, and I probably will never need to. I will probably never get to maintain a codebase that uses it. So if being 'up-to-date' isn't something I will go for, how do I measure myself as a developer? I think I will go for something like 'having made a lot more regular people happy than I have frustrated'.

jabbernottyon Meli email client, pre-alpha release

FYI: The images don't show up on Firefox 60.7.2esr (which is the version that Debian carries).

jabbernottyon Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number

Their app has push capability, as far as I know that has been used as well.

They have a very wide reach.

jabbernottyon Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number

An alternative number has been spread through the national broadcasting association (the publicly funded tv, radio and web news).

jabbernottyon Why Is America So Far Behind Europe on Digital Privacy?

Facebook and Twitter are social media companies. I don't think they count as technology companies the way i.e. a company that creates water purifiers and solar panels and such are a technology company. And those products are made in many countries other than the USA.

jabbernottyon Show HN: FBP editor for music/vfx with [three, tone, tensorflow].js nodes

For me, Firefox on Debian, the only working shortcut is the Menu (which is not actually a menu in the normal UI sense, more like a menu in a restaurant). Shortcuts are always difficult with web apps. For this reason, I would always add an actual clickable menu to web apps.

jabbernottyon The vanished grandeur of accounting (2014)

From the description I'm sure that is the correct painting. The title in the original language is "De Gierigaard en de Dood". A simple modern translation would be "The Greedy Man and Death", there is no reason to translate it as "merchant". Apparently there is a book devoted to the subject of accountants in the arts from 1400 to 1900: "Art & Accounting" by Basil S. Yamey.

Edit: This article contains a list of such paintings, and there is a link to the PDF which contains images. https://www.accountant.nl/magazines/accountant-2016-q2/boekh...

jabbernottyon The Nuclear Power Plant of the Future May Be Floating Near Russia

It seems unfortunate that there are no author names on the Economist articles. One's work deserves recognition.

jabbernottyon Edward Snowden’s Long, Strange Journey to Hollywood

There is a thin line between bold statements that lack nuance, and plain lies.

Order of events are relevant. It is important to know how he ended up in Russia in the first place, long before this asylum. And was declining the asylum really an option?

jabbernottyon Edward Snowden’s Long, Strange Journey to Hollywood

I've never understood why so many Americans believe that Snowden fled to Russia. It is simply not true and it never has been.

Are we already witnessing the rewriting of this part of history?

jabbernottyon Ask HN: Failed interview, feeling unemployable and depressed – what do I do?

I get reactions of surprise or even disbelief when people I work with find out that I also enjoy painting and martial arts. This gives the signal that there is something wrong it.

I really dislike this sort of comments and thinking. It perpetuates the idea that people who want to work in tech must always be focussed on tech and cannot diverge from that. Not all people want to be that one-dimensional.

jabbernottyon The Power of Company Mottoes

https://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/LSSmotto.asp

Basically, you can't know for sure that the sea is too rough to do the rescue until you are already out at sea.

jabbernottyon Ask HN: What are the cool life hacks for Developer?

What they are saying doesn't have anything to do with romance.

jabbernottyon Ask HN: Technology stall

You took that out of it's context. The "that" in that sentence refers to the previous sentence. The poster is mentioning US and Israeli companies as places where quality is held to higher standards.

jabbernottyon React Native for Ubuntu

Is this sentence machine-generated?

jabbernottyon Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

I am not sure how actively limiting access to part of the game catalog would be added value.

jabbernottyon Half Blamed the EU for Their Problems, Blame Facebook for Yours

> I feel cheated.

You were cheated by yourself then, surely.

The only thing stopping one's ability to connect on the internet is a failure to actively branch out. I am ignoring language barriers for a moment.

Nothing stops you from using different search engines, blogs or news venues.

jabbernottyon Reality Check: Have Leave campaigners changed their minds?

Thank you for the correction!

I was misinformed by some of my local media that said it was binding.

"Het referendum gaat door en het is een bindend referendum." http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2016/02/19/brexit-afgewend-eu-berei...

jabbernottyon Reality Check: Have Leave campaigners changed their minds?

> the UK needs to trade with Europe, so they cannot ever really leave. Any deal done will end up looking like Switzerland

Thse statements are seemingly facts to you, but personally I am not sure how either could become reality.

I believe that the UK will have to leave, because the referendum is said to be binding. Going back on that would not be good for future voting or agreements. Swiss politicians did not, as far as I know, behave in any way similar to how some British politicians behave when it concerns the EU.

jabbernottyon S&P: UK likely to lose AAA credit rating

I am not sure why my observation merits downvotes. The original artical was indeed paywalled.

jabbernottyon S&P: UK likely to lose AAA credit rating

Apparently we cannot read this article without a payed account.

jabbernottyon Bob Dylan's Archive

The poster was talking about 'jobs like this' , not about this specific job.

Even if there was an answer to your question it would not really be that informative because we are talking about a future with more automation, not the current state where most people do not have as much free time or energy.

jabbernottyon Governments deterring businessmen and tourists with cumbersome visa requirements

It will probably make it more difficult to go to the country where she was born. This is a problem if she wants to go back quickly, for example when someone there is sick.

jabbernottyon Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2016 Edition

Same issue here: "Reported Web Forgery!"

It doesn't seem valid, I already took a quick look on my phone and did not see anything phishy.