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loongloongon Stanford researchers develop dual-antibody treatment for ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants

Maybe a [TRL x] tag too.

In the current online discourse climate...

The HN community can be a good candidate to collectively, over time and use... develop and refine a set of commonly understood tags to communicate context in post titles.

If not in title, then maybe in the top / "pinned" comment.

If they can spread beyond HN... that would be even better.

loongloongon They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 (1955)

https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-nazi-rise-to-power...

(Since there are posts on economy related factors and the OP was about Nazi Germany)

At a different level is this somewhat reflective of USA today? (USA today is by no means poor, although it is true that the bottom 50% has stagnated for quite long)

loongloongon OpenMPTCProuter: Aggregate and encrypt multiple internet connections using MPTCP

Would it be more practical to consider MPTCP use in a smaller network such as across servers and racks in a data center /room

while using QUIC (and MP-QUIC) over WAN / Internet?

loongloongon OpenMPTCProuter: Aggregate and encrypt multiple internet connections using MPTCP

referencing : https://support.apple.com/en-sg/101905

and the other comments on lack of MPTCP support from middleboxes, my guess is even for Apple first party apps, out in the wild, might not see much MPTCP use?

loongloongon China's emissions have now caused more global warming than EU – Carbon Brief

There are many ways to slice this, for example emissions per capita (which can also be current vs historical cumulative, etc.), all of which should be studied since this is a complex problem.

loongloongon Vivek Ramaswamy on X: "Will entire agencies be deleted? Answer: yes

There's a lot of discussion about the forest.. how about some discussion on the trees? Both are important?

I worry about cuts to departments that is on clean energy, EV, sustainability in general. (For thinking that Musk is in that industry so it wouldn't happen, there's consideration that cuts on Govt support in that area will actually benefit the one that's ahead.. that's Tesla for the charging network, the EV sales, the peaker plant replacements, etc.)

loongloongon OpenMPTCProuter: Aggregate and encrypt multiple internet connections using MPTCP

Can an app use MPTCP if they don't have a MPTCP-aware server component? Or is Apple proxying (or via VPN) the MPTCP connection as part of their services?

loongloongon Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted

What do you mean "pay dearly" Not more violence I hope...

https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/12/11/afghanistan-papers-detai...

Imagine if every bad thing USA did... people want USA to "pay dearly"...

loongloongon We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines

Maybe a good idea to work for a short stint in a commercial kitchen?

Not a snark.. it's quite eye opening to see (and actually use) how much food a piece of commercial kitchen equipment processeses in a day and then how much effort it takes to clean them.

An example of cleaning a commercial deep fryer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFR5CN_kuI0

One can also try googling for other more detailed versions showing all the efforts in digging out all the burnt sediments/sludge :)

loongloongon Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris

A while ago, the failing/risks of banks that were too exposed to particular sectors (crypto/blockchain) brought some discussion on the merits of diversification of key risks.

In a highly partisan landscape with increasing geopolitical tensions, is ownership a key risk to objective news? Is diversification of ownership of news sources a good way to help mitigate that? If so, any good ideas from the HN crowd?

loongloongon Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars

The China Government seems to be referencing the USA and EU regulations to also mandate it for vehicles in China

https://www.nrta.gov.cn/art/2024/9/19/art_114_68922.html

translated : https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=https%3A%2F...

loongloongon ReMarkable Paper Pro

Thanks, quite interested to explore how color and pen will change my use of an eReader...

loongloongon The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette vs. Internet Archive

If IA still loses after all avenues of appeals are exhauseted, will they be required to delete the archive or will they merely be required to take it offline?

Are private attempts to preserve human knowledge (e.g. IA keeps it offline from public access but continues to archive new works) legal in USA and other major jurisdictions?

loongloongon ReMarkable Paper Pro

Can anyone share their experiences with the new Kobo colour devices with pen support (like the Libra Colour)?

Been itching to upgrade my beloved Libra H20.

Thanks in advance.

loongloongon Nvidia suffers record $279B loss in market value as Wall St drops Reuters

Apologies.. edited the title as it was too long and forgot to put a dash before Reuters

loongloongon A Lot of 'Unskilled' Workers Aren't

"Unskilled labour" isn't the same as "unskilled worker"

IMHO more appropriate would be "low skilled labour".

We should use the correct term when describing jobs that require little specialised skill and separate them from the persons performing it (who may be very skillful in other non-related areas).

If there is cultural stigma in using this term, should we sacrifice accuracy and succinctness in technical/professional discussions on related topics by dancing around with terminologies? If we "evolve" and use a new term that is not currently associated with the same stigma, will this neutral term eventually still be associated with the same stigma? If so, is it worth the effort and penalties (e.g. interim confusion) as a whole?

I am genuinely curious about this, I think there are many good points on "both sides of the coin".

loongloongon AnandTech Farewell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud6DWmWcHaY

Dr. Ian Cutress did a video of his thoughts. (Just a subscriber of his channel)

loongloongon Nvidia employees can work 7 days a week until 2 a.m.But few leave because of pay

So glad to see that the comments so far seems to factor in the credibility level of nypost's assertions.

Did a quick google and found examples such as this: https://www.comparably.com/companies/nvidia/work-life-balanc...

Doesn't look that bad from an "Asian work culture" perspective.

Is Nvidia more functionally organized or BU organized. From your experience, are functionally organized highly performing companies' meetings generally more passionate, while BU organized highly performing companies' meetings generally more political?

loongloongon RISC-V CPU arrives on a tablet starting at $149

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxtFctEsHy0

IMHO Jeff Geerling's recent video on RISC-V is a good update for those not tracking RISC-V closely, the links in the description are also useful.

loongloongon Hardware implementation of memristor-based artificial neural networks

This seems like an obvious development to help reduce energy consumption of AI, why does it not gain more attention or developmental efforts? What are the challenges or smoke on this?

loongloongon Appeals court finds California’s “Age Appropriate Design Code” unconstitutional

Appreciate recommendations on any neutral analysis about this topic, the links I managed to find are all strongly for or against it, too much spinning in both directions till my head hurts.

Why did it successfully pass in UK (and other countries) and what are the differences in the version passed in UK in actual requirements (to businesses) and protections (to children) compared to this one?

Actual legislation at https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.x...

loongloongon Framework 13: How Many Times Can You Upgrade One Framework? [video]

Since claims of sustainability through reparability is a longitudinal thing, should be a good idea to regularly revisit entities such as Framework to see how they are still (or not) carrying the torch.

(No affiliation with Framework, can't even buy one since they don't ship to where I live yet.. bummer.)

loongloongon SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

If your creators are also on Nebula ( https://nebula.tv , no affiliation other than being a former user) it may be worth considering.

The various creators I used to follow on Nebula have no ads at all in the videos published in Nebula, compared to those they post on Youtube. Not sure if its applicable for all creators on Nebula though.

loongloongon Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon

If the App Store is a place where creators can also sell their own content (story apps, etc.).. isn't it a direct competitor to Pateron as a creator's platform, and so should be treated (and maybe regulated) as such? In the manner that Apple need to allow legitimate platforms such as Pateron to survive and compete fairly in the iOS ecosystem?

(A parallel is Netscape Navigator vs Microsoft bundling Internet Explorer)

Lastly, a gentle reminder since I too sometimes slip up and fondly recall the good old six-colored apple... that Apple has been the top 3 largest company by market capitalisation for more than 10 years. They are underdogs no more.

loongloongon China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal

In Bits and Pieces. Isn't that how the Internet grew?

Those that have more pressing needs or have more aligned opportunities will invest first, then the cost goes down as the scale and technology improves, and the global network is built.

Geopolitics might be a big stumbling block though.

loongloongon China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal

Humans have managed to build out a global network of fiber to enable a global Internet.

I wonder if we can do the same for electricity distribution, mitigating the uneven electricity generation of solar (day vs night, summer vs winter, etc.)

loongloongon Google's carbon footprint balloons in its Gemini AI era

Link to actual report : https://www.gstatic.com/gumdrop/sustainability/google-2024-e...

IMHO Verge's article is a useful summary without Google's corpspeak.

loongloongon Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

As one of Apple's long form PR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7al_Gpolb8

outlined, patience for platform building.

I think it's quite important for the industry to have a reference for XR (AR + VR) where the focus is on accurate assessment of the user's immediate physical surroundings and provide for non-fatiguing interactivity, especially after Hololens practically disappeared. I hope Vision Pro lasts much longer than Hololens (didn't miss Ping, but certainly miss 3D touch).

Meta's headsets focus on bringing the user into another world, another important but different reference point.

loongloongon Apple Environmental Progress Report 2024 [pdf]

As Apple enters the AI game let's hope they continue to keep to their carbon emissions commitments.

Microsoft, for now, is moving backwards on the sustainability front in pursuit of AI. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/microsoft...