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netizen-936824··on Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device
Great SaaS opportunity
netizen-936824··on Harvard leaders and staff enslaved more than 70 people, report finds
Honestly my thought was some unpaid grad students or something
netizen-936824··on What is happening with sudden increase/decrease in Twitter followers?
What I'm wondering is why it even matters. Is a twitter follower count important for anything?
netizen-936824··on Can brain scans reveal behaviour? Study says not yet
The field is still mostly the same
netizen-936824··on Science in the age of selfies (2016)
>You can't get postdocs without a PhD

My understanding of a postdoc position is that it's "post" (after) "doc" (doctorate/phd)

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this, could you explain a bit?

netizen-936824··on Google, Meta, others will have to explain algorithms under new EU legislation
Some people are sad that they can't set up businesses which exploit the populace as easily in the US I guess?
netizen-936824··on Core i9-12900KS World Record: How I Hit 7.8 GHz on 8 Cores
Title is a bit confusing. When using "L" for liter it must be capitalized, plus the mention of 70 liters is not in the actual title only the article itself
netizen-936824··on Got food cravings? What’s living in your gut may be responsible
The complexity of life is nuts. Once you start learning about how things work, you can see that we only know a tiny fraction of what's going on
netizen-936824··on Houston Says Businesses Must Install Surveillance Cameras; Cops Can See Footage
Japan doesn't have crime because the police are super involved in the communities they patrol, not because they're homogeneous

Police in the US don't even live in communities they patrol

netizen-936824··on Houston Says Businesses Must Install Surveillance Cameras; Cops Can See Footage
Oh so I assume there must be evidence of widespread cheating then?
netizen-936824··on In sexy worms, inheritance beyond genes can help evolution
Oh the memories. Love earthworm jim
netizen-936824··on Former officials say big tech monopoly power is vital to national security
Greater variation in a population makes it more robust to adverse events
netizen-936824··on The ‘psychobiome': the gut bacteria that may alter how you think, feel, act
No creature has "free will"

Simulating the entire organism would likely predict behaviors but would not qualify as an "upload" as the original copy still exists in reality. There is no transfer of awareness

netizen-936824··on Chaff Bugs: Deterring Attackers by Making Software Buggier (2018)
I kinda like this idea, although I suspect that some may be willing to put up with the annoyance if they're aware its just a ruse?
netizen-936824··on Sony granted patent for TV that only stop ads once you stand and say brand name (2020)
Can we call it a game if its forced on people?
netizen-936824··on South Africa is running out of Marmite
Normal countries?
netizen-936824··on The Uber Bubble
Protecting drivers from predatory companies like Uber is a good thing
netizen-936824··on Ask HN: Internet magically gets faster when opening speedtest?
How much does it cost (in energy or materials) to transmit and route 1GB of data?
netizen-936824··on The Joel test for remote work
Who decides what work is equal?
netizen-936824··on A drug that cures alcoholism may be the next anti-anxiety medication
You're onto something there. These imbalances (rather, deviation from the average in terms of various regulatory pathways) are absolutely key to differences not only in personality but perspective, cognitive abilities, and as you mention propensity to use psychoactive substances. I've been thinking something similar for a while now, that most people with addictions to psychoactive are likely attempting to correct for something.

Not to mention, most of the illegal compounds have pharmacological activity that would be nearly impossible to get from a prescription for most people.

netizen-936824··on Virginia police routinely use secret GPS pings to track people’s cell phones
Should judges be working with enforcement? Aren't there meant to be checks and balances?
netizen-936824··on Windows 10 China Government Edition
That almost sounds like windows that isn't spyware
netizen-936824··on Cali bill – revoke license of physicians who promote Covid-19 disinformation
Physicians are repair technicians. Would you want your auto mechanic going against what the manufacturer recommends for regular maintenance?
netizen-936824··on App Store app asks for money and disables the “Quit” function
It looks like there's a link to "continue with limited version" but that isn't addressed in the original tweets. Unsure if it works or not
netizen-936824··on SF's government is uniquely broken
In the EU does that budget go to recipients or administrators and people working with recipients rather than recipients getting money themselves? Which system applies assistance more directly?
netizen-936824··on Employee’s unwanted birthday party nets him $450k after lawsuit
Its doubtful that the liquid was superheated. More likely is that air was trapped in the sugar and was released on rapid dissolution
netizen-936824··on Psychedelics and mental illness
Medicines in general can effect people very differently based on their individual biochemistry/proteome
netizen-936824··on Psychedelics and mental illness
It seems that we agree

We definitely need to make judgements based on both behavior and subjective thought processes rather than just one or the other

netizen-936824··on Psychedelics and mental illness
What if the subject doesn't realise they're unhappy because they've never been happy and have nothing to compare against? Your statements seem to assume everyone has the same perspective to measure against, but in reality people's perspective can be radically different
netizen-936824··on Video games are kinda boring
As soon as I see people making broad generalizations I know its gonna be "that kind of comment thread" and I move on
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