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phyphy··on The history of cataract surgery
I meant recorded as in procedure, but yes earlier depictions were present. I looked at the picture and the interpretation of the tool that is depicted is still kind of vague.
phyphy··on The history of cataract surgery
The first recorded instance of cataract surgery was in 600BCE India.
phyphy··on Global Peace Index 2025
Ireland as #2 with all these attacks on indians?
phyphy··on Sleep all comes down to the mitochondria
As someone who has been recently floxed by antibiotics, life has become miserable for me.
phyphy··on We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness
Confidently incorrect. Body builds what it thinks it needs. Lifting weights? It will think you need muscles. Living sedentarily? It will think you are conserving evergy and you need fat reserves. Running daily? It will think all the needs are met and you need cognitive strength.
phyphy··on Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games
Does anyone know if UPI solves this problem?
phyphy··on Ask HN: Is data privacy just all talk or does it affect your decisions?
Privacy and closed source don't go hand in hand together unless you have a different opinion.
phyphy··on How I think about debt
Is gold a security or a currency?
phyphy··on What's the fastest language in the world?
Next up: What language has the most information bits per [blank] when in written form?
phyphy··on Anatomy of a credit card rewards program
We have something similar in India.

[below text is from google search results]

To facilitate the penetration and usage of RuPay Credit Cards on UPI, there will be no charge for transactions up to ₹2,000, an NPCI circular said. For transactions upwards of ₹2000, the applicable MDR amount will be borne by merchants and no additional charges will be levied upon the customers.

Disadvantages of Rupay Cards Limited International Acceptance: One of the main disadvantages of RuPay cards is their limited acceptance outside of India. ... Restricted Usage: RuPay cards are primarily designed for domestic use within India.

phyphy··on What age is optimal for pregnancy? (study)
If we are going to talk about evolution then why not ask ourselves why women keep ovulating till the age of 55?
phyphy··on Maryland woman loses $17K in SIM card swap scam despite 2FA
Can anyone explain why SIM swapping works? Do telecom companies in US allow you to buy a new SIM without a government issued ID?
phyphy··on Maryland woman loses $17K in SIM card swap scam despite 2FA
> TOTP

Cannot count the number of times I have fomatted my phone and had to beg support teams for access to my accounts. I like to use custom ROMs and I cannot afford another phone just for TOTPs. I hate TOTPs. so much.

phyphy··on Wikipedia daily most viewed pages
I do it. I don't know how to explain why but these pages sometimes contain more information than people think. Like the critics, key-people, government involvement, controversies, etc. And the best part is that I can trust this information to be neutral and factually correct.
phyphy··on Problems on the Galaxy Store
Galaxy Store is a garbage adware. Always runs in background. And if you accidentally open it it will start downloading "recommended apps" without your permission.
phyphy··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2023)
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan

Remote: Yes/No/Any

Technologies: Databricks, Spark/PySpark, Delta, MS SQL Server, Azure

Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17b5wir9bFuf57up77w9guBQmQLx...

Email: mailto.harshitk@gmail.com

phyphy··on Ask HN: Are there any success stories for privacy focused companies?
"I don't care about my rights because they are worthless to me"
phyphy··on Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
Here in India we have an app named "Where is my train?". Local people use this app a lot when traveling by train. It's not government owned either and has no ads. Just throwing in here for some inspiration since I don't know the inner workings of that app.

Edit: It uses nearby cell towers to estimate the location of train

phyphy··on Ask HN: How many people on Hacker News live in rural areas?
I guess you can call Dausa, Rajasthan as rural compared to the rest of the first world.
phyphy··on User: Junnn11
Makes me wonder if we can create an unsupervised AI model to "infer" features of an organism through only its genetic code.
phyphy··on OpenAI is now everything it promised not to be: closed-source and for-profit
Sure government can seize your money but can they seize all kinds of assets?
phyphy··on The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold mines
No I am just wondering why is this largely ignored
phyphy··on The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold mines
I sometimes wonder what the future of human rights is considering a scenario from 10 generations from now.

The survived miners will probably have children. The children who are not fit (neither physically nor mentally) will die working in mines. The mentally fit children will migrate to US. The physically fit children will have more children that are physically fit. What will happen then? Why are we ignoring the future of our species and human rights on a larger scale of time?

phyphy··on Cobalt is suddenly abundant
So economy is now a justification of slavery?
phyphy··on WHO: No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health
Relevant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-term_effects_of_alcohol_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_effects_of_alcohol

phyphy··on Japan PM’s solution to dire birthrate has already been rejected by young
True. I didn't consider the scale. I was talking in a totally hypothetical sense.
phyphy··on Japan PM’s solution to dire birthrate has already been rejected by young
What if instead of immigration the government decides to raise the orphan children from other countries? That wouldn't harm the culture I hope.
phyphy··on Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past
Related: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_human_evolution
phyphy··on Viral illnesses may increase chances of developing neurodegenerative diseases
Acupuncture is pseudoscience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_topics_characterized_a...

phyphy··on Bitwarden Acquires Passwordless.dev
I thought a security breach wasn't possible due to zero knowledge encryption.
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