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quattrofan··on 72-year-old Congressman pursues a Master's in AI
Because there are numerous studies showing how "retirement" in the form of sitting around doing nothing shortens the length and quality of your remaining years.
quattrofan··on TikTok ‘frog army’ stunt could have grave consequences, experts warn
The time has to be approaching to ban under 18s from social media. If we don't i truly fear a mental health catastrophe for the next gen.
quattrofan··on Ask HN: What is your experience with Windows 11?
Positive in general. Just two annoyances. First not being to able put the task bar on the side any longer and second (more annoying) not being able to drag a document into an app that's running on the taskbar and open it.
quattrofan··on Finnish govt agency warns of unusual aircraft GPS interference
Huh? How is it fake news if it's happening and you seem to agree it is with "Russia on your border"
quattrofan··on 'Superager' brains resist the march of time to have memories like 25-year-olds
Maintain low muscle mass? Er no strength training has many benefits including helping to maintain bone mass but also losing muscle mass as we age leads to feebleness and all the negative consequences of that. That doesn't mean pumping iron and taking steroids but just maintaining a decent level of strength.
quattrofan··on European plan for gigantic new gravitational wave detector passes milestone
What is the benefit of being able to observe these so far away? The article does not provide the justification for the project.
quattrofan··on HSBC bans customers from buying Bitcoin-backer MicroStrategy shares
Really you couldn't make it up considering the criminal activities this bank has been involved in most recently in Latin America
quattrofan··on Elon Musk's Fear of AI
As a liberal, my biggest fear is people embracing the ridiculous woke nonsense in articles like this.
quattrofan··on Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak
Begins with a C and ends with S
quattrofan··on Britain: Land of Liberty No More
No mention of even worse crap being done by the SNP in Scotland: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-snp-s-radical-assaul...
quattrofan··on English is relatively easy to learn, but not to master (2018)
Why does he keep referring to here as "the English isles" it's really annoying. These are the British Isles.
quattrofan··on The Bank of England unveils design of new £50 banknote featuring Alan Turing
Or they do nothing? What exactly do you want? Most people I've spoken to in tech view it positively. But I guess people have to moan about everything these days.
quattrofan··on Fertility rate: 'Jaw-dropping' global crash in children being born
Pretty much every environmental problem we have will be reduced if not solved with less people, especially in the first world.
quattrofan··on Incoming Teen Vogue Editor Forced to Resign over Old Tweets
Ridiculous knee jerk nonsense.
quattrofan··on Bitcoin Has Zero Intrinsic Value. Some People Are OK with That
So does any fiat currency. This is such an old chestnut.
quattrofan··on Iran vs. America: what's behind the feud?
Israel. Saudi Arabia. Each for different reasons of course.
quattrofan··on Duolingo's language notes all on one page
I love Duolingo but they really drop the ball it making it great and not just good. Why can't I bookmark useful info, see it all in one place, share stuff etc. This solves onr of those.
quattrofan··on Fuckin' user interface design, I swear
"It tells you to input a "postal code" which to most means a zip code" really? Get off your US centric view of the world my friend (which is often a UI problem in and of itself) only the US and Philippines use Zip codes.
quattrofan··on YouTuber Builds Working 3D-Printed Turbojet Engine and Tests It in His Attic
He'll lose half his face but at least he'll be able to see that in a mirror!
quattrofan··on NFTs Are a Dangerous Trap
"why most cryptocurrencies at the core are unsustainable" would you care to elaborate on such a sweeping statement?
quattrofan··on Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay
100% this
quattrofan··on Professor called racist for arguing race isn’t the sole explanation for poverty
Ridiculous nonsense to couch this as racist, and the knee jerk censorship of these institutions is encouraging the nutters to shutdown more speech they don't agree with.
quattrofan··on Bumble Bans Body Shaming from App
Shaming is one thing, but everyone has preferences.
quattrofan··on The future of web software is HTML over WebSockets
Please don't let us come back to Rails
quattrofan··on Texas-Style Blackouts Are the Future
In the United States...
quattrofan··on I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
Do you drink alcohol? If so you're a drug user... We've just decided for myriad, commercial, political and historical reasons to legitimise some and make others illegal. Note I never used the word "scientific" in that sentence.
quattrofan··on Nouriel Roubini: Bitcoin is not a hedge against tail risk
If I had a dollar for every alt coin...lol
quattrofan··on Why Are Rich People So Mean?
While no doubt RAS exists everywhere I suspect it's worse in the US than most other developed countries. We drum into everyone from an early age that success is measured in material terms, the size of your bank account, car, house etc is all that matters. Certainly it's more here than any other country I've been to.
quattrofan··on Making our new homepage fast and performant
Be great if they could put the same effort into their UX. Pretty much every person I know that uses GH loathes the UI from a usability standpoint. It's a perfect example of something designed by engineers.
quattrofan··on AstraZeneca/EU contract
Sorry what planet are you on, he won exactly zero the UK backtracked on everything and the EU got exactly what it wanted.
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