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someone454··on Show HN: The operating system I built as my high school project (2016)
Vic 20’s crappy cassette tapes are probably why I became a network admin instead of a programmer: 9 times out of 10 the cassettes never actaully saved my hours long programming sessions.
someone454··on 'Metallic wood' has the strength of titanium and the density of water
It’s half the mass ;)
someone454··on Are We in the Middle of a Programming Bubble?
The simplest and most accurate statement is that it’s an emergent result of the principles of capitalism combined with human nature and not a plot to keep us down.
someone454··on Are We in the Middle of a Programming Bubble?
Science doesn’t reinvent itself every couple of years either: new discoveries build upon a foundation of old discoveries. Software is more like the fashion industry.
someone454··on The creeping IT apocalypse
I gave myself the title “IT Janitor” because for years all I did was clean up other people’s $4!7. I automated everything I touched, and told people it was so I would have more time to surf the Internet. Now I’m over 50, in the Innovation group, and dreading ever having to find a new job. But I’m having fun: blockchain, robotics, mobile app dev, and now NLP.
someone454··on DNA scientist James Watson stripped of honors over views on race
Prove him wrong, doing it this way only proves that people are irrational in the face of criticism
someone454··on Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles
Yeah, it allows for unlocking without inserting a key or pressing a button.
someone454··on Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
T2 is related to glucose ingestion(sugar, carbs) NOT fat. Glucose spikes your insulin, and the continued, extreme spiking of insulin is what causes T2.
someone454··on Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
Type 1, maybe. Type 2, not at all. In fact, a ketogenic diet will reduce or eliminate the symptoms of T2.
someone454··on Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
You dont get keto acidosis by eating low carb, that is misinformation.
someone454··on Study finds reducing carbs and replacing with fats leads to increased metabolism
Actually, 25g total (including fiber carbs) would be low carb.
someone454··on Study finds reducing carbs and replacing with fats leads to increased metabolism
My take is that lower metabolism is just a lower ‘power saver’ mode for the body, and, like a computer, results in slower ‘processing ‘
someone454··on Study finds reducing carbs and replacing with fats leads to increased metabolism
Nor do the Inuit people. And until yhe introduction of the Western diet, they had very little cardiovascular disease.
someone454··on Gab.com goes down after GoDaddy threatens to pull domain
Conflating bridge building with public speech is not a good analogy: one is physics, the other chaos.

I do not like to see distasteful ideas put forth where i can see them, but what happens when our opinions on what is distasteful are in opposition?

It is Gabs right to, but not a responsibility to block content they find objectionable on their platform. And the first amendment clearly defines our RIGHT (note:defines, not gives) to say whatever we want, no matter how distasteful some may think it.

Edit for fumble fingers

someone454··on Gab.com goes down after GoDaddy threatens to pull domain
Gab can reasonably claim safe-harbor over this. If they are not censoring user’s posts, then they shouldn’t be held liable.

Go-Daddy is 100% within their rights to kick Gab off of their service. But silencing certain speech is not, in my opinion, a smart way to prevent atrocities like this in the future.

someone454··on FT8 – Tipping Point for Ham Radio?
Sounds kind of like the mirror opposite of HN
someone454··on Effects of High Fat Diet may Last for Generations
So what? Mice dont normally eat fatty foods anyway.
someone454··on Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on China
“Just following orders” (this quote Godwin approved)
someone454··on Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10B Cloud Competition
I guess ethics dont factor into Chinese censorship?
someone454··on Governor signs bill requiring California corporate boards to include women
So if a board position opens up and a male is denied an opportunity solely on hos sex, how will CA reconcile the lawsuit?
someone454··on Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies
MS? Not! There’s too many of us older geeks that still remember MS and their attacks on Linux.
someone454··on China Once Looked Tough on Trade. Now Its Options Are Dwindling
Or maybe it is, and the adults actually won.
someone454··on If Netflix adds ads, it could lose a quarter of its subscribers – study
I dropped tv because of ads. Im about to drop Prime because of fucking ads before shows. Netflix would lose out too.
someone454··on Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling
Raw potatoes are good too!
someone454··on The secret in my blood
Mainly because gay men and IV drug users were disease vectors.
someone454··on Why the Girl Scouts Are Learning to Pick Locks and Hack Computers
Seems to me its a form of cargo-cult development: its what the ‘great’ hackers did, so we must do it to become a great hacker too.
someone454··on Microsoft’s purchase of GitHub leaves some scientists uneasy
Or they remember the 90’s and early 0x’s. MS has made a mess of many a fine piece of software in their efforts to ‘integrate’ it with their other offerings.
someone454··on The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On (2014)
Because it creates a stable, growing society.
someone454··on The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On (2014)
Except for the surge in singles males that would be a direct result of polyamory.
someone454··on Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Silicon Valley
Did t we read here a week or so ago the All the H1Bs were leaving for Canada?
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