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theplague42on Ultraviolet Irradiation of Blood: “The Cure That Time Forgot”? (2018)

Why pretend that Trump _isn't_ spreading damaging misinformation during a pandemic? I don't see why HN needs to have some false sense of neutrality to be "functioning well".

theplague42on Ultraviolet Irradiation of Blood: “The Cure That Time Forgot”? (2018)

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

he is clearly talking about injecting disinfectants

theplague42on Small business rescue earned banks $10B in fees

There have been suggestions over the years for the post office to offer banking services. They have branches literally everywhere, they're independent yet still a government agency, and have no profit motive.

theplague42on Tesla Cybertruck

That's for fuel efficiency and acceleration. You wouldn't want to constantly redline your engine.

theplague42on Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years

You've only had bad tofu, then.

theplague42on Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore

Which politicians?

theplague42on What's Coming in Python 3.8

Assignment can be confusing already.

  >>> locals()['a'] = 1
  >>> a
  1

If anything, the walrus operator allows for tightly-scoped assignment, which is good in my opinion.

theplague42on What's Coming in Python 3.8

I second this. F-strings make string formatting so much more concise. I'm excited about the walrus operator for the same reason.

theplague42on Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States, 2000-2017

What cultural foundation?

theplague42on “It’s hard to take risks if you don’t have a safety net”

Most successful startup founders are in their 30s and 40s.

Providing a link: https://www.kauffman.org/what-we-do/research/2009/04/educati...

theplague42on Remote-Powered Developer Tools

Sounds similar to the "deployments" functionality in JetBrains IDEs.

theplague42on 2017 saw highest rate of death due to alcohol, drugs, suicide in US history [pdf]

Political choices matter.

theplague42on Shutdown Will Be Worse for Economy Than First Thought, White House Says

> The original estimate that the partial shutdown would subtract 0.1 percentage point from growth every two weeks has now been doubled to a 0.1 percentage point subtraction every week, according to an official who asked not to be named.

> The administration had initially counted just the impact from the 800,000 federal workers not receiving their paychecks. But they now believe the impact doubles, due to greater losses from private contractors also out of work and other government spending and functions that won't occur.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/15/source-white-house-believes-...

theplague42on A Year After the Middle Class Tax Cut, the Rich Are Winning

Define "tax cut". A tax credit would benefit those who already pay 0.

theplague42on Lessons from Building and Scaling Reddit's Ad Serving Platform with Go

I've been using it for a few months, and it's pretty great.

theplague42on If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power

Do you think it's because of their race or socioeconomic status?