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tomwalker··on Require multiple reviewers for pull requests
Blockchain for source control?
tomwalker··on Diamond Blockchain Initiative
Completely agree. It seems to be the application of the current "trendy tech" to industry.
tomwalker··on Venezuela’s Currency Has Had its Biggest Monthly Collapse
Why is there such a difference? Surely each of those states with low murder rates have good and bad bits?
tomwalker··on Charts That Scare Wall Street
You can exclude coal and grain from the charts linked from your parent comment. There is still a significant drop.
tomwalker··on University of Chicago: ‘We Do Not Support So-Called Trigger Warnings’
If someone has an anxiety disorder of this magnitude then their diagnosing physician would provide the student with the paperwork required to delay their course.

This would be for however long is needed to seek the treatment to return to a stable enough level of mental health to return to university.

tomwalker··on The Sexual Is Political
No.
tomwalker··on SoftBank is buying ARM for $32B
It was 7% more expensive for them:

https://twitter.com/jamestitcomb/status/754966707769315333

tomwalker··on The end of the establishment?
It is still a 7.9 billion Euro 'error rate'
tomwalker··on Under-35s in the UK face becoming permanent renters, warns thinktank
I agree that homeownership is not the be all and end all for financial security and Switzerland is a great example.

I think the biggest concern is that many young people today will not enjoy the same standard of living as their parents in many categories such as job security, retirement prospects, child bearing, etc

tomwalker··on ‘Rewilding’ process could soon return wolves to Scotland
Do you have a source for this?

Red deer have no natural predators just now and plenty of food - they will continue to increase in number.

You will also find that a lot of those that stalk deer are not "the gentry".

tomwalker··on Selling England by the offshore pound
Unfortunately parts are being developed on

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-3380...

tomwalker··on Can America cope with a resurgence of tropical disease?
This is also a major problem in Europe with tuberculosis.

In some parts of London the infection rate is higher than Africa and resistance is found in over 10% of cases.

The cost of drug treatment for resistant TB is over £50,000 (not including the high staff costs for specialists, to track down everyone they have been in contact with etc)

tomwalker··on Telegram bot that will get answers from real doctors
Is it HIPAA compliant?
tomwalker··on What does it mean for an algorithm to be fair?
so you would be happy with your race paying a higher interest rate for loans if it is calculated as optimal?
tomwalker··on Why did crime plummet in the US?
Was Huxley correct?
tomwalker··on Where Is Germany's Gold?
I found it strange as well - sometimes the images popped up again and covered some text.
tomwalker··on Latin Lives
I have a friend that is a historian. He was visiting a monastery in Macau to view some very old texts brought by the first Portuguese priests. They were under the care of a very old priest who spoke Cantonese and some Portuguese. My friend spoke Portuguese but they were not getting very far so he tried Latin. They conversed in Latin fluently for the rest of his time there.
tomwalker··on The future of jobs: The onrushing wave
I think that this is a very important piece of the discussion. Improving the efficiency of a lot of workers and increasing automation does not marry up well with a constantly increasing world population.
tomwalker··on Tech giants to freeze eggs for their female employees
I am not sure about the exact success rates off the top of my head, but if I remember correctly it is roughly 50% chance per cycle.

Each cycle requires a group of eggs and only a certain percentage survive the freeze.

tomwalker··on Ask HN: What are your sources of inspiration and motivation?
A great introduction is "A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy" by Irvine

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-Good-Life-Ancient-Stoic/dp/019...

tomwalker··on To Gather Drug Information, a Health Startup Turns to Consumers
Congratulations on the launch.

I am not sure if some of the drug types are appropriate though.

Antibiotics for example. If someone was prescribed an antibiotic for an infection, read your site and decided to stop taking it after a few days to avoid a side effect while waiting for an appointment with their doctor to find a suitable replacement, then it may increase resistance. Worse, they might stop the treatment and not bother finding any alternative if they feel "better enough".

I agree that discussions on medications are good for the majority of cases but antibiotics should be considered firmly in the domain of the specialists who "should" take into account local resistance rates, etc.

tomwalker··on U.S. Aims to Curb Peril of Antibiotic Resistance
This sounds like a very positive step.

As concerned as I am about the new or novel infectious agents, such as ebola, the largest problem will come from common pathogens that are only treatable with the strongest of antibiotics (that often have more serious side effects).

tomwalker··on Testing Emacs Packages: surprisingly non-awful
The Little Schemer is an easy and short introduction.

http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/little-schemer

tomwalker··on Emacs for developers
This is a pretty good overview of how to extend Emacs for your own individual situation.
tomwalker··on Ask HN: How much should a bootstrapped startup ask for an acquihire?
Is the correct answer not "the largest amount that the acquiring company will pay"?

I think that this is a question that is impossible to answer.

tomwalker··on Second-Chance Med School
Very good post and I agree. The job is stressful, the individual liability is extremely high and the sacrifice is not worth it for many. Often family expectations are involved.
tomwalker··on [dead]
I agree with the above - it sounds like you need an office manager.
tomwalker··on Sierra Leone's chief Ebola doctor contracts the virus
Review of containment procedures, lower threshold for a more senior review of any patients that are non-typical, more caution basically.
tomwalker··on Sierra Leone's chief Ebola doctor contracts the virus
My partner is a microbiologist in Scotland and she is on high alert for the disease
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