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Interested in the outcome of both of these cases, but also in what went in to building the site. It feels agent-led, but in a good way. @laurex are you the creator? Can you tell us…

Context from the CDC guidance from August 2025 ( https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7432a2.htm ) "Except for vaccination for adults aged ≥65 years, ACIP makes no preferential…

Many UN agencies are already working hard to inculcate an open source / open methods / open data approach to everything they do. There's a key standard for this: Digital Public Goo…

This happens frequently in courts in my home country. There's even polite lawyer codewords so that you don't have to trudge in to court and say 'I'm sorry your honor, I have to wit…

One of the best things I've learnt recently is how to apply the zero blame, process improvement approach that (many) air safety regulators take to my own teams. I'd sat through 'fi…

From the Sanctions Order: "The Levidow Firm primarily practices in New York state courts. It uses a legal research service called Fastcase and does not maintain Westlaw or LexisNex…

This just keeps getting weirder. From the infamous irony quotes 'balance sheet': https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/7ab64a3b-6c... Liablities: $8.8bn of customer depo…

My 7 year old son is vegetarian - Neither of his parents are (although we've always tried to be awake to the ethical implications of what we eat) When I asked him why he'd gone so …

> I'm pretty sure almost all of this team was laid off (certainly the people I knew who worked on it were). That's really sad news. The crew I interacted with (Alex, Omari, Tobias,…

I'm not saying it's a fair metric, but when I compare Twitter's open output to similarly VC-funded-but-now-public companies, the engineering output doesn't seem particularly exciti…

For comparison, the old, dying, 'legacy' social media platform Facebook added 24MILLION new users in the same period. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264810/number-of-monthly..…

Even though the author is critical of the GPIAAF's report, it's amazing to see how thoroughly incidents like this one are investigated - With a real focus on process improvement. F…

Get them out, but let them vest. Don't delay the decision - You've had performance conversations with them already, so this won't come as a surprise. Tell them they're on leave imm…

Prior art: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/02/24/telegraph-cat/

I've recently switched from Firefox to Orion. Ideologically, I'm Firefox all the way - But even in beta, Orion is such a better browser. * Vertical tabs * Support for most of the e…

There have been some notable failures - Where they've got the tradeoffs between form and function badly wrong. * Butterfly keyboard * iPhone headphone jack * Single-USB Macbook Air…

Hi Andrew, A bit different from usual HN fare, but here's a quick nerdy breakdown of how to build power / advocate / get laws changed. You have an audacious, but specific goal. Tha…

The fake voice is interesting - She read all the literature that people with deeper voices get more respect, more funding and are given the benefit of the doubt more often. And she…

Love the idea of pre-fab, but this thing is just charmless. Fake-wood plastic floors Fake-wood MDF cabinetry, with superfluous detailing Plastic benchtops Horrible overhead lightin…

"Where should we put it?" "Just anywhere over there" "What about in this server rack?" "Sure, that's a super position"

Presumably this is because the default rate amongst uninsured patients is much higher than insured patients. You might have to fight the insurer to get your $1m, but you know for s…

love Wormhole, but that animated background chews up an incredible amount of battery power on my M1 Macbook Air (even when the tab is in the background). Please wormhole crew, turn…