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A bit weird but they also used to do "Service Packs" which seemed reasonable. Do they still plan to do service packs or this the new way forward?

The approach is interesting, but I'm not sure it works for everybody. I tried the Heisig method, but I found that while I could get good at flashcards, they didn't really stick. Pr…

Off the top of my head: I wonder if astronauts are on lower calorie diets than usual. Lowering calorie intake is one of the few well known ways that lifespan can be increased. Will…

Interesting. Looks like the Google Play store was also embargoed at one point: ‪ http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/28/4669004/google-opens-play-... I wonder what exactly is going on. …

Yes mostly the number of base pairs. Large repeats can also cause issues finishing a genome.

Your pay doesn't seem massively outside current industry norms. If I were you I'd probably do two things: 1. I'd try and save enough money for a couple of years runway in case I wa…

Not sure, but for me it's more that the selection is better, I don't think you can get Westworld (series) on amazon yet for example.

We don't really understand how most of the treatments we have work. We have data, we have in many cases some ideas, but we don't know. Take Psoriasis as an example, doctors are sti…

Realistically, what harm can the experiments described in the article do to the general population? It's so hard to do anything, even design diagnostic tests, that requires FDA app…

Why not use iTunes for pay per view/purchasing content? Their library seems very comprehensive. I'm currently using Netflix and iTunes. I also have a prime account, but there's rar…

Hmm.. this is significantly more than 100MUSD (630MUSD). I'd love some examples of good plays in this area (that is, those that resulted not just in acquisition but viable products…

I'd love to have more insight into how this happened. It seems like there's a pattern of high profile failures of highly funded science-based startups. From the outside the science…

Again, just FYI, you're not a PLC (which stands for public limited company, and means you can sell shares to the general public) you're incorporated as a private limited company.

Wow, I wouldn't be so confident in putting all this personal information out it the open. But this was a great read. It's both sad, worrying, and slightly comforting that Mirai is …

Congrats guys! But "Thank you all for being a part of this adventure with us!" Needs to go here: https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com

I think it possibly because they've created a few new accounts. New accounts on HN can only post so many comments before they start getting marked as [dead] automatically I guess t…

Your website says your a non-profit, but you're incorporated as a private limited company. Just FYI, in the U.K. Non-profits are generally incorporated as companies limited by guar…

It possibly lies beyond their reach, and ultimately we may be fighting a losing battle. But there are two point really: 1. I think it's worth fighting (and they have had some succe…

It possibly lies beyond their reach, and ultimately we may be fighting a losing battle. But there are two point really: 1. I think it's worth fighting (and they have had some succe…

> Its easier to just buy a phone from a company who can't comply with such ridiculous claims from the US government. I think there's value in challenging the US government on these…

The other issue for me actually is that while I might like to drop into a shell sometimes I don't really feel Android phones offer me much in that regard either. Android is far for…

In case the author reads this, and as I can't comment there: Thank you. Debian is an awesome and somewhat under-rated distribution. Being a maintainer always seems like a thankless…

I don't really feel my data is locked in to any great degree. I don't use iCloud for backup. I use my own mail provider. What lock-in are you referring to? I think it would be pret…

Nice talk, there are many similarities to the memory deduplication attacks previously posted (also from the CCC). They present a few cache based attacks. The first is a method to s…

Well, php is still hugely popular. I think it's not an unreasonable choice (though I personally don't enjoy using it, I can see the business case). Go feels like a much smaller, si…