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This is great! I would love this even more with a chess clock. 3+2 would be great!

The author didn't keep the chats, the companies he interacts with did. >Armed with GDPR and data access laws, I got myself archives with all my messages, reactions, and social grap…

I often feel like HN is the last true remnant of the old internet. Very grateful that it still exists in its current form.

I asked Railways agent to live resize a volume attached to our DB and it nuked the database and migrated it from the EU to the US Here is an excerpt from the chat log: >Please resi…

I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that.

It's also a fairly recent phenomenon that we expect small children to sleep all alone in a big room without anyone else around them. Nature tells them they are small and the world …

I agree with you on a few key points. Social media is structurally harmful, it amplifies those with money and reach, and good parenting and education are important. Where I disagre…

The “competition is scary, let’s build walls” approach usually looks good in the short term for a segment of workers, but over the long term it tends to weaken the economy. A count…

"The style complaint? Also overstated: L[...]" This is how I know this comment was written by an AI.

What an exhausting defeatist mindset.

Famous last words.

If you read the article, they clearly test vision in the patients. >the majority of patients regained some sight, with some advancing from legally blind to low vision.

I suppose their services are down as, no matter what I do, all I’m getting is «I’ll get back to you with insights», followed by nothing.

You know you're on HN when people refer to neurology in terms of pointers and garbage collection.

I often wonder if work experience on your resume pre-2023 will become a hot commodity for employment in the coming years.

Looks like Reddit is leaking into HN again.

Interesting. I feel far happier when I am able to just "do the damn work" all day. Instead, I find I am constantly having to pander to the onslaught of stakeholders who require con…

The "meme" you refer to is simply survivorship bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

They are going face major regulatory hurdles. Safety concerns are huge—both real and perceived—and governments, especially in places like the US and Europe, are still far from trus…

Look up Otoliths. It’s a bone in the ear of fish that is commonly used for aging.

They sent out an email saying you can disagree to the TOS. I wonder what would happen if you did.

> This means that we're soon able to replace our bodies with robotic ones. Talk about jumping to conclusions.

Incredible. How do you find these things?

It's not just Turkmenistan. >These facilities, equipment and other infrastructure that emit methane at high rates span central Asia, the Middle East and the southwestern United Sta…

As a European, I find it absolutely absurd that peoples immersion is “being broken” by seeing non-white people in a fantasy show. When I see a dwarf in a fantasy TV show, I don’t s…