Slade1 · HackerTrans

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

The parent comment seems like a bit of hyperbole, but Canada for a very long time hasn't prioritized tech industry. It's common to see salaries for tech jobs in Canada be much less than counterparts in US. I work with Canadians on my team and their opinion is that unless you're in lumber or drilling something from the ground, you might as well move to the US while of working age.

Slade1

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

Most users on this site would cut off their own thumbs before saying something about Google that isn't negative; it's just one of the hallmarks of the HN community.

To everyone complaining about the possibility of you google account getting false flagged as TOS violation: do you actively use this reason to avoid all other domain providers like GoDaddy who can terminate your account?

Just make a separate email account that exists solely to manage your domains, and this advice goes for using ANY domain registrar/provider.

Slade1

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

Assuming they could afford to do so, is it not possible to buy an artificial heart and schedule surgery? A quick online search shows there definitely are companies that make artificial hearts even if only to bridge the gap till a donor is found. Obviously it doesn't guarantee the cancer hasn't spread, there won't be potential complications during surgery, or any other complications down the road... but there can't just flat out be zero options, right? I know certain organs just can't be replaced, but the heart? There's really no mechanical alternatives?

Slade1

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

Reminds me of Thought Emporium's video about negative ion bracelets: https://youtu.be/C7TwBUxxIC0

Slade1

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

I thought a lot about the comments here today, it's not often you see so much anger about just the mere insinuation that a company may possibly release what essentially seems like an IoT product. I had trouble thinking of why the possibility of this being true would enrage so many, when you have no obligation to even buy it if it does become real.

The best reason I can think of is that a lot of people were genuinely excited at Google glass or daydream when it was still budding, and want to see cool/impressive tech exist but are jaded by the previous emotional investments that didn't pay off.

Slade1

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

Very exciting if true but I've seen a lot of hype around Alcubierre drives that either are bogus or not reproducible.

Slade1

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

If you're aware that someone is doing penetration tests on your system, but their probing isn't significantly costing you resources, wouldn't you instead just give some generic response to not clue them into you knowing their intention? There's a lot of people who basically do that with scam callers by just leading them on and wasting the scammers time.

Slade1

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

Would a world where we took initiative to reduce civilian air travel in preference of trains and boats also lead to the military no longer producing fighter jets?