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We have an anti-aging vaccine. Why aren't more people getting it?

vox.com
11 points·by l2silver·5 mesi fa·6 comments

Tomatoes in the Galápagos appear to be evolving backward

cnn.com
5 points·by l2silver·8 mesi fa·0 comments

Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?

1,901 points·by l2silver·3 anni fa·1,792 comments

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l2silver
·7 mesi fa·discuss
Alright, bring on the downvotes.

It's the bloated junior salaries that have killed their market. I never like hiring juniors, I never like working with juniors, and I'd rather pay the extra 20-30% and get someone more experienced. I'm sorry, but if you don't get into FANG, you should basically be working for nothing until you have some experience. It's cruel, it's not fair, but it's just not worth it for the employer. Especially in today's world where there is no company loyalty.

All this BS about AI taking away the stuff that juniors did, in my field, software development, that was never the case. I never worked in a place where the juniors had different work than the seniors. We all did the same things, except the juniors sucked at it, and required handholding, and it would have been faster and better if they weren't there.

The real trick is finding companies that do very simple work, simple enough that juniors can thrive on day one. It won't be the best experience, but it is experience, and the rest is what you make of it.
l2silver
·8 mesi fa·discuss
I wonder if meta is a poor comparison for advertising because they're users tend to spend more time on their products doom scrolling, as opposed to something like google, where you get your answer right away and move on.
l2silver
·8 mesi fa·discuss
I don't know much about IQ. In the most extreme case, of dissimilar education, the different was about 15 points. Is that a lot? What does that mean to laypeople?
l2silver
·8 mesi fa·discuss
Memorizing and tests at school are the archaic approach that schools don't believe in anymore (at least the school board my kids are at), but they happen to be AI proof.

It's the softer, no memorizing, no tests, just assignments that you can hand in at anytime because there's no deadlines, and grades don't matter, type of education that is particularly useless with AI.
l2silver
·8 mesi fa·discuss
One of the parent comments mentioned a similar situation involving a colleague who other comments think was from India based on the description of the dowry.
l2silver
·8 mesi fa·discuss
There are students who get good grades on their assignments and tests, and there are students who get bad grades on their assignments and tests, but there are no good and bad students.
l2silver
·8 mesi fa·discuss
There's too much apologizing for people's horrible actions these days. Nearly everyone is a sympathetic character when you get to know them, but that doesn't excuse them. There were other people, in his situation, who took different approaches that didn't result in locking a woman away in a loveless marriage for her entire life. I'm sure a lot of us come from easier situations, but the people who come from hard situations will probably tell you, yeah, it was hard, it was horrible, but he didn't have to do that.
l2silver
·8 mesi fa·discuss
I think I am totally naive on this subject,

why was the divorce so hard for him? In that society, they just don't let you get divorced unless both parties agree to it? And with the evidence he had of her being a lesbian, does that mean nothing? What is even the point of divorce in that society?
l2silver
·9 mesi fa·discuss
It's funny, I feel like half the reason I use docker is for python projects.
l2silver
·10 mesi fa·discuss
What about the rest of Israel?
l2silver
·10 mesi fa·discuss
I see a lot of comments here are about how other countries should react to this designation, rightfully so.

I wonder also though, how Israel will react. Is this anything new for them?
l2silver
·3 anni fa·discuss
If you think racoons are cool, you're definitely not from Toronto.
l2silver
·3 anni fa·discuss
I can't believe people like you exist. Just a handful of amazing projects
l2silver
·3 anni fa·discuss
That's really sweet. I think I remember a scene from the TV show Normal People where something similar happens.
l2silver
·3 anni fa·discuss
Would this be like an app on your phone, or something else?
l2silver
·3 anni fa·discuss
Yes Anki. I've also written my own code to convert markdown and yaml files into anki cards. So amazing.
l2silver
·3 anni fa·discuss
I'm always impressed by hardware hacks.
l2silver
·3 anni fa·discuss
Definitely counts. Very cool.
l2silver
·3 anni fa·discuss
The HP-25 was a hand-held programmable scientific/engineering calculator made by Hewlett-Packard between early January 1975 and 1978.

Wirelessly charged battery pack. Whhhhhatttttt
l2silver
·3 anni fa·discuss
What's the use case for this?