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In a thread about a secret door in the UK parliament:quote:coder1001 2 hours ago [-] This would be too on the nose to work as parody. At least it seems to just be naive instead of malicious, but COME ON
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Feb 26, 2020 14:24
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they could put it on a blockchain!!
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Feb 26, 2020 14:40
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Chris Knight posted:they could put it on a blockchain!! ahem, actually this is a use case for etherium contracts, and
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Feb 26, 2020 17:00
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smart contract access control system *punches in code* *door opens 20 to 50 minutes later*
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Feb 26, 2020 22:25
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i do like that smart contracts are just regular contracts but with computers and worse wait times
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Feb 26, 2020 23:48
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"don't use THAT institution for contract law, use THIS one"
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Feb 26, 2020 23:49
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and fun bugs oops we totally did not forsee someone putting a -1 into this box and now all the money in the smart contract got transferred! who could have seen this
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22416012 i touch computer for 8-12 hours a day now im doctor
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i'm loving glad access to that sort of thing is gated because jesus christ my paranoid rear end would be using them daily or self-diagnosing myself with cancer.
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Feb 27, 2020 05:43
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Minmaxing nerds would kill themselves with that poo poo Fitness devices are awful enough with them
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lancemantis posted:Minmaxing nerds would kill themselves with that poo poo you’re not making a strong argument against here
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quote:I'm so loving tired of this perspective. Yes, it's technically correct...
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Feb 27, 2020 14:17
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googles "runny nose and headache" you have:
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Feb 27, 2020 14:51
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The_Franz posted:googles "runny nose and headache" Hey now, they said google scholar, so they can more exotically incorrect themselves
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Feb 27, 2020 14:54
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Obviously an amateur. To seriously self(mis)diagnose yourself you need to use PubMed.
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I just go to the library and get a book on diseases, which I read front to back. After the nausea has passed I will have collected an impressive set of diseases I have contracted. I then self-quarantine to make sure I don't infect anyone else, and coincidentally play a lot of computer games.
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Feb 27, 2020 15:02
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otoh lazy doctors that spend 30 seconds thinking and diagnose gastritis on timeout are a real thing
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SRQ posted:i am pretty sure kyoto got passed because of cloud cover
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Nomnom Cookie posted:otoh lazy doctors that spend 30 seconds thinking and diagnose gastritis on timeout are a real thing Yeah. The amount of people I know with specialised diseases that have more education than some specialists, even, is astounding. I had to remind my gastroenterologist that the celiac disease blood test they proposed would only give a positive if I was consuming gluten or other gliadin-containing products for eight weeks beforehand, which would be disastrous if it came back positive with my specific mix of health problems. Bearing in mind it was only a confirmation. I have been diagnosed with it based on an exclusion diet, and lived like this for 20 years, but never "properly" tested. I told my dietician and she laughed and was astonished that the other specialist didn't know that, then wrote a letter stating that the position of the celiac society is that someone who has been diagnosed based on an exclusion diet should *not* be given a blood test, and asking for a genetic test instead, which came back positive. And that's just one incident from thousands I have personally experienced or heard of from trustworthy people. Remind me to talk about the time the nurses at the ICU didn't properly replace my drip overnight while I was on diuretics as a premature baby, or the time a friend was not told of their endometriosis diagnosis for 10 years, or the time when the surgeons couldn't find my mum's appendix because she's much shorter than average, then sent her away from hospital with a burst appendix, and only lived because I decided to be born right then. There certainly is an arrogance from hacker news that makes them think they can do anything because they can touch computers, just look at how loving MetaMed played out (No, seriously, it's hilarious). But medical specialists have their faults too. alexandriao fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Feb 27, 2020 |
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"If there is any 'plus' to this situation, its that Coronavirus will rapidly de-age many Western countries. This could lead to large economic benefits in the form of long-term savings on pensions and healthcare, as well as freeing up housing for families."
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beep boop my lust for mass death is entirely rational and untainted by humanity
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been a while since i saw a "throw a startup at it" this tone deaf justinzollars 9 hours ago [-] We have had the sequence of the COVID-19 for over a month. Are you guys, on hackernews, are telling me there isn't a single startup - not one - that could develop a more effective test to fill this gap? The virus when it comes, will not discriminate between Republican and Democrat. But developing a better test could save lives. reply
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salisbury shake posted:been a while since i saw a "throw a startup at it" this tone deaf this guy is still wondering why elon was unjustly hated for his amazing life-saving submarine
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ake_vincent 12 hours ago [-] I'll be the guy. Yeah, I do want a pandemic. My reasons are my reasons, but a very dark part of me is incredibly excited about the prospect of millions of people dying. Just like how wildfires actually lead to healthier and more robust forests in the long-term, I think a real pandemic could be the bitter medicine we all need. For context: I am a millenial. As the status quo currently stands, I have absolutely NO hope that I will have an enjoyable life in the long term. The world will be a much bleaker, hostile place by the time I am nearing retirement age. It's not a world I want to raise kids in, and if it weren't for my loved ones, I would probably just check out once I get bored and things get REALLY bad - maybe in my mid 40s or thereabouts. And without a major global incident that completely alters the status quo, you'd be hard pressed to convince me that I'm wrong. The writing has been on the wall for decades, and the Old Guard has done nothing about it. Covid is only really deadly for older/sick people? Good. Take them. I'll happily trade them for a future that I actually want to live for. reply
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Does that count as accelerationism? Didn't know HN had it in them.
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i'm counting it as fascism, which i'm pretty sure hn has it in them
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KO boomer
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a pandemic might make people in the us finally realize how backwards and bad a health care system that disincentives seeing a doctor is
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NihilCredo posted:KO boomer lol
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SRQ posted:a pandemic might make people in the us finally realize how backwards and bad a health care system that disincentives seeing a doctor is Nah, that's a very good thing during an epidemic. Here, recommendation is explicitly to not see a doctor but to stay home if getting symptoms and only seek help if they get severe. It's the "has to work while sick" that's going to be problematic.
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there's a thread about a boss who set his business' minimum wage to $70k and took a paycut from 1.1m/y to live on their own minimum wage... benibela 8 hours ago [-] On the other hand, having money makes me less productive, since I spend more time caring about the stock market. Like yesterday alone my long ETF lost 2000€ worth, and I bought a short ETF for balance, which went up 200€. Should have bought the short ETF earlier, but I was at work. Here I am actually losing money by going to work o-__-o 8 hours ago [-] are you me? Although my stock market outing has been very successful. i made my entire yearly salary this week and that is very demotivating to work right now.. Although we are the exception not the rule. My last job had me running around exhausted and I thought being super productive would increase my bonus (narrator: it didn't) ehvatum 4 hours ago [-] People trying to pay me has become a problem. I stopped answering unknown numbers as a result. Buy your titanium hash pipe on the after market. I’m bored of making them. I’m doing indycar molds right now. I’m at my day job coding c++ and it’s very stressful being chased after. I don’t even know what’s going on with my portfolio. The market is down like a billion points... jmkni 10 hours ago [-] The BBC basically providing free marketing for a company, yet again! bufferoverflow 11 hours ago [-] This is very nice of the owner, but extremely inefficient economically. Which means most companies can't afford to do something like that. Only if your profit margins are huge. bufferoverflow 4 hours ago [-] They are paying more than they have to for the low skilled workers. Which means that extra money is not going towards hiring better high skilled workers or just more workers in general. Everything else being equal, an average business would be outcompeted if they did something like that. If you still think what they are doing is efficient, take it further and further. Start increasing the salaries more and more. Very soon you will be able to afford one worker. A very expensive janitor maybe? voltrone 7 hours ago [-] And what about that one employee that tend to work more than the others(every company have one of those, maybe it's you), do you find it fair for him to get the same salary as everybody ? why would you better yourself and be more productive only to get paid the same as everybody.
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I do want to murder everyone who can only imagine being motivated to work by contempt for their peers and not, say, contributing to the good of mankind. sure, pay everyone the same. extremely high ceo pay doesn’t seem to have led to a corresponding increase in ceo supply. hmmmmm
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my big takeaway from the gravity thread on hn is that they're all obsessed with the loving payscale and not noticing the facts on the ground dude's business more than doubled since he implemented the minimum wage, and senior staff are less grumpy. that sounds like smashing success to me if he chooses to "live on a minimum wage" it's like steve jobs drawing a $1 salary. his stake in the company is vastly more valuable. he's doing just fuckin fine hn is missing a billion dollar forest for $70k trees
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MononcQc posted:They are paying more than they have to for the managers. Which means that extra money is not going towards hiring more workers in general. 
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