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Terrible, terrible information architecture. Love the idea, but it's sooo hard to find your way around that site.

I'm a bit curious since I haven't had the time to read up on this whole case. From what I understand, they have used fraudulent tests and pushing guesswork as scientific results? Yes?

But I'm also a bit curious as to the idea itself - could a healthcare-company actually provide this service at the said price with the right staff and technology, or is it simply an overly optimistic setup?

Great find, although I can't quite grasp why "discovered" is in quotation marks. The cities hadn't been investigated before, although some of them might not be actual cities anymore.

That's too rational. You need to have all the notes and stuff as well. You need to learn and expand your knowledge before you can go into practicing something. Even though I agree that I'll never look at my old university-notes again, they did serve a very real and important purpose in the proces towards teaching me how to build something. Reflecting upon what you're going to build, holding meetings and taking notes are important processes in mastering something. Even though it might seem a bit dull or not worthwhile compared to building stuff.

I know I shouldn't be turned off by this, but I so am. And I'm starting to dislike the dev-community more and more for each day I try to learn programming myself. Elitism at its worst.

I guess it started a few years back when I started an introductory programming-class at university where I was supposed to learn Java. I had already tried some light-weight languages like HTML and CSS and felt comfortable modding Wordpress-solutions. At the time, I studied a non-tech minor, and worked at an it-consultancy with a bunch of guys roughly my age. We were pretty good friends, but I strongly remember how they ridiculed Java as being old and outdated, and how I was wasting my time trying to learn more than the course expected of me. And it actually turned me off a lot, mainly because I thought these guys knew what they were talking about.

About a year ago, I tried my way with python for web-scraping and some light scripting, but ran into the same ridicule by a co-worker where I had my internship.

This february I finished my liberal arts'ish IT-master degree, and decided that I needed to learn how to do some code in order to get better at my job, and understanding it and tech in general.

This time, I'm focussing on FreeCodeCamp, and I'm dedicated to learn Javascript and front-end development. Because I've realized that there will always be people who trash-talk other languages, and I've learned that no languages are better or worse than others. I just think it's so frustrating asking for advice online when you run into people who fanatically defend one coding-language as "the only one" and trash talk everything else.

So fuck the haters - I'm learning Javascript, and it's gonna help me build some super cool apps that will help a lot of people!

Inspiring use of scraping through social media - just what I was looking for as my next project.

Disagree. This way they can perhaps force anyone involved to comment, while blowing everything wide open in public would perhaps make the case revolve around a single case, and not the actual political aspects of the case. Or am I just making stuff up here? In my world this is a great tactic. Danish television will be covering this for a week. If politicians are involved it's probably best to let them comment and do their job first, instead of putting them in the spotlight where they will avoid commenting on the case.

I've only read reports on injured people so far... I was hoping that that might be correct.

As a dane, I would like to point out that the largest group of "Muslisms-not-welcome" are the people who are seemingly at the bottom of society. They are the ones spewing uneducated nonsense on social media, and in general, have no idea what they are talking about. Most of the time, their "solution" is simply to "send them home". I feel bad for this group of people living in fear, when there's (perhaps) not that much to fear. I can however understand that you would feel threatened when you don't have an education, and can see the government trying to help refugees by offering them the same jobs you would be applying for.

Also, if you have any questions regarding this whole matter, I would like to answer them as best as possible.

Great post. I'm sometimes feeling the heat myself. I think I'm maybe expecting too much of myself. I've been attempting meditation before, but I will give it another try after your read.

I feel like one of the basic premises for doing this is understanding the different nutrients and their contribution to your health and energy-levels. In addition, the price-factor is also something that means something to me as a student.

Apart from cooking - which as a few people mention is pretty easy once you realize it's more about common sense and taste than chemistry - the fact the most people think that fat will actually just turn into fat on your body, and that dieting is the way to go, is something I imagine is misrepresenting the importance of being able to put together a healthy and nutricious meal.

Unfortunately, I don't know any good english books on the subject, but I imagine there are plenty of shorter books that will explain how fat, carbs, protein and vitamins play a part in respect to your wellbeing. I would start here.

Next, I would take a look at my wallet and my daily schedule, and figure out when buying take-away is going to be the most realistic option (both in regards to price and context), and when I have the ability to prepare lunch or dinner from home. If you have access to a fridge, a simple lunchbox with carrots and chicken provides a sturdy and surprisingly satisfying meal. Both carrots and chicken can be prepared in large batches, and both holds up for 4-5 days which is a typical workweek. In the morning, you simply fill a box with ingredients, and you have one cheap, nutritious meal down. I usually spice something like this up with a handful of almonds or nuts, and perhaps purchase some milk or juice to go with it.

I don't even know if this makes any sense, but I have this stereotyped view on americans as people who rarely cook their own meals, partly due to the fact that it's cheaper to buy take-away due to lower salaries effect on the price-levels (I can see that being a factor in Europe).

If you've never been comfortable cooking yourself, I can see that this might be a daunting task. I know people who are afraid to cook without a recipe, which is something that I hardly ever bother to spend time finding anyway.

Came here to post the same, literally at the same time. Even though it's in /r/denmark, Bjarne writes that he's been living in the US for a long time, and he should be perfectly comfortable with doing it in english.

I can't seem to find the one about college graduates. Could you point me in the right direction?

I really thought Americans were more into sports. It seems weird that not more people are into actually doing sports considering your major sports industry

But the video is somewhat first person.

This seems like something that could be the først major step towards making Bitcoins usable for the public.

So far, it's been very hard to use Bitcoin for everyday stuff, so if this turns out to be fairly simple and cheap to use, it might become a global phenomenon. For now, it seems like the limitations in use based on locality is the biggest problem with the card.

Other HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10562601

Been reading up on this. The facts so far;

- Happened right outside Stade de France (stadium) where France is playing Germany in a friendly soccer match.

- President Hollande was present but has been evacuated. Match continuing, and people are kept inside the stadium.

- Shots fired in a cambodian restaurant. 10 people feared dead. Hånd granades thrown near the location.

- The suspect is male (there are now three shootings and several suspects...). Only one suspect as of now. Someone managed to periscope some of the incident.

- Reddit post with all the live updates: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/3sphue/shootings...

Been reading up on this. The facts so far;

- Happened right outside Stade de France (stadium) where France is playing Germany in a friendly soccer match.

- President Hollande was present but has been evacuated. Match continuing, and people are kept inside the stadium.

- Shots fired in a cambodian restaurant. 10 people feared dead. Hånd granades thrown near the location.

- The suspect is male. Only one suspect as of now. Someone managed to periscope some of the incident.

- Reddit post with all the live updates:https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/3sphue/shootings...

Udemy has some crazy discount almost 90 % of the time... I'm constantly getting 75-95 % discounts on my courses. So that might be a factor as well.

Donna Haraway makes a similar point with the concept of "situated knowledge" [1] - the fact that we are all situated in our own practices, and as a result, objectivity becomes hard to claim.

[1] https://faculty.washington.edu/pembina/all_articles/Haraway1...

From Denmark, and that was what shook me as well! Seems like INSANELY much.

We don't know if the data collected is from the total hours of "on-time" of the computer. This would mean that procrastination could be taking up the majority of the spare time. I'm on my computer around 10-12 hours a day studying, working, blogging and just browsing the Internet and would not be surprised if I spend around 286 hours a month at the keyboard. But it's not work all of it.

EDIT: On the frontpage he writes "By day I’m an engineer at Wave. (Also frequently by night because I really like my work.)"

I don't think anarchistic solutions like that will ever work. Besides, I WANT to contribute. But I'm wondering if I'm smart enough and have the right skills to do so in 6 months time when I'm done.

@Tutaroo But that is my point. Even with all my education, I'm still expected to educate myself even further. I'm not against this at all, but I wonder when the circle stops. Also, should I venture into a new field in order to supplement my existing knowledge, I will be a novice, which again brings me at the bottom of the foodchain. I know for a fact that had I chosen an engineering or CS degree, this would not be the case, and I could've been employed during my bachelor degree did I want to.

I can only envy your drive, because I don't have much left. And yes, I live in the EU (Denmark).

In this automated world, I would wish I'd spent more time trying to learn a technical skill, but I'm left purely with analytical skills, which does not seem to be in high demand at the moment.

My field of study doesn't include anything but analytical skills. Which means I would have to become a consultant.

I'm the first in my family to go to university, and frankly, I thought that it would prepare me for a job. The last two years however, I've found out that that's not the case. I've since then done a lot to try to make up for this "naivity", but so far I haven't been able to position myself any better. Also, I'm all alone in figuring these things out as university doesn't provide any feedback during the first many years because of cutbacks.

I'm optimistic that I'll find a job, but I'm also painfully aware of the fact that other educations hold much greater value for society than mine.

Capital/resources are accumulated. It seems unlikely (for now) that someone will be able to muster the same amount of knowledge and data as some of this revolutions frontrunners (Google, Amazon, etc.).

Thank you for the answer.

It is not as if people in this situation have not tried. It's perfectly normal for people in my country to have at least one, and often two internships during their studies. It is also the norm that most people do have part-time jobs in addition to their studies. But as the point here is, fewer of us are needed.

Another "problem" is that if I want to get my education, I'm also bound to complete the tasks and courses the university tells me to. I can of course chose my own path, but if you're in my position, and the greater purpose of what you've been studied does not seem to be a commodity that the job-market wants, you're forced to develop yourself even further.

This is not a rant or critique, but logically, this is what has to happen, which is why I also can feel frustrated that I feel like I've done everything that the society I'm eager to contribute to have asked of me, and still, I'm told "it's your fault", "you could've started earlier" etc. I have not created the system I'm about to inherit, and the shameless individualization we're many times witnessing is frustrating. So much that I've personally had to seek professional help/counseling in order to be able to complete my studies, which I know is an increasing problem between me and my peers.

It is also perfectly possible that I've simply chosen to dive into a field that this "new world order" does not need. So how do we react to that? Should an economic rationalisation be in control of what education you get? Or is this simply just a product of the current model that a more limited set of skills will be driving a much larger part of society in the future?

And then there's risk...

"[...] where fewer and fewer people have the necessary skills to work in the frontline of its advances"

This is my main concern. Where I'm from, even with a university degree an age of 27 and over 20 years of school behind me, I'm still in a position where 1/3 of me and my peers will not have a job in the first 6 months after our graduation. And this scares me quite a lot, because I'm almost out of ideas on how to improve my skill-set, and just as important, in which direction to make this improvement.

In order for anyone to get into an advantageous position, it would require that the 99 % are able to purchase your automatically produced product, which is capitalisms reason to provide balanced salaries to "the rest of us".