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StephenAmar··on A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency
Well, in many countries, pharmacies just dispense prepackaged packs and bottles. No counting involved.
StephenAmar··on Daily pill can double survival time for deadliest cancer, trial shows
If you want to see what the side effects look like, look at ex Senator Ben Sasse: https://youtu.be/7CFo6-6BN9k?si=2B3dqB4rOhAnPiZl
StephenAmar··on Broccoli Man, Remastered
The bbq on the parking lot of the googleplex to protest this was fun. I still have the t-shirt somewhere
StephenAmar··on How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body?
It’s never that easy. Some pathogens are very difficult to culture. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease#:~:text=availab...
StephenAmar··on Man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant
So I'm not alone who knows about this series.
StephenAmar··on Microsoft Office migration from Source Depot to Git
I concur. I miss citc & fig.
StephenAmar··on We hacked Gemini's Python sandbox and leaked its source code (at least some)
The latter. Like is it a public ID, an IP, user input, ssn, phone number, lat/long…

Very useful for any scenario where you output the proto, like logs, etc…

StephenAmar··on Flat Earthers Went to Antarctica to Look at the Sun. What Happened
I mean it could also have been a sound stage in Hollywood /s
StephenAmar··on Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with Switch
The only thing I want is to be able to play totk without horrific fps drops. That’s all
StephenAmar··on Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back
I vividly remember a discussion with designer colleague in the early 2010s that used to work at BMW. They convinced me that touch buttons in car were awful.

They totally knew.

StephenAmar··on Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance
Well, Google already distribute hardware to various ISP - it's called GGC (https://www.gstatic.com/isp/docs/ggc-installation.pdf?sjid=5...).

We (GSA) & GGC used to source our hardware from the same supplier (Dell).

StephenAmar··on Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance
Well that's fun. I was the TL of the GSA platform team and you are mostly spot on. You are missing the whole crawling/indexing & security parts though. the GWS on the GSA was, tbh, one of the simplest component.

Each GSA had a set of unique BIOS/root password generated during bootstrap though.

StephenAmar··on Bébé Bibliophile
What makes Disney comics singular is that a lot of them are authored by European artists and have the distinct BD style. For instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Duck_in_comics goes over this a bit.

Also Picsou Magazine > Journal de Mickey. There I said it.

StephenAmar··on Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos [video]
Sam Aronow is great if you are interested in Jewish history.
StephenAmar··on Ghost kitchens were supposed to revolutionize restaurants. They're crashing
I think it makes sense for existing restaurants with a large takeout business to operate from a separate kitchen. But it needs to be a similar menu and same quality. I’m not going to pick a random pizza place because it has an Italian sounding name. I will either order from a usual place or do a bit of research before ordering something special.
StephenAmar··on My toddler loves planes, so I built her a radar
There's a really cool setup at CuriOdyssey in San Mateo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16vZjWb5n6E&t=1s

My son can spend hours just waiting for planes landing in SFO.

StephenAmar··on Biodistribution of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in human breast milk
Basically. It’s very unlikely any mRNA would survive intact in the stomach.
StephenAmar··on Flexport is rescinding a bunch of signed offer letters
Last Flexport jobs posting on HN was 19 days ago.
StephenAmar··on UK's infrastructure is too expensive: Railways, Trams, and Roads all cost more
It feels that there are fundamental political and cultural issues with English speaking countries (common law?).
StephenAmar··on We reduced the cost of building Mastodon at Twitter-scale by 100x
+1 the comparisons are not great. How much engineer-hours did it take to build Rama itself?

The numbers they got for Twitter likely include the time it took to build their infrastructure, common libraries (like finagle,…)

StephenAmar··on Bluesky facing degraded performance due to record high traffic
Would love an invite too. [HN user name]@gmail.com
StephenAmar··on Tintin, Hergé and Chang
Super Picsou géant içi

My wife is surprised by the fascination with donald and scrooge comics Europeans have.

StephenAmar··on Tintin, Hergé and Chang
Let's not forget the Donald Duck comics from Italy. They were huge in France.
StephenAmar··on The Federated App Problem
The problem is that Twitter, reddit, and other social platforms are mostly read, not posted to.
StephenAmar··on CAN Injection: Keyless car theft
FYI, you can temporarily disable keyless entry on Toyotas fairly easily:

Hold down the lock button Hit the unlock button twice

StephenAmar··on Tesla stock falls again, toward longest losing streak in more than 4 years
Lost 2 Twitter worth since Musk took over.
StephenAmar··on France bans Office 365 and Google Docs from schools and public administration
The article specifically refers to the free edu versions of office and workspace. What about the paid ones?
StephenAmar··on Hexaflexagons [video] (2012)
I can think of https://youtu.be/ThwuT3_AG6w
StephenAmar··on Today I learned Amazon will recycle small electronics for free
Google also has a program for their brands https://support.google.com/store/answer/3036017?hl=en
StephenAmar··on Crossrail update on the Elizabeth line’s opening plans
I wish the US was as efficient as the UK ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Subway

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