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The28thDuck··on Gemini in Chrome
I hereby declare this to be the future! We made it folks. Time to pack it up. See you in a 2002 LAN party.
The28thDuck··on CIA Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room
This actually messed with my head. I now see the comments misaligned on HN.
The28thDuck··on Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
When I first read this I was surprised by how seriously you took your measurements of food and loled. Your example on the end makes sense though. Interesting for certain.
The28thDuck··on EPA Seeks to Eliminate Critical PFAS Drinking Water Protections
The equivalent in the US is Vint Hill Farms, Virginia. Cold War CIA base used as a listening post primarily, but also to test things like fire suppression and rumored to be a home of Agent Orange. It was an EPA Superfund site (aka so horribly polluted that they needed to do something about it) decided to do nothing and then build a ton of home on and around the heavily contaminated area. I don’t have data but anecdotally cancers here are insanely high in prevalence.
The28thDuck··on Anne Wojcicki Wins Bidding for 23andMe
This is a great outcome no?
The28thDuck··on Branch Privilege Injection: Exploiting branch predictor race conditions
Haven’t we been here before? It seems like it’s very similar to the branch prediction exploits of the late 2010s. Is there something particularly novel about this class of exploits?
The28thDuck··on Gorilla study reveals complex pros and cons of friendship
I don’t think it’s about being equal. To think about it selfishly, then we would have nothing to gain from it. Friendship, like many relationships, is about the unique equilibrium struck that makes you both feel and be better, more than if you had just been an individual. It’s about strengthening each others weaknesses. Rising tide lifts all boats
The28thDuck··on Amazon Just Happens to Hold Book Sale During Independent Bookstore Day
What are you doing with the membership that is making it so sticky to not move elsewhere?
The28thDuck··on Shortest-possible walking tour to 81,998 bars in South Korea
I’d like to call it a stumble :)
The28thDuck··on A High School Student Explains How Educators Can Adapt to AI
The role of a teacher has been flipped on its head now that everyone can have a teacher in their pocket. Teachers have the advantage of expressing the human part of education: finding the fun, meaning and enthusiasm over the learned history of humanity.
The28thDuck··on Another Conflict Between Privacy Laws and Age Authentication–Murphy v Confirm ID
Isn’t that what the DMV is in the US?
The28thDuck··on Effect of chewing hard material on enhancing cognitive function
I want to say that it’s not a linear relationship between hardness and cognitive function. There’s something about putting effort into biting something and it “giving” that, to me, makes this super satisfying and kinda puts me into a flow in a way. The tactical feedback is important. Maybe I’m just weird. :)
The28thDuck··on When Professor Bryant Lin got cancer, he taught a class about it
Like any terminal disease, when you hear someone in your periphery become seriously ill, you think about them, say some kind and comforting words and if religious, pray in their way for their recovery.

When you or a loved one get the bombshell news, the world flips upside down. Things you thought were important and had real impact on your life start to seem like small potatoes. It’s surreal and hard to comprehend just how abberative bad news changes your world view.

The28thDuck··on Made a scroll bar buddy that walks down the page when you scroll
Maybe this is an obtuse question but what brought you to HN as a non-dev?
The28thDuck··on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
This post was hidden by mods I think - not on front page
The28thDuck··on Open Source projects could sell SBoM fragments
Why not have some sort of VCS provider do something similar to Medium/Substack/etc. where access is generally free but frequently prompts you to subscribe/donate before access?
The28thDuck··on Robust autonomy emerges from self-play
The concept of being able to simulate 42 years of “experience” in one hour seems so foreign to me. Something about it creeps me out.
The28thDuck··on OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era
This looks cool but intimidating - is this something that is accessible to beginners?
The28thDuck··on Trump revokes Biden executive order regulating AI safety
I was going to post that link but the paywall was in the way
The28thDuck··on Application of Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok
75 days? Can’t any state AG now sue the US govt for dereliction of duty r.e the original law banning TikTok?
The28thDuck··on Grand Theft Hamlet: The Bard's opus recreated in GTA Online
I am deeply surprised by the reviews on this.
The28thDuck··on Parasitic worms 'manipulate' mantises onto asphalt roads, say researchers
This is an irate response to a perfectly fine comment. What about AI on HN is ruffling your feathers?
The28thDuck··on PRC Targeting of Commercial Telecommunications Infrastructure
Is this related to Verizon going down recently?
The28thDuck··on Poor Sleep in Midlife Is Linked to Faster Brain Atrophy
Sorry to hear that! I hope your sleep quality improves. :)
The28thDuck··on Bitcoin creator is Peter Todd, HBO film says
What kind of edge does such intel give? Their work (bitcoin) spawned thousands and thousands of people who have taken the foundational technology and made many improvements to it. It seems like trying to figure out who they are incentivizes hobbyists to figure it out rather than state sponsors.
The28thDuck··on Mark Zuckerberg: "Ship the App" (2011)
So I’m more junior so I don’t understand why this letter is controversial. Is it not important to meet your business goals in a crunch and address systemic issues in some sort of post mortem or retro? I do understand that there exists “management debt” for intra team issues, similar to technical debt, but I don’t see how it’s problematic to ask to prioritize finishing a project that’s been signed and on for and deal with the issues later, especially with the state of the business at that time.
The28thDuck··on The Cheating Device (ChatGPT on a TI-84) [video]
I’ve always thought about what student examinations mean post-AI accessibility. We’ve faced a similar problem once students had open access to the internet, but even then there was some work in figuring out what sites are reputable, search queries, etc. Now that burden has been shortened to figuring out what AI tool and what prompt to use for classic exams like essays or tests. Add in the challenge of remote learning and now you have an environment out of your control, not to mention smartphone access prevalently available.

It’s difficult to be an effective teacher, and that’s without even considering the social and economic pressures they face.

The28thDuck··on Three questions to turn the table during technical interviews
Insightful!
The28thDuck··on Covid-19 Intranasal Vaccine
Very cool! Are there other vaccines that have been formulated for mucosal ingestion? What makes that delivery method so effective?
The28thDuck··on Taskwarrior – CLI Task Management
Nice! I’m not seeing an implementation for actually completing the long list of things I have to do though. Perhaps that can be added in a future update? :-)
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