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anthracis417on The Disappearance of Self in Japan

English almost always drops the pronoun in the imperative, for example like Portuguese and the familiar form of you in German. English doesn't really ever drop the subject of the sentence otherwise...

anthracis417on Pets Allowed: Why are so many animals now in places where they shouldn’t be?

|Technically this means I can bring my dog literally anywhere

Doesn't the article specifically state the law only allows keeping an ESA in a residence that doesn't otherwise allow animals, and flying with them for free? The author explicitly states emotional support animals do not have the same rights as service animals, and you cannot bring your dog anywhere. People are just lead to believe so.

anthracis417on Accidental release of 45L of polio virus solution into the environment – Belgium

I've worked in labs with far less threatening (but still deadly) microorganisms and I could never imagine making a mistake with such a giant flask. It had to have been mislabelled or maybe someone used used autoclave tape to seal something on the top? Only a idiot would pour an unlabelled solution of that size down the drain...

anthracis417on On the science and ethics of Ebola treatments

"But if there were ever a disease for which this is not a big deal, it is Ebola. It seems extraordinarily unlikely that the drug could make matters any worse for an Ebola patient than they are already."

It can increase the mortality from 50%-60% to 100%. It can protract death, make it more painful, instill false hope.

anthracis417on GCC 4.9 is doing “some seriously crazy shit” according to Linus Torvalds

People in IT are assholes. I've only worked in retail, food, biotech and IT but IT has been my least favorite because of my coworkers. I see the shitty attitude is just an in-general IT thing and accepted.

anthracis417on I've never seen a language's style guide recommend avoiding comments before

Forgive my ignorance, but why and how would you test a comment? They don't do anything, there is no instruction for the machine to understand or run.

anthracis417on Why Do Decent People Accept Bitcoins?

>Companies hate doing business in cash, using it only when forced to.

This is pretty stupid.

anthracis417on The Unpaid Bill that Launched a Thousand Starships

The face that launched one thousand shits

anthracis417on 17-year-old is author of BlackPOS/Kaptoxa malware used against Target?

The terminals need to send sales data, receive updates of all kinds, and be available for remote access. I do POS support and connect to stores all over the world via public IP for troubleshooting.

anthracis417on 2014 Predictions for Web Design

Less than 25% of the mobile market is hardly a "major hold out."

anthracis417on Filter HN - Exclude All Bitcoin Articles. Made with AngularJS

Can I still complain?

anthracis417on Suggest HN: make a separate community just for Bitcoin articles

Suggest HN: make a separate community just for:

X program in X amount of lines Why I like this programming language Patent trolls

anthracis417on 'Born-to-die': this device will self-destruct in 60 seconds

I am a scientist. Bacteria won't become immune to heat.

anthracis417on We're only being dishonest to get your attention. Join us!

And HN is a place where short articles and comments lacking depth are not only expected, but wanted by the majority.