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boringalterego

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boringalterego··on Ask HN: What work/office purchase transformed your life?
Portable USB monitor for business trips. That second monitor when on the road does wonders.
boringalterego··on Tech layoffs: Google, Amazon, Snap and Zillow announce new job cuts
Wait two years, there will be more.
boringalterego··on What we are doing today with CAR-T cell therapy against cancer seems like SciFi
If you zoom out a bit, the doctor looks like Harrison Ford.
boringalterego··on Starlink plans to launch texting service in 2024, voice/data in 2025
When you're very rural, news like this is wonderful. Hope it works out.
boringalterego··on Establishment of the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute
Be glad they didn't put it into DOE. It would be NRC 2.0.
boringalterego··on Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to delay electrification
The person in the thumbnail for the article is hitting my uncanny valley.
boringalterego··on Ask HN: Whats the modern day equivalent of 80s computer for kids to explore?
Well simh was listed a couple days ago on HN. That and virtualization will get you just about all the old software experiences that you could want.

As for hardware . Visit a regional vintage computing festival.

There will be people very enthusiastic about what they have got working from that era.

boringalterego··on SIMH – Old Computer Emulator
Same, got it emulating an old tape recovery image of a vax 3100 m76.
boringalterego··on Misinformation should be refuted, not censored
When I don't know something, posting what I know is wrong is usually the quickest way of getting someone to post the correct answer.
boringalterego··on Ask HN: What's the biggest red flag you've encountered during a hiring process?
"Hi autistic, I'm dad. "

I've had that answer before... That was a fun but volatile place to work for a summer internship.

boringalterego··on Low dose radiation cancer 2x worse than predicted by LNT model
Same with the commercial nuclear industry. They don't like you taking them off site most of the time.