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dethstaron Tesla Executive Leaves for Waymo

Well, the guy claims he needs to be in a relationship to be happy. Not the healthiest thing.

>If I'm not in love, if I'm not with a long-term companion, I cannot be happy," he told Rolling Stone. "I will never be happy without having someone. Going to sleep alone kills me. It's not like I don't know what that feels like: Being in a big empty house, and the footsteps echoing through the hallway, no one there -- and no one on the pillow next to you. F--. How do you make yourself happy in a situation like that?"

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/elon-musk-personal-...

dethstaron Nokia sold 4.4M smartphones in Q4 2017

This was the reason I bought a Nokia and I was very happy already participating on the beta program to get Oreo for my Nokia 5. However the poor support (and by that I mean, none at all and saying that's google's issue when on all my other Android 8 Motorola devices it worked perfectly) of Android Auto made me ditch it.

dethstaron Pharma CEO Worries Americans Will Embrace Single-Payer Plan

That's why a lot of people at the border go to a private dr in Mexico instead.

dethstaron A Grand Unified Theory of Avocado Toast

I've got an avocado tattooed on me and even for me 3 sounds excessive

dethstaron There's no easy way to say this

Oh there are. But we can not say if all the 13% reported earn minimum wage or not. I'm not saying there isn't. There just isn't 13% that's for sure. Even if it is at 12.9% we just really can't know.

dethstaron There's no easy way to say this

13% are reported earning minimum wage. This is a known way for employers to avoid paying more taxes, seguro social, etc. Then they get all other part of their salary marked as 'bonus'

dethstaron There's no easy way to say this

Using current exchange rates that's about 3850 MXN a month.

That sounds like what my friend made as a cashier here in Mexico.

Very shitty payment, even for this country. A good entry level job starts at about 10k a month.

dethstaron How to Build Muscle

>why would you need more muscles? that consumes more calories :)

That just means you get to eat more yummy food.

>and are pretty useless, except for our stupidly wrong society's standards

That depends on what you want/like to do.

dethstaron First 'three person baby' born using new method

>Primarily because the "genetically inferior" person somehow had more motivation and drive than the genetically engineered ones.

But this has nothing to do with the moral issue. Maybe it was the fact that "in-valids" had to struggle and deal with discrimination which caused the character to give his most, given that he knew where he standed while the 'valids' are in a place of comfort.

dethstaron First 'three person baby' born using new method

From another article[0]

>Neither method has been approved in the US, so Zhang went to Mexico instead, where he says “there are no rules”.

[0]https://www.newscientist.com/article/2107219-exclusive-world...

dethstaron First 'three person baby' born using new method

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

Sometimes here in HN you will hear about how things like name,age, etc are bias for who gets hired, and people being rejected based on those things. So just add "method of conception" to that.

dethstaron Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app

Whatsapp wasn't on the web not too long ago. They also started with Chrome only which was annoying.

dethstaron Kung Fu, Once Central to Hong Kong Life, Is Waning

No martial art is useful against multiple opponents, despite what they may claim.

Yeah, someone's friend is going to kick you. But why wouldn't they kick you if you're standing and not facing them?

I wouldn't say that's a disadvantage of BJJ but rather one of facing multiple opponents. Like facing someone who has a gun. You're at disadvantage no matter how much knowledge you have.

dethstaron Kung Fu, Once Central to Hong Kong Life, Is Waning

Do you think Judo is a martial art?

dethstaron Kung Fu, Once Central to Hong Kong Life, Is Waning

Knee reaping happens a lot in Sambo. Nothing dangerous when practitioners are well educated. Also it is allowed in many of the submission grappling competitions such as EBI and so far in their few shows I haven't seen anyone had an issue with it. Same way as they allow scissor takedown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwl4Bk_ZHgc)

The problem with not being able to practice a technique in sparring, or "live" with a resisting opponent is that you don't know how good you are when time comes and you have to apply it.

dethstaron Everything You Always Wanted to Know About “Hello, World”

Could someone add [video] to the title?

dethstaron Can Netflix Survive in the New World It Created?

Indispensable != better at their job. Indispensable != Contributes more.

If someone you work with gets hit by a bus tomorrow, can you still ssh into the server? Can you continue working with the code they wrote?

Or is that all knowledge lost? If they're not indispensable that means that's all well documented.

dethstaron Ask HN: Are there real-world examples of moral failures of software engineers?

There's the ACM code of ethics https://www.acm.org/about-acm/acm-code-of-ethics-and-profess...

dethstaron Fighting Human Trafficking: Open Data, Big Data, and Python

> People who pay and attempt to cross the border from Mexico to US? Those are counted as people being human trafficked.

Well, sometimes, if they don't have the resources to pay a later charged number they'll be sold. I can not remember the name of the documentary where I saw that. But basically if you're crossing the border with the help of a 'pollero' (who most likely has a connection to the cartel), and you or your family don't have resources to pay a fee after you're across the border they take you until you pay for it with work (sexual for women) which can take years regardless of how fast they get that amount due to your work.

dethstaron Beware of ads that use inaudible sound to link your phone, TV, tablet, and PC

I guess it depends how they worked it in. Is it in the app permission requesting code? Then yeah, app would need to upgrade their api level. Is it on the OS level, and they'll do something like just give null/useless data when you deny the permisson? Then it wouldn't matter.

dethstaron Prison Without Punishment

Well there's countries like Norways which make prison look like vacations to people in countries with less resources (except the not going out whenever you please of course)

Foucault argued that the point of prison is to create more crime though.

dethstaron How a small streaming site became the Netflix for indie film

I really like Mubi, I just don't keep it all year like I do with Netflix because of their one film a day model.

dethstaron Mexico’s Missing Forty-Three: One Year, Many Lies, and a Theory

Good for you, nothing to do with my point that not only people getting drugs get in incidents, as proved by the article. I'm pretty sure someone could come and tell you "I've lived in LA/Washington and never got robbed", would that make your experience getting robbed in LA or statistics about Mexico City being safer than DC untrue? no.

dethstaron Mexico’s Missing Forty-Three: One Year, Many Lies, and a Theory

I don't know about being relatively safer, if you have a higher income than average you definitely can become a target because, via their other business (extortion, kidnapping and asking for rescue) they can also obtain profit, so being successful can be risky.

Now, are dealers purposively endangering their clients? I don't think so, but risks do come with getting drugs (e.g the police/military comes by, a rival cartel comes by, etc). Also, most of their income comes from the drugs they sell in the states so I don't think losing customers here is such a (monetary) loss to them.

dethstaron Mexico’s Missing Forty-Three: One Year, Many Lies, and a Theory

I don't have a source in English, sorry

http://www.milenio.com/estados/Jorge_evita_que_mataran_a_mas...

dethstaron Mexico’s Missing Forty-Three: One Year, Many Lies, and a Theory

That's bullshit (about being safe every where unless doing shady business) as an example I was almost abducted while waiting for my bus in the bus terminal.

I know of people missing who's only doing was driving thru a highway to go somewhere else. This idea that only Bad People doing Bad Things™ are in risk here is dumb.

dethstaron Mexico’s Missing Forty-Three: One Year, Many Lies, and a Theory

About the sixth bus, apparently the sicarios realized it wasn't who they were looking for and shouted: "we fucked up", and the leader replied: "leave no witness alive"

edit: I think it's kind of sad that there's people capable of ending other people's lives just like that, with no remorse, no second thought about it. With that said, many did survive.

edit 2: after re-reading the source I posted below I noticed that I had missed something, he ordered them to go away after shooting (I'm guessing to the sky?). Still, hearing someone order your death, can't imagine how scary that'd be.