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didntknowyou··on It's just a virus, the E.R. told him – days later, he was dead
this is vastly complex than aviation. it is like 10 pilots and co-pilots trying to fly 100 planes and simultaneously switching between them. and with everyone overworked due to no mandated breaks.

no amount of checklist would prevent mistakes. we need legislation to limit medical workload, which is unlikely due to the shortages.

didntknowyou··on Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available
your first criticism was they should have handed their data sovereignty over to another country?

there are many failure points here, not paying Amazon/Google/Microsoft is hardly the main point.

didntknowyou··on Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers
more concerning is they will be contracting the project to a private company, with links to the previous PM
didntknowyou··on Scientists say X has lost its professional edge and Bluesky is taking its place
so you would prefer to hear opinions from marketers and influencers?
didntknowyou··on That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus
in the original article they had to do explain the threat carefully to help guide their readers go through the same mental gymnastics loops to reach their absurb conclusion.
didntknowyou··on China completes monumental task using declassified US documents
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants”- Newton.

this is what true science is about not all the politics we now have

didntknowyou··on Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US
it was always more about control than making profit tbh
didntknowyou··on Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US
what do you think people will do, get off tiktok and go outside to hike? if anything they will just switch to instagram reels there's no good scenario here.
didntknowyou··on UK, Canada and Australia formally recognise Palestinian state
they would do anything but concrete steps to help
didntknowyou··on Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
zero owning of the mistake. calling it an 'oversight' with no real apologies is just a brush off
didntknowyou··on Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
so you couldn't respond to your client but had enought time to make an account and post here because of the blowback?
didntknowyou··on Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
as a communications company they sure suck at it. sure there are countless billing disputes, but only backtracking because they got caught out? how many other disputes ended with their victims just paying because they didn't have enough exposure?
didntknowyou··on Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
they essentially tried to blackmail you into paying ASAP. while they tried to put it right because they got exposed I hope you continue with making plans for migration in the background.
didntknowyou··on Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
yeh that's BS. you pushed your management to improve their numbers regardless of your human clients, they did it and now you're blaming it on them as a mistake due to the bad PR.
didntknowyou··on Using LSD to Treat Anxiety
New research finds that a single dose of LSD can ease a person's anxiety for months.
didntknowyou··on Using antibiodies in breast milk to treat inflammatory bowel disease
Biotechnology company Lactiga receives funding to research treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that could potentially avoid having to use the usual immunosupressants/steroids.
didntknowyou··on Anduril's product engineering machine
anduril paying for PR puff pieces and public billboards on the london underground prob means they're going to IPO soon. would also explain the recent war hawks and fear mongering to drive up defense stock prices.
didntknowyou··on BYD begins testing solid-state EV batteries in the Seal
people overplay the china subsidies. a lot of the time it is private companies slashing their prices on their own accord as a loss leader to compete with local competitors. also people overlook the "VC subsidies" allowing a lot of startups to defy economic reality until IPO slaps everyone in the face.
didntknowyou··on Apple executives have held internal talks about buying Perplexity
considering perplexity can be commanded to do things on an iphone (opening apps, etc) that even siri struggles with I am surprised they didn't do it sooner
didntknowyou··on Tell HN: Beware confidentiality agreements that act as lifetime non competes
most country's employment law would hold up against NDA/non-competes if they do try to sue
didntknowyou··on U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
unathorized? they have let more nuclear inspectors into their country than israel. just because you don't agree with them having something doesn't mean you can bomb them.
didntknowyou··on U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
that's a loaded question, as if everyone had agreed bombing was needed at any stage
didntknowyou··on What We've Learned from 150 Years of Stock Market Crashes
you can't really compare regular drops to the current drops triggered directly by trump. the current situation is unique.
didntknowyou··on Smallpond – A lightweight data processing framework built on DuckDB and 3FS
you can already google the information , the majority of a doctor's value is not in their information but their people and technical skills.
didntknowyou··on Larry Ellison's half-billion-dollar quest to change farming
it wasn't a philantropic or revolutionary attempt. it was his venture to grow his luxury fruits for money- which is struggling because he is hiring friends with no agricultural background.
didntknowyou··on AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years
why did it take 48 hours? did he give the AI data to process or was it just a prompt. did it spit back out a conclusion or a list of possible scenarios it had scraped? seems like a PR stunt.
didntknowyou··on Humane (Or Red Flags to Spot for Next Time)
plenty of tech founders do that for PR it's just their standard playbook
didntknowyou··on Ray-Ban Meta glasses have sold 2M units, production to be increased
i use them as headphones more than the camera. their AI is useless and turning them on significantly lowers battery life. but then still useful as sunglasses without battery
didntknowyou··on Broken legs and ankles heal better if you walk on them within weeks
idk most doctors would not say don't use your limbs for 8 weeks, that would lead to atrophy. but a lot of doctors give generic advice to avoid lawsuits.
didntknowyou··on US Judge invalidates blood glucose sensor patent, opens door for Apple Watch
the whole point was the tech is not accurate at the moment, you're better off with a random number generator on your watch
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