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e9··on I Tricked Myself into Liking Running
I did it opposite. I only ran on Saturdays and increased distance every week. I ran slow and walked when needed. After 8 months I finished my first marathon. After a year I ran 50k in the mountains. During the week I only did weightlifting. Different routines work for different people.
e9··on Things I wish Git had: Commit groups
While GitHub is not Git, it offers this by having concept of a pull request/review that can be merged as single commit but kept as multiple commits in the review history. What if git incorporates this concept as a core feature?
e9··on Michael Burry warns the 'mother of all crashes' is coming
So you think that if someone wipes out crypto they borrowed from exchange, then the exchange wipes out the assets they borrowed from some other account then person who lended crypto just looses and there is not much they can get back? So this way only crypto ppl loose?
e9··on Michael Burry warns the 'mother of all crashes' is coming
If Bitcoin goes to zero then a lot of people will get margin calls that they can’t meet and this will cause all sorts cascading failures
e9··on Michael Burry warns the 'mother of all crashes' is coming
Right or like when new movie comes out and beats all time high box office sales, well duh we have larger population so this will happen even for shitty movies
e9··on Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19 Infection
Not true. A bunch of doctors went on YouTube about usefulness of hydroxychloroquine in their patients and got taken down by YouTube. Every person is unique and medications/supplements/food will work for some and not others. Best example is coffee. If you have gene that metabolizes caffeine fast then coffee is good for you and helps you because your body clears caffeine and reaps benefits of antioxidants in coffee. On the other hand if you don’t have that gene then caffeine lingers in your body and causes all sorts of damage and therefore drinking coffee is bad for you.
e9··on It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency
Pretty much all of them require to do transactions outside of Bitcoin network and making parts of the system more centralized and more vulnerable.
e9··on It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency
It’s both. It’s not a scam in a sense that it is a store of value(digital property) to a small degree. But a scam in a sense that it can’t power every day transactions or day to day needs etc
e9··on Why not faster computation via evolution and diffracted light?
but that's basically already solved with FPGA, right? You can create any circuit on the fly with code.
e9··on Facebook prevents sharing New York Post story on BLM co-founder's real estate
Yes, they set up trust and then trust owns the property. You can still sometimes figure out the owner based on the trust name.
e9··on TSMC sees chip shortage lasting into 2022
On the bright side, this might encourage reuse of used/old parts and care about being more efficient with what we currently have, which is a form of innovation on its own
e9··on US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine
This is not full story. 65% efficacy against symptomatic COVID-19 but 100% efficacy against death and hospitalization due to COVID-19. So there is real benefit to it.
e9··on Linguist’s analysis of body cam footage of George Floyd in Derek Chauvin trial
Police injected him with ketamine to sedate him and he died from that.
e9··on US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuhan origins
Grew up in USSR. The basic premise of communism is that it's the best possible way to organize society. If you are not happy then it's not the problem with the communism(how could it be? it's the best!) but it's the problem with you. From that premise all sorts of bad things happen like you are not allowed to complain about communism or question it etc. Not unlike any authoritarian government or cult.
e9··on Chamath Palihapitiya on Wallstreetbets [audio]
Some people did due diligence but still have lower price targets: https://www.gmedd.com/
e9··on Chamath Palihapitiya on Wallstreetbets [audio]
https://www.chamathforca.com/
e9··on Why Working from Home Will Stick [pdf]
One off examples don't set the trend. For example, holacracy seems to be working out for Valve but that's about it.
e9··on Hydroxychloroquine-mediated inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 entry attenuated by TMPRSS2
That’s not true. In a number of countries they extensively use Hydroxychloroquine which is anti malaria drug and super important especially in Africa. Indian government is very open in using it for covid-19: https://www.newsweek.com/india-promotes-hydroxychloroquine-d... As well as many African countries: https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/djibouti-treating-... https://www.theafricareport.com/26726/coronavirus-recovery-r... can provide more sources if requested (or just google it)...
e9··on Twitter sued for allegedly refusing to remove child porn
I actually agree with decriminalizing drugs, but I think they should be controlled like any other prescriptions or like weed is currently controlled. Specifically portion controlled so that drug does not destroy person's life. I have experimented meth and many other drugs. Mind that if you haven't done meth and you try to compare it to some other drug like alcohol then you are just ignorant. I have to say that it's easy to get lost in meth and a lot of people don't have mental will(or maybe capacity) to get out of the drug and hence I have to say that this type of thing does need to be controlled in some manner.
e9··on Twitter sued for allegedly refusing to remove child porn
It’s same as asking why should government control abuse of meth and heroin. These drugs along with social media, exploit certain nature of how our brain works to make us addicted and alter our state of mind.
e9··on The Rich Are Minting Money in the Pandemic Like Never Before
You are absolutely right, but what other way do we have to help the ones who actually need help? Should we tax the rich who get all the benefit?
e9··on Ask HN: Anyone else burnt out due to extended lockdown and work-from-home?
Yeah I tried the constant live streaming thing. It helped for a bit.
e9··on Ask HN: Anyone else burnt out due to extended lockdown and work-from-home?
So I tried to see if they let me work from wework or some other shared space but I work with some equipment that can’t be seen in public
e9··on Ask HN: Anyone else burnt out due to extended lockdown and work-from-home?
1. Kicked out my roommate and made an office. Didn't help.

2. It's very hard to do casual check-in with another person.I feel like I'm bothering them too much. I can't get over it. Too stressful. Was way easier in person. Just feel the room and interrupt as needed.

3. I wake up early, take my pre-workout or red bull or 5h energy but just stare at the screen for 4 hours between 8 and noon and can't start.

4. I love the product but I can't start working wihtout others around me.

5. I hired multiple therapists. They put me on meds. I took medical leave. Nothing helped.

For me, work is for work and home is for home or for "work on autopilot"

e9··on Apple sued by group insisting it curb Telegram
The problem is who decides what hate speech is. Ira Glasser has good point here: https://reclaimthenet.org/former-aclu-head-ira-glasser-expla...
e9··on WhatsApp delays privacy changes following backlash
I use Apple Maps. I find it’s better for driving because it tells you speed limit etc.
e9··on The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing
I remember reading this while in college and being fascinated how it made these concepts easily comprehensible
e9··on Amazon Echo Flex: Microphone mute button appears to be real and functional
Why not physical debounce switch? I get it is more expensive but no one would question it twice.
e9··on Moderna is announcing three new vaccine programs
There is a Netflix documentary called Pandemic about couple that is trying to eradicate flu. They found vaccine that works on all flu viruses but it takes 6 shots to work. That’s not practical at all therefore it’s not on the market yet.
e9··on Will Alphabet’s Unionization Effort Spread to Other Big Tech Companies?
Ok that’s fair. I take back my comment. I’ve had that happen to me. I was sent offer from one of the major social media companies. I signed the offer. Rejected other offers. We chose the starting date etc and 3 days later they rescinded the offer. HR lied to me etc. Would have been easier to deal if there was union.
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