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> Do some people's lungs gradually clear away the asbestos particles more effectively than others'?

At least in terms of damage to the lungs, from what I gather (by reading wikipedia!) it's the degree of inflammatory response to the asbestos that is critical, not the presence of the asbestos itself. If your body thinks 'asbestos, oh shit!' and mounts a big response to attempt to wall off the particles etc. then you are in trouble.

Fun fact: asbestos is blowing around in the air pretty much everywhere at some level.

> overgrown local busybodies

Unfortunately these types always seem to be the ones at the very top also.

That'll require two more years of CV-related economic destruction then - the only reason EVs are taking that much percentage is because new car sales overall are through the floor.

> This is a hill I'll die on.

bit dramatic for a comment on the Internet

Almost $400 for Koln to Warsaw?! A quick search shows that's out by an order of magnitude compared to the cheapest tickets on offer. I did this journey in winter once - something very atmospheric about trundling through central Europe in the snow.

Pages 43 and 44!

Although by some accounts Newton could be pretty nasty, a quick look at this almost makes me feel sorry for him given the advancement of his mind versus the state of knowledge at the time. Perhaps though he was in his element at that time, when so much was up for grabs.

I really think this should now be built.

> I definitely get the appeal. But I have zero faith in any state agency to be able to do it sensibly

This is how I feel about goverment in general - I want a country that spends enough to look after the less fortunate, but with the administrators' incompetent/thieving/malign hands removed from the till (preferably by slamming it shut on them).

Pretty cool

(sorry)

“They own all these things the other guys don’t,” says Manchester. “In a lot of ways, Amazon has a grander vision. They’re not trying to be a telco.”

Damn SpaceX and their mediocre ambitions like colonising Mars (◔_◔)

Indeed, what amazes me is the implicit distrust so many managers have. Either they have a pretty low opinion of people, or they are lazy themselves and projecting. I've had managers openly say to me 'well we have noone else to check your estimation with'. Are there really that many devs out there that estimate 10 days, finish in 1 and take 9 off??

Monitoring how much they actually use their mouse, keyboard and phone is an obvious one, along with snapshotting their display. I'm not saying I agree with this, but I know it happens.

Saw the exact same thing from our clients: utterly trenchant opposition to home working, then CV, lo and behold! Immediate switch to home working :D

Skywriting etc

Space-based astronomy is the future, and lowered launch costs should contribute towards that.

When are people going to start acknowledging the elephant in the room: there are too many humans for us all to live western lifestyles, and unless we want our descendants to live vastly poorer lives we need to give serious attention to population control now.

> frat boys

Isn't this a hateful term?

I had an Akai MPC 1000. Absolutely true what they say about the workflow - once you start to learn the thing it's crazy how quickly you can get things down. A computer DAW just didn't compare for me purely in terms of speed for quick arrangements. And the timing is fantastic. Everything just feels so tight. There's also the fact that it's not a computer - when you work with computers all day sometimes the last thing you want to do is stare at a screen for hours more.

Spooky.

I'm guessing you didn't like my comment on your post yesterday (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24124248), and stalked me looking for an opportunity to hit back? Bit scary. Was it mention of Soros that you took exception to?

> requires the kind of long term, open collaboration & innovation sessions that the CCP seems fundamentally incompatible with

I always see this but it just seems like such a reach - Nazi Germany didn't seem to do too badly on the innovation front, did it?

Isn't it strange. I was just reading about St Elmo's Fire last night after watching a documentary about Air France Flight 447, and now today this.

I have a Filco Majestouch with blue switches and I love it. It took a while to get used to the key press which I expected was going to be somehow tighter, but now I'm used to it and it's great. I haven't gone as far as custom keycaps.

I don't see anyone rushing to make amends for the grinding poverty much of the population of the UK suffered. Funny that.

Including cancel culture? You don't think this is all part of the same push?

> There are many non-profits funded by elites that operate to advance societal good superficially while pushing ulterior political motives.

George Soros and his 'Open Society Foundation' is another example.

> "fully grasp the full benefit and privileges they have received"

When do I get my reparations from the Normans? Or the Romans? Is there a time limit?

God forbid they might think about concentrating solely on making the best browser eh? Where would that end!

Are we now stuck with this vacuous corporate virtue signalling forever, or just until the globalist/leftist/whatever-ists finally achieve the absolute tyranny they seem to be seeking?

I got so annoyed when someone that I shared JIRA admin credentials with changed the front page to a Kanban board. All I wanted was bloody issue tracking! KISS.