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kaisixon Ask HN: Why do some people not communicate clearly?

I noticed that, quite often, unclear or poor communication was the result of habits and unchallenged assumptions about others !

kaisixon Hacking Starbucks and Accessing Nearly 100M Customer Records

check their website for an answer.

kaisixon Figma’s Story – The Thiel Fellowship Application

>> Tell us one thing about the world that you strongly believe is true, but that most people think is not true. If this belief shapes the way you live, tell us how.

I'm curious to know the variety of answers we can get from that question. What's your take on that ?

kaisixon I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

Thanks !

kaisixon I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

This may appear as off-topic compared to other questions here. I am interested to know what software you use as part of your daily work. So, what software do you use and what piece of software is missing for attorneys ?

kaisixon Chinese traditional medicine, recipes used to treat Covid-19 in Wuhan

I would not venture into an argument about semantics. However, you'll probably find the following useful - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_medicine

kaisixon The NHS is looking for up to 250k volunteers

Not surprising at this stage. In the aftermath of the pandemic, it would be more interesting to see how exactly self isolation, the curb on social gatherings or nosocomephobia have impacted hospital attendance.

kaisixon The NHS is looking for up to 250k volunteers

I think the initiative is laudable. We know that on a regular Friday or Saturday night, the NHS is already struggling with waiting time up to 4 hours in hospitals and low bed capacity. Mass COVID-19 infections would certainly cripple the NHS in no time. Yet, the problem is how do we ensure that those 250K volunteers do not become carriers of COVID-19 ?

kaisixon Those with blood type A may be more vulnerable to Covid-19,according to a study

Caution : This paper has not been peer reviewed yet

kaisixon Those with blood type A may be more vulnerable to Covid-19,according to a study

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.11.20031096v...

kaisixon 20M trees around the globe by January first, 2020

I found that so cool. I had to post it. Check the youtube video here .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7nJBFjKqAY

kaisixon Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with technology

try VR headsets !

kaisixon UK suffers defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands

An interesting article about Australia’s Cocos Islands which was considered as an alternative to Diego Garcia

https://thediplomat.com/2019/04/australias-cocos-islands-can...

kaisixon UK suffers defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands

As I understand, there were 2 main issues (1) sovereignty over the Chagos islands (2) the int'l human rights issue because of the forced exile of the natives.

The natives are not allowed to return to the archipelago because of the US military base in Diego Garcia,

Mauritius argued that it leased the land to the UK and the UK sub-leased it to the US. On the other hand, UK said the archipelago is a British territory and it has sovereignty over the islands.

can £4m compensate for the human rights violations on that scale ?

kaisixon UK suffers defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands

What would be the alternative to the UN ?

kaisixon What songs or kind of music you like to listen to when you are coding?

Awesome. loving the list !