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request_id··on The FBI investigating hacking of Covid research by “PRC-affiliated cyber actors”
Off top of head, the recent Ebola vaccine was created almost exclusively from gov. research. Merck bought a company who was supposed to commercialize it but they did a really poor job . There are people who would not be dead if the vaccine had been available, sooner
request_id··on The FBI investigating hacking of Covid research by “PRC-affiliated cyber actors”
Are we talking about China or US?
request_id··on Elliott Management buys stake in Twitter and seeks to oust Jack Dorsey
I enjoy the fruits of capitalism but Singer makes me look up the various stages of the French Revolution.
request_id··on Elliott Management buys stake in Twitter and seeks to oust Jack Dorsey
Typo. Paul.
request_id··on Elliott Management buys stake in Twitter and seeks to oust Jack Dorsey
Peter Singer is the world's worst billionaire.
request_id··on Unix Toolbox (2008)
He must have something that automatically pastes dates of already posted urls in his view of the site
request_id··on U.S. files lawsuits over robocall scams
I get several a day from spoofed numbers. How do you call them back?
request_id··on Why Windows 10 Sucks or Everything Wrong with Microsoft Windows
Run postgres in a container
request_id··on Firefox Replay
We're busy prepping to argue about UBI at Thanksgiving dinner.
request_id··on Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong
https://www.wiseinternational.org/nuclear-monitor/853/exposi...
request_id··on Why China Is Obsessed with America's Aircraft Carriers
Spending the trillions needed to build and support carriers is stupid.

If we ever have another war with china, low cost drones will take out carriers, not other carriers.

China will spend millions on drone warfare while the US spends billions.

I'm sure the author of this article knows more than I do but I don't think this is a well supported thesis.

request_id··on Apple Commits $2.5B to Ease California Housing Crunch
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/11/04/bernie-sanders-slams-app...
request_id··on The Money Farmers: How Oligarchs and Populists Milk the E.U.
FEE is quite biased.
request_id··on How to pack a Norwegian sandwich, the world’s most boring lunch
It is amazing how similar the comments on today's article, are from a HN thread about matpakke 9 months ago.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18830186