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speedcoder··on Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells behind aging
Hmm. Do you mean to imply an external Dorian Gray effect may happen: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray? Wonder if there would be any other biological intra-cellular or inter-cellular Dorian Gray effects that may happen? Or, if this may really be a new free lunch.
speedcoder··on For Americans Shocked by Inflation, Argentines Have Some Advice
Is there a link not behind a paywall?
speedcoder··on Ask HN: Favorite Thing Built to Last?
Nice bike https://workcycles.com/product/workcycles-omafiets/
speedcoder··on Ask HN: Favorite Thing Built to Last?
I love my Mephisto shoes. Originally bought them in 92 and one resole later am still wearing them most every day.
speedcoder··on Ask HN: Favorite Thing Built to Last?
Link didn't work for me. Showed "403 forbidden."
speedcoder··on Plan Ahead for Phase Out of 3G Cellular Networks and Service
Good idea. Please reply here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29510819 .
speedcoder··on Plan Ahead for Phase Out of 3G Cellular Networks and Service
Understood. Fixed headline.
speedcoder··on Plan Ahead for Phase Out of 3G Cellular Networks and Service
What is your favorite thing that was built to last? This is, perhaps, a cheesy country song that speaks to the idea https://youtu.be/E4i2fC1U38s . Is "built to last" an obsolete notion?
speedcoder··on Plan Ahead for Phase Out of 3G Cellular Networks and Service
Is there any way to fix my old 3G phone to continue to work under 5G?
speedcoder··on Ask HN: How is your experience with a mechanical keyboard?
I use a Kinesis Freestyle Pro and love it. https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/freestyle-pro/. The split keyboad allows me to keep my sholders back which enables many more hours of keyboard use.
speedcoder··on Fakelish – Fake English word generator
Nobody could make up words like Frankie Smith (may he RIP 2019) in the middle of Double Dutch Bus https://youtu.be/fK9hK82r-AM
speedcoder··on Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon?
Perhaps too many words can conflate Mars only being a small step toward us "Contact"ing who we are to become: https://youtu.be/sRPUO6gGSh8 ?
speedcoder··on Einstein award going to Paul Ginsparg for creating arXiv.org
How would we go about doing so?
speedcoder··on Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?
Link?
speedcoder··on Einstein award going to Paul Ginsparg for creating arXiv.org
Maybe the HN community could set up an award?
speedcoder··on The Sick History of Public Education
I taught H.S. for a year and setup banks of USB universal phone chargers at the back of the classroom. Students could charge their phone if they put on silent but could not get out of their seats without permission. It actually did help foster involvement in our lessons.
speedcoder··on Depression is more than low mood, it’s a change of consciousness
Yes. Some choices are hard. Still, are they choices?
speedcoder··on Depression is more than low mood, it’s a change of consciousness
Perhaps depression is a choice, and you can brainswitch out of it: http://depressionisachoice.com .
speedcoder··on An original Apple-1 computer sells for $400k
While "crypto" is the same length as "money" it means "cryptocurrency" which is way longer than "cash". This link explains it: https://youtu.be/kc4Ob6LAv8Y
speedcoder··on Ask HN: Is there any interesting philosophy about randomness?
Podcast: Lex Friedman interview #124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe @ 12:43 https://lexfridman.com/stephen-wolfram-2/ . And, In particular Rule 30 of Wolfram's elementary cellular automaton rules https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Rule30.html
speedcoder··on Cognition Without Computation
Video: Wolfram on "What is space (and time)". Does compute underly everything? @37:10 https://youtu.be/qoDZKlcdPNM
speedcoder··on Peter Norvig Joins Stanford HAI
Hmm. Does language itself come from inventing a way to express what one wants to express? What would Chomsky say? https://youtu.be/hdUbIlwHRkY
speedcoder··on .NET Foundation under fire as resigning board member questions its role
Whatever happened to Mr. Bunny https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2433344.Mr_Bunny_s_Gu... to which, after all, .Net owes a lot?
speedcoder··on How Many People Can Someone Lead?
When it comes to ballroom dance it gets down to how many want to follow and where you want to lead them: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQ93LLOR_A . And the rest isn't turtles all the way down, rather it's leadership in dance exemplifying leadership in other stuff.
speedcoder··on Is Norway the New East India Company?
https://rumble.com/vh9js9-george-carlin-these-white-bourgeoi...
speedcoder··on 80% of my traffic is excluded from Google Analytics
What creeps me out even more is the ads and "automatic bing searches" that are cropping up in the Windows start menu and weather (location) tracker with ads in the taskbar. All this enabled by default after a Windows update and active while the user is not explicitly browsing something on the Internet. What metrics Microsoft is collecting?
speedcoder··on Note Taking in 2021
Foam bubble helps you build a knowledge graph of your notes via vscode/github: https://github.com/foambubble/foam
speedcoder··on The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of Bitcoin
Thank you for version not behind pay wall. I was worried I'd have to pay in BTC.
speedcoder··on An Introduction to Knowledge Graphs
What is RDF?
speedcoder··on Now your car is a cybersecurity risk, too
What is the last car year without built-in radio transcievers? Did some manufacturers hold out longer than others? Will these cars eventually go up in value?
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