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zingababba··on James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, has died
Yes, this is exactly what happened to me. My hemoglobin was always in range (albeit lower, but the screeners had no problems passing me along) however my ferritin was crashed.
zingababba··on James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, has died
I wonder if he was constantly taking iron. I went through a streak of donation and started feeling terrible. I got a complete iron panel done (amongst other stuff) and my ferritin was something like 20.
zingababba··on 'Everybody is looking at their phones,' says man freed after 30 years in prison
I did a month, it was actually surprisingly easily. The worst part was actually pissing off a bunch of people that couldn't reach me easily any longer.
zingababba··on AI killed the tech interview. Now what?
This is the real answer. However to gauge competence you must first have it. The fact that most people don't is why we are in this position in the first place.
zingababba··on Siddhartha
The book that does that for me is Notes from Underground, I also read it annually.
zingababba··on DOGE as a National Cyberattack
Yeah I think the articles make it sound like it's just inference.

However my theory is the goal is to actually train on what is essentially the output of all of these departments.

I honestly think what we are seeing in terms of the tech execution side basically boils down to BigBalls and co. asking an LLM what they should do next. If they ever get prosecuted I'd bet you good money that will be the defense...ROFL.

zingababba··on Palantir designed to 'power the West to its obvious innate superiority' says CEO
Karp is mixed race.
zingababba··on Onlookers freak out as 25-year-old set loose on Treasury computer system
He should be using H1-Bs
zingababba··on OWASP Non-Human Identities Top 10
Wtf? We have been calling these workload identities for years.
zingababba··on Ask HN: Is Hacker News Being Manipulated?
What /isn't/ being manipulated? Even 4chan has moderation.
zingababba··on Eye Contact
The work outing, my favorite episode.
zingababba··on Calling Strangers Uncle and Auntie
It is common IMO, I know several families that practice this. I am in fact an 'uncle' to a child in more than one non-blood family.
zingababba··on Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers
Damn, we really won't ever be able to understand it.
zingababba··on The Trouble with Elon
Yeah he's a prime example of intellectual TDS. Funny that he just kind of transitioned from complaining about christianity to complaining about Trump. It's like it's some feature of his personality.

He sounds so tired all the time. I just opened up his most recent podcast, less than two minutes in Trump comes up.

zingababba··on Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts
It's insanely easy to buy drugs online.
zingababba··on Health Insurance is a Racket. What value do these companies add, really?
Exactly, co-opted and made into a wealth pump.
zingababba··on Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deaths
I think the real burden here will be had by those issuing the euthanasia as well as any family members or friends that do not understand the reasoning.

Perhaps this will just be an outlet for those sociopathic nurses/doctors though, get their kicks this way instead of poisoning patients etc?

I put an animal out of its misery once. I decided it needed to be done. Did I murder? If it would have been able to, and it asked me to, was that not a murder, then?

If twenty people ask me to put them out of their misery, and I oblige, does none of it bother me? Does having a license saying I can make it easier for me to process? Maybe this is just a market for sociopaths?

zingababba··on Mouseless – fast mouse control with the keyboard
Huh this looks cool, like vimium but for the entire UI vs. just the browser.
zingababba··on Canvas
Sounds like the Claude artifact panel?
zingababba··on Some Other America, One I Do Not Know
I've been reading Peter Turchin recently, is this the beginning of elite culling during the 'troubled twenties'?
zingababba··on What we know about CEO shooting suspect
No, because he was sloppy and lowered his mask...
zingababba··on Premature Graying of Hair: Review with Updates
I started graying when I fucked around with nicotine for a bit.
zingababba··on Regardless of age, quitting cigarette smoking will add years to your life
I'd say switch to snus or snuff or something to mitigate lung damage. My only vice is snus, I don't touch caff/alc/weed/etc - my anecdata as someone who spent the majority of their life highly active and a non-tobacco user is it affects my tendon healing rate negatively. For ex. when I do lots of handstands or planche work my distal biceps tendon seems to take longer to become fresh again vs. when I was not using snus. However, snus vs. caffeine my sleep is miles better and I often wake up infinitely more refreshed than I do when I used caff, so I ultimately am choosing snus for now.
zingababba··on Ask HN: Are developers at risk of depression after a major software release?
I would say it's more than a theory, I know many, many depressed security professionals.
zingababba··on Employers Say Students Need AI Skills. What If Students Don't Want Them?
My company fired devs and replaced with AI... It's coming.
zingababba··on What excessive screen time does to the adult brain
24/7 screens bring it on.
zingababba··on Ask HN: Is it wrong not wanting career progression beyond senior?
Yes it's wrong, you will be harshly judged in the afterlife
zingababba··on A modest proposal for the regulation of comedy
James Bond: license to laugh
zingababba··on New York Times tech workers union votes to authorize a strike
Them >_<
zingababba··on Parkinson's may begin in the gut, study says, adding to growing evidence
Funny because caffeine gives me pretty bad constipation and that is always touted as a preventative, f*ck caffeine.
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