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Re:New super-enzyme eats plastic bottles six times faster
on Saturday October 03, 2020 @06:59PM (#24675306)
Sounds cool, but what is the waste product when the enzyme breaks down the plastic? Matter isn’t destroyed...only converted.
Re:Bankrupt Chuck E. Cheese parent company wants to shred 7B tickets
on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:43PM (#24489342)
I can think of at least 50 ways to use them that cost less than 2.8 million, one of which is art.
Re:Ask HN: Any well funded tech companies tackling big, meaningful pro...
on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:46PM (#24416853)
Sahara Forest Project
https://www.saharaforestproject.com/
Desalination + desert greening + solar + farming. Awesome
Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making me use thei...
on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @04:56PM (#24216324)
While we’re at it, have you met Yelp?
Re:Not everyone needs 8 hours of sleep: new research
on Monday August 17, 2020 @02:48PM (#24190434)
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‘The researchers expected that regardless of the time of day, men in both groups would see improvements in blood-sugar levels. But “when they exercised in the morning, they actually had slightly higher levels of blood sugar [than baseline], which we didn’t expect at all,” ‘
There’s a circadian effect to blood glucose...it’s part of how you wake up. Kind of surprised the authors of a circadian rhythm study didn’t factor this in.
Re:Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for brain plastic...
on Sunday July 26, 2020 @01:33PM (#23958629)
The novelty is the important part IMHO
Re:Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for brain plastic...
on Sunday July 26, 2020 @01:33PM (#23958624)
Novel behavior could increase plasticity. Whether that’s novel exercise, new dances, or brushing your teeth with the opposite hand.
Re:Ask HN: Best general-audience science books
on Sunday June 28, 2020 @10:38AM (#23668978)
Lifespan, David Sinclair
Re:The Man Who Sacked Rome
on Thursday June 11, 2020 @12:21AM (#23485167)
Best HN comment I’ve read in a long time.
The Five Laws of Futurism
Masks as a Social Signal
Effect of bean origin and temperature on grinding roasted coffee (2016)
Re:Ask HN: Hacker News-like forums for other fields?
on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:02AM (#23403421)
Agreed, would love to find or create the internet’s canteen of unusual shipping lore.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite technology podcasts?
on Thursday April 09, 2020 @11:58AM (#22823787)
Venture Stories and A16Z are great. Not a huge fan of the sound effects on Masters of Scale
Re:NYC Subway Turnstile Data
on Sunday March 29, 2020 @11:28AM (#22719754)
Or maybe hospitals aren’t using a consumer smart thermometer and more people are now hospitalized.
Re:Coronavirus Susceptibility to the Antiviral Remdesivir (GS-5734) (2...
on Friday March 13, 2020 @11:27AM (#22568017)
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B9nlVtHgGE0/?igshid=lxc09jpkk96...
Second part of this video is a helpful explanation of how it attacks.
The Secretive Group of Science Advisors Fighting to Survive in the 21st C
Re:Tell HN: YC is hosting a Work at a Startup Expo in Los Angeles on M...
on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @08:15AM (#22053861)
Any possibility of an East Coast meetup in the near future?
Re:Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?
on Sunday January 12, 2020 @10:08PM (#22031525)
So good. The Wrath of the Khans episodes are some of my favorites.
Re:Who’s Behind Those Mystery Drone Swarms? An Investigation
on Sunday January 12, 2020 @08:58AM (#22026277)
Why can’t someone rig up a DJI drone with an adhesive base, land it on the mystery drone, leave the camera engaged, and figure out where they go?
Re:Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it...
on Thursday December 05, 2019 @08:21AM (#21712034)
Two favorites:
“Billionaires" has nothing to do with those who can’t graduate to higher wage jobs from that starting point.
50% of millennials want to be heard and appreciated.
Re:Tendon stem cells enhance regeneration
on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @12:32PM (#21640469)
Possibly placebo, but I felt like bone broth helped during my Achilles tendon recovery.
Re:Novelty and Heresy
on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:14AM (#21629490)
Oh I see now. The mobile version loaded differently this time. There’s a shopping cart in the upper righthand corner for some reason. The desktop version is the same.
Re:Novelty and Heresy
on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:48AM (#21627647)
When did PG redesign the site?
Re:Show HN: Turn any device with a browser into a security camera
on Friday November 08, 2019 @08:08AM (#21481839)
I feel like this has the potential to be misused unless it is clear when the device is in camera mode. I haven’t installed this so I’m admittedly unqualified to comment on whether that’s true, but please don’t give people a DIY NSA capability
The Lifespan of News Cycles
Re:Economics Needs a Post-Crash Revolution
on Sunday October 27, 2019 @06:58PM (#21373022)
I would argue the real question is sustainability. The universe is finite.
Re:Economics Needs a Post-Crash Revolution
on Sunday October 27, 2019 @09:16AM (#21369502)
While I hope we can design alternative systems and sustainable, circular economies, the desire for growth may be a hardwired part of the human condition.
Despite all good intentions, the hedonic treadmill is real.
You may like the work of Kate Raworth at Oxford though.
Re:Hitman hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman
on Saturday October 26, 2019 @01:43PM (#21365101)
Half a stream extraction operator :)