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Re:Ball: A ball that lives in your dock on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @12:09AM (#40796298)
Finally an app Apple won’t Sherlock
Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet on Friday May 05, 2023 @02:02AM (#35825705)
This is often experience discrimination rather than age discrimination.

It’s ok to gate keep certain things based on experience. Experience is valuable.

Experience discrimination is a cornerstone to how we credible resource the most important problems in our society.

Re:Sponsor the open source projects you depend on on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @03:47AM (#35522087)
If many open projects are funded via ads, will Copilot tools crater open source revenues by reducing traffic to documentation?
Re:Ask HN: How do you balance support and sprint tickets? on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:08AM (#34501773)
This might sound crazy but if you’re being forced to use scrum, you could try daily sprints. Obviously, you can’t do every ritual every day. But you can prioritise and commit to a plan based on what matters most each day.
Re:Ask HN: Why it is hard for US to move to metric system? on Thursday January 12, 2023 @06:58PM (#34362075)
In Australia, we're taught metric exclusively, and use KPH over MPH. But it is common to report your height height in feet and inches, and less commonly, bodyweight in stone.
Re:I don't read web articles anymore, but I read books on Monday January 09, 2023 @03:55PM (#34315892)
Non-fiction books are a great way to “catch up” on a mature topic (Chinese history, physics).

Blogs are better than ever for learning about topics that are still developing (LLMs, startups).

I vacillate between the two as I get into different topics.

Re:I don't read web articles anymore, but I read books on Monday January 09, 2023 @03:51PM (#34315855)
The quality and quantity of blogs has increased so much that many books seem too cumbersome in comparison.

One thing I like about following good blogs is seeing ideas from authors develop week to week. I think this encourages a deeper understanding of the topic and makes some books seem immediately outdated in comparison.

I had a bad reaction to an mRNA vaccine that I’m still dealing with, and feel exactly the same as you do. This technology is too important to politicise. We need to look at it scientifically, make it better, and continue to deploy it in situations where the risk profile makes sense.
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