Ask HN: Has gain of function research involving viruses been stopped?
Really hoping we minimize our chances of another covid.
arikr
Re:1Password Park – St. Thomas Ontario
on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:38PM (#34843623)
Yes. I think the classier version is to name it something else that seems like a normal park name. That way the employees and users can enjoy knowing the inside secret, but it doesn’t look gaudy to the world.
The way they’ve done it is very black mirror vibes.
Re:Ask HN: Jobs with Meaning?
on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:33PM (#34822000)
I think what you might be looking for is urgency. If you're a high energy person, it can feel boring and unmotivating to work in an environment where nothing is needed from you on any non-distant timeframe.
That's my experience, anyway.
Re:A Jim Simons Market Mystery – Solved? Not:-)
on Saturday February 11, 2023 @08:58PM (#34758747)
Kinda a boring article.
The tldr is there’s some stocks his fund holds that are the result of private VC investments going public. That’s it. I was waiting for some kind of punchline but it didn’t arrive
Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:43PM (#34668353)
1) Managing remote employees is harder. Managing in person is easier.
Both are doable, but managing someone remotely requires either the manager and/or the employee to be really good at remote comms.
2) in person spontaneous collaboration
3) my experience is most people get less done remotely. Some do more, but most do less
Re:AI is coming to Hollywood with Metaphysic
on Thursday February 02, 2023 @02:01PM (#34631470)
What are you saying?
Re:Ask HN: How are you handling Section 174 changes for bootstrapped c...
on Thursday February 02, 2023 @02:00PM (#34631456)
Slightly odd to plug them given they didn't seem to be on top of this issue
Re:Ask HN: Is it still safe to use Stripe?
on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @10:42AM (#34612063)
Smart!
Re:Ask HN: Is there a market for zero-knowledge API's?
on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:58PM (#34583705)
Yes, I think so. Seems like what some enterprises will need
HIPAA compliant GPT, for example
Re:Ask HN: How do I get into angel investing?
on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:58PM (#34583692)
My take: take 10-20% of it as a learning fund, try and deploy that over the next 3 months, into some combo of #1 and #3, as a quick way to get some initial experience (though note that results won't be clear until 10 years!). Only invest what you'd be willing to lose etc. Then once you've done that you'll be in a good position to figure out what to do next.
Re:CTO Excellence Book
on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:48PM (#34462486)
This is just an email list, no content.
Re:Tell HN: It is impossible to disable Google 2FA using backup codes
on Thursday January 19, 2023 @01:46PM (#34443929)
Google's 2FA is an absolute embarrassment. Super annoying that Google hasn't yet done more to improve it.
Ask HN: On device AI things to take advantage of M2 Max with 96GB RAM?
I don't have an M2 Max with 96 GB of ram. Yet.What are the best things that could be run on desktop that are fun and would truly require that much power?
Re:Show HN: Plus – Self Updating Screenshots
on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @02:04PM (#34417099)
Insanely cool. Nice work to the team!
Ask HN: Easy website showing when and where to see comet C/2022 e3?
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF looks like it's going to be awesome.Is there any kind of nice app/website showing when and where to look based on your location?Like MeteorActive or the comet neowise apps
Ask HN: Is there an easier way to add “send mail as” addresses to Gmail?
Right now it seems the only way is to enable "less secure apps" which seems not ideal.Is there an easier way to add multiple addresses to one email account with send mail as?
Ask HN: Which company do you wish had more high quality competitors?
The companies/things that you use, and they're better than the alternatives, but they still suck and you wish they were better.Some for me:DoorDashThe US GovernmentSpotify
Re:Ask HN: Can I download GPT / ChatGPT to my desktop?
on Thursday December 29, 2022 @10:57AM (#34173919)
Which one?
Ask HN: How can we make Congress's law changes more legible?
"Congress routinely passes major legilation in a multi-thousand-page bill crafted at the end of the year with no time to read when everyone is out"Seems bad!Who is in a position to fix this and how could they fix it?
Re:Graph showing level of Covid, flu and RSV in US wastewater systems,...
on Friday December 16, 2022 @12:19PM (#34017268)
See also: https://biobot.io/data/
Graph showing level of Covid, flu and RSV in US wastewater systems, by city
Re:Why Should You [Still] Choose Ruby on Rails to Develop Your Product...
on Thursday December 15, 2022 @10:57AM (#34001471)
Feels like blogspam.
Ask HN: What's the Latest with Quantum Computing?
I'd heard Rigetti and others were making major progress, but haven't heard any updates. Hopefully they didn't just do a SPAC-dump to make the public into bag holders.What's the latest with quantum computing progress that's meaningful to regular users?
Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok
on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:16PM (#33971991)
If Elon can re-launch Vine in time, I could see this working out. US Government causes a mass TikTok exodus and everyone goes onto Vine.
Ask HN: Since when did 2FA become 3FA?
When did Google stop trusting 2FA? I have email accounts that have Google Authenticator codes.Now when I sign into them, after I enter my 2FA code it'll ask me for a 3rd factor - it'll ask me "Verify it's you. Google wants to make sure it's really you trying to access" and then I have to do something with an email address or phone number.How can I permanently disable that?I want 2FA, not...
Re:(Mail) hardening your unused domains
on Thursday November 17, 2022 @07:43PM (#33648210)
I wish there was a one click way to set this up in my domain registrar. I’d pay a few dollars a year per domain too.
Re:Ask HN: Hourly billers, do you bill for only focused work?
on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @02:44PM (#33614002)
Seems surprising to me. Rounding to 15 minutes, sure, but 60 seems surprising. Can more people chime in?
Re:Ask HN: Recovered insomniacs of HN please give me some advice
on Monday October 24, 2022 @11:50AM (#33318310)
Re:Show HN: Transform Your City
on Thursday October 20, 2022 @02:55PM (#33279050)
I wasn't sure what this was at first, but it's actually a really cool project.
It uses AI to generate images of what cities could look like if they were more pedestrian-friendly. The idea is to show people these images and get them to sign petitions or take other action to get local governments to make these changes.
Re:Ask HN: Are VC startups and FANG the only places to earn large sums...
on Monday October 17, 2022 @11:28AM (#33234886)
Quantitative trading firms like Two Sigma, Jane Street