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Re:TikTok has an open computational chemistry position on Friday October 14, 2022 @03:44PM (#33207982)
Is the claim here that working in the advertising industry is worse than working on “doomsday devices to incinerate all life on Earth”? What a hot take!
Another way to interpret these results is that HN has gotten more popular as a place to source talent. It would be interesting to see top-level comments by number of total users on the site (as a proxy for popularity).
Re:Ask HN: Who Is Firing? on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @08:26PM (#31347749)
Re:The effects of a warmer world are visible in animals’ bodies on Saturday September 11, 2021 @03:31PM (#28495092)
I personally like it. They comment their rationale for this choice here, under "Author anonymity": https://www.economist.com/frequently-asked-questions
Re:The effects of a warmer world are visible in animals’ bodies on Saturday September 11, 2021 @03:28PM (#28495072)
Unfortunately the title makes a small logical leap.

From the article: "Her team combined data from different species in different places. Since they have little in common apart from living on a warming planet, she says, climate change is the most plausible explanation."

While climate change may indeed be the most plausible explanation, this headline seems to transform from "most plausible" into a causal link.

98% - this felt designed for someone with ADHD.
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Re:Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses? on Sunday November 29, 2020 @09:27PM (#25250172)
I really enjoyed "The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910" [1] by Philip Zelikow. He clearly put a lot of thought into developing his lectures -- there's also a part two [2] that picks up where the first leaves off.

[1] https://www.coursera.org/learn/modern-world

[2] https://www.coursera.org/learn/modern-world-2

Re:How HTTPS Works on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:44PM (#24477095)
If you enjoyed this, check out https://howdns.works/ by the same authors.