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Re:Ask HN: Do you know who this person is? on Thursday September 13, 2018 @10:07AM (#17978707)
Yes. That's him! Awesome! Thanks!

Ask HN: Do you know who this person is?

Hi! Quite a while ago I saw a tech talk by someone.I'd like to see this talk again.The problem is that I can't remember anything about the person in question and I can't remember the title of the video.All I remember is that the talk was about being quite cautious about using technology we don't understand (Quite a lot of emphasis was on machine learning) and the speaker was actually quite...

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My fiancee has BPD. We've been together for 7 years and have two kids.

Why should I distance myself?

Re:America’s ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @12:30PM (#15654616)
I even order all my food online. The only stuff we buy in physical stores are stuff we want now (“crap! I’m out of coffee”)
Re:Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @12:12PM (#15393472)
Has it really been proven that nicotine itself is dangerous?

I'm thinking of articles like https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-nicotine-all-b...

I'm obviously talking about moderate doses. I know concentrated nicotine is very toxic :)