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Another great source of network data: https://icon.colorado.edu/#!/

And how exactly did you hack the 'depression mechanism?'

Derailing the intent of your parent comment and then taking the higher ground...good job bud

Yes, performance can be objectively measured but different companies choose different metrics to optimize. The choice stems from subjective preferences. Hyundai optimizes for price and caters to the middle class, whereas Bugatti optimizes for speed and caters to whatever their market is. So subjectivity is inherent in the metrics we choose.

If UX was fully objectively measured, wouldn't Gitlab, Github, and Bitbucket all look and feel the same?

Try using scihub

What's your idea?

As is Authorea! I can't wait to try it out when I get home.

If you are looking for alternatives to Evernote, I'd also recommend Notion.so

I'm not affiliated with the company, just an avid user.

Third world countries don't have the liberty to make choices based on their perceived good-ness - they can't choose renewable energy sources based purely on the fact that they are better for the environment. They kinda sorta had to go down that road of fossil fuels because economics is crucial. I think that if there were a breakthrough that made renewables vastly cheaper than coal, India would be the first country to adopt the new tech.

So I see that alternative energy sources are talked about a lot when discussing climate change. Why isn't there just as much R&D and discussion going on about the other half of the equation - reversing climate change or reducing the amount of CO2 already in the atmosphere or making megacities smog-free?

Which places specifically?

I recommend asking Reddit for answers. /r/climatechange seems like a fairly sensible community.

Anyone hiring for H(one)B cap-exempt roles?

Would you consider hiring an unpaid intern? I want to learn about applications of signal processing and machine learning to neural data and I can't think of a more effective place for doing so than Kernel.

I think convolvatron was really just asking you to add more detail (tech used, people involved, etc.) in your post. He couldn't care less about your inbox exploding.

What is this exactly? A venture capital firm? Is there a website with more details?

Is anyone here looking to hire and sponsor candidates for the H1B cap-exempt visa?

What visa do international founders apply for when they are selected to join YC? And those who decide to stay in the US and establish their startup here after the 3-month time period, what immigration options do they have?

I'd love to see a How to Build the Future episode about this and how Chad got his start!

Could you give examples of such companies that have stood out?

5000 IU of Vit D everyday? Is there a particular brand you take?

Do you think part of the problem with "online education" lies in defining what an education is really supposed to achieve? Should I be guaranteed a job at the end of this series of courses? Should I learn for leisure? Why try to build a one-size-fits-all university on the web anyways?

Agreed. The tech/CS world is more open to these alternative credentials. But a decent majority of the jobs are outside web/tech where traditional degrees hold a lot of value. It's not as easy to get a good mechanical engineering degree online because it requires a fair amount of lab work. Similarly for other forms of engineering and science.

I am not proposing anything. I don't know how we can cap the lifespan of an adult. But I do know that if we have a cure for aging today, i.e. people stop dying from this day onwards, the population is only going to keep growing and that doesn't seem very sustainable. This is, of course, given that people continue to have children. Halting the production of new offspring could be interesting to witness from an evolutionary standpoint.

As far as the loaded question is concerned, I did sense an inflammatory tone in kobeya's response with the gas chambers question. Your response, on the other hand, is more discussion-oriented and open-minded.

What are some companies you see the most potential in?

I don't have an answer to your loaded question (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question).

Edit: link

I agree with your point. Part of aging research is to reduce the rate of deterioration and maybe avoid it altogether. I just have a problem with the idea of living forever. Maybe add a cap on human lifespan?

Unlocking immortality would be a fantastic scientific achievement, but I see the pursuit of immorality as being very self-centered. As Richard Muller implies in his response to this question [1], we need death to ensure a consistent advancement of civilization. As we age, we get more and more set in our ways. So we need the older generation to eventually die off so new ideas and ways of thinking can take hold and push humanity an inch forward. And the cycle goes on.

Other than the social/resource implications (eg: there not being enough food/water/etc to feed everyone) of everybody living forever, I also think chasing immortality is a way of dealing with the anxiety that the looming nature of death induces. Maybe it is the anxiety of not existing someday that drives people to make the most of their 75 years. If everyone had an infinite amount of time, would our society advance just as rapidly? I don't know. But it's a point worth thinking about.

[1] https://www.quora.com/Given-5-000-years-and-plenty-of-resour...