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Re:Update on Omicron on Sunday November 28, 2021 @08:15PM (#29375185)
There aren’t enough administered vaccines. Many areas have vaccine doses but lack infrastructure to deliver them or just simply have ineffective government.
Re:Anyone Seen Tether’s Billions? on Thursday October 07, 2021 @05:59PM (#28792636)
I don't know why people don't understand this. There was a twitter spaces a few weeks ago after one of these ETF delays where a bunch of bigwigs pushing these ETFs seemed clueless or willfully ignorant of this fact. Its just pathetic.
Seems unlikely to be a quadcopter given the 100mph airspeed it was capable of
Re:Ask HN: Have you found a good desk chair? on Friday June 18, 2021 @08:39PM (#27556687)
I’m on my second Steelcase Leap and don’t have enough good things to say about the chair. Only reason for the second one was having to leave it behind in a move otherwise I’m pretty sure these chairs can easily last 5-10+ years of everyday use
I can really get behind your first bullet. Taking clearly defined medical terminology and exporting to strange contexts just sound like nonsense to anyone that uses those terms with any regularity. Like every time someone uses the term antisocial to refer to someone who doesn't get out much I can't help but wince.
If you control mining you do control how transactions work. You are running the code that handles transactions and you can change that code to handle transactions in any way you want. There is a history of this happening too but thus far with little effect on the entire network but worst case you could create a hardfork.
Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:28PM (#24522056)
I really hope there is more to this story than the public is privy to, and I hope we find out about it soon.
Re:Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge on Monday September 07, 2020 @04:50AM (#24397801)
I guess the ship has sailed on academia resisting this nonsense
Step 4: go to jail
Re:Ask HN: How do I overcome mental laziness? on Sunday April 19, 2020 @09:12PM (#22920260)
I would definitely advocate for this approach. At a minimum this is a worthwhile experience if you can get your mind fully behind it.
the dot com bubble at least had some good ideas and with it some of the foundation of what the internet would become. crypto has started with a set of ideals and promises but has been completely usurped by con men and bad ideas. you have to look really, really hard to find the good ideas.
Re:Playdate – A New Handheld Gaming System on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:01PM (#19987637)
why is every comment saying how cool this thing is?
I really wish I noticed this before I dished out for premium. Was sadly disappointed when my inbox was just flooded with terrible, unsophisticated articles I don’t care much for.
Re:Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018? on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:50PM (#18743855)
I really enjoyed Just Mercy as well.