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2,495karma·476submissions·September 19, 2017
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Actually this is probably the first place many would hear about it.
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> rampant use of fungicides on crops is contributing to the surge in drug-resistant fungi infecting humans Another looming side effect of mono-cropping — planting huge fields of a single, highly sp…
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> Things like deadlines, status reports, daily standups, open offices, tickets, and retrospectives are designed around the assumption of a reluctant workforce who have to be clubbed into line. Cert…
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Check out the touchstone The History Of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan. It’s great and covers the origins and rise of the empire accessibly and in detail.
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True, but it is also important to be aware of the hand-wavy hubris/entrenched viewpoints that might prevent those ideas from having the chance to prove themselves right. “Science proceeds one fun…
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>Not sure why israel gov, the only democracy in that part of the world, is helping dictators by approving NSO to be sold to counties like Saudi Arabia, UAE and Mexico!!! Not surprising. For example…
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Wow I think the video caller is a young Jenna Elfman.
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>This idea of having a second treatment to smooth out the fine-grained texture to dimples came about by an accident. From penicillin to vulcanized rubber to frosted glass. The crucial moment for so…
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Seems like oil companies and climate change denial. To paraphrase, when a person’s paycheck depends on not understanding something it’s hard to make them understand it. The voting on disorders that g…
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I read quite a bit of Chinese history but it’s true many westerners haven’t. Your comment seems a little off the mark considering the content of the article you shared. > because they have a histor…
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Thank you!
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> Force employers to actually vet people for what they know and can do How do you propose to do that? At least with developers you can make the candidate do some toy project or whiteboard but that …
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You could also say religious nutcases have also had very bad experiences with China.
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> you don't know many facts inside China like most English reader in HN who get most misinformation on Western media What are specific things you feel most Westerners are clearly misinformed a…
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I don’t get the invite model. Ask someone already invited to send you an invite? I guess it prevents spam reservations but I don’t have Facebook or twitter, so I guess I’m out of luck.
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Also, they aren’t technically criminals if the attackers are state-sponsored and conducting an act of war. “Threat-actor” seems exactly like the type of legalese a government relies on when crafting t…
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What needs clarification? The article’s title and content make it quite clear it is about compensation for the same role.
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Atom is slow
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I will look. But in the meantime, this is by one of the doctors I worked with at the company. I know it has that study in the references: https://www.amazon.com/No-Nonsense-Guide-Chole…
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Unhelpful and mean-spirited. Not a comment worth posting on hacker news.
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I used to work for an open medical information company that published publically available conflict of interest data and informed consent information on a range of medicines and procedures. I was cons…
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I first encountered these last year walking through the woods around Austin. There was no snow so they were very visible amid the brown backdrop and exquisitely beautiful. They all formed around the b…
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Here’s a really cool video breaking down exactly how Jackie sets up his stunt-action-comedy. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PCtIaM_GQ One thing that was particular interesting to me …
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Can you share your company or examples of others like it? Besides some non-profits, I can't seem to find very many and it's something I'd like to do but remain a developer.