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New comment by dean177 in "Are colonoscopies worth it?"

dean177 — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 08:49:40 +0000

>3. It’s irresponsible to call colonoscopies “invasive” (as CNN did) since that might make people think they are unpleasant and not do them.

They are invasive, they are also unpleasant. It isn’t irresponsible to say those things it’s just true.

New comment by dean177 in "Germany raises red flags about Palantir’s big data dragnet"

dean177 — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 19:15:47 +0000

“A court has issued strict limits on how police can pull innocent bystanders into big data investigations”

New comment by dean177 in "Method for reducing coffee acidity"

dean177 — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 23:49:47 +0000

It sounds like you are reacting to the caffeine. Decaf still has somewhere between 5 and 20% the amount of caffeine as regular coffee

New comment by dean177 in "Method for reducing coffee acidity"

dean177 — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 23:43:08 +0000

How long do you typically leave between adding the hot water and plunging the aeropress?

New comment by dean177 in "Sam Bankman-Fried's anonymous bail sponsors should be public, judge says"

dean177 — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:46:03 +0000

What odds and how much?

New comment by dean177 in "‘The Rings of Power’ has inexplicably terrible writing"

dean177 — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:57:05 +0000

I would make the distinction "visuals" vs "plot and characters" in the case of rings of power. It undoubtably looks fantastic and for many that is enough for it to be good, regardless of the plot or characters.

New comment by dean177 in "‘The Rings of Power’ has inexplicably terrible writing"

dean177 — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:47:26 +0000

The horse riding scene perfect.

- There is no build up, nothing is at stake, they are just travelling to the setting for the next scene.

- The gratuitous close ups of the horse.

- Its one of the three ways people get places, why would the millennia old Galadriel be so ecstatic? There has been no hint that Galadriel is really into riding horses.

- The music and slow motion are so comically over the top.

New comment by dean177 in "Citibank may lock bank accounts for 45 days if breach suspected"

dean177 — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:07:26 +0000

I don’t know where you got that from but in the UK you can have as many current (or savings or whatever) accounts a you like

New comment by dean177 in "New MacBook Air with M2"

dean177 — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 13:43:14 +0000

Read that sentence as “single core cpu performance and graphics performance” Rather than “a single core cpu. And graphics performance”

New comment by dean177 in "How to fuck up an airport"

dean177 — Sun, 03 Jul 2022 20:20:35 +0000

Consumer intent

New comment by dean177 in "SwiftUI in 2022"

dean177 — Wed, 25 May 2022 17:35:50 +0000

> though the top of the pack ripping is PNG sequences so we did cheat a bit

New comment by dean177 in "SEC charges Nvidia with inadequate disclosures about impact of cryptomining"

dean177 — Tue, 17 May 2022 08:28:17 +0000

"The SEC’s order also finds that NVIDIA’s omissions of material information about the growth of its gaming business were misleading given that NVIDIA did make statements about how other parts of the company’s business were driven by demand for crypto, creating the impression that the company’s gaming business was not significantly affected by cryptomining.

The SEC’s order finds that NVIDIA violated Section 17(a)(2) and (3) of the Securities Act of 1933 and the disclosure provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The order also finds that NVIDIA failed to maintain adequate disclosure controls and procedures. Without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, NVIDIA agreed to a cease-and-desist order and to pay a $5.5 million penalty."

New comment by dean177 in "Playing with DALL-E 2"

dean177 — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 23:35:40 +0000

I found the images with gibberish text to be unsettling, it reminded me of the mimic creature at the end of Annihilation.

This is amazing, I wish I could play with it.

New comment by dean177 in "“O, so sorry. I need more time. my country defending Russian invasion”"

dean177 — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:37:11 +0000

“Any update on this” should just subscribe you to the issue without actually leaving the comment

New comment by dean177 in "High-order Virtual Machine (HVM): Massively parallel, optimal functional runtime"

dean177 — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 14:08:45 +0000

Readers will find HOW.md interesting too: https://github.com/Kindelia/HVM/blob/master/HOW.md

New comment by dean177 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2022)"

dean177 — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:37:38 +0000

Kairos | UK, Remote (Europe) | Frontend | Full time

Kairos sports are looking for entry level and senior frontend developers.

A bit about Kairos: Kairos is a platform for professional sports clubs to streamline planning, communications and optimise athlete performance. Kairos has progressed from initial trials and is now being used by national teams at the highest levels of sport in Europe and the US including teams in the top four tiers of English football as well as Premiership and Pro-14 rugby union teams. We are looking for people with a strong desire to learn, a relentless focus on product and great written communication. You don't need to be excited about sports (but it would help) but you definitely do need to be excited about creating great experiences for our customers. We use Typescript, React, GraphQL and React Native. Specific knowledge of these is helpful but not required.

You will be working as part of our small team (the entire company is <10 people) to take full responsibility for the whole lifecycle of a feature from design, implementation testing and deployment.

We have both a mobile app and a web app. You would be working on both.

We value and encourage positive intent, teamwork, a no-blame culture, patience and an agile and efficient mindset. Supporting teammates & mentorship is a big part of how we work.

Our interview process is: - A quick conversations with me to talk about some of your experience and a chance for you to ask any questions about Kairos - A short take home assignment or live coding exercise, your call - A final interview with our CEO

These are "remote first" positions, although we have offices in Belfast as an option. If you have any other questions you can reach me at dean.merchant@kairostech.io

Salary is £20k - £65k depending on experience

New comment by dean177 in "IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts"

dean177 — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:44:21 +0000

This is hilarious.

New comment by dean177 in "iPhone 13 teardown and repair assessment [video]"

dean177 — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 12:44:00 +0000

I (and my partner) have both been using the same iPhones for 7 & 8 years respectively. Not even a battery change.

New comment by dean177 in "2MW Electric Aircraft Engine"

dean177 — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 15:21:56 +0000

Not as much as you might think. A huge amount of energy is required to gain the altitude for long distance flight. Cruising much less so.

New comment by dean177 in "Glenfiddich will use its own whisky waste to fuel its trucks"

dean177 — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 19:38:22 +0000

The name means "valley of the deer" in Scottish Gaelic.

Glenfiddich was founded in 1886 in Scotland.