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New comment by dnqthao in "Ebola Outbreak Now Third Largest Recorded and "Spreading Rapidly""

dnqthao — Sat, 23 May 2026 18:35:29 +0000

It is not charity, these are to protect the US against these diseases. Do you think it will stay there and will not come to US shore?

New comment by dnqthao in "Ebola Outbreak Now Third Largest Recorded and "Spreading Rapidly""

dnqthao — Sat, 23 May 2026 18:30:06 +0000

You have underestimated the soft power that US has by being the leader of the world. Now with more isolationism, things will change and that soft power will deteriorize over time. Who knows what will come next but definitely the US cannot project its soft power like before.

Mad Bugs: Claude Wrote a Full FreeBSD Remote Kernel RCE with Root Shell

dnqthao — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:17:42 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.calif.io/p/mad-bugs-claude-wrote-a-full-freebsd

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47597472

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by dnqthao in "xAI joins SpaceX"

dnqthao — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:30:56 +0000

Kudos to your reference to Blade Runner

New comment by dnqthao in "xAI joins SpaceX"

dnqthao — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:45:57 +0000

1000m2 is not a square kilometer (1 square kilometer is 1mil m2)

New comment by dnqthao in "Vietnam bans unskippable ads"

dnqthao — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:50:56 +0000

Vietnam does not follow common law (i.e. case law) , it follows civil law (same as other Europe and Asia countries)

New comment by dnqthao in "Bui Tuong Phong"

dnqthao — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 05:34:54 +0000

Inventor of the Phong shading

Bui Tuong Phong

dnqthao — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 05:34:54 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bui_Tuong_Phong

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39926896

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

An ABBA's classic becomes the anthem of Vietnam's New Year celebration

dnqthao — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:28:57 +0000

Article URL: https://saigoneer.com/saigon-music-art/26701-happy-new-year-how-an-abba-classic-becomes-the-anthem-of-vietnam-s-new-year-celebration

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38712563

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: How to store your data for 200 years?

dnqthao — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 23:39:48 +0000

Let's say that I want to store my data for 200 years so that my great-great-great grand children can access it. The data I want to store include: images, text, videos. What should I do?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38703539

Points: 15

# Comments: 43

New comment by dnqthao in "A historic Falcon 9 made a little more history"

dnqthao — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 23:47:31 +0000

Historic in standard dictionaries (Oxford, Webster) has the h pronounced (IPA: /hiˈstôrik/ ) so we must use A instead of An.

It is different for some other words start with h, for example hour (IPA: /ˈou(ə)r/) that the h is silent and it starts with the vowel sound, so we should use an hour.

Denmark's mystery tremors caused by acoustic waves from unknown source

dnqthao — Tue, 16 May 2023 01:36:35 +0000

Article URL: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/denmarks-mystery-tremors-caused-acoustic-waves-unknown-source-99328536

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35956808

Points: 10

# Comments: 2

Language Models of Code Are Few-Shot Commonsense Learners

dnqthao — Sat, 13 May 2023 22:54:26 +0000

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.07128

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35933598

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dnqthao in "Japan to begin extracting rare earth metals from seabed in 2024"

dnqthao — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 08:04:39 +0000

This is not just EEZ claim. This is actually territorial water claim which is even crazier.

New comment by dnqthao in "Update on Supply of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max"

dnqthao — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 06:58:04 +0000

It is a chicken and egg problem. When you have no COVID cases, the risk of taking a vaccine for older people (its side effect) may outweigh the benefits. However, once it cannot contain COVID cases anymore, the benefits/costs calculation will change drastically and they cannot get vaccinated fast enough then. It is a dilemma that the China government needs to resolve, there is no way they can continue with this zero COVID policy forever.

New comment by dnqthao in "Ancient water system uncovered at Roman Stabiae"

dnqthao — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 06:49:02 +0000

I thought Ancient Greek was the 2nd most common language for people to learn after Latin if they want to understand the era.

New comment by dnqthao in "Ask HN: How to deal with my team speaking a different language?"

dnqthao — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 15:58:10 +0000

Note: to make it clear as I have commented in the other thread, I believe that people should speak English in a discussion that involves people that don't speak the language(meeting, discussion that involved other people). However, they should be free to speak their own language if they want to communicate to each other in a private setting.

You are talking from only 1 perspective. Have you ever try to understand from the other side why they speak their own language?

I have been in both situation (people speaking a language I don't understand and I speak to other people in a language I don't understand) and almost 99.99% of the time it is not about YOU in the conversation. They speak their language mainly out of convenient. They can communicate/connect more easily with their peers speaking their mother tongue. Of course, there should be some courtesy apply here: don't speak too loud, make a lot of noise. But I guess it applies the same when you speak the common language. If they really need your input, they will switch to English and ask you to join the conversation.

> If you are "out of range", or in another room, then by all means, go nuts. Speak Elvish or even Klingon if that's your fancy.

So you are saying that speaking another language in public is forbidden? How inclusive is that of you? It is like British school in 19th and 20th centuries banning children from speaking their mother tongue in school. Does that sound good to you?

> when others will start assuming the worst about your conversations, than that'll be your fault. And you don't want other people to speak their own languages to their peers just because of your insecurity?

>not HR—which sooner or later is going to be brought into the conversation... Do you have any cases where HR involves in this? I really want to know how it goes.

New comment by dnqthao in "Ask HN: How to deal with my team speaking a different language?"

dnqthao — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 17:22:36 +0000

Do you expect to be part of every conversation that you eavesdrop in the office?

New comment by dnqthao in "Ask HN: How to deal with my team speaking a different language?"

dnqthao — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 16:25:43 +0000

If they speak another language in the office but not with you (you are not part of their conversation), why is it rude? It is like a different channel where you will be less distracted by eavesdropping people.

New comment by dnqthao in "Ask HN: How to deal with my team speaking a different language?"

dnqthao — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 16:18:42 +0000

> If you are, then personally I think it is really bad form for the other team members to be speaking in a foreign language when the native English speaker is present.

It depends, if it is in a meeting, they should use a common language that everyone understands (English). However, if they are just talking to each other in the office WITHOUT talking to you, they can use whatever language that is comfortable to them. You are not part of the conversation.

I think the problem here only is that why the person in a FAANG company cannot communicate in English when needed.