Hacker News: officialjunk

New comment by officialjunk in "Salesforce is hiring over 3k people, despite axing 10% of staff"

officialjunk — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:12:00 +0000

Do you know why that VP didn't like you?

New comment by officialjunk in "Ukraine Says It Eliminated Advanced Russian Air-Defense System in Crimea"

officialjunk — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 02:03:56 +0000

People are dying.

New comment by officialjunk in "Debris Field Confirmed as Titan"

officialjunk — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 19:39:43 +0000

i would expect the impact of the water rushing in that quickly to knock everyone out.

New comment by officialjunk in "Volkswagen-backed Gotion unveils new EV battery with 1k km range"

officialjunk — Mon, 22 May 2023 19:13:05 +0000

not if you compare per capita. those countries you name have a significant sized populations that should be taken into account to normalize comparisons to other counties with much smaller populations.

New comment by officialjunk in "Tell HN: iOS lets carriers add WiFi networks that you can’t stop from joining"

officialjunk — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:32:54 +0000

can you elaborate on the workaround to remove the settings? after removing an eS and resetting all network settings, once the eSIM is active again, wouldn't the unwanted network settings be added back again?

New comment by officialjunk in "Lab leak most likely origin of Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. agency now says"

officialjunk — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 03:28:40 +0000

let's remember that the US contributed the the funding of this research https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/06/29/1027290/gain-of-...

New comment by officialjunk in "Lab leak most likely origin of Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. agency now says"

officialjunk — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:33:51 +0000

let's remember that the US helped fund this research too https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/06/29/1027290/gain-of-...

New comment by officialjunk in "Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an Indonesian flea market"

officialjunk — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 03:54:51 +0000

so let's imagine what this journalist expected to happen to the shoes really did happen, and mulched up pieces of metal and batteries from the trackers really ended up in playgrounds intended to provide a soft and safe surface to play on.

maybe the journalism is good, but it poses danger to kids getting cut and being exposed to battery chemicals.

also if i ran a playground surface mulching service i would have a metal detectors for safety reasons and not allow these shoes to be mulched, which could be what actually happened.

New comment by officialjunk in "Apple Responds to Report About Thieves Spying on iPhone Passcodes"

officialjunk — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:26:01 +0000

No passcode is possible. I have it configured that way for a device I have mounted on the wall at home. But apple makes it difficult to do so, as in a lot of extra steps, warnings and reminders, not just initially but every single update too. They've made it inconvenient intentionally, which is good.

New comment by officialjunk in "US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada"

officialjunk — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 01:48:10 +0000

i've never heard of it.

New comment by officialjunk in "Discovery of 3M-year-old stone tools sparks prehistoric whodunnit"

officialjunk — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 19:31:52 +0000

one possibility is that these religions literally originated from the same story. it doesn't necessitate that the story is true to have translations of a story in many places.

New comment by officialjunk in "UK: Fast charging EVs more expensive than filling petrol"

officialjunk — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 01:56:46 +0000

i know many that charge with a standard outlet at home, including myself. for many, maybe most, that's enough.

New comment by officialjunk in "U.S. plans to stop buying Covid shots for the public this fall"

officialjunk — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 01:09:25 +0000

the efficacy measured you are quoting is not the efficacy of preventing infection altogether. those figures are the efficacy of preventing only the subcategory of severe infection. you'll have to read the technical clinical trial studies published for that distinction, though as many papers and media omit that distinction.

New comment by officialjunk in "U.S. plans to stop buying Covid shots for the public this fall"

officialjunk — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 20:44:42 +0000

the good news is we will have a nasal vaccine that will prevent a whole class of colds/flus, maybe in a decade or so.

New comment by officialjunk in "U.S. plans to stop buying Covid shots for the public this fall"

officialjunk — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 20:38:59 +0000

it's known well in the countries that have nasal vaccines already. one can only speculate about the united states.

i can see benefits to touting 94+% efficacy for the intramuscular vaccines (with the fine print that efficacy is only measuring reduction of severe infection), because it does help prevent hospitalizations and deaths. i think it would be difficult to convince a population to vaccinate while saying it doesn't prevent infection.

New comment by officialjunk in "U.S. plans to stop buying Covid shots for the public this fall"

officialjunk — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 18:38:31 +0000

probably. the breakthrough rate was through the roof, and pfizer/moderna cancelled their final phase testing to measure breakthrough rate (i don't have a source beyond a friend that was in the trial that got notified of its cancellation).

but now we know why the breakthrough rate for injected vaccinated is so high https://www.nature.com/articles/s41385-022-00517-8

in short, nasal vaccination that actually trains the mucosal immune system has the potential to actually prevent infections, as the mucosal immune system is the first line of defense. the intramuscular shots have no chance to prevent infection.

New comment by officialjunk in "U.S. credit card debt jumps 18.5% and hits a record $930.6B"

officialjunk — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:18:45 +0000

subprime residential mortgages are lower, but commercial is way up.

New comment by officialjunk in "The fertilizer shortage will persist in 2023"

officialjunk — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:57:31 +0000

probably. heart attacks on the rise for covid survivors aged 25-44 https://www.khon2.com/local-news/heart-attacks-on-dramatic-r...

New comment by officialjunk in "Tiny ion is crucial for HIV replication, say chemists"

officialjunk — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:49:37 +0000

watch the 3D animation video here. it's pretty amazing and this knowledge is the result of decades of research condensed into a single animation. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/watch-the-...

New comment by officialjunk in "U.S. tech firms are replacing workers with cheaper talent in Latin America"

officialjunk — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:35:21 +0000

so, ceo's are trying to end remote tech workers domestically, but for less cost, are open to workers even farther away.