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New comment by quattrofan in "72-year-old Congressman pursues a Master's in AI"

quattrofan — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 07:44:03 +0000

Because there are numerous studies showing how "retirement" in the form of sitting around doing nothing shortens the length and quality of your remaining years.

New comment by quattrofan in "TikTok ‘frog army’ stunt could have grave consequences, experts warn"

quattrofan — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 11:52:53 +0000

The time has to be approaching to ban under 18s from social media. If we don't i truly fear a mental health catastrophe for the next gen.

New comment by quattrofan in "Ask HN: What is your experience with Windows 11?"

quattrofan — Sun, 08 May 2022 07:18:01 +0000

Positive in general. Just two annoyances. First not being to able put the task bar on the side any longer and second (more annoying) not being able to drag a document into an app that's running on the taskbar and open it.

New comment by quattrofan in "Finnish govt agency warns of unusual aircraft GPS interference"

quattrofan — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:13:03 +0000

Huh? How is it fake news if it's happening and you seem to agree it is with "Russia on your border"

New comment by quattrofan in "'Superager' brains resist the march of time to have memories like 25-year-olds"

quattrofan — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 11:13:31 +0000

Maintain low muscle mass? Er no strength training has many benefits including helping to maintain bone mass but also losing muscle mass as we age leads to feebleness and all the negative consequences of that. That doesn't mean pumping iron and taking steroids but just maintaining a decent level of strength.

New comment by quattrofan in "European plan for gigantic new gravitational wave detector passes milestone"

quattrofan — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:15:17 +0000

What is the benefit of being able to observe these so far away? The article does not provide the justification for the project.

New comment by quattrofan in "HSBC bans customers from buying Bitcoin-backer MicroStrategy shares"

quattrofan — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:01:16 +0000

Really you couldn't make it up considering the criminal activities this bank has been involved in most recently in Latin America

New comment by quattrofan in "Elon Musk's Fear of AI"

quattrofan — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 21:20:45 +0000

As a liberal, my biggest fear is people embracing the ridiculous woke nonsense in articles like this.

New comment by quattrofan in "Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak"

quattrofan — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 16:48:37 +0000

Begins with a C and ends with S

New comment by quattrofan in "Britain: Land of Liberty No More"

quattrofan — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 21:11:22 +0000

No mention of even worse crap being done by the SNP in Scotland: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-snp-s-radical-assaul...

New comment by quattrofan in "English is relatively easy to learn, but not to master (2018)"

quattrofan — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 11:42:21 +0000

Why does he keep referring to here as "the English isles" it's really annoying. These are the British Isles.

New comment by quattrofan in "The Bank of England unveils design of new £50 banknote featuring Alan Turing"

quattrofan — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:54:56 +0000

Or they do nothing? What exactly do you want? Most people I've spoken to in tech view it positively. But I guess people have to moan about everything these days.

New comment by quattrofan in "Fertility rate: 'Jaw-dropping' global crash in children being born"

quattrofan — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 23:53:29 +0000

Pretty much every environmental problem we have will be reduced if not solved with less people, especially in the first world.

New comment by quattrofan in "Incoming Teen Vogue Editor Forced to Resign over Old Tweets"

quattrofan — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 15:42:25 +0000

Ridiculous knee jerk nonsense.

New comment by quattrofan in "Bitcoin Has Zero Intrinsic Value. Some People Are OK with That"

quattrofan — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:17:11 +0000

So does any fiat currency. This is such an old chestnut.

New comment by quattrofan in "Iran vs. America: what's behind the feud?"

quattrofan — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:26:45 +0000

Israel. Saudi Arabia. Each for different reasons of course.

New comment by quattrofan in "Duolingo's language notes all on one page"

quattrofan — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:55:34 +0000

I love Duolingo but they really drop the ball it making it great and not just good. Why can't I bookmark useful info, see it all in one place, share stuff etc. This solves onr of those.

New comment by quattrofan in "Fuckin' user interface design, I swear"

quattrofan — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:29:22 +0000

"It tells you to input a "postal code" which to most means a zip code" really? Get off your US centric view of the world my friend (which is often a UI problem in and of itself) only the US and Philippines use Zip codes.

New comment by quattrofan in "YouTuber Builds Working 3D-Printed Turbojet Engine and Tests It in His Attic"

quattrofan — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:28:25 +0000

He'll lose half his face but at least he'll be able to see that in a mirror!

New comment by quattrofan in "NFTs Are a Dangerous Trap"

quattrofan — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:16:58 +0000

"why most cryptocurrencies at the core are unsustainable" would you care to elaborate on such a sweeping statement?