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New comment by shunhe in "Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloud"

shunhe — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:40:15 +0000

Sorry I had it edit a comment here or there but will avoid now

New comment by shunhe in "Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloud"

shunhe — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:29:27 +0000

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New comment by shunhe in "Government withdraws reporter subpoenas for NYT after admitting legal errors"

shunhe — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:38:09 +0000

A safeguard that works only when the government is calm, unhurried, and disinterested isn't much of a safeguard

New comment by shunhe in "Couple pay >$800k for a gene-editing therapy for their daughter. She died."

shunhe — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:37:00 +0000

There is a meaningful difference between knowing that gene therapy can cause serious complications in general and being told that every treated monkey developed moderate to severe liver damage, with one also showing kidney damage consistent with the mechanism that ultimately killed the child. Informed consent was pretty hard to get here

New comment by shunhe in "Couple pay >$800k for a gene-editing therapy for their daughter. She died."

shunhe — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:35:49 +0000

This shows how important disclosures are. A field like this cannot learn if unsuccessful human experiments disappear while the corresponding animal work is published as promising.