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ammon commented on GLP-1 drugs linked to lower death rates in colon cancer patients today.ucsd.edu/story/glp-... · Posted by u/gmays

radial_symmetry · 4 months ago

Most medications have negative side effects because otherwise our bodies would already have whatever changes they make through evolution. My personal theory (based on nothing but my own intuition) is that GLP-1s are an adaptation to the modern world that evolution hasn't caught up with yet.

ammon · 4 months ago

And we know what the adaptation is: calorie constraint. We evolved in a calorie constrained environment. We don't live in one now. Our set point for desire to eat is clearly too high. None of this means that glp-1 inhibitors don't have other side effects, of course.

ammon commented on AI adoption linked to 13% decline in jobs for young U.S. workers: study cnbc.com/2025/08/28/gener... · Posted by u/pseudolus

mostlysimilar · 7 months ago

> AI potentially solves many of those challenges

Isn't it exactly the opposite?

Language barriers: LLMs are language models and all of the major ones are built in English, speaking that language fluently is surely a prerequisite to interacting with them efficiently?

Knowledge: famously LLMs "know" nothing and are making things up all of the time and sometimes approximate "knowledge"

ammon · 7 months ago

Nope, LLMs are quite functional in non-english languages. My partner regularly works with ChatGPT in Turkish

ammon commented on One universal antiviral to rule them all? cuimc.columbia.edu/news/o... · Posted by u/breve

mcculley · 7 months ago

I always wonder this and maybe people in the comments here know the answer: If humans had the technology to eliminate all viruses on Earth, what would be the outcome? Do viruses keep other bad things in check? Would there be bad consequences if we eliminated all viruses?

ammon · 7 months ago

For one thing, viruses keep bacteria in check. Bacteria populations live in an equilibrium standoff with bacteriophages (viruses). The human gut contains more bacteriophage virions than bacterial cells. So eliminating all viruses could lead to bacteria overgrowth

ammon commented on In Defense of "I'm Sorry You Feel That Way" astralcodexten.com/p/in-d... · Posted by u/freediver

ammon · 2 years ago

Indeed. It is common to not have changed your mind about the thing someone is upset about, but not feel good that they are upset. There needs to be a way to communicate that

ammon commented on Tell HN: Triplebyte is, yet again, making user profiles public without consent? · Posted by u/teraflop

mettamage · 4 years ago

> We’re trying to create a marketplace that can open opportunities for engineers who wouldn’t otherwise have them

Provided they're in the US. My experience as a European has been: more or less everything I apply to ignores my application. I haven't checked recently, is it changing?

I'm not implying you're wrong since you used the word trying to create. Moreover, you didn't specifically specify which group of engineers you're trying to create opportunities for. I don't even want to go in a right or wrong type of frame, because it doesn't matter, but my lack of eloquence might give that impression.

What I am implying is that the statement is a bit broad. On a more emotional (perhaps even non-rational) note: I feel spoken to yet left out, for years now.

ammon · 4 years ago

Most employers on Triplebyte (90%) are hiring in the US currently. However, we're working on something that us going to change that (announcement coming soon).

ammon commented on Tell HN: Triplebyte is, yet again, making user profiles public without consent? · Posted by u/teraflop

Hellion · 4 years ago

Edit: it looks like I was wrong about some things. The team at Triplebyte has also answered my questions. In the interest of fairness, if you read this post, I encourage you to read their responses as well.

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At this point, if you (Triplebyte) haven’t set private the profiles of everyone who didn’t explicitly consent, then you are irredeemable. You’ve had, what, two years to work this out?

I would love to understand what the goals and numbers here are, and what the revenue implications of public profiles are? It seems to me that you’re trying to build a social network of some sort with verified-skill capability.

I went to your site, and your about me page, to see what your business model was. What you stated, the mission and the copy, does not align with a public profile and social network style feature.

If you truly are trying to make hiring better, how does public profiles achieve that?

If you truly are trying to make hiring better, people on all sides of process should be benefiting. And there should be nothing to be afraid of in terms of mission.

Your /manifesto document falls short. What, exactly, is your business model? You should have no shame in it. Unless you think it’s shameful, in which case, please stop.

Like your manifesto claims, transparency is good!

ammon · 4 years ago

As of 2 years ago, every profile on Triplebyte is not visible to recruiters unless an engineer explicitly makes it visible.