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devlopr commented on Silicon Valley’s Safe Space   nytimes.com/2021/02/13/te... · Posted by u/implying
mattdotc · 5 years ago
Corporate communications is not journalism, so what's your point?
devlopr · 5 years ago
It should probably read corporate journalists are not journalists. To be one a journalist one must serve the truth but to remain employed by corporation means you have to accept some truths that aren't and reject others thar are.
devlopr commented on Silicon Valley’s Safe Space   nytimes.com/2021/02/13/te... · Posted by u/implying
mushufasa · 5 years ago
The best thing to do is for everyone to ignore this article and don't let it get traction via Streisand. It's clearly not written in good faith. The reporter had to be biased against siskind after the saga and conflict they went through.

The second best thing is, should any reporters be reading this, to take the opportunity to write a better article.

devlopr · 5 years ago
The best is to remember this reporter and newspaper and trust them less.
devlopr commented on An experiment in giving cash to recently homeless people [video]   bbc.com/reel/video/p096hf... · Posted by u/neom
xvedejas · 5 years ago
The actions that chiropractors use that end up injuring people were not mistakes. They're an intended part of the practice. Since it's not an evidence-based profession, that doesn't matter to them. It's not like someone went around and yanked a thousand spines and made sure nobody was paralyzed before chiropractic became a thing. No, there's not any body of evidence. On the contrary, modern mainstream medicine is based on which interventions tend to help people measurably.
devlopr · 5 years ago
Do you recommend these treatments?

Acupuncture, massage, biofeedback therapy, laser therapy, electrical nerve stimulation and other nonsurgical spine treatments

devlopr commented on Microbial ecosystems in the mouth and gut are linked to many ills   economist.com/science-and... · Posted by u/aluket
dannygrannick · 5 years ago
Hi everyone! We’re planning to submit our formal launch on Hacker News in a few weeks, but given this post and all of the discussion around it I thought I would share a quick background now!

Bristle (bristlehealth.com) is leveraging the oral microbiome to pioneer oral health testing and care. We use metagenomic sequencing to analyze the oral microbiome from a saliva sample - looking at fungi, bacteria, and viruses - delivering evidence-based insights around oral health.

We are offering an early access program (https://www.bristlehealth.com/pages/early-access) providing oral microbiome testing and consumer research reports, with literature-backed insights accessed through an interactive web app. We’re charging users $50 and will only bill you when we ship your kit.

If you’re interested in learning more about your oral microbiome, please sign up! We literally launched yesterday and have gotten tons of interest based on exactly what’s being discussed here. We’re letting participants into the program in batches but will be turning kits around rapidly.

If anyone wants to chat more feel free to reach out to info@bristlehealth.com. As I said, we will have a dedicated HN launch with lots more information in the coming weeks, but wanted to share given the interest and that we have this ready to go.

devlopr · 5 years ago
Why the focus on oral? Ubiome had a great product that worked on fecal sample to determine what bacteria's are present in the intestines.

Do you see your company expanding into that area?

devlopr commented on “I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure”   twitter.com/LucaBongiorni... · Posted by u/fireball_blaze
kube-system · 5 years ago
The code is gratis. Although, partnership deals tend to go beyond simply sharing code, and into the realm of dedicating time and resources to working with each other.
devlopr · 5 years ago
I wouldn't be surprised to learn Azure was paid (either money or developer time) and this is happening for other products. I would think twice before using Azure if I was concerned about my usage being shared.
devlopr commented on Should random() be banned?   r2c.dev/blog/2021/should-... · Posted by u/pabloest
tgsovlerkhgsel · 5 years ago
I genuinely don't see the reason why non-cryptographic random number generators exist outside of niche applications.

The main arguments I've seen are speed and determinism.

However, a cryptographically secure, deterministic PRNG can be built from hash or block cipher primitives that have hardware acceleration, making them quite fast. Seed (and potentially periodically re-seed) it from a strong source of randomness, and you've got a fast and cryptographically secure non-deterministic PRNG.

I thought that "classic" PRNGs like the widespread Mersenne Twister even had issues that can cause practical problems when used in certain kinds of simulations (Monte Carlo, possibly) that rely on large amounts of random numbers, but I haven't been able to find a clear source for this.

I'm certainly defaulting to secure ones, and I'm surprised modern languages and libraries don't do this by default for their standard randomness functions.

devlopr · 5 years ago
Use the minimal amount of resources and scale up. If you need mostly random don't force cryptographic level random. It adds unnecessary processor cycles and reduces speed.
devlopr commented on What Do You Agree to When You Accept All Cookies   conradakunga.com/blog/wha... · Posted by u/kaboro
phjesusthatguy3 · 5 years ago
Who, in your opinion, are "the gatekeepers/editors of legacy corporate media outlets"?
devlopr · 5 years ago
The anti apple ads were run here:

The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.macobserver.com/news/facebo...

devlopr commented on Tell HN: A case of negative SEO I caught on my service and how I dealt with it    · Posted by u/santah
devlopr · 5 years ago
Is all of your content pulled via javascript? Could a server side language prerendering the content be part of your solution. You can still use javascript for everything else just not the content.
devlopr commented on The unusual way I'm funding my open source work   kerkour.com/blog/the-unus... · Posted by u/sylvain_kerkour
ilikeerp · 5 years ago
and here is one of two reviews (the other one isn't so good either).

"This is the worst book I have ever read. Not organized, inconsistent tabs, incorrect spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

Many of the points on tax sales are not fully explained and the reader is left with gaping holes in understanding the tax sale process. Some of the points are incorrect on how the tax sale process works.

I would not recommend this kindle to anyone, especially someone someone looking for guidance on the tax sale process. Perhaps this kindle could be useful in an English class as an example of what not to do."

devlopr · 5 years ago
Conversation style is not for everyone.

A lot of people want a step by step guide with easy to understand rules and clear steps.

I read those types of guide books when I got started and many exist. When I tried to follow them in real life they missed so glossed over so many other problems or situations that can come up. The knowledge of local rules and past experiences and sound judgement was lacking. I found the best way to learn was from conversations in coffee shops / outside auctions from people who have been doing this for years.

This book tries to copy that style with a focus around specific topics that come up. Raw knowledge, warts and all.

devlopr commented on Migrating a JavaScript Library from JavaScript to WebAssembly   engineering.q42.nl/webass... · Posted by u/jasperk
hombre_fatal · 5 years ago
IE isn't even in the top 6 in any of the regions you can click on this website: https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/europe.

I feel sorry for the people who continue working on IE because they think it's just as important as Edge/Safari/Firefox. :(

devlopr · 5 years ago
I have it at #4 in the desktop category basically on par with edge / firefox and almost double safari.

https://netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?options...

u/devlopr

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