vmception (u/vmception)

vmception commented on Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession · Posted by u/neoxone

barbazoo · 4 years ago

I hope the 3-5 emails a week from recruiters hiring for Amazon will stop then.

vmception · 4 years ago

In 2008, Goldman Sachs had their M&A department come in as usual, working on deals all day. They didn't close a single deal in over a year. (This is hearsay, btw)

So with that being the only anecdotal data point I have, the emails won't stop until the recruiters become fewer.

vmception commented on SARS-CoV-2 Infects Peripheral and Central Neurons of Mice Before Viremia biorxiv.org/content/10.11... · Posted by u/FollowingTheDao

FollowingTheDao · 4 years ago

It’s more about NRP1 than ACE2. NRP1 is how they think it infects the neuron. I changed the subject to summarize/translate what the study was saying.

The role of NRP1 in human sars2 infection is already well know. This study is just showing the infection in the neuron can/may/does precede it’s appearance in the serum.

Also, ACE2 is most certainly expressed in the neurons and his greatly expressed in the hippocampus.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422...

vmception · 4 years ago

> This study is just showing the infection in the neuron can/may/does precede it’s appearance in the serum.

That's pretty interesting, what does this mean for anything. Like does it change how tests should work? vaccines? any mitigation measure?

vmception commented on YouTubeDrive: Store files as YouTube videos github.com/dzhang314/YouT... · Posted by u/notamy

kube-system · 4 years ago

I can't wait until malware uses this as C2

vmception · 4 years ago

Ipfs is decent enough or better with free pinning services

vmception commented on The Xinjiang Police Files xinjiangpolicefiles.org/... · Posted by u/int_10h

DocTomoe · 4 years ago

This may be related to the relatively lax response of western governments as compared to the 'full out riot control' approach China takes [1]. As for the international level, China is following a carrot and stick approach there [2] - and they have a long memory [3]

[1] For a contemporary example in that region, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2009_%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi_rio... [2] https://ecfr.eu/publication/china_great_game_middle_east/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Turkey_relations...

vmception · 4 years ago

> This may be related to the relatively lax response of western governments as compared to the 'full out riot control' approach China takes

Narrator: its not

There are some other comments here on it

vmception commented on The Xinjiang Police Files xinjiangpolicefiles.org/... · Posted by u/int_10h

shellfishgene · 4 years ago

I'm always surprised how little interest there seems to be from the international muslim community in the Xinjiang situation, given that at least parts of it really blow up over even minor anti-Islam actions by single individuals quite regularly. The actions of China seem at least in part aimed at extinguishing Islam as a religion in the region, which would seem far worse than some person drawing a cartoon. But maybe any reactions just don't make mainstream news.

vmception · 4 years ago

Okay this is some amusing and problematic cognitive dissonance.

The West gets attacked because of its military occupations in Mesopotamia. That is the criteria for Jihad. Any random teenage edgelord that happens to be Muslim can always take the pedantic “its my duty” approach at any time. The vast majority do not, any slight provocation from then on encourages that sentiment. China’s approach avoids this because they have no military occupation of traditionally muslim lands. That approach has worked better for China’s national security while operating in islamic areas, they invest and have been masterful at it. The Western/US approach never factored in its own national security, or any attempt at understanding Islam, and its been a disaster for its people and a boon to its defense contractors. The key point is that its never been about “rising up on behalf of all muslims being oppressed” its always been about “excising a cancer from traditionally islamic lands”. And that makes inaction towards Xinjiang and the plight of the Uighurs make way more sense, than the fundamentally rocky assumption that action from some unspecified Muslim people is expected to occur.

Secondly, some Uighars have already done the terror attacks within China, over “small things”. Long before the massive dragnet and crackdown. This is where China’s identity politics come into play, that some other commenters have pointed out. China’s domestic stance and behavior isn't really about Muslims, its about “territorial unity” with an undercurrent of ethnic discrimination. But ultimately the Uighers are on their own, and East Turkistan isn't going to be a thing.

vmception commented on Data shows that the EU's CSAM scanning will not have the intended effect tutanota.com/blog/posts/e... · Posted by u/starsep

taylorius · 4 years ago

So, yes she's misrepresenting things to her electorate, in order to bring in a load of surveillance. But please don't think she wants to spy on everyone, totalitarian style - no, no she's just being bribed (sorry, I meant "lobbied").

Sleep tight, eu.

vmception · 4 years ago

I mean she probably doesn’t think about it that way, she’s probably never stepped back and noticed “we dont have the technology to either protect children or find CSAM” she probably never thought that and said “but I dont care!” and she definitely never thought “because it fulfills the totalitarian prophecy of The Order! >hissss<”

its not about bribery, its about being led on by the nearest grifter because everyone actually working on technology isnt in the same circles as the politicians

vmception commented on Much philanthropy is a routinized exchange between salaried bureaucrats newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/pw

gruez · 4 years ago

What's the difference between "putting all your wealth in a foundation that will do your bidding after you die" and "donating all your wealth to the most like-minded person that will continue to do your bidding after you die"? Sure, the latter isn't 100%, but the former isn't 100% either (regulations can change in the future), and even disregarding that, are we suddenly okay with it if the chance that your bidding will be carried out is 99% rather than 100%?

vmception · 4 years ago

Foundation is a great way to do that because you can swap the board/trustees out for other natural persons indefinitely

And the bylaws can force this too

vmception commented on Much philanthropy is a routinized exchange between salaried bureaucrats newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/pw

tbrownaw · 4 years ago

I'd rather not have all the eggs in one basket every time there's some mandatory fad going around.

vmception · 4 years ago

you mean you’re not going to send $10 to the Red Cross after the next earthquake in a developing nation?

vmception commented on Much philanthropy is a routinized exchange between salaried bureaucrats newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/pw

lmm · 4 years ago

I don't necessarily want it to go away entirely, but the tax breaks should be abolished. It's particularly offensive to see the state and local tax deduction (money that actually goes to help one's fellows in the ways they see fit, without being beholden to the whims of the "donor") capped while 503c "donations" remain an unlimited deduction.

vmception · 4 years ago

donations aren’t limited, they are capped via a %

the salt is called via a $

different political things, but the salt cap was a punitive thing purely for you to have resentment about where you live, it’s interesting that instead you got resentment for non profits

republicans want you to have resentment at high tax states run by democrats, so that you consider regime change in that state

vmception commented on Expert: Monkeypox likely spread by sex at 2 raves in Europe apnews.com/article/health... · Posted by u/donsupreme

vmception · 4 years ago

Okay, so incubation period?