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Alzheimer's trial to test drug on people without symptoms to test prevention(theguardian.com)
13 points by borski 10d ago|5 comments
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by borski 21d ago
Indeed. hack the planet.
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by borski 21d ago
T1, in both cases.
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by borski 22d ago
That is not true. This hasn’t been the law for many years.
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by borski 22d ago
That is not true: https://www.lawpay.com/about/blog/credit-card-surcharge-rule... It used to be true, but this changed many years ago.
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by borski 22d ago
Dan was a spectacular brain, and made contributions that still echo today. He is one of two friends to have passed from DKA. Miss you, Zach. RIP. Miss pwning with you.
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by borski 24d ago
If you’re talking purely financial benefit: yes, it is still good advice, as most white collar jobs still require a degree. If you’re talking about a place to mature, around others who are at a similar phase of life, also yes. It is where m
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by borski 1mo ago
You acquire karma through posting things that are interesting or curious enough that others upvote them. Thus, you build reputation by acquiring karma. It isn’t perfect, but the fact that folks with higher karma can “fix” the emotional flag
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by borski 1mo ago
Sheriffs are elected (except in New York City, Rhode Island and Hawaii) and responsible for a county whereas a police chief manages law enforcement in a city or town and is appointed by its local government. There are a lot of sheriffs.
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by borski 1mo ago
Flags also require a minimum karma, and members with yet higher karma can also undead posts, if needed. HN is actually surprisingly good about this, so I disagree with your assertion.
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by borski 1mo ago
You’re on too high a dose. The highest dose made me a vegetable, with no energy, and so on. That is not the way. Lower the dose (with your doctor, of course). For me, the “middle” dose was the sweet spot of positive effects with minimal sid
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by borski 1mo ago
What dose? Have you considered lowering it?
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by borski 1mo ago
> Well if Paul Graham says it, it must be true. I didn’t say that. But when he’s right, he’s right. > Think you could beat it in a specialized version of "business strategy jeopardy?" > It would crush you. Thinking you kn
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by borski 1mo ago
Relevant essay: https://paulgraham.com/simply.html
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by borski 1mo ago
> Prose? Don't care, I'm not writing literature, I'm delivering a message. If AI helps that be more clear and faster, great. Writing well is not easy. PG has written many essays about this very topic. LLMs do not write wel
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by borski 1mo ago
Sure, but if you’re influenced by how AI writes, it stands to reason that you’d be influenced by a great author too, and that may help improve your writing.
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by borski 1mo ago
Yes, but people forget that. And when LLMs make it feel like you can offload “for free,” people find themselves trying to do everything. LLMs provide you with the illusion of “free concurrency,” and it sucks people in.
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by borski 1mo ago
This is a great point. I hadn’t considered the analogy to “more lines of code”
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by borski 1mo ago
Yeah, I think that’s true, but that isn’t really my question. My question is why this seems easier and more natural for people with ADHD to do than people without. (That is also an unproven statement, obviously, but that’s what I’d want to
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by borski 1mo ago
I honestly think it’s the latter. OP’s post is literally evidence of that. The “open twelve agents” is not only unsustainable (and leads to burnout) but fundamentally incompatible with building robust software. Sure, you can have agents fig
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by borski 1mo ago
I don’t know, there may be something to this. I shared this post with another ADHD friend of mine and he also resonated with your and my experience, not the OP’s. Now I want to do a study! I wonder if the extremely fast dopamine hits of LLM
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by borski 1mo ago
It isn’t writing the post. It’s doing research, providing background knowledge, evidence, etc… but the work is being done by OP. That was my read, anyway.
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by borski 1mo ago
I think you misunderstood; the point was that not being constantly in front of Claude or another LLM is what has freed OP up. That is, stepping away from the laptop is what has given them back some free time and brain space.
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by borski 1mo ago
I could not agree with this more. Just because you can doesn’t mean you must, even if everyone else is.
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by borski 1mo ago
> I get taken in a lot by technology waves, hoping things will get better, but I haven’t ever crisply defined “better.” Yeah, I think this is the issue more than anything having to do with LLMs. It’s also why I stopped switching to the l
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by borski 1mo ago
I find it interesting that so many of my friends resonate with this. I… don’t, really. I only ever have 2-4 opencode/claude tabs open at once. And I use them for consistent tasks. There’s no way I’d be able to keep track otherwise. I h
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by borski 1mo ago
Recombinant factor C (rFC) has been available since 2003. TFA alludes to it: “They have created a lab-made alternative to test medicines, so no crabs are needed. “It is the exact same protein, it is just made through biotechnology,” Bolden
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by borski 2mo ago
Given that most dogs are adopted from shelters, dog behavior is often a reflection of early upbringing. The current owner can train and teach their dog, but some behaviors and fears set in fairly early on. Moreover, many dogs are beaten or
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by borski 2mo ago
This is just untrue.
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by borski 3mo ago
Do you have anything to indicate this? A source or any analysis?

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