ltwdm
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5 years ago
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on: Android In a Box – Run Android applications on any GNU/Linux operating system
FWIW If you know the number, you can use the web URL ws.me/<phone_number_with_country_code> to initiate a chat even if the contact is not saved/without granting contact access
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)
I'm sorry I still doesn't get it, it would be helpful to provide a couple of bullet points
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: We Need New Ways of Treating Depression
I have doubts about the authors intentions: Look up the wikipedia article and in the past he has done things of questionable integrity to be popular. He is a good storyteller and there is strong criticism from the medical professionals about his skewed views about ineffectiveness of current treatment methods. He does not cite enough references for such a hevayweight topic. I have no problem in him presenting a new perspective, but this is more of getting into the bestseller book list by telling you what you wish to hear.
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: How Elephants Avoid Cancer (2015)
I am curious why "human compatible" patterns would be only found in primates etc.? Aren't these about molecular mechanisms and proteins? Is it hard to translate the results to humans if some promising mechanism is found in more basic molecular level?
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: Computer Architecture for Network Engineers
It is indeed a good way of looking at architecture and networking. But to me it is more of a hindsight tool or validation of things you already know, than a learning resource for someone who doesn't know details of architecture.
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: People Who Hear Voices Could Be on to Something
I agree,but isn't the article a good step towards educating the public about the nuances of these diseases? I think the spectrum is so broad, and maybe it will help the people with milder symptoms at it's tail end by making the society more receptive. I have a relative who is scheizophrenic and I can't stress how important it is to make people aware, and enable them to see from a compassionate angle. To me this article goes in the same direction as the remarkable article done years ago by Rachel Aviv [1] To me we need more like this. And also the article does mention how the researchers stress on proper diagnosis and treatment.
[1] http ://www.columbia.edu/cu/neuwrite/pubs/avivHarpers.pdf
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: People Who Hear Voices Could Be on to Something
Interesting research on how hallucinations relate to "an increase in tiny movements in the muscles associated with vocalization".
Maybe the movements and the brain activity causing that happen first, and the "consciousness" just try to interpret that in the best way it can.(I think there are some patterns here that is much like the "interpretations" described in the split brain studies [1]). When the signals get too weird and does not fit in to any interpretation that is defined as "normal", we go into the Schizophrenia territory.
[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/07/split-bra...
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: People Who Hear Voices Could Be on to Something
I like that theory. Maybe much of what we associate with the word "consciousness" are the mental models which cannot exist without language, like the social aspects Yuval Noah Harari talks about.
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: People Who Hear Voices Could Be on to Something
How do you imagine the content the newsreader is supposed to read? Isn't it hard to produce random coherent content in your mind?
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: Take Naps at Work
I think age plays a role too- a few years ago I would have laughed at the idea of someone having to take a break and rest in the middle of an 8 hour period to regain energy. But I can now clearly see how that matters.
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: Take Naps at Work
Just curious what made you think that is a pattern? I lived in an Asian country until few years ago and I think it is just a misinterpretation maybe just the people you came across were so
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: Catfish Programmers
I did not get the bit about "invasive species"
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do I find boutique US consulting groups (for employment)?
Thanks but I am based out of LA
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do I find boutique US consulting groups (for employment)?
I can only do full time
ltwdm
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8 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do I find boutique US consulting groups (for employment)?
Thanks, I usually get calls/emails from staffers but often they are not up to the mark , I am primarily looking for finding firms with a good reputation (and that way compensation)
