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We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
PSA: It’s called Instant Pot, not InstaPot.
September 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
PSA: It’s called Instant Pot, not InstaPot.
alas, these are not killer robot bunnies www.cbsnews.com/news/burmese...
Florida deploys robot rabbits to control invasive Burmese python population
Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to manage the population of invasive snakes.
www.cbsnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
alas, these are not killer robot bunnies www.cbsnews.com/news/burmese...
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"it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics & my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology,
...
I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies & materials that do not reflect scientific reality"
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I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies & materials that do not reflect scientific reality"
1/3
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics & my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology,
...
I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies & materials that do not reflect scientific reality"
1/3
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I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies & materials that do not reflect scientific reality"
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Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Stunning! 🤩
August 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Stunning! 🤩
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This is a good visualization of when people say that AI saves them time.
August 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is a good visualization of when people say that AI saves them time.
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kinda wishing y2k did jack up all the computers at this point
July 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
kinda wishing y2k did jack up all the computers at this point
fortune cookie with no fortune. it was nice knowing you all.
June 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
fortune cookie with no fortune. it was nice knowing you all.
For reference: gwern.net/doc/cs/algor...
June 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
For reference: gwern.net/doc/cs/algor...
Naur (1985) was right about the theory building view of programming. So, by definition, vibe coded programs are dead on arrival: no one possesses the theory of the program. The programmer needs to revive the program with each generated chunk of code or forever be codependent with the LLM.
June 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Naur (1985) was right about the theory building view of programming. So, by definition, vibe coded programs are dead on arrival: no one possesses the theory of the program. The programmer needs to revive the program with each generated chunk of code or forever be codependent with the LLM.
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I’m tired of people expecting me to do something just because I know how to do it and they’re paying me
April 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I’m tired of people expecting me to do something just because I know how to do it and they’re paying me
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GenAI is basically the microwave oven of writing. Sure it can heat up some leftovers but no one is going to a microwave restaurant and your kids will grow up and make fun of you for how much you relied on it to make bland ass food
There are a lot of critiques of LLMs that I agree with but "they suck and aren't useful" doesn't really hold water.
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
April 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
GenAI is basically the microwave oven of writing. Sure it can heat up some leftovers but no one is going to a microwave restaurant and your kids will grow up and make fun of you for how much you relied on it to make bland ass food
great HN comment on why vibe coding is not like programming in a higher level language: “Once you learned the higher level language the machine did precisely what you specified and you did not have to inspect the assembly language to make sure it was compliant.”
April 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
great HN comment on why vibe coding is not like programming in a higher level language: “Once you learned the higher level language the machine did precisely what you specified and you did not have to inspect the assembly language to make sure it was compliant.”
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may I have the honour of alt texting this one
April 24, 2025 at 4:26 AM
may I have the honour of alt texting this one
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It's like they're speedrunning all the mistakes civic tech learned over the past 25 years.
SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's like they're speedrunning all the mistakes civic tech learned over the past 25 years.
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Please stop sharing "acceptable ways" to use Synthetic Users as a stand in for research. There aren't any.
It's a very convincing simulation of behavior based on a large random unstructured data set containing what has been written about human behavior, not analysis of actual behavior in context.
It's a very convincing simulation of behavior based on a large random unstructured data set containing what has been written about human behavior, not analysis of actual behavior in context.
March 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Please stop sharing "acceptable ways" to use Synthetic Users as a stand in for research. There aren't any.
It's a very convincing simulation of behavior based on a large random unstructured data set containing what has been written about human behavior, not analysis of actual behavior in context.
It's a very convincing simulation of behavior based on a large random unstructured data set containing what has been written about human behavior, not analysis of actual behavior in context.
OH: wtf is vibe coding; all I can fathom is someone on their computer, microdosing, surrounded by patchouli incense smoke, jimi hendrix velvet posters, black lights, and a bong
March 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
OH: wtf is vibe coding; all I can fathom is someone on their computer, microdosing, surrounded by patchouli incense smoke, jimi hendrix velvet posters, black lights, and a bong
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The
tick
,: | :,
: • :
‘: \ :’
tock of the clock is
painful
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(((all sane and logical)))
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.
.
wanna it the
I tear off wall.
tick
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: • :
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tock of the clock is
painful
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(((all sane and logical)))
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wanna it the
I tear off wall.
March 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The
tick
,: | :,
: • :
‘: \ :’
tock of the clock is
painful
————————————
(((all sane and logical)))
.
.
.
wanna it the
I tear off wall.
tick
,: | :,
: • :
‘: \ :’
tock of the clock is
painful
————————————
(((all sane and logical)))
.
.
.
wanna it the
I tear off wall.
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1. Your kids love a certain food
2. You buy the economy size pack of that food
3. Your kids now hate that food
2. You buy the economy size pack of that food
3. Your kids now hate that food
March 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
1. Your kids love a certain food
2. You buy the economy size pack of that food
3. Your kids now hate that food
2. You buy the economy size pack of that food
3. Your kids now hate that food
wavy-perforated toilet paper is literally the best invention since sliced bread, but I fear only the most anal-retentive among us appreciate this fact.
March 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
wavy-perforated toilet paper is literally the best invention since sliced bread, but I fear only the most anal-retentive among us appreciate this fact.
You mean the judge’s intense occult training through D&D did *not* prepare the judge to accept the invitation to enter a witches’ coven? Hmph.
Haven't seen this reported anywhere but a judge overseeing Florida's attempt to age gate all social media pointed to the failure of D&D to make him worship Satan as a kid to suggest the state needs actual evidence, and not just vibes about a social media moral panic. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/j...
Judge Uses D&D’s Failure To Make Him Worship Satan To School Florida On Social Media Moral Panics
When Florida’s lawyers tried to defend the state’s social media age restriction law by claiming it’s “well known” that platforms harm children, they probably werenR…
www.techdirt.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
You mean the judge’s intense occult training through D&D did *not* prepare the judge to accept the invitation to enter a witches’ coven? Hmph.
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Flight Attendant: “IS THERE A DOCTOR ON BOARD?!"
Me: “I have a doctorate in Philosophy."
Flight Attendant: “THE PILOT IS GOING TO DIE!"
Me [soothingly]: “We're all going to die.”
Me: “I have a doctorate in Philosophy."
Flight Attendant: “THE PILOT IS GOING TO DIE!"
Me [soothingly]: “We're all going to die.”
March 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Flight Attendant: “IS THERE A DOCTOR ON BOARD?!"
Me: “I have a doctorate in Philosophy."
Flight Attendant: “THE PILOT IS GOING TO DIE!"
Me [soothingly]: “We're all going to die.”
Me: “I have a doctorate in Philosophy."
Flight Attendant: “THE PILOT IS GOING TO DIE!"
Me [soothingly]: “We're all going to die.”
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I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
February 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
I thought I was behind on a project for class, but seeing posts/questions on the forum from other students makes me feel so much better.
March 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I thought I was behind on a project for class, but seeing posts/questions on the forum from other students makes me feel so much better.