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@bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

For those doubting that Theranos was debated in public, or that its advocates appealed to the authority of the names behind it, see these (mesmerizing!) HN discussions from 2013 and 2014: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6349349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7951019

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@bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

A defining aspect of the Theranos failure is that everyone deferred to someone else in terms of technical diligence, collectively dismissing as malcontents those technologists who actually HAD dug deep and came away unconvinced. Do you see why I am bringing this up, web3?

@MattBaume ("Matt Baume") replied to a tweet by @MattBaume:

ALAS it appears to be a different Betty/Bette White!

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@h3h3productions ("Ethan Klein") wrote:

Elon Musk such a good guy to sell off all that stock to pay taxes right before a massive recall was announced 😭😩🙏👑

@MattBaume ("Matt Baume") wrote:

There's a series of dance books and records from the 1950s by "Betty White" and I'm going NUTS with research trying to figure out if it's THE Betty or just A Betty

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@kristenschaaled ("Kristen Schaal") wrote:

Yesterday was so last year.

@alicegoldfuss ("mx claws") wrote:

*Weird Al voice*

I

HATE

BITCOIN

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@DigiEconomist ("Digiconomist") wrote:

Some statistics to start the year:

During 2021 Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total, which is comparable to the electrical energy consumed by a country like Argentina.

Related CO2 emissions were ~64 Mt; enough to negate the entire global net savings from deploying EVs.

@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:

poking around etymologies and realizing "sly" and "slide" and "sleight" and "sleigh" and "slay" and "slaughter" and "onslaught" are all linked back to the image of cutting through easily

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@DrEricDing ("Eric Feigl-Ding") wrote:

⚠️“SUBSTANTIAL DROP” in intelligence—#COVID19 survivors suffer severe cognitive deficit. Patients hospitalised on ventilators saw the biggest drop in on intelligence tests—equal to a **7-point drop in IQ**!
Larger than suffering stroke or lead poisoning!🧵https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-linked-to-substantial-drop-in-intelligence-new-research-finds-12364433

@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:

@aegtx ("Dr. Anne, PhD") wrote:

from a friend WINOT

@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:

@bitandbang ("Tierney Cyren, the Cosmic Equine") replied to a tweet by @bitandbang:

anyone who says "well *this year* it only consumed half of what all of banking consumed" is an absolute clown.

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@DigiEconomist ("Digiconomist") replied to a tweet by @DigiEconomist:

In 2021 the Bitcoin network handled ~97 million transactions. This equals roughly 0.012% of the worldwide volume of non-cash transactions.

Bitcoin was responsible for 0.54% of global electricity consumption. On average, that's 1,386 kWh per Bitcoin transaction.

@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:

@bitandbang ("Tierney Cyren, the Cosmic Equine") wrote:

cryptocurrency is not a defensible technology.

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@DigiEconomist ("Digiconomist") wrote:

Some statistics to start the year:

During 2021 Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total, which is comparable to the electrical energy consumed by a country like Argentina.

Related CO2 emissions were ~64 Mt; enough to negate the entire global net savings from deploying EVs.

@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:

@NoBonzo wrote:

fight for a life worth living in the new year

@joelle_emerson ("Joelle Emerson") wrote:

These two 😍

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@MichelleObama ("Michelle Obama") wrote:

Happy New Year from me and my boo! 🎉🥳 Wishing you all a year filled with happiness, love, and good health.

@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:

@dailygl ("HAPPY NEW YEAR") wrote:

@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:

I'm terms of technology? Nothing. Literally everything is way better.

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@anaismitchell ("Anaïs Mitchell") wrote:

People who had analog, pre-cellphone childhood or young adulthood, I’m tryna write an essay, what do you miss about those before times?

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@julieroginsky ("Julie Roginsky") wrote:

California's Silenced No More Act has gone into effect today, ensuring that employers will effectively no longer be able to enforce NDAs for toxic workplace issues for CA workers. Congrats to @IfeomaOzoma and so many other women who fought relentlessly to make this a reality.

@DaveHolmes ("Dave Holmes") wrote:

Everyone read this. I love you, John Darnielle.

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@mountain_goats ("The Mountain Goats") wrote:

so I was washing potatoes last night when I got excited

@lvaughn ("Lowell Vaughn") wrote:

If this came up on my printer, I would hit "no" so hard the screen would crack.

How many people had to sign on to this idea?

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@pikelet ("Advanced Pikelet Threat 👩🏻‍💻🥞✨🦄🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Are you kidding me

@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:

@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") replied to a tweet by @VXO:

@VXO @0x6772 @DethVeggie @cneitzert I assume that "fix the shuffle algorithm" is some kind of hazing ritual for every new intern on the iTunes team.

Video:

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@davidfolkenflik ("David Folkenflik") wrote:

Group that claims to be outraged about cancel culture literally offers training to college students on how to egg on (edge on?) profs to get them to say things to surreptitiously record to get them fired

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@patriottakes ("PatriotTakes 🇺🇸") wrote:

Unearthed Video: TPUSA Senior Manager Driena Sixto training students to secretly record professors and administrators that disagree with their message and “edge them on” in hopes of getting them fired.

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@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:

There is no magic.

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@JJRodV ("Dr. Jorge J Rodríguez V") replied to a tweet by @JJRodV:

It bothers me that we talk about these systems—school, work, government, the economy—as if they aren’t systems we created. But they all are. They are all concepts that we set in motion at a certain point in history. They have a beginning, they could have an end, if we will it.

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@KWestSavali ("Kirsten West Savali") wrote:

Again: the diversification of white supremacy is necessary for its survival.

Behold…

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@ScottHech ("Scott Hechinger") wrote:

This guy’s first act as Mayor is to expand the torture of solitary confinement on Rikers Island tomorrow. The first decision of his Mayorship. Today. #EricAdamsResign https://twitter.com/nycmayor/status/1477149591455911942

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@fourteenhearts ("Jennifer Sadler") replied to a tweet by @victorerikray:

@victorerikray I asked white students at @OleMiss this one semester. Most said 50s, 20s…some said “founding era”.
Then they asked “Prof Sadler which era would you want to live in?”
Me: the future.
Them: *laughing*
Me: tell me, how was life for Black folks in the era you chose?
Them: 😳👀🥴

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@victorerikray ("Victor Ray") wrote:

I’ve seen serious scholars argue we should measure racial progress by asking Black people in which era they would prefer to live.

I’ve always thought asking white people that question would be more telling.

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@CawthornforNC ("Madison Cawthorn") wrote:

Our Founding Fathers wouldn't recognize the America we live in today.

They would be horrified, and rightfully so.

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@petersagal ("Peter Sagal") wrote:

Not only is this wrong, it is the opposite of the truth. No Presidential campaign cares at all what anybody in OK thinks, because it’s a reliably GOP state. Doesn’t matter if the GOP wins there by 40% or 4%, its 7 EC votes go to the GOP candidate.

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@JimInhofe ("Sen. Jim Inhofe") wrote:

The Electoral College is a guarantee that while political candidates may treat states such as Oklahoma as flyover country, Oklahomans will have as clear and powerful a voice in electing presidents as San Franciscans and New Yorkers.

Read more in @NRO here: https://twitter.com/inhofepress/status/1473308666480807939

@gaywonk ("Carlos Maza") retweeted:

@pixelatedboat ("pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets”") wrote:

It’s weird how all these people who paid thousands of dollars for a drawing of a monkey keep getting scammed

@bylgja_babylons ("Bylgjan🐝") wrote:

Jæja þá er mađur bara ađ byrja gott líf

@gaywonk ("Carlos Maza") retweeted:

@jackcalifano ("Jack Califano") wrote:

People say the left has impossible puritanical standards but if you do cool pro-worker shit likes this we’ll be nice to you very quickly.

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@jakepaul ("Jake Paul") wrote:

Happy new year @danawhite. Here is a real challenge for you…

I will immediately retire from boxing and fight Jorge Masvidal in the UFC if you agree to:

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@mistydemeo ("Misty") wrote:

@steveklabnik Oh my god

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@NWSPittsburgh ("NWS Pittsburgh") wrote:

The loud explosion heard over SW PA earlier may have been a meteor explosion. This GOES-16 GLM Total Optical Energy product shows a flash that was not associated with lightning. No confirmation, but this is the most likely explanation at this time.

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@NotLasers ("Jay Edidin") wrote:

Crypto is over. This is the year of cryptic currency. Pay for your groceries with a mumbled prophecy and a cursed stone.