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  1. Tell HN: YouTube Subscription page is being deprecated

    My YouTube Subscriptions page on desktop now has a "Most Relevant" section. On large screens, this takes up half of the page. On smaller screens, this takes up more than half the page. You should expect this "Most…

    5 points 3
  2. Heritability of life span is about 50% when heritability is redefined (dynomight.net)
    2 points 1
  3. Ask HN: Textbook and Technical Book writers – are you creating LLM products?

    Feel free to discuss how you use LLMs in general, but specifically I am curious if anyone is developing LLM products that replace or enhance textbooks and technical books.

    2 points 0
  4. Gwern Branwen – How an Anonymous Researcher Predicted AI's Trajectory [video] (youtube.com)
    32 points 4
  5. Tio de Nadal (en.wikipedia.org)
    8 points 2
  6. Ask HN: Holmes/Theranos Verdict and Safety Culture?

    I have some conflicting thoughts and emotions about the Holmes verdict. I believe this case was pursued due to the flagrant disregard for the health (and thus safety) of Theranos clients. If it was 'just' financial…

    11 points 8
  7. Ask HN: In the Year 2030

    In the Year 2030 I will ... In the Year 2030 the economy will ... In the Year 2030 humanity will ...

    1 points 0
  8. Ask HN: Do you know what motivates you? Can you put it into words?
    12 points 17
  9. Ask HN: How to Get over Waiting for Permission

    Working in a large organization, the feeling of inertia creeps into one's mindset. I have a lot of ideas that feel good and right, but I rarely act on them without external encouragement.

    2 points 1
  10. Ask HN: What Is a Moonshot Project?

    What does "Moonshot Project" mean to you? It's certainly an evocative name: A seemingly unreachable, but supremely inspiring goal. Bringing a nation or other large group together, devoting, time, money, and attention in…

    3 points 2
  11. Ask HN: How does your company handle the first deploy of a new service to prod?

    Deploys should obviously be automated, and you can obviously test most of the facets of automated deploys in lower environments, but the first deploy is always tricky.

    1 points 0
  12. Ask HN: Does UX for internal tools need a re-brand?

    It is to get investment in UX for internal tools, even where orgs will invest for consumer facing apps/tools/products. I've been watching Matthew Bird's excellent videos on Industrial Design, and the video on Efficiency…

    1 points 0
  13. The Slow Winter – James Mickens (2013) [pdf] (scholar.harvard.edu)
    4 points 2
  14. Terrible Business Strategies I Learned from Fyre Festival (22:38) [video] (youtube.com)
    2 points 1
  15. Ask HN: What to do with the feedback “You should be more technical”

    One of my colleagues recently received the feedback that they should be "more technical". I've heard from other people who have been told that as well, and it is universally received as an insult. Further, I personally…

    3 points 1
  16. Automakers: Don't Ask Customers What They Want (roadandtrack.com)
    157 points 207
  17. Ask HN: STEM Day Activities

    I've been asked to set up a recurring 20 minute activity for groups of 8 high school students. I'm thinking of doing something like: http://play.elevatorsaga.com/ or https://microcorruption.com/login Any other…

    2 points 0
  18. Ask HN: What branch of study is most closely related to job creation?

    So Macroeconomics has a field of study on job destruction, but not on job creation as far as I know. There are a lot of things to think about job creation, for instance value creation, marginal efficiency, etc, etc -…

    1 points 0
  19. Ask HN: Do You Use the Five Whys Technique in Requirements Analysis?

    The Five Whys technique is widely used in Root Cause Analysis [1]. The basic idea is to continue asking why until no further cause can be found. I've seen too many "business requirements" which are actually…

    2 points 0