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I think the point was that an orthopaedic surgeon can change hospitals and immediately get to work doing orthopaedic surgery. Sure, there might be some difference in how to clock in or who to report to, but they aren't suddenly working with a different type of human. Their job will remain constant despite changing environs, whereas moving between software companies could have you learning entirely different stacks that affect your process in fundamental ways.

are you suggesting the company's staffing policy influences what users post? I don't agree the arrow points in that direction. or that there's an arrow between those topics at all


> [discovered in] gut bacteria from a researcher’s pet chinchilla

wow. we could be surrounded by so many extraordinary organisms and not even know it because there's so much variety just in our own backyards


There was a study where participants were asked to swab their belly buttons and lots of new organisms were found.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/1-458-bac...


I have a couple 15-20 year old base trim level cars and they use the exact same dashboards as their premium siblings. The unused button spots are still there they just haven’t been punched out yet


visual communication design


You can be "retired" (don't _need_ to work) and still have a dayjob. My father-in-law does this and works 2 days a week so he doesn't get bored and has a little more spending money, all because he likes his profession but not because he has to work for a living anymore


Those publishers are for sure not producing "the greatest games of all time." You'd find those reqs even sooner on PC where you have to install their own store app, too


HN's title sanitizer might have automatically stripped it


Look up colostomy bags. It’s not a lifestyle I think many people would choose on a whim


Not sure why you think someone mentioning an ileostomy would be unfamiliar with colostomy bags.


Oh, i think Rumudiez meant it as a general recommendation to everyone who might be interested to learn more. Not specifically to me. Or at least that makes the most sense so i choose that interpretation.

But yeah, there is a lot of stories about patients with bad outcomes with colostomy bags. It sure beats dying of course. As a general rule of thumb: every time you cut into a human there is a high chance of things going wrong. The more you are changing after you cut into them the more likely and more severe the sideffects will be. (Very rough approximation of course.)

This is something i constantly think about cyborgs. They are a a staple of scifis, and usually portraied as stronger and faster than regular humans. But every cyborg with lets say a cybernetic arm would be medically an amputee. Every amputee can tell you that stumps suck. They get infected, or get pressure sores, or their skin gets irritated, etc etc unless you are treating them just right, and even then sometimes they hurt when you did everything right. How would you even grow metal and muscle/skin together without the meat constantly pulling away and getting infected? That is the real scifi not the brain-computer interface.


I really want to make the switch, but I still need a web browser for a minimum viable replacement. I don’t want to manage 2 phones just for the occasional restaurant that makes you order from a QR code or parking meter with a busted display


The idea of a restaurant or parking meter requiring internet access is crazy to me. I'm clearly just getting old, but there's no way I'd gate my customers on the assumption that they have a smartphone with them. Dead batteries, data connection issues, shit happens.


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