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This is interesting. For people with hemochromatosis, I have observed cognitive ability swings as they have their ferritin levels adjusted.

I wonder if they could run tests on regular blood donors as well for those with iron sensitivity and not.


Primarily options trading and golf.

Multi-turn conversation and knowledge system implementation techniques on the side.


Can you add some detail to that second one, sounds interesting!!


How about Carrie Fisher? She's still in Star Wars!


What if I don't want to live in an apartment most of my life?


Pay ~$300k for a house in Tokyo, which will cost you +/- $10k down [+] and ~$1k a month for a mortgage. Japanese underwriting standards would consider this doable at a household income of approximately $2.8k a month or so.

c.f. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGbC5j4pG9w

[+] I realize that number is surprising, and I would have found it surprising up until ~3 weeks ago, but I can assure you that this product is presently commercially available in Tokyo, including to people who do not exactly smash Japanese banks' definition of "desirable client."


You are thinking about this wrong.

For every apartmemt complex that gets built, that is X many LESS people who are competing to buy that suburb house that you love.

The suburbs will still exist. But more appartments in the city means that prices go down for everyone.


Then you should probably not be living in an area where land is in short supply and high demand.


Earn more or move or commute longer.


Or vote and be politically active.

Ignoring that as a rational choice for many people already in expensive areas is just asking for your proposals to fail.

We very frequently talk about the economic value that could be produced by different housing actions, but policy is not purely determined by economic value. I know more people opposed to upzoning because they like their yards and their space than because they're worried about their property values (denser cities in the US are very rarely cheaper).


Or work remotely


Pay up the real value of a house in a city.


I’d be happy to live in a condo, but live in a house instead, because you can’t really build condos here. I’m sure there’s somebody else who would like to live in my house.


Then move out to the suburbs? Don’t force the city to stay suburban to accommodate your snowflake preferences.


Leave. Or ask millions of people to kindly stop existing.


Then you will be ostracized on HN for not being pro-urban.


No one is ostracized, just confronted with economic reality of competition for space and the laws that distort it. I love living in a house but it’s a little silly to mandate that a house is the only thing that can legally be built on land that’s valued at over $2M/acre.


Aesthetic reasons are the worst reason to be anti-urban.


Hey! If you like 3D audio and video music projects check out this awesome project called Smart Concert: http://patrickfedigan.xyz/smartconcert.html


This is exactly why I am going to start my own company in my own name and start being a contractor with my 'employers'. Why be a slave when we only have a limited amount of years on this planet?


This was a fantastically written article. I've learned and been able to explore so much from it.

I still love Google and wouldn't be where I am today without it but it makes a fair point when camparing this time to the early oil industry. It's not like there's no competition against Google, it's just been a fantastic tool and why use anything else.


I do enjoy it but I always seem to gravitate back to using a mouse.

Some sites work very well with just a keyboard for example, using shortcuts on facebook to navigate and interact with posts.

As soon as I interact with other sites and programs that need a mouse I just stick with it from there.


Does age have an effect on salary? I'm not getting paid as much as I should be getting paid for my tech profession..


In my opinion, I don't think cities should be partnered completely with one company. We may be closer to a dystopian future than we think..


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