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Im more concerned about the implications for index funds - the whole changing of the NASDAQ rules for SpaceX and AI stocks doesnt sit right.

The whole IPO and the AI stock IPO's are designed with valuations to force the trackers to invest in them, while the metrics and businesses still have significant risks and overly high P/E

I do a yearly update of all important account details and passwords on a shared keepass. Then sit down annually to review it all.

Outside this i have encrypted drives and shared passwords on this

Also review wills and power of attorney every few years

Sort of but then you have the west lothian question, about Scottish or Welsh MPs voting on English issues. For instance these MPs should never have voted on student loans

Id originally thought the nhs contract covered the whole UK, but the devolved governments in Scotland and Wales arent covered

I honestly feel an English assembly covering NHS wouldnt of allowed it

There is a lot of information out there on improving cycling performance using wider tyres, waxed chains - but for me a lot of it centers around professional riders riding at 30mph, and not the recreational cyclist wanting to improve 15mph to 20mph

I think there is a lot of data out there that can highlight affordable ways to do this - so you dont need top of the range tyres for the 15-20mph shift. Also recreational cyclists arent tied to UCI rules as they arent competitive - so can make changes in this area

Id like to collate this information to help riders at a practical level

I remember reading James Gliecks book genius about Richard Feynmann. The pages that always stuck were the post-bomb stance of oppenheimer vs teller. A lot of scientists viewed the morality as a question for philosophers or politicians,and it caused a lot of conflict

I think the current state of tech is similar, but devs should have morality. The idea of some ai scoring system deciding who lives and dies outside the geneva convention is wrong.

Also the end usage of the profits from some businesses is important. The whole techno fuedalism should be challenged

This isnt a bad thing - it frees doctors up to work on cases that are harder to diagnose. So if AI can check scans or tests for cancers - great, doctors can focus on treatment

The only issue i have is the platforms that peoples medical histories are shared on, and what is done to protect patients

The later ones cover his breakdown and the early days of the goons

I hadnt read them for years and Al Murray was talking about them on his ww2 podcast and i reread them

I remember reading his cameo in life of brian was due to him happening to be in the dessert researching the later books

Spike Milligans war diaries - i love how he captures the banter and laughs amongst everyman soldiers in WW2, and how you can see the seeds of the goon show and monty python developing in WW2. He also balances it well with the sadness of war

Oddly enough my department done work into heart replacement valves - the fluid mechanic element of blood flows as a non-newtonian fluid matched a lot of chemical plant calculations. The labs had lots of heart valves and simulators lying around

Great idea - a lot of the problems in the world are from social isolation, and people finding silos online

I think the 10% neuro-divergent is a positive as it being ND can be very isolating for people

Makes me think a focus around ND alone would be a great idea

Tell HN: Slow Down 4 months ago

It depends what your doing? Some finance systems ive worked on prioritise stability over release cycles so do things like not release fridays or last week of month unless impact can be guaranteed