nabnob

Everything is noticeably more expensive than it was 15 years ago, though.

What are you calling "extremist terrorism"?

Looks like it's back up. Still, this seems like an absurd absurd amount of issues recently

Sameee

For what it's worth, I remember coming across this claim a couple years ago about AWS on HN. I don't think it's fiction, it's possible that their PR has scrubbed these allegations from the internet.

Oh yeah, I agree with you. It just raises the question, is it even possible to find security related companies that won't cave to US pressure?

Huh, I frequently see advice online that says to use VPNs based in countries that are not one of the "fourteen eyes"/"five eyes".

Real answer? Buy proprietary data from social media companies, credit card companies, retail companies and train the model on that data.

Well, to be blunt, it's because there are billion dollar pharmaceutical companies that want to keep making money off of these drugs, with around 20% of adults taking anti-depressants at any given time.

Irving Kirsch, psych professor at Harvard, wrote a book called "The Emperor's New Drugs" which argues that antidepressants are basically just placebos. I haven't read the book but I have seen a lot of interviews and articles on his research and it's pretty damning.

Facebook will hand over your data to the government without a warrant. These billion dollar companies have become another way for state to surveil us.

They're only subject to large fines if those laws are in place and actually being enforced, though. Companies keep getting away with these huge data breaches in the United States with almost no real consequences.

I don't think this is true about brain chemistry or that ADD is a life-long disability. Just speaking from experience here, I was diagnosed with ADD as an adult in my mid-20s and then started using IFS therapy (parts work) a couple years later for childhood trauma. After two years of IFS therapy my ADD is pretty much non-existent and my executive functioning is better than most people I know.

My hunch is that for a lot of people, ADD is a result of growing up in a home that felt unstable so they never gained a basic internal sense of stability that you need for things like task switching or staying focused.

I've found it to be really helpful with refactoring code but not solving an entire problem.