gumby

62,207 karmajoined June 19, 2010On HN

Currently working on removing excess methane from the atmosphere.

Previous lives:

gnu hacker (e.g. co-founder of Cygnus back in '89) Pharma developer (Talima) Distributed solar thermal systems (Terrajoule) MIT AI Lab/PARC/MCC/Rodin consumer tabletop AR (CastAR) Etc...

remove-everything-up-through-last-dash-gumby@brachiate.org

Recent submissions

Genome Duplication Is an Evolutionary Gamble quantamagazine.org
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Perhaps the universe isn't accelerating (and thus we don't need dark matter)academic.oup.com
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Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025)spinoff.nasa.gov
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Billionaire tries untested longevity therapy to restore daughter's vision science.slashdot.org
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The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice nytimes.com
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The car industry A/B tested selling a car with and without CarPlay a.wholelottanothing.org
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First Responders May Have to Push Tesla's Cybercabs, Turn Front Wheels by Hand gizmodo.com
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"We Have to Assume That the Internet Will Go Offline in the Next Few Years"trendingtopics.eu
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$15M effort to get to Alpha Centuri in 80K years arstechnica.com
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Donut Labs Solid State Battery Looks Like It May Be Real After All cleantechnica.com
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Is Russia's rival to Starlink failing? Here's what we know arstechnica.com
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Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program arstechnica.com
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GLP-1s are being linked to fewer serious infections, including TB gizmodo.com
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Scientists Say a Key Trigger for Alzheimer's Damage Isn't Even in the Brain gizmodo.com
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Is Your City Prepared for Climate Disaster?nytimes.com
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Qantas Airbus A380 engine failure in 2010 (2023)admiralcloudberg.medium.com
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Defunct Nuclear Site Had a Meltdown in 1959. It's Still Causing Health Problems gizmodo.com
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Erik Brynjolfsson says an AI "job apocalypse" is unlikely wpintelligence.washingtonpost.com
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