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OMG We Made One Gram of Remdesivir

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Zoom admits some calls were routed through China by mistake

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Ask HN: How does your App deal with the death of one of your users?

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Ask HN: How does your App deal with the death of one of your users?

My wife died recently. I had to close various accounts. From an IT perspective, the results were shameful. For example, I called her cell-phone provider and closed her account. The agent was very respectful. He offered condolences and closed the account, and said there would be a refund. The next day, there was an email, addressed to my wife, using her first name, asking her to rate her recent experience. I had to use text messaging to close her NY Times subscription. I texted "I need to cancel a subscription" The bot asked me why 1. No time to read 2. Price concern 3. Service issue And I was told I had to answer 1, 2, or 3! Really? Then a human got involved, and he/she was good, but obviously the bot still has some control because at the end I got this: "Thank for contacting the New York Times, I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day." Come on.....this is terrible. The human realized this and immediately added "And also before you go, I wanted to ...

Intro to The 8-Point Grid System (2016)

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FDA-approved Drug Ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro

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Bose QC 35 Firmware 4.5.2 Noise Cancellation Investigation Report

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Palm Phone for Minimalists

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Bose QC 35 Firmware 4.5.2 Noise Cancellation Investigation Report

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Palm Phone for Minimalists

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FDA-approved Drug Ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro

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Intro to The 8-Point Grid System (2016)

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Eclipse Dirigible 4.4: Cloud Development Platform

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Straining an oxide membrane

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Deprecating Support for the Linux Kernel

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Deprecating Support for the Linux Kernel

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General Transit Feed Specification and Clojure

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Zoom banned from New York City schools due to privacy and security flaws

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Blanket-like “sarapes” from northern Mexico are intriguing textiles (2011)

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‘Zoombombing’ Is a Horrifying New Trend

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General Transit Feed Specification and Clojure

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‘Zoombombing’ Is a Horrifying New Trend

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Zoom banned from New York City schools due to privacy and security flaws

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