DamonHD

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871.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Most of the words that I used such as large and dangerous are borne out by published official stats. And nothing so dramatically changed about the geometry or demographics of (say) the US or UK as to require massive rapid inflation in car
872.
by DamonHD 3y ago
It is better for the car occupants to be in a heavier car. IIRC, US road deaths of people outside the car have doubled over the last ~20Y because of the rise of the SUV and its ilk. European safety rules take into account people outside
873.
by DamonHD 3y ago
I have two children, now teens, and have never needed to own a car of any size.
874.
by DamonHD 3y ago
A good counterweight to the seemingly common view that anything smaller than a tank and cannot do 60mph backwards is emasculating. There are too many large, heavy, dangerous, expensive 'cars' on the roads everywhere in the world.
875.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Some of them are there, I think, so that if you take a letter to a branch (remember those) or it is returned, there is a quick way of indentifying the source and authenticity and content of the letter without lots of effort. Ie why you w
876.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Interesting (and annoying). You might just have been unlucky and had a barrage of grumpy "get off my lawn" flaggers/downvoters. (I try not to be one of those, but sometimes fail.)
877.
by DamonHD 3y ago
I can get over 256 stations ~45%...
878.
London Tube Memory Game(london.metro-memory.com)
2 points by DamonHD 3y ago|2 comments
879.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Would "Show HN" have been the right way to do it then?
880.
by DamonHD 3y ago
I just built a very small model from scratch because it made for a very simple (pageful of code) solution to test a simple claim, which I then expanded to cover some other cases. Performance was not relevant, simplicity was.
881.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Yes. And 2008. (And earlier times! I've been through multiple recessions etc as a freelancer/consultant. The meeja and politicians would love you to believe that each time is the WURST EVAAAA but, well, it only feels like it at
882.
by DamonHD 3y ago
I saw your post go past in 'new': https://news.ycombinator.com/newest
883.
by DamonHD 3y ago
See also: https://www.theregister.com/2015/06/15/hound_of_hounslow_wal...
884.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Thanks!
885.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Radio buttons vs multi-choice in natural language! I don't remember seeing this before...
886.
The Difference Between Tai and Vai [in Finnish](uusikielemme.fi)
1 points by DamonHD 3y ago|1 comments
887.
Mazda's DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist's smart car API tool(arstechnica.com)
83 points by DamonHD 3y ago|27 comments
888.
by DamonHD 3y ago
(I assume that you mean the comments, though the upvote/flag on a top-level item can be similar.) I can upvote (or downvote) for content that I agree/disagree with as well as how much the comment does/doesn't contribute
889.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Yes.
890.
by DamonHD 3y ago
One of my Mastodon accounts. (The other doesn't take money yet.) Plus a national newspaper, and a bunch of people on Patreon and elsewhere. I'm happy with the arrangements.
891.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Maths / stats / data science / ML stuff, alongside my PhD (building science / energy efficency) research. I haven't yet even found out when the in-person lectures are for the current thing I'm signed up to, so
892.
HTTP/2 'Rapid Reset' zero-day exploited in biggest DDoS deluge seen yet(theregister.com)
1 points by DamonHD 3y ago|0 comments
893.
by DamonHD 3y ago
My entire automatic light/dark support is, very early in the HTML: <meta name=color-scheme content="light dark"> then, in in-line CSS: @media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){body{background-color:#000;color:#
894.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Debit cards should be cheaper than credit.
895.
by DamonHD 3y ago
This is much more shallow than I'd expect of Peter, and he will also have known the history, ie why the decisions were taken. FWIW, assuming about 5 bits of apparent entropy per typical String character was not unreasonable. (I used t
896.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Some people get up in the morning thinking about sales, some about finances, and some about code. One reason to consider building a team is to have some of each!
897.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Yep, someone let a test page out the door in prod! B^>
898.
test test test(web.archive.org)
1 points by DamonHD 3y ago|1 comments
899.
by DamonHD 3y ago
Why not? The money will be refunded, it'll cost X significant effort and fees, and the bank / scheme starts to accrue black marks against X. Even Musk probably doesn't want to start receiving snippy letters from the major c
900.
by DamonHD 3y ago
You could initiate a chargeback with your card issuer or bank for non-delivery of services paid for.

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