danielecook

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by danielecook 7y ago
I think technical debt extends beyond poor quality code that prevents additions or modifications. Having worked with a large amount of scientific software it extends into the efficiency and robustness of software. Frequently, efficient meth
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by danielecook 7y ago
It’s not representative. Most millenials are sub 60k and have loads of debt. You have a very skewed view. Most people can’t save 80% of their income because their housing costs are at least 30%z
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by danielecook 7y ago
Started chatting with a guy at the airport about work / careers. Within 5 minutes he started ripping on millennials and their work ethic. I am a millennial! Sucks to be saddled with debt after college, have lower paying jobs, and still
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by danielecook 7y ago
Yes! For small transactions less than $20 they are meaningless. I wish there was a mechanism where you had to request a receipt if it was below a threshold like $20
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by danielecook 7y ago
Here is one of these houses in the aftermath of a hurricane as compared to its neighbors: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/14/us/hurricane-michael-flor...
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by danielecook 7y ago
I see your point - but I see those as valuing the gaming side more than the fitness aspect. I am thinking in terms of a system that values the fitness side a bit more. I can imagine a rocket league type game where your speed would be tied t
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Ask HN: Why haven’t fitness gaming experiences taken off?
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by danielecook 7y ago
I’m a Big fan of pin board and it’s simplicity.
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by danielecook 8y ago
What is a lifestyle business?
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by danielecook 8y ago
The cycle network is not half decent imo. Take a walk - or a drive around London and it quickly becomes apparent that cyclist are the lowest priority next to cars (1st) and walkers (2nd). In many cases, the cycle network is so half-assed it
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by danielecook 8y ago
Bigquery also uses caching which presumably is used here.
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by danielecook 8y ago
I’ve had trouble getting more than 10k rows in google sheets. It will be interesting to see how well this works.
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by danielecook 8y ago
I used the lakefront path for years and fortunately never had any serious incidents. Beyond roadways, cities should be thinking more about paths that are not associated with the road network. For example, the 606 in Chicago is an elevated b
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by danielecook 8y ago
Just got back from a trip Amsterdam. If you want to see what the future of Cambridge could be - take a trip there. The cycling infrastructure is phenomenal and very heavily used. It seems the majority of streets had dedicated and protected
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by danielecook 8y ago
I put together something similar but for articles people are linking to on Arxiv here: https://hntrending.com/links/all/arxiv/index.html
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by danielecook 8y ago
What circumstances have you driving all around Africa?
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by danielecook 8y ago
The quality has definitely gone down. It seems a lot of sites that play the SEO game heavily have floated to the top and far fewer smaller sites with quality content show up.
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by danielecook 8y ago
Having recently moved to London I am a bit shocked at how poor the cycling infrastructure is. Granted, the city was never exactly planned out, but it seems to me it wouldn’t be hard to add dedicated bike paths given the fair amount of green
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by danielecook 8y ago
If you ever played mario party it always seemed as though those in the lead would have worse luck on rolls. I think they were trying to keep the game competitive.
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by danielecook 8y ago
Thanks for your input. I tend to think of whataboutism in the political sphere. I suppose it goes beyond that.
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by danielecook 8y ago
What about capturing methane from cows? Isn't that arguably bigger problem? Cows emit an enormous amount of methane which is a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2.
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by danielecook 8y ago
I've been using the HN API to maintain a bigquery table of all posts, comments, and URLs on HN and putting it on BigQuery for a while now. I use it to put this site together: https://hntrending.com/ . BQ is awesome. It&
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by danielecook 8y ago
We need more buttons. What is the deal with flat design these days? I cannot figure out where to click. Have you used Windows 10 recently or a trendy website lately? It's a disaster in terms of UX. The same problem exists with hardware
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by danielecook 8y ago
I never did a thorough benchmark but I was working with a poorly indexed DB (actually...no indexes) that had millions of records and despite the lack of indices the database still queried quickly.
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by danielecook 8y ago
I don’t understand how aurora achieves the speed it does with a log based approach. Can someone please clarify?
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by danielecook 8y ago
I don’t understand it entirely. What do they mean when they say they are sweeping the laser at the speed of sound?
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by danielecook 8y ago
I only have anecdotal evidence but occasional 24 hour fasts seem to reset my appetite in a way that makes me less hungry throughout the day. The easiest way to do it is to start after lunch - and have a late lunch the next day.
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by danielecook 8y ago
I like this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18853966
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by danielecook 8y ago
I’ll look into it thanks
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by danielecook 8y ago
Hello - I created the site. I would encourage you to take a look at the 'links' section which is something you probably have not seen before. It aggregates and comment urls and ranks by count for a variety of sites - including XKC

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