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Ask HN: What technologies have made your life worse?
44 points by lbrito 4y ago|118 comments
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by lbrito 4y ago
Being from one of the unsafest countries in America, and having also lived in the US, specifically in Phoenix area, this story has a really surrealist tone. Phoenix metro is pretty safe. It seems safety is just varnish over the real issue h
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by lbrito 4y ago
HN sure has a strong libertarian presence, but I guarantee you its not here. This is more the urbanism, liveability and anti-NIMBY crowd. I don't have data but I very strongly sense intersection between both is nil.
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by lbrito 4y ago
Japan does fine with 3 year olds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eMZp8KsZ5k Is Japan safer than the US on average? Yes. Is the US so unsafe that sending a 7-year old to the neighbouring kids' homes should be frown up
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by lbrito 4y ago
Some time ago I watched a Not Just Bikes (bear with me) video where Jason mentioned how ridiculous the oversight expectations were in US/Canada. He mentioned a Vancouver parent that was "fighting police for the right to send his k
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by lbrito 4y ago
I've worked at places where I made lifelong friends; working in the office was an absolute blast. Work was probably more fun than it should have been. I've also worked at places with absolutely forgettable coworkers; working in th
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by lbrito 4y ago
Yes, paper ballot, very safe. That's why banks handle all their transactions with pen and paper, and not on totally unsafe computers.
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by lbrito 4y ago
I think this is a worldwide phenomenon. Usually one side of the political spectrum gets progressively reactionary (no pun intended) and extreme, while the rest of the political spectrum reacts mildly to that extremism. The media then create
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by lbrito 4y ago
Absolutely. Have been writing on my blog ( https://lbrito1.github.io/blog/ ) for 8 years. >Does the time spent writing feels worth it to you? Yes but YMMV. I enjoy writing. I was the kid at school that teachers hated
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by lbrito 4y ago
There's a lot of truth there about the obsessive nature some people might take, but I don't think it's that black and white. Some books are denser than others. Sometimes you can stumble into information very dear to your own
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by lbrito 4y ago
I write a short summary that tries to condensate the main idea, theme or point of the book. I'm satisfied with the result. I don't always have time for that, so I keep a markdown notepad with bullet points on books.
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by lbrito 4y ago
Thanks for the Le Monde link, its an interesting read. Monoculture is a well known problem and hardly the invention of Gates' though. "But they finance it" -- and that is bad. There are probably lobbies involved. To short-cir
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by lbrito 4y ago
I don't think its that simple. Not even close. Yes, IP protectionism is a problem, and breaking IP sometimes is extremely beneficial (e.g. generic drugs). But that doesn't account for the underdevelopment of most countries. There
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by lbrito 4y ago
I agree that this kind of article can be myopic (or used for myopic conclusions), but for the life of me I can't understand the hate Bill Gates and his foundation gets.
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by lbrito 4y ago
I saw kids sneakily tacking a sticky note on a stranger's back a store a while ago. The person noticed (their stealth level was negative. It was embarrassingly obvious) and they awkwardly took it off and ran away. I'm pretty sure
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by lbrito 4y ago
Our times are not unique. Shit is continuously hitting the fan. I don't think tomorrow will be any better or worse than today. Why should it? Technology isn't magic, despite what Arthur C. Clarke thought.
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by lbrito 4y ago
>It’s a very small portion of the gaming industry that works that way Yeah, I don't know about that. For every pay-to-play game there are 10 excellent indie games on Steam/GoG that still "works that way".
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by lbrito 4y ago
>no one is going to commute 90 minutes for a minimum wage job when there are plenty of jobs available elsewhere A few things: 1. The premise there (when there are plenty of jobs elsewhere) is kinda flimsy -- its already easier to find jo
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by lbrito 4y ago
Its like that elsewhere in the world as well. As with many other things, this seems to be a peculiarity of North America. Also like I said, it doesn't have to (and often isn't) a huge wall. Often it is a low hedge or wildlife fenc
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Tomb Raider on the Game Boy Advance [video](youtube.com)
5 points by lbrito 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Why are property limits so fuzzy in North American suburbs?
7 points by lbrito 4y ago|15 comments
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by lbrito 4y ago
I remember reading something in the lines of: we know this nebula to be composed of gasses X and Y, which have colors A and B. As a layman it was unclear to me if this statement means they are applying a color palette to a monochrome image(
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by lbrito 4y ago
I was totally unaware of that. Thank you for pointing it out. I assumed Costco had shitty employee treatment like other large chains. Its sad that this has become the default we have come to expect from stores and not even think about it.
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by lbrito 4y ago
Haven't read the piece yet, but I definitely will - for a long time I would like to understand why people are so enamored with Costco. I recently joined because they have some good food that is hard or more expensive to find elsewhere,
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by lbrito 4y ago
Here's an alternative: don't allow the normal hummer owner to get a new one because they're terrible for everyone else. That's one of the reasons what governments were made for.
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by lbrito 4y ago
>The language: Tech companies are becoming more aware of the dangers posed by maintaining and updating large codebases written in an untyped language. This (insinuation that dynamic typing is inherently worse to maintain) actually isn&#x
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Freedomites(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by lbrito 4y ago|0 comments
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by lbrito 4y ago
>We can build an interstate water distribution system Canals are a well-known technology. Humanity has several thousand years of experience with them. Desalination is the real problem.
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Saint-Louis-Du-Ha Ha(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by lbrito 4y ago|0 comments
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The Aesthetics of Fashwave(eidolon.pub)
4 points by lbrito 4y ago|0 comments

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