randlet

16 ms·

121.
by randlet 5y ago
If anyone is looking for a hands on educational model, my 6 year old and I put together a model V8 engine [1] (made by Haynes of technical manual fame I think) that does a pretty reasonable job of capturing the essence of the main parts of
122.
Fire and Motion (2002)(joelonsoftware.com)
2 points by randlet 5y ago|0 comments
123.
by randlet 6y ago
Same! Periods of low exercise correlate with lower moods for me and lower moods mean less will power which makes keeping my diet in check tougher. The opposite is also true.
124.
by randlet 6y ago
> If you want to lose weight by far the easiest and most effective thing you can do is to get your diet under control. Easy is the wrong word. Getting your diet under control is the hardest part of losing weight. Most effective, absol
125.
by randlet 6y ago
I'm not sure there's enough information to make a judgement either way. I'm sure I'm "guilty" of opening a package handed to me at my front door without checking who it was addressed to.
126.
by randlet 6y ago
You can sell a library just as well as any other piece of software I think.
127.
by randlet 6y ago
I'm not saying anything for or against AWS or GCP. All I'm saying is most startups experience with AWS won't begin with "Send email to dedicated YC email address" so it's hard to draw conclusions from this arti
128.
by randlet 6y ago
Of course Google could offer the same thing. My proposed title change would be even more recommended in that case. My point is that obviously AWS thinks that on average being in YC is going to result in more revenue for them and therefore
129.
by randlet 6y ago
Title should maybe be switched to "Google Cloud vs AWS Onboarding Comparison for YC companies". Not to say that isn't a useful article on its own, but it's hard to draw too many meaningful conclusions for the rest of us
130.
by randlet 6y ago
If you're a FF user, the Old Reddit Redirect extension is nice too since it will ensure all reddit links get redirected to the old view.
131.
by randlet 6y ago
It's tough to find two or more compatible and like minded people who can afford to make (effectively) zero money for an extended period of time. Having VC money makes it possible to support a bigger team from the outset with less fina
132.
by randlet 6y ago
> Pandas, however, wouldn’t be Pandas without Numpy and ultimately the C/Fortran libraries it was built on. I think either numpy/numeric and scipy deserve to be on the list more than Jupyter (and Pandas) since I think they were
133.
by randlet 6y ago
It's not just the US, I think it's fairly common in the physical sciences in general. My masters project was "A Fast Monte Carlo Code for Brachytherapy" where "Code" really means software/program.
134.
by randlet 6y ago
Exactly. Almost the only time I see things that I disagree strongly with is when I'm shown a comment by one of my contacts who is in a stupid fruitless argument where neither party has a chance in hell of changing the other persons mi
135.
by randlet 6y ago
> It's social media for middle-aged conservatives Are you sure about that? When I sign on to Facebook, it appears to be social media for middle-aged liberal minded people. Facebook is a bit of a mirror in that sense.
136.
by randlet 6y ago
I heartily recommend "In The Heart Of The Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex" if anyone is interested in learning more about Nantucket whaling. It is a captivating true story that talks about the characters and culture involv
137.
by randlet 6y ago
In Canada I highly recommend weather.gc.ca which is way less sensational than other sources and has a nice speedy interface.
138.
by randlet 6y ago
> Most people on Hacker News are entrepreneurs that run their own private businesses. I don't think that is true at all. There's definitely lots of business owners here (myself included!) but I don't think it's anywh
139.
by randlet 6y ago
Taper bedtimes 10 minutes at a time over a week!
140.
by randlet 6y ago
Is your goal with this comment to encourage people to give Berio, Feldman, Riley, and Reich a try, or is to try to convince others how much better at listening to music you are than them? For anyone else who likes Glass's piano work, y
141.
by randlet 6y ago
> Who knows? The EPA knows! [0] Global greenhouse gas emissions can also be broken down by the economic activities that lead to their production.[1] 25% is from electricity and heat production; 14% from transport;
142.
by randlet 6y ago
Isn't calling it "China's manufacturing sector" a bit disingenuous? For better or worse China's manufacturing sector is actually the western worlds manufacturing sector.
143.
by randlet 6y ago
Yes it's a well studied area in cancer research: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=alcohol+cancer
144.
by randlet 6y ago
$X is $30,000CAD FWIW. The exemption is helpful for getting off the ground as it's one less thing to think about, even though in reality charging (and filing) GST/HST is not very onerous.
145.
by randlet 6y ago
It refuses to install when there are conflicts now. $ pip install "six<1.12" "virtualenv==20.0.2" -q ERROR: Cannot install six<1.12 and virtualenv==20.0.2 because these package versions hav
146.
by randlet 6y ago
Thanks for clarifying. I agree with your assessment.
147.
by randlet 6y ago
I'm not sure if you're referring to me as OP or easytiger but my point is I have the (completely reasonable!) expectation that elected officials will act with integrity with regards to the policies they enact.
148.
by randlet 6y ago
Please note I did not include a judgement on whether the rules are justified or not. Whether or not they are justified, if an elected official enacts a rule they expect others to follow, you can be damn sure I expect them to have the integ
149.
by randlet 6y ago
You're shocked I expect politicians to enact policies in good faith and then abide by them themselves? edit: I'm no longer surprised they act this way, but it still angers me greatly.
150.
by randlet 6y ago
The "rules for thee but not for me" on display by elected officials is maddening. It's certainly not unique to the US. Here in Canada the mayor of Windsor recently had "an unfortunate accident" (ate at a restaurant

More ›