rdiddly

30 ms·

391.
by rdiddly 5y ago
The title and the article itself also both seem to take as a presupposition the notion that the truth is what's behind those paywalls, while what's out here for free is inherently "disinformation." (There is plenty of tr
392.
by rdiddly 5y ago
Mainly it's the ability to absorb energy and punishment. Many materials have an elastic range, where if you deform it within that range, it will return to its original shape. Of those, a lot of materials, including many metals, are rel
393.
by rdiddly 5y ago
I don't think this is specific to working as a dev. It's more about the pandemic in my opinion. If you're not busy raising a family of your own right now (in which case you'd be like your friends, too busy for a social l
394.
by rdiddly 5y ago
LOL!
395.
by rdiddly 5y ago
It's sad that Substack has to sit there and explicitly explain that "Here is where you go when you want no censorship and to have all different views in a big melting pot where it's up to you to sort them out through rational
396.
by rdiddly 5y ago
This is kind of a repeat of one of the straw man arguments mentioned in the article. If it's a response to how Gemini is being marketed (marketed?) then possibly the "marketers" are to blame, but I would have to see for mysel
397.
by rdiddly 5y ago
A tangential point, and granted it's been around and rightly ridiculed since probably the 90s, but how 'bout that classic signature about CONFIDENTIALity? It's like the icing on the don't-know-how-computers-work cake!
398.
by rdiddly 5y ago
OK first off, why should the specific age of 30 be allowed to carry all this extra meaning? 30 is just 29 + 1 or one less than 31. There's nothing inherently significant about it. All it means is: [number of times the earth has gone ar
399.
by rdiddly 5y ago
OK fine, but "dysfunctional places" just automatically and glibly equals "the government?" Dysfunctional places, "i.e." the government? Assuming the best, probably she just means "the one dysfunctional g
400.
by rdiddly 5y ago
I knew it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28110790
401.
by rdiddly 5y ago
It's a bigger hassle to the Cessna pilot than going about his business and flight plan, and a smaller hassle than his getting caught in the middle of a jet scramble or other military response perhaps. Also, it's not necessarily en
402.
by rdiddly 5y ago
I think that's what's offensive to the purist engineer mind. These aren't engineering decisions, they're business decisions (or maybe the closest thing you could call them would be "financial engineering" decis
403.
by rdiddly 5y ago
It means, the FAA agrees with the GP. Safety is never convenient, it's always a balancing act. For example, simply pulling out your keys (or your phone) to lock or unlock your front door is more of a hassle than leaving it unlocked. Bu
404.
by rdiddly 5y ago
Salt Salt Baby was where I LOL'd, but what, no Tony Snowprano? No Spred Zeppelin? Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Road?
405.
by rdiddly 5y ago
See if I'm an executive at a company that offers industry-leading pay and perqs, what am I so worried about then? Why would I work so hard to hinder employees' organizing, especially if what you say above is so self-evident? I fin
406.
by rdiddly 5y ago
I usually assume heart attack, that's kind of the other biggie.
407.
by rdiddly 5y ago
Wish I had one so I could troll them with offensive search terms.
408.
by rdiddly 5y ago
Everything you've said so far indicates your immediate manager is the problem. Although her boss seems like a dolt too. Examples: 1) "The deadline was pushed back..." - Hey it happens, but why did the initially-chosen deadlin
409.
by rdiddly 5y ago
My CPU fan is screaming next to me right now because of my employer's overly paranoid, inefficient scanning shitware (yep I checked the list of processes). Not only is it warming the globe, it's warming this room. If I put my hand
410.
by rdiddly 5y ago
120 sites is pretty hilarious and sad. "Here you go, the worthwhile part of the internet!"
411.
by rdiddly 5y ago
This is amazing. In all the ways.
412.
by rdiddly 5y ago
Well you're sort of re-stating my point, except in terms of believability instead of interest/drama. In the scenario where he's faking the video, that part is the part that's fake and ruins the believability.
413.
by rdiddly 5y ago
Everybody's got questions and suspicions, but here's my rather subtle one: If you're editing dramatic video footage for YouTube, why exclude the exciting moment when the engine suddenly quits? Why edit out the suspense of you
414.
by rdiddly 5y ago
Just saw this on HN yesterday I think it was: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#youtube
415.
by rdiddly 5y ago
I see what you did there. Nothing wrong with solving those problems, but when your business model IS the problem, there's not much the front line can do. Actually if they want to uncover some creative solutions, they should make everyb
416.
by rdiddly 5y ago
I admit it, I don't have the full context, so to some extent I "fell for it" (the outrage-bait) just like everyone else. And in fact I agree with your principles here. So I should at least be clear that while I said the quote
417.
by rdiddly 5y ago
I don't know if I'd call it a benign paragraph. Leaving woke-ism or whatever else out of the question, it's pretty clear that the writer of the paragraph in question is a huge douchebag.
418.
by rdiddly 5y ago
So the plan is 1) first make tons of plastic 2) use the plastic lightly or once or until it breaks, and throw it away 3) bioengineer microbes to unmake the plastic
419.
by rdiddly 5y ago
I'm definitely doing my part to clean up the planet then!
420.
by rdiddly 5y ago
200 students who would be quickly replaced with 200 other students from the wait list, I might add.

More ›