Hacker News: Bitcoin_McPonzi

Why Scientists Love to Study Dogs (and Often Ignore Cats)

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 17:27:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/science/dog-science-cats.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-4&action=click&contentCollection=Science®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16515499

Points: 2

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When Stars Were Born: Earliest Starlight’s Effects Are Detected

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 17:16:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/science/stars-dark-energy.html#

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16515447

Points: 3

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New comment by Bitcoin_McPonzi in "Do we need to move away from Elm?"

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:06:49 +0000

I love Elm. We use it in production, though we're not primarily a "web" company and it's used for admin UIs and simple SPAs.

Nothing in Javascript / HTML is very stable--I've hitched my wagon to so many stars that burned out. Everything from XSLT to JQuery to Bootstrap. So the fact that probably, something will replace Elm doesn't bother me.

It works now, it's stable, and it hides most of the crap from me so I can just code. It helps that I've been a "Functional Programmer" since 1980 when I first learned LISP, and that our core products are done in Erlang and F#.

848 ft/sq Home in Sunnyvale Sells for $2MM, setting new price ft/sq record

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 19:11:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/02/sunnyvale-home-shatters-new-record-with-enormous-price-tag/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16504698

Points: 16

# Comments: 4

New comment by Bitcoin_McPonzi in "Amazon's policies promote counterfeiting"

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 06:36:25 +0000

Did you read the article? It says right at the top:

> There is something extremely simple Amazon could do about it. If you have a registered brand in the Brand Registry and don't sell the product wholesale - there could be one box to check for that.

Against the Octopus, the Overrated Cephalopod

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 06:23:15 +0000

Article URL: https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/against-the-octopus-the-overrated-cephalopod.html?via=article_recirc_engaged

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16499539

Points: 4

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New comment by Bitcoin_McPonzi in "The Feds Can Now Probably Unlock Every iPhone Model"

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:01:12 +0000

@dang why do you allow and encourage people to spread bald-faced off-topic lies?

New comment by Bitcoin_McPonzi in "The Feds Can Now Probably Unlock Every iPhone Model"

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:00:03 +0000

For some reason, the Powers that Be at YCombinator allow unabated criticism of Israel, even if it's based on completely made-up facts.

New comment by Bitcoin_McPonzi in "The Feds Can Now Probably Unlock Every iPhone Model"

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 03:22:49 +0000

Ok then. I guess Apple's a Chinese company or an Irish Company or a Singaporean company because they have subsidiaries--each with a local CEO--in each of those countries:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/05/21/business/apple...

New comment by Bitcoin_McPonzi in "The Feds Can Now Probably Unlock Every iPhone Model"

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 02:36:00 +0000

Cellebrite is a Japanese company, a subsidiary of Japan Sun Corporation.

Children struggle to hold pencils due to too much tech, doctors say

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:15:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/25/children-struggle-to-hold-pencils-due-to-too-much-tech-doctors-say#

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16474014

Points: 3

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Uncovering the Secrets of the ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:50:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/arts/design/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-mauritshuis.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16465199

Points: 2

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New comment by Bitcoin_McPonzi in "How Many Tesla Model 3 Cars Have Been Made?"

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 04:46:47 +0000

So that's why those LEAF people are always driving 55 in the HOV lane!

New comment by Bitcoin_McPonzi in "How Many Tesla Model 3 Cars Have Been Made?"

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 04:45:56 +0000

Exactly.

We own two electric cars: A Tesla P90D and a Chevy Bolt. The Bolt is an American Car, if that matters to you (it does for me) and has an EPA range of 238. (Consumer Reports got 250 in their tests).

We also have a car with an ICE -- a Chevy Volt. It gets 55 miles on all-electric, and has a gas engine too. Handy for when I have to do the occasional long drive and don't want to worry about superchargers, etc.

The Bolt isn't as glamorous as the Tesla S, but it's certainly nicer than the LEAF golf-cart.

New comment by Bitcoin_McPonzi in "Train your brain to deconvolve blurry images instead of using reading glasses"

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 04:33:05 +0000

I haven't tried the glasses-off product yet, past their demonstration pages, but I did practice this technique for a while based on the recommendations of a friend who similarly discovered it.

The "trick" as I see it is to become comfortable enough with the appearance of blurry text, and be relaxed enough so your eyes aren't constantly trying to focus, and straining the muscles. Once your eyes relax, it's amazing how well a person who's already a proficient reader can get enough information out of blurry text to read at normal speeds. In fact after a while, my brain kicks in and I'd swear that the text is sharp, even though if I pay too much attention it will appear blurry again as I realize my mind is playing tricks on me.

Counterfeit fraud at U.S. chip-enabled merchants down 70%

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 04:03:00 +0000

Article URL: https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/security/visa-chip-card-stats.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16457048

Points: 4

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New comment by Bitcoin_McPonzi in "Open Source Color Management Is Broken"

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 17:01:04 +0000

Many of my (Hollywood) clients need to do color grading and other accurate color work.

What platforms do they all use? Not Macintosh, despite its reputation for being the platform for "graphics professionals" (it was missing 10 bit/channel color until very recently). And not Linux, despite its use in render farms.

They use Windows 10 and HP DreamColor monitors. That's the only platform that works and works well for people who need to care about color.

The Bijlmermeer – Dutch City of the Future

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 18:21:56 +0000

Article URL: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/bijlmer-city-future-part-1/#

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16439890

Points: 2

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Did Amazon employees just tip the company’s hand on HQ2?

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 06:52:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.curbed.com/2018/2/20/17033186/amazon-employees-hq2-arlington-va

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16435725

Points: 2

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New comment by Bitcoin_McPonzi in "The Boys Are Not All Right"

Bitcoin_McPonzi — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 06:05:23 +0000

Girls aren't pulling the triggers? The "modern" school shooting was invented by a girl in San Diego when a Brenda Spencer shot up an elementary school:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Elementary_School_sh...

There was even a pop song written about the incident.

And more recently, Tafsheen Malik, shot up a San Bernadino workplace along with her husband.

And a woman along with her husband went on a shooting rampage in Vegas in 2014. http://abcnews.go.com/US/las-vegas-cop-killers-husband-wife-...

Women were persons of interest in the most recent Vegas shooting, and the wife of the Pulse gunman was arrested in connection with the murders (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wife-pulse-nightclub-gunman-omar-ma...).

Women can and do pick up guns and murder.