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New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)"

CapitalistCartr — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:17:30 +0000

The professionals actually use a tool that looks about like a big (BIG) vibrator, along with various other vibrating tools.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says"

CapitalistCartr — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:10:53 +0000

The usual arrangement for an LBO is to saddle the bought company, the vet in this example, with the debt,or spin off a secondary company from the vet with the poorest assets and most to all of the debt. It's all a scummy business.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

CapitalistCartr — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:53:48 +0000

We have red light cameras here in Tampa. I don't know all the details of what it takes to make a right on red and not get a ticket, so I do exaggerated stops to be sure. I know what the law claims but that doesn't matter. The real law is the actual (proprietary) code rumning in the machine. Not what the law says. Not what the contract says. Not what the requirements say. Not what the programmer thinks the code does.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "How to talk to anyone and why you should"

CapitalistCartr — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 01:08:09 +0000

While I don't agree about population either way, in my lifetime it's grown from about 3 billion to over 8 billion. This has been quite a ride. Also, there's a world of a difference between global carrying capacity with responsible aliens managing, and our current management.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Workers at Redmond SpaceX lab exposed to toxic chemicals"

CapitalistCartr — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:39:32 +0000

This is the answer to most of professional life. Unionize! If you don't manage people, join a union. If you think where you work is fine so you don't need a union, that's when you need one, before something like this happens.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "BYD Sells 4.6M Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sales Goal"

CapitalistCartr — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 22:04:36 +0000

I could make a good case for the United States fitting that description, especially the bits about trade and agression.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Toys with the highest play-time and lowest clean-up-time"

CapitalistCartr — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 13:42:24 +0000

We found the Minecraft magnet tiles the same as the author did. Looked good, not much play, not much fun, basically a dud. Generic blocks seem better.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Three ways to solve problems"

CapitalistCartr — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:27:26 +0000

Two methods I have found useful. If it seems an intractable problem, you've made two goals equal. Figure out the conflicting goals and decide which will give way, such as once I think about it I realize the unspoken goal is I don't want to challenge Mom, M-I-L, Boss, etc.

Second method is 6 steps: Intel, intel, intel, always be gathering intel. Clear mind, set aside emotions. Clear vision of what I want, the more clear and detailed, the more likely I'll get the result I want. Detailed plan to get from current reality to vision. Execute plan. Debrief: what worked, what mistakes, etc.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Over fifty new hallucinations in ICLR 2026 submissions"

CapitalistCartr — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:29:18 +0000

I'm an industrial electrician. A lot of poor electrical work is visible only to a fellow electrician, and sometimes only another industrial electrician. Bad technical work requires technical inspectors to criticize. Sometimes highly skilled ones.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites"

CapitalistCartr — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:14:11 +0000

Operation Popeye

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

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Ticker: Don't die of heart disease"

CapitalistCartr — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:35:11 +0000

You're almost certainly going to die by or before 110, anyway. (Ir)Regardless of your efforts, or lack thereof, our bodies typically give out in the 100-110 year range with very few exceptions.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Computer science courses that don't exist, but should (2015)"

CapitalistCartr — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:28:31 +0000

"Dogmatism, superstition, toxicity"

You must not know any electricians. These behaviors are far from unique to one field.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Greenland is a beautiful nightmare"

CapitalistCartr — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 18:02:56 +0000

The people wanting to buy your house don't have the World's most powerful military and a penchant for abusing others with it. The store selling cookies or belts want to sell these things, as opposed to being coerced. If I buy your car at gunpoint, the money I leave you with doesn't make my actions legal or ethical.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "World emissions hit record high, but the EU leads trend reversal"

CapitalistCartr — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 17:28:57 +0000

The USA, China, and India are the leaders on Climate Change emmisions, and have to make real changes for global results. Until us three get serious, progress is nil.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Blue-collar jobs are gaining popularity as AI threatens office work"

CapitalistCartr — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 13:55:22 +0000

I'm an industrial electrician. I have zero fears of being replaced by any any sort of AI. Maybe by someone younger and smarter, but I have 38 years experience. The trades are a decent living, and lots of people could do worse.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Finland announces migration of its rail network to international gauge"

CapitalistCartr — Tue, 20 May 2025 10:51:36 +0000

Train tracks are normally not precise to within 4mm anyway, and wheels are wide enough to tolerate that.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Kylie Minogue song about a typeface"

CapitalistCartr — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:16:39 +0000

The Matrix setting their simulated society in the late Nineties as the optimum time seems prescient now.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "Breaking into apartment buildings in five minutes on my phone"

CapitalistCartr — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:27:58 +0000

(Smile) 30 years ago was 1995, when most people did. You're thinking 1985. Forty years ago.

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "The 1955 Le Mans disaster changed motorsport"

CapitalistCartr — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 15:31:57 +0000

84 dead, 120+ injured.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster

New comment by CapitalistCartr in "The Albuquerque "Broken Arrow" Nuclear Accident"

CapitalistCartr — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:39:39 +0000

That's the actual term for a bad accident. They're called Dull Sword, Bent Spear, Broken Arrow depending on severity.