Hacker News: FredDollen

New comment by FredDollen in "California votes to ban new gas car sales by 2035"

FredDollen — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:49:22 +0000

It's actually worse for EVs. Any gas powered car has a range of 400+ miles. Only one or two EVs have a range even close to that. When you look the comparison between a gas car and an EV car having equivalent range, the CO2 payback is 200K miles+.

New comment by FredDollen in "The Applecare Hustle"

FredDollen — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:06:51 +0000

Read thru all the comments, and surprised to see nobody recommending self insurance. For gadgets like this, take the money you would have paid for insurance and put it in a savings account. If you need a repair, pay from that account. After several years, you'll build up a substantial balance.

New comment by FredDollen in "How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler"

FredDollen — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 20:10:17 +0000

Right, now imagine only conservatives are having their licenses revoked for such violations.

New comment by FredDollen in "How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler"

FredDollen — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 20:07:50 +0000

Think of this analogy: Almost every driver in the US breaks traffic laws every time they drive. They speed, cross a line, don't come to a complete stop at stop signs, etc. Imagine that there was a company in charge of doling out violations, and only conservative drivers were having their licenses revoked.

Every platform has people who violate the TOS, and by that standard, they all should be deplatformed. But that is not happening. You cannot say with any level of proof that Parler was worse at moderating content than any of the other social platforms

New comment by FredDollen in "Tesla Cybertruck"

FredDollen — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:06:42 +0000

I do not feel this will appeal to people who buy a truck for frequent towing. 300 mile range unloaded = 150 mile range under load. With a camper in tow, you'll be stopping every 100-120 miles to recharge. How exactly will you recharge with a 30 foot trailer attached?

This will appeal to businesses that need to broadcast their eco sensibilities to us.

New comment by FredDollen in "Lego Struggles to Find a Plant-Based Plastic That Clicks"

FredDollen — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 20:57:44 +0000

It's more about virtue signaling

New comment by FredDollen in "People living in storage units in order to avoid paying Boston rents"

FredDollen — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 18:21:00 +0000

Current zoning laws prohibit a commercial solution, which is a warehouse style dorm of 100sf 'apartments' for minimal cost.

New comment by FredDollen in "Why are railroads waiting to install safety technology?"

FredDollen — Fri, 15 May 2015 12:34:59 +0000

Seems like a tablet with GPS and railroad maps, attached to a loud buzzer would be a far easier/cheaper solution to this problem.

New comment by FredDollen in "Recycling in America"

FredDollen — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:25:50 +0000

The container deposit laws pervert the recycling process by taking the only things worth recycling (aluminum cans) out of the single recycle stream.

I have to pay extra for recycling in my town. However, if there wasn't a bottle bill, it would likely be free, as the recycling companies would gladly take all recyclables in exchange for the aluminum cans.

New comment by FredDollen in "Where can I find examples of complete AngularJS apps?"

FredDollen — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:26:37 +0000

I found this example helpful: https://github.com/DanWahlin/CustomerManagerStandard

New comment by FredDollen in "ImplicitCAD: Powerful, Open-Source, Programmatic CAD"

FredDollen — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:41:06 +0000

SolidWorks has a powerful API that allows you to script almost all aspects of the program: http://help.solidworks.com/2014/English/api/sldworksapiprogg...

New comment by FredDollen in "Traffic Signal Timing Manual: Chapter 4 – Traffic Signal Design"

FredDollen — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:56:47 +0000

A recent trip to the UK was enlightening for me. Their roadways have a fraction of the traffic lights and stop signs that we have on the east coast. We need to remove stoplights from lightly trafficked intersections. For heavy use intersections, replace with rotaries. The glut of suburban stop signs need to be replaced with yield signs.

New comment by FredDollen in "America's Coming Geek Gap"

FredDollen — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:24:56 +0000

Schools can't attract competent STEM teachers because the pay is so low. It makes no sense that an English teacher should get the same pay as a STEM teacher.

STEM teachers should get at least a 50% skills differential in pay.

New comment by FredDollen in "Nexus 5 listing appears in the Play Store"

FredDollen — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:31:14 +0000

True, but there is overwhelming consumer demand for Apple products. Can't say the same for commodity Android devices.

New comment by FredDollen in "Wal-Mart Returning To Full-Time Workers"

FredDollen — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:19:14 +0000

"In fact, Wal-Mart’s unwillingness to pay most of their workers a livable wage"

Wal-Mart is paying their workers what the market will bear. In fact, it can be argued they are paying MORE than the market can bear, since they have 25 applicants for every opening.

New comment by FredDollen in "Nexus 5 listing appears in the Play Store"

FredDollen — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:12:32 +0000

Most phones are sold thru wireless carriers. Since the Nexus phones can't be loaded up with carrier bloatware, they have little to no motivation to sell it.

New comment by FredDollen in "Why I Miss My Dumbphone"

FredDollen — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:12:16 +0000

I've reverted to a prepaid 'dumb phone' for communication, and an Android tablet for everything else.

New comment by FredDollen in "Files and folders"

FredDollen — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:07:13 +0000

Search only interfaces are limiting. I feel you need both - a hierarchy is a valuable tool for browsing, if you aren't sure what you are searching for.