Hacker News: Kluny

New comment by Kluny in "June’s record-smashing temperatures – in data"

Kluny — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 02:35:59 +0000

Hey man, I can't be the person to fully educate you on this but 2.7 degrees of average increase does not translate to a slightly warmer summer day. The language used makes it very misleadingly sound like no big deal, but it is a BIG deal. Without trying to be cliche, there is an XKCD for this and here it is: https://xkcd.com/1732/

A short way to get the point across is that when the earth's average temperature was 4°C lower than it was in 1990, that was an ice age. "Boston is buried under almost a mile of ice".

Imagine such a dramatic climate change in the other direction, 5°C hotter than 1990.

New comment by Kluny in "Rogers network outage across Canada hits banks, businesses and consumers"

Kluny — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 03:49:10 +0000

Translate: "We have no idea what's wrong or how to fix it. But we've almost decided who to blame."

New comment by Kluny in "Rogers network outage across Canada hits banks, businesses and consumers"

Kluny — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 03:46:26 +0000

Also, the CRTC helpline and Service Canada and CRA account logins. We were unable to access government services.

New comment by Kluny in "I need to stop being boring"

Kluny — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:34:27 +0000

Can you really describe kids or parents with any kind of meaning using a binary "good" and "bad"? Aren't most people great in situations that suit them and allow them to thrive and use their skills and talents, and bad in situations where they don't have the tools to be successful?

New comment by Kluny in "Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)"

Kluny — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:28:03 +0000

They might have mispelled "bylaw" which is a municipal ordinance with legally binding power, but only on a local level.

New comment by Kluny in "The inventor of the screw-in coffin"

Kluny — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 05:30:52 +0000

Second place for "Then you could use a standard gravestone as a screwdriver..."

New comment by Kluny in "It's now your fault they don't know about it"

Kluny — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:08:57 +0000

I doubt that's the case with this particular author.

New comment by Kluny in "It's now your fault they don't know about it"

Kluny — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 18:36:09 +0000

Nobody cares about Yelp.

New comment by Kluny in "It's now your fault they don't know about it"

Kluny — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 18:35:11 +0000

Plus, you're not getting a decent tip from them no matter how hard you try.

New comment by Kluny in "Amazon to close all of its physical bookstores and '4-star' shops"

Kluny — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 20:55:24 +0000

Yeah, that actually sounds like a cool concept.

New comment by Kluny in "Winning Wordle"

Kluny — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 04:11:46 +0000

Sounds like a quitter to me.

New comment by Kluny in "Heat people, not spaces (2015)"

Kluny — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 03:35:49 +0000

Do you prefer living in the cold?

New comment by Kluny in "No minimum parking requirements? No problem for Fayetteville, Arkansas"

Kluny — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:07:47 +0000

It's even stranger when you realize that probably only 20% of trips in New York are conducted by car, and yet they are by far the largest physical presence everywhere you go. Actually quite obnoxious.

New comment by Kluny in "Ask HN: Does anyone else miss TouchID?"

Kluny — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:12:19 +0000

No, I’m still holding out with my original iPhone se. Seriously, how does faceId even work with a mask on?

New comment by Kluny in "Ask HN: Is it wise to accept an intern position at Meta?"

Kluny — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 21:57:58 +0000

Hackernews is down on Facebook for lots of good reasons. But outside of this bubble, working for a big name like Facebook or Meta will impress basically every future employer and open hundreds of doors for you. Yes, do it. The great thing about internships is that you don't have to stay after it's over, if the company's ethics make you feel gross. You can get firsthand knowledge instead of relying on the peanut gallery around here.

New comment by Kluny in "Passwordle"

Kluny — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:33:31 +0000

It's not hunter2, correcthorsebatterystaple, password123, swordfish, or my gmail password. Anyone got it?

New comment by Kluny in "Building a modern home in the woods"

Kluny — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 19:23:33 +0000

Well, there are backup plans :)

New comment by Kluny in "Building a modern home in the woods"

Kluny — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 04:26:35 +0000

I think it's a cashflow vs capital thing. I'm in a similar situation - my wife and I aren't making much money at the moment, but our condo increased in value by so much that we were able to buy a million-dollar property. Granted it would have been a 300k property about ten years ago, but here we are. And due to the condo sale and the magic of financing, we have about 100k leftover to spend on renovating it and making it feel worth the money we spent. But we don't have much cashflow, so we need to spend that money as efficiently as possible, because once it's spent it will take a LONG time to build back up.

New comment by Kluny in "Building a modern home in the woods"

Kluny — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 04:18:24 +0000

The walls are concrete, there's probably no sound transference at all.

New comment by Kluny in "Show HN: Just Launched an App for Dads"

Kluny — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:44:21 +0000

> beta male audience

You lost me there.

> get your ass to a qualified and experienced therapist and work through your issues, rather than turning to an online support group for answers

If you're feeling bad, do this arbitrary thing instead of this other arbitrary thing to fix it. Alright.