Hacker News: RUG3Y

New comment by RUG3Y in "Ask HN: Why is Sublime Text so expensive and who pays for licenses?"

RUG3Y — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 16:23:23 +0000

I use Sublime every day and have for the last year. Before that, I was using free editors that were ok but had some annoying weaknesses. $80 doesn't seem like all that much for a professional tool that I use to help make my living every single day. Compare this to my neighbor, a professional mechanic who has $150k invested in SnapOn tools - and makes less money than I do.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How the Elderly Lose Their Rights"

RUG3Y — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 23:20:14 +0000

It does though. Things were quite different when the constitution was written. The federal government was never supposed to wield absolute power over the states. "...consent of the governed..." etc. It's pretty clear that they believed that a populace should be able to abolish their own government - they did so themselves.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How the Elderly Lose Their Rights"

RUG3Y — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 21:22:30 +0000

Do you remember something called the "Revolutionary War"? It was an event in history that happened when the people who wrote the 2nd amendment fought the British government for control of the country.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How the Elderly Lose Their Rights"

RUG3Y — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:57:55 +0000

When a consensus is reached among the governed that the government no longer represents them. Admission on the part of the government is not expected or necessary.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How the Elderly Lose Their Rights"

RUG3Y — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:50:16 +0000

Belize is awesome, they like foreigners with money, nice climate year around, and they have far fewer laws than we do.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How the Elderly Lose Their Rights"

RUG3Y — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:10:39 +0000

It's long-form journalism and I think it's perceived to have more value than bullet-point style reporting. While there can be value in long-form stories, 98% of the time I just want the bullet points so I can decide if the story is worth reading.

New comment by RUG3Y in "Ask HN: What was your first computer?"

RUG3Y — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:18:48 +0000

Radioshack TRS-80, later an Apple IIC Plus that was the computer I first really started learning on.

New comment by RUG3Y in "19th century cyclists paved the way for modern motorists' roads (2011)"

RUG3Y — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:20:55 +0000

I would have helped you. But I'm categorically insane.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How Emotional Labor is Dragging Down Gender Equality"

RUG3Y — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:56:43 +0000

It really has nothing to do with biological sex. It has to do with our culture and society.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How Emotional Labor is Dragging Down Gender Equality"

RUG3Y — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:08:22 +0000

However it's done, it's my opinion that a couple should come to an understanding about practical and mundane details of their life situation before making serious commitments.

It sounds like you've got a good thing going...1 and 2 I can deal with, the quiet seething is a no-go.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How Emotional Labor is Dragging Down Gender Equality"

RUG3Y — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:03:07 +0000

It's a fancy way of making yourself appear to be a victim, conveniently with zero external evidence to support that claim.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How Emotional Labor is Dragging Down Gender Equality"

RUG3Y — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:55:18 +0000

You can look all you want for ways to please people, but there's no guarantee that you'll magically come across the very thing that will do the trick.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How Emotional Labor is Dragging Down Gender Equality"

RUG3Y — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:46:23 +0000

These are the kinds of issues you're supposed to discuss before you marry someone. She has higher standards, and she ends up doing all kinds of (unnecessary in her husband's mind) work to keep those standards, which are hers alone.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How Emotional Labor is Dragging Down Gender Equality"

RUG3Y — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:42:58 +0000

Term is used incorrectly to lambast half of the human species. It's not nitpicking to expect someone to use words correctly.

New comment by RUG3Y in "How Emotional Labor is Dragging Down Gender Equality"

RUG3Y — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:38:52 +0000

Spot on. Meanwhile the guy is working his ass off to try to make her happy, and she's complaining about "emotional labor", whatever the hell that is.

New comment by RUG3Y in "When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City"

RUG3Y — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:27:07 +0000

Yes, or at the very least, slow down to a reasonable speed instead of weaving in and out among the pedestrians. It's incredibly disorienting to have someone fly right by you at 20mph with zero warning. Scares the hell out of me every time.

New comment by RUG3Y in "When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City"

RUG3Y — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:21:30 +0000

I love biking and I'm a cyclist myself. But I once lived in a small mountain town where it seemed like a big percentage of the cyclists there had an attitude of entitlement about how they cycled. I've never had so many unsafe encounters with bikes, and at slow speeds too (speed limit was 25mph). I think the point I'm trying to make is that there are probably cultural differences between locations and the people who hate bikers have probably had some awful encounters in the past.

I still love cycling and I think it's the best way to get around. It sucks because my city is extremely bike-unfriendly and I don't feel safe biking here.

Crappy humans are crappy, no matter the mode of transport they use.

New comment by RUG3Y in "Ask HN: Learning modern web design and CSS"

RUG3Y — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:09:09 +0000

We don't treat websites like documents anymore. Instead they're interfaces. The old document style is much more readable.

New comment by RUG3Y in "It’s time to kill the web app"

RUG3Y — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:06:32 +0000

I don't disagree. I feel like I'm caught in the middle. I personally prefer the old internet where websites could have simple design and typography and still be perceived to have value.

New comment by RUG3Y in "It’s time to kill the web app"

RUG3Y — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 03:49:08 +0000

That sounds awesome except for that fact that my customers refuse to use modern browsers that support modern CSS features. GRRR.