Hacker News: RenRav

New comment by RenRav in "[dead]"

RenRav — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 03:49:02 +0000

Many parts of Rubocop have creatively named robocop references and names. Robocop itself is satire. I think actual tools and software used by police departments should be causing more offense.

New comment by RenRav in "Ancient crocodiles walked on two legs like dinosaurs"

RenRav — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:57:04 +0000

It's more interesting that they also walked on their heels like us which is apparently different from dinosaurs.

New comment by RenRav in "Chrome team to remove ‘blacklist’ and ‘whitelist’ to be more inclusive"

RenRav — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 04:35:48 +0000

I thought blacklist was related to 'black out' meaning to censor something by blacking it out. I don't know, it's a cool word, words with colors in the names feel richer. Banlist/allowlist is simpler I guess, which is still nice.

New comment by RenRav in "We redesigned and open sourced our landing page. Looking for feedback"

RenRav — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 23:09:44 +0000

Feels sluggish and scrolling is painful on my galaxy s6. It might be an old phone, but even so I can't recall any other websites being this slow.

New comment by RenRav in "The Fastest Google Fonts"

RenRav — Fri, 29 May 2020 15:00:48 +0000

I try to block all the web fonts I encounter. A lot of UI symbols aren't rendered which amusingly sometimes results in overlapping text descriptions. I just can't stand looking at certain fonts or ligatures and refuse to let a website decide how it renders text.

New comment by RenRav in "Lickable Screen Can Recreate Almost Any Taste or Flavor Without Eating Food"

RenRav — Sun, 24 May 2020 04:10:59 +0000

Can the same be done for smells?

New comment by RenRav in "Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant structures (2019)"

RenRav — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:29:05 +0000

What kind of movement is it?

Calling it a web of filaments doesn't paint a clear picture as to the movement itself.

Assuming it's synchronized, I think of child objects moving in sync with some kind of parent structure. That sounds ridiculous though.

New comment by RenRav in "Toyota will transform 175-acre Japan site into a ‘prototype city of the future’"

RenRav — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:32:15 +0000

Waste of money and space.

New comment by RenRav in "Scientists Use Recycled Sewage Water to Grow 500-Acre Forest in the Desert"

RenRav — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 19:12:23 +0000

How exactly is wastewater distributed throughout the 500 acres? Article says a system of pipes. Is it percolating throughout the entirety of the pipes or are there just a few endpoints with massive ponds? Really interesting read.

New comment by RenRav in "Ask HN: How to make an extra $2000 monthly?"

RenRav — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 04:24:21 +0000

Yes, she sells via Etsy. I would link her store page for the curious, but sellers on Etsy are really homogenous and so you can glean the same info from any of them probably.

New comment by RenRav in "Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force"

RenRav — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:47:53 +0000

Are farm workers excluded because it's easier? Wouldn't matter I suppose just curious.

New comment by RenRav in "Can We Build a Sun Screen to Combat Global Climate Change?"

RenRav — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 03:17:03 +0000

Let's farm Azolla on a massive scale, trigger another Azolla event.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azolla_event

Also make it a law for buildings in urban environments to have white roofs. Heat islanding is a very real problem and just painting stuff white seems to help.

New comment by RenRav in "Ask HN: How to make an extra $2000 monthly?"

RenRav — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 19:40:27 +0000

Not software related, but my sister makes and sells simple candlesticks online for that much each month.

I also resold earbuds/earplugs online for a years to get $1000-1500/mo. Seemed like a viable side project only taking up an hour or so every night to prepare packages, and then an extra 20 minutes to swing by the post office each morning.

Like others said, it's always a good idea to reduce your spending and try to save. You can even use that savings to occasionally fund projects without feeling too bad if something fails.

New comment by RenRav in "Google Fi replacing phones under warranty with refurbished phones"

RenRav — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 03:22:39 +0000

Would it be fair if they paid the difference in cost?

New comment by RenRav in "Could this be the most realistic Synthetic voice?"

RenRav — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 03:17:56 +0000

The pause between words still sounds artificial but the actual voice itself seems very friendly and natural.

I also almost wrote 'his voice...' when writing this comment. That's always a good sign for synthetic speech.

New comment by RenRav in "Xinhua: China Plans to Re-Interpret Classic Religious Books"

RenRav — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 11:09:29 +0000

>Wang asked the committee to look into organizing a major effort to perform a comprehensive review of all religious teaching books, including the Bible, the Quran and the Buddhist books. The committee should start modifications and even do full re-translations.

Should be entertaining comparing the versions before with those after.

New comment by RenRav in "A 160k-year-old jaw in a Tibetan cave might explain high altitude living"

RenRav — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:53:37 +0000

>The bone turned out to be the very first Denisovan fossil ever found because the specimens found in the Denisova Cave in Siberia's Altai Mountains were unearthed 28 years after the monk's discovery. But researchers didn't know that at the time.

Interesting, so the Denisovans might have been called something else if they had only looked at this?

New comment by RenRav in "Motorola flips for its futuristic foldable phone"

RenRav — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:50:42 +0000

>The phone will launch in the U.S. in January starting at $1,500.

No one is going to buy that.

New comment by RenRav in "Anti Homeless Spikes"

RenRav — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:46:32 +0000

You don't care about the homeless. Just say that next time to save time.

New comment by RenRav in "Turn any surface into a keyboard projecting from your smart device"

RenRav — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 14:29:41 +0000

>No wires are getting in the way at any time.

The battery lasts only 2 hours... and takes over 3 to charge? You are going to be permanently charging it, whether using it while charging or just setting it aside while it charges, you have wires getting in the way.