Hacker News: TedShiller

New comment by TedShiller in "World’s largest four-day work week trial finds few are going back"

TedShiller — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 03:11:20 +0000

I don't see any downside to a 4 day work week. Workers should expect to get paid 4/5 of what they made before, but it could be well worth it.

New comment by TedShiller in "Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF"

TedShiller — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:24:07 +0000

> Oh neat, I always wanted to be a litterbug

Exactly. We're worried about plastic pollution in the wilderness unless it's floating in the air, got it.

New comment by TedShiller in "S.F. landlords, property owners sue to block voter-approved vacancy tax"

TedShiller — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 02:41:31 +0000

Neither is the lack of luxury housing

New comment by TedShiller in "S.F. landlords, property owners sue to block voter-approved vacancy tax"

TedShiller — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:38:03 +0000

Do they also suffer from insufficient Lamborghinis?

New comment by TedShiller in "S.F. landlords, property owners sue to block voter-approved vacancy tax"

TedShiller — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:23:15 +0000

> S.F. needs more housing

Always funny to see this taken at face value. SF doesn’t “need” housing. People want to pay less for housing. Not the same thing at all.

New comment by TedShiller in "I changed my mind about nuclear waste"

TedShiller — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 04:29:13 +0000

I changed my mind too. Turns out it's really dangerous.

New comment by TedShiller in "Apple Reports First Quarter Results"

TedShiller — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 22:16:19 +0000

Apple refuses that in the same way that you refuse to eat moldy food. You like fresh food right?

New comment by TedShiller in "Builder's Remedy goes into effect in many California cities tomorrow"

TedShiller — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:02:34 +0000

It’s not short anything. Other states have housing.

New comment by TedShiller in "Builder's Remedy goes into effect in many California cities tomorrow"

TedShiller — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:01:06 +0000

You like crime?

New comment by TedShiller in "Builder's Remedy goes into effect in many California cities tomorrow"

TedShiller — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:57:56 +0000

Wow that’s actually terrible news. Who wants more pollution crowding traffic and crime?

New comment by TedShiller in "Japan has changed in important and visible ways"

TedShiller — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 04:55:00 +0000

Every housing topic on HN ends with the guy saying “… but Japan!”. Funny thing is that guy never lives in Japan.

New comment by TedShiller in "The UK is wasting a lot of wind power"

TedShiller — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 02:28:10 +0000

Relevant book written by Sir David MacKay (Cambridge/Caltech professor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._C._MacKay

https://www.withouthotair.com/

New comment by TedShiller in "Widening highways doesn’t fix traffic"

TedShiller — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 05:46:24 +0000

People think more housing lowers housing costs. Those people have never been to a big city.

New comment by TedShiller in "Widening highways doesn’t fix traffic"

TedShiller — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 05:20:41 +0000

Good. More housing/highways is not the answer.

New comment by TedShiller in "Canada bans most foreigners from buying homes"

TedShiller — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 01:07:00 +0000

I really don't understand why people are thirsty in the desert when they don't have water. Why are they so impotent?

New comment by TedShiller in "In 2022, Web3 went just great"

TedShiller — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:22:03 +0000

The most shocking part for me was that someone was willing to pay $280

New comment by TedShiller in "Canada bans most foreigners from buying homes"

TedShiller — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:44:28 +0000

It’s only simple if you don’t care about crime, pollution, etc. Then, it’s very simple yes.

New comment by TedShiller in "APITable: open-source Airtable alternative"

TedShiller — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 18:43:59 +0000

Airtable was a really cool startup when they came out in 2012. There was nothing else like it. Now, with their mass layoffs, and free alternatives, it makes you wonder if they can survive as a company.

New comment by TedShiller in "California’s population shrinks for third straight year"

TedShiller — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 08:44:11 +0000

> I have my eye on Chicago. There’s always something going on

You're right about that part

New comment by TedShiller in "Staring into the abyss as a core life skill"

TedShiller — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 21:34:39 +0000

> thinking reasonably about things that are uncomfortable to contemplate, like arguments against your religious beliefs

Good exercise for democrats: acknowledge that the Hunter Biden laptop was not fake, that negative news about the government are being actively, illegally, and covertly suppressed by social media companies.

It changes everything.