Hacker News: andyl

New comment by andyl in "Rust 1.5"

andyl — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:19:30 +0000

"Rust goes out of its way to be modern and gender-inclusive."

And yet - epic fail.

What is the reason?

New comment by andyl in "Serial podcast returns as Bowe Bergdahl talks US military 'desertion'"

andyl — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:08:04 +0000

Bergdahl, deserter and traitor, violated his oath.

New comment by andyl in "KiCad 4.0.0 is Out"

andyl — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 22:19:40 +0000

How does KiCad compare to Eagle?

New comment by andyl in "Show HN: Don't Name the Shooter"

andyl — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:38:49 +0000

Gaining an understanding of your enemy's background, capabilities and motivations is not a 'courtesy'. Rather, such knowledge is needed to achieve victory.

"If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles."

New comment by andyl in "Show HN: Don't Name the Shooter"

andyl — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:48:17 +0000

"Say the person's name."

The murderer's names are Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik

New comment by andyl in "Show HN: Don't Name the Shooter"

andyl — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:39:30 +0000

The shooters in the San Bernadino massacre were Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik. IMHO it's important to understand their background and motivations. Know your enemy.

New comment by andyl in "Are women really better than men at furniture assembly (as IKEA claim)?"

andyl — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 17:44:44 +0000

The study did look at build quality.

"In terms of construction scores (from 1 to 10 where 10 represents a perfectly built trolley), men averaged 8.9 with instructions, 7.6 without; the women averaged 7.5 with, and 5.7 without."

New comment by andyl in "How the 'Quiet Eye' Technique Makes Athletes More Coordinated"

andyl — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 17:55:20 +0000

I find that 'excess mental activity' blocks peak-performance when coding. Excess mental activity can be described as 'aversions/judgements/fears' about the work to be done - self-talk like "this looks hard", "fuck I hate this build system", etc.

I try to just stare at the code without judgment for a few moments, then let the fingers do their thing. Sort of a meditative practice - quiet mind instead of quiet eye.

YMMV! :-)

New comment by andyl in "How the 'Quiet Eye' Technique Makes Athletes More Coordinated"

andyl — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 17:05:46 +0000

I believe it makes a difference in coding as well.

New comment by andyl in "Ahmed Mohamed: 'Clock boy' seeks $15m from city and school"

andyl — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 02:58:34 +0000

The clock boy incident was a clever hoax. Ahmed and his family may not be great engineers, but showed themselves masters of our media and legal system.

New comment by andyl in "LSD Microdosing"

andyl — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:15:08 +0000

LSD can kill:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/1198604...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/11/11/coroner-...

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/10/nick-caves-son-...

New comment by andyl in "There are far more Muslims ready to fight for the West than against it"

andyl — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 04:34:59 +0000

TLDR; Muslims serve in Western Armies, so shut your pie hole about Muslim terror attacks in Mali, Paris, Sinai, Boston, London, Madrid, Bali, New York, etc. etc. etc. etc.

New comment by andyl in "They Are Us"

andyl — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 23:11:34 +0000

Some refugees do participate in terrorism! Paris attackers had links to Syria. Tsarnaev brothers had links to Chechnya. Not worth the risk.

New comment by andyl in "They Are Us"

andyl — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 21:53:57 +0000

Absolutely serious that elements of the refugee population belong to groups that engage in torture/beheading/rape/enslavement. We have no idea how to tell the good from the bad. Just takes a small number of radicals to cause huge damage and disruption. Not worth the risk.

New comment by andyl in "They Are Us"

andyl — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 19:15:44 +0000

Post WW2 refugees didn't have elements that were beheading, torturing, killing and enslaving. Huge difference.

New comment by andyl in "Cinematic obscenity in America: A hundred years of over-baring censors"

andyl — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 18:41:28 +0000

Losing your job and access to employment opportunities is a very common and very effective form of censorship.

New comment by andyl in "Cinematic obscenity in America: A hundred years of over-baring censors"

andyl — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 18:16:40 +0000

Think censorship is over? Express opposition to feminists/muslims/blacks/gays/multiculturism/drugs etc. and watch the fireworks. Neo-puritan morals police are stronger than ever.

New comment by andyl in "Humans are not unitary individuals but superorganisms"

andyl — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 21:00:36 +0000

Where does the memory reside? What is it that 'remembers'?

New comment by andyl in "A Boy Who Became a World War II Veteran at 13 Years Old"

andyl — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 06:04:53 +0000

Thank you for your teaching.

New comment by andyl in "Twitter Sees 6% Increase in “Like” Activity After First Week of Hearts"

andyl — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:17:23 +0000

Wow - that's pretty exciting. Great to see that Twitter is innovating again.