Hacker News: avierax

New comment by avierax in "Statement from Jerome Powell"

avierax — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 01:24:04 +0000

Couldn't disagree more. Failed states normally have a single department (the military, often) dictating without opposition what other departments should do. Here we see a functioning system, the President presses, the Fed disagree and push back. The President weaponizes the judicial, yes, but it'll be a long shot. Nothing here smells to a failed state.

New comment by avierax in "California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got data to study education"

avierax — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 22:36:57 +0000

I don't believe it's cultural only, the same way I don't believe ethiopians or kenyans excelling at marathons and long distance runs to be a cultural thing. Genetics play a factor, why can't math skills be influenced by genetics as well?

What happens when an electric charge crosses the event horizon

avierax — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 18:45:23 +0000

Article URL: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/416413/what-happens-when-an-electric-charge-crosses-the-event-horizon

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35032611

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by avierax in "Photos capture life inside a drop of seawater"

avierax — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:50:14 +0000

Yeah, that was also a very early thing to evolve. So much that the ones that evolved it hardly could be called humans at all.

New comment by avierax in "Ur"

avierax — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 18:15:08 +0000

Do you have any pic of those random rocks you can share with us(using imgur or similar)?

New comment by avierax in "MIT invents $4 solar desalination device"

avierax — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 17:11:04 +0000

It may cost $4 in the economy where the study was conducted, it may end up costing more in less developed regions.

New comment by avierax in "Google terminated our Developer Account, says it is “associated”"

avierax — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 19:52:57 +0000

Google issue escalation final stage is hackernews.

New comment by avierax in "Show HN: Looptap – A minimal game to waste your time"

avierax — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:43:41 +0000

Great, free dopamine for my ADHD!

Help Uncancel Nina Paley

avierax — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 22:46:38 +0000

Article URL: https://grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/help-uncancel-nina-paley

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29061218

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Fork: A Fast and friendly Git client for Mac and Windows

avierax — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:38:28 +0000

Article URL: https://git-fork.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28539667

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by avierax in "The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)"

avierax — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:01:27 +0000

Does anyone remember the name of the music video in the examples?

New comment by avierax in "That coworker who never stops refactoring"

avierax — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:12:42 +0000

No they don't... Catfish developers are precisely those who endure doing work that everyone else despises. Fred is just doing what he likes.

New comment by avierax in "Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0"

avierax — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 21:19:54 +0000

Oh, you sound too sure... Have you considered that maybe once not obliged to work anymore you could instead adopt a more entrepreneurial attitude? Perhaps exploring your genuine interests?

Ask HN: How can I control my ADHD if medication not an option?

avierax — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:34:52 +0000

What techniques can I implement to minimize my attention problema, or at least to minimize the consequences of them?

I have most of my life struggled with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Specially during my childhood and after my 20s. As a teenager this condition was probably there but somehow it didn't matter much. I'm now reaching my forties and the balance of responsibilities and leisure time I have is mostly incompatible with ADHD.

I'm a software developer with an engineering degree, technical leader of my team. I work remote for a German company since 7 years. I have streaks of several weeks of really low productivity that somehow the management overlooks thanks allegedly to my value as a technical skills storage, and to streaks of time where I can produce solutions to really interesting problems. But somehow when the problem gets unintereting I stop being productive.

I live in a place where ADHD is not an accepted medical conditions in adults. There's no way to obtain a prescription or Ritalin or anything of the sort. I contend the idea that the only remedy for ADHD is medication or therapy. Mostly because this assumption is useful in my environment.

I have tried pomodoro with mixed results in the past, I simply couldn't stick with it for a long time. I deleted also my social media accounts and this has surely helped me a lot(although my mind always find a way to wander elsewhere). My question is:Isn't attention control a problem just like any other engineering problem that could be tacked indirectly via technology? What methods can I use to minimize the effects of ADHD in my productivity given that drugs or therapy is unavailable?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22944851

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by avierax in "Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours?"

avierax — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:59:46 +0000

I have avoided to install Everything after I have witnessed the chaos that results from its use in everyone's folder structure. People use to leave files everywhere without any organization criteria and simply rely to use Everything to find everything.

New comment by avierax in "Life and Death in a Wuhan Coronavirus ICU"

avierax — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:24:29 +0000

Suggesting that soldiers cannot be heroes while on duty?

It's rather common to see our cultures honor fallen soldiers and regard them as the archetypal case of heroes. Being on duty has never been considered a limitation.

New comment by avierax in "Anyone who looks at this code instantly becomes insane"

avierax — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:06:34 +0000

One of the best things are the comments.

New comment by avierax in "Knuth on Huang's Sensitivity Proof: “I've got the proof down to one page” [pdf]"

avierax — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 11:19:15 +0000

I think Knuth is not doing this as a hobby. It's a source of income. This is sufficient to explain why he has spent so much time in this.

New comment by avierax in "Tree planting: Where can I do it and which type is best?"

avierax — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 04:04:05 +0000

What would be the advantage of making the land private compared to planting trees in public land?

New comment by avierax in "“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanctions as I live in Crimea”"

avierax — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 12:10:31 +0000

This is forbidden by github. The consequences of this is having your account suspended.