Hacker News: bitops

New comment by bitops in "Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit"

bitops — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 06:44:54 +0000

As usual, another HN thread that perfectly exemplifies victim blaming and a collective burying of heads in the sand. There's a few people on here who seem to get it, but most don't. I'm sick of it. Goodbye, Hacker News.

New comment by bitops in "So You Think You Want to Open a Brewery"

bitops — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:02:14 +0000

It's all really hard work and a winery is likely even more work. You need to always be watching the grapes, you have to hire seasonal workers to pick the grapes (actually not much automation in this area) plus the unpredictability of the weather.

Male geeks reclaim masculinity at the expense of female geeks

bitops — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:14:34 +0000

Article URL: http://restructure.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/male-geeks-reclaim-masculinity-at-the-expense-of-female-geeks/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7362479

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

San Francisco's Unwritten Rules of the Road

bitops — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 01:51:37 +0000

Article URL: http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/San-Francisco-s-real-rules-of-the-road-5278478.php

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7327272

Points: 1

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New comment by bitops in "Meditate in front of your computer with Calm"

bitops — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 08:55:07 +0000

I think the whole website is lovely. I hope Calm does really well.

Techniques are boring

bitops — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:24:23 +0000

Article URL: http://budobum.blogspot.com/2013/11/techniques-are-boring.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7303837

Points: 1

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New comment by bitops in "Australian-made high tech armour could reinvent Mixed Martial Arts"

bitops — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:58:30 +0000

Agreed - if you swing a sword hard enough it just becomes a bat, not a cutting device. I feel like this armor empowers people who'd like the experience of just wailing on somebody with a stick, but it doesn't really simulate a real combat scenario.

New comment by bitops in "Kit Kat Conspiracy (2002)"

bitops — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:35:09 +0000

That would be fine except Hershey's chocolate really isn't very good. They use way too much sugar and not enough cocoa to really make it respectable chocolate. The only reason it sells well is because of market dominance and that many Americans are deprived of exposure to good, high-quality chocolate.

When it comes to food we should remember that the Bay Area is a total bubble. Some of the finest food in the world is produced here and some very innovate and ground-breaking work in the various food movements came from here.

Sorry, but Hershey's gets me worked up.

New comment by bitops in "Kit Kat Conspiracy (2002)"

bitops — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:31:32 +0000

It's true that "consumer chocolate" in America is pretty bad, i.e. anything made by Hershey's. Too much sugar and not enough cocoa.

Good stuff should be above 57% cocoa. If it's less than that, buy high-quality milk chocolate.

That said, other commenters on this thread are correct that it's not too hard to find good chocolate if you just know what to shop for.

My all time favorite is Valrhona. It's by far the best chocolate of them all. Obviously that's personal preference.

We're lucky that we have at least two awesome local brands in the Bay Area. Recchiuti chocolate is awesome, the only location I know of is in the ferry building. Tcho chocolate is the other one and I've been told that they do some interesting stuff with analytics to create the ultimate chocolately goodness.

I care little for Ghirardelli. I went to Ghirardelli Square as a kid and it was fun, but it's just not my thing now.

Connect, then Lead

bitops — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:04:01 +0000

Article URL: http://hbr.org/2013/07/connect-then-lead/ar/1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7259280

Points: 1

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Anil Dash Retweets Only Women for One Year

bitops — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:20:44 +0000

Article URL: http://jezebel.com/tech-leader-only-retweets-women-for-one-year-becomes-o-1522087783

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7234902

Points: 2

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Games, Noir and the 17%

bitops — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:20:28 +0000

Article URL: http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/02/games-noir-and-the-17.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7234899

Points: 1

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Alienating Atmosphere

bitops — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:22:32 +0000

Article URL: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/AlienatingAtmosphere.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7219738

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by bitops in "Monkey research suggests a biological explanation for toy preferences (2012)"

bitops — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:00:10 +0000

Imagine a scientific study that just said "Scientific justification for social oppression found." In a nutshell, I believe that's why.

It's not even that it's bad for there to be differences between the sexes; what's bad is that some people will inevitable take these studies as justification for their sexist views and attitudes.

Comcast customer surprised to learn new router is also public hotspot

bitops — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:09:51 +0000

Article URL: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/comcast-customer-surprised-to-learn-new-router-is-also-public-hotspot/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7187796

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by bitops in "The Unpaid Bill that Launched a Thousand Starships"

bitops — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 23:46:07 +0000

Agreed - I have to mention necroscope86 on YouTube. By far my favorite LP'er. I think he had a snafu with his account that deleted a bunch of videos, but he had some very funny X-COM play throughs. It was more about his commentary and British accent that made it worth watching than the actual games themselves.

Sexual assault at U of T

bitops — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:41:35 +0000

Article URL: http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/01/27/emotional_testimony_heard_in_sexual_assault_trial_of_former_u_of_t_professor.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7158727

Points: 2

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Square faces rancor from merchants over customer service

bitops — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:30:14 +0000

Article URL: http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Square-faces-rancor-from-merchants-over-customer-5177314.php

Hacker News: bitops

New comment by bitops in "Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit"

New comment by bitops in "So You Think You Want to Open a Brewery"

Male geeks reclaim masculinity at the expense of female geeks

San Francisco's Unwritten Rules of the Road

New comment by bitops in "Meditate in front of your computer with Calm"

Techniques are boring

New comment by bitops in "Australian-made high tech armour could reinvent Mixed Martial Arts"

New comment by bitops in "Kit Kat Conspiracy (2002)"

New comment by bitops in "Kit Kat Conspiracy (2002)"

Connect, then Lead

Anil Dash Retweets Only Women for One Year

Games, Noir and the 17%

Alienating Atmosphere

New comment by bitops in "Monkey research suggests a biological explanation for toy preferences (2012)"

Comcast customer surprised to learn new router is also public hotspot

New comment by bitops in "The Unpaid Bill that Launched a Thousand Starships"

Sexual assault at U of T

Square faces rancor from merchants over customer service

Dominant Design

The problem with "Don't feed the trolls" [video]