Hacker News: bosswipe

New comment by bosswipe in "EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force"

bosswipe — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:04:34 +0000

I worry about the durability of USB C ports. I have 4 laptops >5 years old with loose USB C ports, Apple and HP brands, and yes i have cleaned them looking for lint. I don't know if it's these specific laptops or if the port is designed for obsolescence.

New comment by bosswipe in "A closer look at child marriage in California (2021)"

bosswipe — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:32:55 +0000

"child marriage is still legal in 44 states in the United States"

"child marriage is more common in the southern United States"

https://womensenews.org/2021/10/child-brides-closer-than-you...

New comment by bosswipe in "A closer look at child marriage in California (2021)"

bosswipe — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:19:33 +0000

Because there's a concerted right-wing effort to elevate any negative news about California.

But "child marriage is still legal in 44 states in the United States"

"child marriage is more common in the southern United States"

https://womensenews.org/2021/10/child-brides-closer-than-you...

New comment by bosswipe in "Framework Ethernet Expansion Card is now available"

bosswipe — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:05:05 +0000

A better design for ethernet on thin laptops is a hinge that expands when the cable is plugged in: https://1.img-dpreview.com/files/p/TS560x560~forums/59371721...

New comment by bosswipe in "Woman sues after DNA from rape kit used to arrest her"

bosswipe — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 19:04:36 +0000

There's also the issue that the more justice-minded SF DA was recently kicked out and an aggressive pro-police DA installed.

New comment by bosswipe in "The Follower: Using open cameras and AI to find how an Instagram photo is taken"

bosswipe — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 19:03:56 +0000

Why is it creepy? The influencers already publicly posted their location and photo.

New comment by bosswipe in "Oberlin College to pay $36M to bakery owners who were falsely accused of racism"

bosswipe — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 02:58:36 +0000

I don't feel too bad for them and their $36 mill.

New comment by bosswipe in "Oberlin College to pay $36M to bakery owners who were falsely accused of racism"

bosswipe — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 02:38:11 +0000

The type of hot-button political grievances that make it to the HN front page are an indication of the demographics here.

New comment by bosswipe in "Companies are buying large numbers of carbon offsets that don’t cut emissions"

bosswipe — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 19:56:44 +0000

But the politics suck so it'll never happen.

New comment by bosswipe in "Patreon laid off their security team"

bosswipe — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 01:23:59 +0000

Patreon is kind of known for sudden unexpected mass layoffs unrelated to their financials. Previous to this I know of it happening twice.

New comment by bosswipe in "San Francisco decriminalizes psychedelics"

bosswipe — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:13:55 +0000

Already happened across the bay in Oakland. Unfortunately Oakland police is so dysfunctional that it's impossible to know if decriminalization has caused any change in problematic public behaviors.

New comment by bosswipe in "Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomotion – research (2018)"

bosswipe — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 22:08:46 +0000

Why would you need a supercomputer to figure this out instead of putting simple sensors on the bikes in a peloton?

New comment by bosswipe in "Useful engineering metrics and why velocity is not one of them"

bosswipe — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 21:48:39 +0000

Yuck, I'd quit your team. That level of micromanagement is demoralizing and it hurts the company. "Sorry support, I have zero autonomy. I can't talk to you unless my manager adjusts some number in some spreadsheet"

New comment by bosswipe in "Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard terminates service"

bosswipe — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 18:13:44 +0000

The web is only 20 or so years old so these online speech issues are new.

New comment by bosswipe in "EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted"

bosswipe — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 05:43:03 +0000

As a long time daily biker I don't understand the trend of heftier more powerful ebikes. Instead of bulking a bike up to me it makes more sense to slim cars down.

I've been trying to find tiny electric two seater cars, but I've been disappointed in the lack of anything in the US, they're more available in europe and Japan.

Actually now that I typed this comment out I think I understand the trend of heftier ebikes, it's a way to skirt the regulations around making a "street legal" vehicle, which is what prevents any innovation in the <$10k tiny car segment.

New comment by bosswipe in "My Contribution to Markdown"

bosswipe — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 21:04:22 +0000

If Gruber had gotten behind that initiative it probably would've worked but he was weirdly antagonistic to it.

New comment by bosswipe in "Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?"

bosswipe — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:58:46 +0000

Here's what the temperature anomaly looks like for "the whole globe" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haBG2IIbwbA

New comment by bosswipe in "US puts NSO Group on trade blacklist"

bosswipe — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 16:32:00 +0000

Oh thanks for the Biden mention. I was confused by your convoluted yet harsh complaint about the US for this action, but now I see it was more of a partisan thing.

New comment by bosswipe in "Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social class achievement gap"

bosswipe — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:47:21 +0000

Wow. As a more left-wing person I've been shadow banned on HN for much less than this. HN used to be one of the few places where intelligent debate accros political spectrum was allowed. If you look at this whole comment thread all you see is one POV.

New comment by bosswipe in "“My scooter was stolen. Unknown to the thief, I hid two AirTags inside it.”"

bosswipe — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 05:06:08 +0000

What they don't have is the necessary internet connection unless you're willing to pay a cell phone bill just for that purpose.