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New comment by brainpool in "Extremely disillusioned with technology. Please help"

brainpool — Mon, 04 May 2020 23:14:03 +0000

Your disillusion really resonates with my experience, and likely many others. The thing is, if you had succeeded in all you wanted, you would still be asking the same questions by now.

There are times for disillusion in everyone’s life.

Look at it as an opportunity. A moment in the now - where you are not only open to, but also craving, for a new direction or a different mindset on the direction to move forward.

I strongly believe in correct forward.

That means valuing your previous experiences, valuing feedback from others in the present, and striving for better in the future.

I would say you are two thirds there buddy!

New comment by brainpool in "New iPhone SE"

brainpool — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:21:04 +0000

If it’s sunglasses with a strong filter, or possibly unfortunate polarization, it may cause some issues I believe.

New comment by brainpool in "Ask HN: What are you reading to make sense of the economy?"

brainpool — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:45:32 +0000

Definitely Keynes. Much of the fundamentals hasn’t made much sense earlier, but it does now.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes

New comment by brainpool in "E Ink smart screen puts a newspaper on your wall"

brainpool — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:58:24 +0000

The world would have looked differently if the Mirasol technology ever took of. It was a large e-ink that could do color and had a refresh rate good enough for video. Most impressively, it could have been produced at existing display plants with some modifications. Unfortunately, the MEMS technology was close but no quite there as the displays degraded. Beautiful displays however, extremely energy proficient, and absolutely splendid in daylight. A bit dull, but very comfortable indoors.

New comment by brainpool in "Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Upends the Most Basic Routines and Joys"

brainpool — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 14:42:38 +0000

Well, what to expect? An uptick in pleasure and joy. No. This is serious measures for serious times.

Everyone at Spotify should Work from Home in COVID-19 Situation

brainpool — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 01:25:24 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/eldsjal/status/1237487784996343813

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22542009

Points: 1

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Nothing is truly Scandinavian – top Nordic airline SAS declares

brainpool — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 02:16:26 +0000

Article URL: https://adland.tv/adnews/sas-remove-their-what-scandinavian-nothing-commercial-after-backlash

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22323436

Points: 3

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Frozen in Time

brainpool — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 10:07:52 +0000

Article URL: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2020/01/sport/russian-climbers-peak-lenin-spt-intl/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22151358

Points: 3

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New comment by brainpool in "Boeing 777X scheduled to finally take flight Friday morning"

brainpool — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 22:10:29 +0000

Updated: Boeing 777X’s first flight postponed as weather fails to cooperate

New comment by brainpool in "Merry Christmas HN"

brainpool — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 11:07:09 +0000

Yes. Seasons greetings all! This community brightens every day. Wind down, spin up, and roll with next year. It’s going to be fun.

New comment by brainpool in "John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general intelligence"

brainpool — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 01:58:52 +0000

AGI is not a research problem but an imagination problem. I can’t vouch for how good John Carmack is in imagination, but striving to put things together with a goal seems like a good place to start.

New comment by brainpool in "Social Networks That Failed"

brainpool — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:47:45 +0000

Agree. Limiting access to G+ was lethally counterproductive. And why? Afraid of the traffic?

New comment by brainpool in "MoviePass will shut down for good on Sept. 14"

brainpool — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:22:43 +0000

In this case, when there is absolutely no intellectual property to talk about, everyone huddles down and hopes that no one notices their investment. In other cases, the proprietary body attempts to sell the IP to cover debts. Shareholders walk but are usually eligible to pay for the IP at the same rate as any other buyer. Sometimes this is used by shady boards to get control of a company and their IP.

New comment by brainpool in "MoviePass will shut down for good on Sept. 14"

brainpool — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:11:00 +0000

What was the con exactly? Selling dollars for cents is not a con, it is stupid. Different thing.

New comment by brainpool in "MoviePass will shut down for good on Sept. 14"

brainpool — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:07:40 +0000

I’m most amazed that they started at all. The whole idea is just bonkers. Why would cinemas give away free tickets to a third party so that they can make recurring revenues that would siphon their own? No, and they didn’t. Even if they would be as stupid as to go along with it, the first mover advantage for MoviePass was so low as they could easily be outcompeted. I would love to see the pitch for this pipe dream in the cloud.

New comment by brainpool in "I Miss Microsoft Encarta"

brainpool — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 21:58:22 +0000

Yah. People will just die. Refugee sort of implies a refuge. There’s not going to be such thing’s around if things go south as we fear they are likely to. It’s gonna play out far more like the Old Testament.

Hong Kong’s future hangs by a thread

brainpool — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 23:02:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/3fd44d40-bced-11e9-89e2-41e555e96722

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20691131

Points: 5

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New comment by brainpool in "Who Owns Huawei?"

brainpool — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 20:48:51 +0000

I have had the opportunity to visit China multiple times during the last few years. Have met many wonderful people there. However, what makes me uncomfortable is the society. I have been in many countries where you get scorned as a foreigner. China is the only place where I have encountered that people treat you as you do not exist. Obviously, this is not something that only applies to foreigners; it’s a view of humanity that is very far removed from the rest of the world. I find it chilling to be honest.

New comment by brainpool in "Escape rooms are big business"

brainpool — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 16:36:20 +0000

That’s how it is. When there is a fire however and people get suffocated because of those modifications you did or just because it was a fire. Then you are in for some serious trouble if the changes can be traced back to you. Some jail time possibly, but the litigation from victims and insurance companies is what really is gonna do you in. Possibly also the guilt.

Don’t do it. Those plans and codes are there for a reason.

New comment by brainpool in "Who Owns Huawei?"

brainpool — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 12:18:50 +0000

Yes, I have visited China on multiple occasions during the last few years. It has been an utterly chilling experience. I know xenophobia when I experience it, and South Africa during Apartheid was actually better.