Hacker News: branchless

New comment by branchless in "C++ Headers are Expensive"

branchless — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 02:28:26 +0000

The only advantage of c++ is max perf. If we could skip a beat we couldn't justify using c++.

New comment by branchless in "Ask HN: Where are the good jobs in Canada?"

branchless — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 03:19:45 +0000

What else did you have in mind in Ottawa?

New comment by branchless in "Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off"

branchless — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:01:27 +0000

Agreed. What can be worse than having a comment to the effect of "if x is -1, which is feasible, this will cause undefined behaviour resulting in a crash". For most people this stings more than enough.

New comment by branchless in "Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environmental cost"

branchless — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:04:35 +0000

Does anyone really care about the environment? It's in front of our eyes every day. Supermarkets have superfluous packaging. They have fridges without any doors on pumping out cold air constantly. We have advertisements sucking energy constantly. Bitcoin uses a significant chunk of the world electricity? It's "innovative"! Massive commutes to completely pointless jobs where companies compete to deliver the pointless service before employees travel 90 minutes back to their inadequately insulated home.

If someone came down from space to visit us and we said we are trying to fix the environment they'd laugh.

We are in this mess because our system inexorably leads to it. We've been in this mess since we adopted this system. We have to ditch it.

New comment by branchless in "A time in 1994 when Steve Jobs got to use a device like an iPhone"

branchless — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 23:11:24 +0000

Book URL as it's at the bottom of that page as a ref:

https://www.amazon.com/Speed-Sound-Breaking-Barriers-Technol...

New comment by branchless in "Cryptocurrency is driving innovation in the financial sector"

branchless — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 02:32:43 +0000

You can't pay federal taxes in non-sovereign and they'll never give it up.

New comment by branchless in "Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America"

branchless — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 12:11:59 +0000

Inflation figures don't include land prices.

New comment by branchless in "Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America"

branchless — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 12:07:10 +0000

Nope this guy has a good job. Not about mobility. This is about rentiers. People need to read "Progress and poverty" by Henry George. Land prices are the issue.

New comment by branchless in "A world of free movement would be $78T richer"

branchless — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 02:00:43 +0000

Which is the case in most urban centres, where most people are.

New comment by branchless in "A world of free movement would be $78T richer"

branchless — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 20:05:39 +0000

What % of people is this? Vast majority this isn't the case. Many degrees are worthless so don't lump them in.

New comment by branchless in "A world of free movement would be $78T richer"

branchless — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 19:53:52 +0000

Add 10% to the economy, let's imagine for once it's passed onto wages, also up 10%.

Rents up 10%. Everyone working longer for the landlords.

Gains go to land under the current system. We already added women to the workforce more, rents went up.

New comment by branchless in "A world of free movement would be $78T richer"

branchless — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 19:48:53 +0000

people looking after their own children are:

1. providing good child care

2. adding value

New comment by branchless in "Seximal: A better way to count [video]"

branchless — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 17:53:25 +0000

Agreed, not finished it yet, but several very funny bits.

"Just so we're on the same page here: you're wrong"!

New comment by branchless in "Ask HN: What are some great books that are relatively unknown in the US?"

branchless — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 16:11:31 +0000

Henry George: Progress and Poverty.

Explains how taxing land instead of labour is the path to a far better world. Versus now where progress means higher land prices which means poverty for those excluded from land.

Once nearly got to be mayor of New York. Sold 6 million copies (at the time only the bible outsold it).

https://www.aier.org/article/amazing-influence-henry-george-...

As recommended by Albert Einstein and many others.

New comment by branchless in "Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try"

branchless — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 01:40:43 +0000

vimvixen

New comment by branchless in "No Copyright Law: The Real Reason for Germany’s Industrial Expansion? (2010)"

branchless — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 22:44:09 +0000

Rentier activity, as usual, inhibits growth.

New comment by branchless in "Long-term health risks after having adenoids or tonsils removed in childhood"

branchless — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:51:38 +0000

No, but we need IT to stop enabling high land prices that force both parents to work.

New comment by branchless in "Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Crack Devices"

branchless — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 03:33:55 +0000

He's an absolute visionary. Can you imagine how much you'd be paying to access a computer without him?

New comment by branchless in "Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in small claims court"

branchless — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:12:01 +0000

A really great book, very entertaining and interesting.

New comment by branchless in "Birth Rates Dropped Most in U.S. Counties Where Home Prices Grew Most"

branchless — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:06:29 +0000

It's the average. If the median wage was $1MM all goods would be way more expensive.

But all this is wrong because rents rise to soak up income. If we all earned $1MM rents would be most of that if all other goods stayed the same.