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New comment by decimalenough in "AI Mania: From Tulips to Tokens"

decimalenough — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:12:33 +0000

Not anymore, but around 10 years ago it absolutely was, because for a short period you could literally print money with them.

New comment by decimalenough in "Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share"

decimalenough — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:53:41 +0000

Tesla wins on charging because Superchargers are ubiquitous and they just work: you can pull up to one and be pretty much guaranteed that you'll be able to charge. This is manifestly not the case for any of the competition.

New comment by decimalenough in "AI Mania: From Tulips to Tokens"

decimalenough — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:49:14 +0000

Bitcoin mining is powered by ASICs. Random shitcoins are not.

New comment by decimalenough in "Wikimedia Foundation refuses union recognition, hires union-busting law firm"

decimalenough — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:13:02 +0000

I'm hardly a fan of the WMF, but the headline is clickbait. The WMF has used a law firm called Jones Day for brand and trademark management for over a decade. The firm is one of the largest legal firms in the US and it also does union busting, but a) the WMF does not appear to have engaged them for that, and b) the relationship long predates the current kerfuffle.

New comment by decimalenough in "RamenHaus"

decimalenough — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:15:33 +0000

FWIW, prices have exploded in Japan as well. Ramen used to be ¥500 in a standard Chinese restaurant, maybe a few hundred more for a fancy one, and no restaurant dared breach the ¥1000 barrier.

Fortunately for the traveler, this has been more than matched by the implosion of the yen exchange rate, meaning in USD terms ¥1100 today is still cheaper than ¥500 ten years ago.

New comment by decimalenough in "Kenji/Serious Eats – 30-Min Pressure Cooker Pho Ga"

decimalenough — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:05:03 +0000

The average ramen, yes, but in the same way that many people in the US obsess about the perfect burger, there is a serious ramen scene in Japan with obsessive ramen devotees and chefs pushing the envelope.

New comment by decimalenough in "UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions"

decimalenough — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:41:15 +0000

Blame the US for that one, not FIFA.

New comment by decimalenough in "UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions"

decimalenough — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:36:55 +0000

Yes.

New comment by decimalenough in "Azulejo"

decimalenough — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:45:01 +0000

Rebracketing strikes again!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebracketing

New comment by decimalenough in "Refactoring cuisine: how an Iraqi stew sailed to Singapore"

decimalenough — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:22:41 +0000

Fun fact: even today, kimchi (and food in general) in North Korea is less spicy than the South, because they've basically missed out on 50 years of culinary evolution.

https://www.youngpioneertours.com/north-south-korean-kimchi/

Likewise, while Japanese cuisine is generally not spicy at all, the few outliers like mentaiko generally originate from the southern regions like Kyushu and Okinawa that traded with Korea & China.

Japan unveils 'human refrigerator' to combat extreme summer heat

decimalenough — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:36:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.globalsouthworld.com/article/japan-unveils-human-refrigerator-to-combat-extreme-summer-heat

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49103394

Points: 23

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New comment by decimalenough in "How to survive boiling water"

decimalenough — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:37:52 +0000

Left in previously boiled water for 4 min. We can deduce this from the second sample, which simulates forgetting your tea bag in the mug for 15 min.

New comment by decimalenough in "7.1 Earthquake in Japan"

decimalenough — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:58:47 +0000

To be a bit more precise, the Nankai ("South Sea") Trough is a tectonic subduction zone to the south of Japan, roughly the entire length from Izu to Kyushu:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankai_Trough

And Nankai megathrust earthquakes are those caused by plate movement there:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankai_megathrust_earthquakes

Statistically major earthquakes occur here every 90-200 years, and the last was in 1946.

New comment by decimalenough in "My current strategy is to not read any of the code written by my agents"

decimalenough — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:21:53 +0000

In test-driven development, you're supposed to write out the tests first to specify the desired behavior, then write the code to confirm to that.

New comment by decimalenough in "Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake"

decimalenough — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:35:11 +0000

Google has a strong interest in everybody getting better internet (see Fiber, Loon, Fi, etc), which lines up well with Starlink.

New comment by decimalenough in "Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake"

decimalenough — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:33:17 +0000

Yes. And as far as any future owners are concerned, that's perfectly true.

New comment by decimalenough in "Alien World Chemistry Found Inside Meteorite That Struck New Jersey Home"

decimalenough — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:26:28 +0000

Now you just need to find their contact details. Beware the Leopard!

New comment by decimalenough in "JetZero"

decimalenough — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:25:09 +0000

No, but that's really the least of the problems in getting this thing into commercial flight.

New comment by decimalenough in "JetZero"

decimalenough — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:22:06 +0000

> Coördination

A few years ago, I would your use of diaeresis an admirable quirk. But now, especially given the em-dashes, I'm wondering if you're an LLM overtrained on the New Yorker.

New comment by decimalenough in "Did they ghost you?"

decimalenough — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 23:01:49 +0000

I presume the previous poster is one of many interviewers, not the recruiter.

As an interviewer myself, I get where they're coming from. My email is not shared with applicants, so finding it requires some stalking or at least digging me up on LinkedIn. By the time they reach out, I've already put in my notes, and any final decision is out of my hands. So while I'm not going to hold it against them, it's not a particularly useful move on the candidate's part either.