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New comment by dennyabraham in "Roman dodecahedron: 12-sided object has baffled archaeologists for centuries"

dennyabraham — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:22:40 +0000

In the masterproof example, the purpose of the sphered joint is whether the maker can draw and round every sphere while not compromising the rest of the shape. It is not the end shape that is important, it is how the craftsperson is able to execute it

New comment by dennyabraham in "Roman dodecahedron: 12-sided object has baffled archaeologists for centuries"

dennyabraham — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:59:12 +0000

While I don't endorse this particular theory, considering that something like a gotshall block or a fizzbuzz is proof of a certain skillset, it is certainly possible the corner balls being cones is not a comparable proof of work

New comment by dennyabraham in "The U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws"

dennyabraham — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:55:18 +0000

SawStop actually granted Bosch a license to their safety patents for Reaxx some time ago. Moreover, they said during the hearing that they'd offer permissive public licensing to their remaining patents should this rule be made effective.

New comment by dennyabraham in "Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no opt out"

dennyabraham — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 14:26:40 +0000

> You agree that Zoom compiles and may compile Service Generated Data based on Customer Content and use of the Services and Software.

This clause reads like the distinction is less about the contents and more about zoom's rights to use any content

New comment by dennyabraham in "U.S. pedestrian deaths reach a 40-year high"

dennyabraham — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:33:01 +0000

By rightmost lane, do you mean the on/offramp? Otherwise, it's legally required in much the country to stay in the right lane except when passing.

New comment by dennyabraham in "Congress is more Christian and religious than the general public"

dennyabraham — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:08:04 +0000

I would be curious how this matches their age cohort, given the relatively recent aging of Congress relative to their constituency

New comment by dennyabraham in "Ledger Stax – Hardware wallet with eInk display for digital assets"

dennyabraham — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:21:24 +0000

Aside from their use with crypto, these are just nice looking pieces of hardware. Is there any word on whether you'll be able to run custom code on these?

New comment by dennyabraham in "Life in the slow lane: how the slow cooker changed the world"

dennyabraham — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 23:02:41 +0000

To be clear this varies between slow cookers. As a rule they will top out at a simmer rather than a true boil.

New comment by dennyabraham in "Mysterious holes on the seafloor"

dennyabraham — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 22:00:25 +0000

This reminds me of another deep sea mystery trace, Paleodictyon[1]. Once an unconnected set of geometric fossils and modern hole patterns, it's been discovered that this phenomenon has occurred in a consistent form for half a billion years up to the present day.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleodictyon

New comment by dennyabraham in "Cellular recovery after prolonged warm ischaemia of the whole body"

dennyabraham — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 19:43:10 +0000

I believe you're thinking of "Antihypoxiant," a very different story by the same author

New comment by dennyabraham in "Three areas where Google Search lags behind competitors: code, cooking, travel"

dennyabraham — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 14:18:09 +0000

I'm teaching my partner to drive and I've noticed that Google Maps will suggest very different routes to the same destination. It's also less accurate in estimating times, adding 5-10 minutes for its indirect routes versus taking straight paths.

Another thing I've noticed is that some directions will use businesses ("take a left after McDonald's") as landmarks in navigation. I'm beginning to believe the routing noise was introduced to allow navigational ads.

If the effectiveness of a core product is being compromised for monetization, is this what's also happening to their Search?

New comment by dennyabraham in "Fuchsia Workstation"

dennyabraham — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 19:00:38 +0000

It's defensive. High salaries and plum projects keep good engineers from building your successor.

New comment by dennyabraham in "Don’t be spooky"

dennyabraham — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 17:41:01 +0000

The problem with that is that we don't know how another person finds our communication. The reason the phrase "let's talk" leads to alarm bells is because one side has the self-assured feeling that they have good communication and don't take the other side's ability to respond into account. Moreover, when we initiate a work-related meeting with no context, we provide no frame of mind or ability to prepare to the other party.

If our request isn't high value enough to provide the other person additional context, our request isn't so important it can't wait until coincidence or regular schedule allows the discussion. We're responding to our own feelings of urgency in the moment rather than the planned and understood needs of our roles. When we do that, our communication, even if we feel like it is healthy and well-built, is only coincidentally so and its health is subject to swift erosion.

New comment by dennyabraham in "Don’t be spooky"

dennyabraham — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 17:32:39 +0000

Unfortunately, for people that don't know you, this can be spooky to the other person while reassuring yourself. If you can be specific and provide context, you can prepare the person to engage you much faster and more effectively.

New comment by dennyabraham in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2021)"

dennyabraham — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 20:18:10 +0000

Purchasing Platform | Senior Software Engineer | Chicago, IL | ONSITE (REMOTE during covid), FULL-TIME | https://jobs.lever.co/purchasingplatform

We're a property technology startup that provides access to vendor relationships and budget management for properties who don't have dedicated buying teams. We are looking for experienced developers to join our small, but growing, team

What we expect of you:

* You are comfortable in a startup environment.

* You've got at least 4 years of professional software development experience

* You like having an outsized impact on people's lives

We offer competitive salaries and benefits and believe in a productive work-life balance. If this sounds like you, apply https://jobs.lever.co/purchasingplatform

New comment by dennyabraham in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021)"

dennyabraham — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:42:31 +0000

Purchasing Platform | Senior Software Engineer | Chicago, IL | ONSITE (REMOTE during covid), FULL-TIME | https://jobs.lever.co/purchasingplatform

What we expect of you:

* You are comfortable in a startup environment.

* You've got at least 4 years of professional software development experience

* You like having an outsized impact on people's lives

We offer competitive salaries and benefits and believe in a productive work-life balance. If this sounds like you, apply https://jobs.lever.co/purchasingplatform

New comment by dennyabraham in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2021)"

dennyabraham — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:56:03 +0000

Purchasing Platform | Senior Software Engineer | Chicago, IL | ONSITE (REMOTE during covid), FULL-TIME | https://jobs.lever.co/purchasingplatform

We're a property technology startup that provides access to vendor relationships and budget management for properties too small to have teams dedicated to buying. We are looking for experienced developers to join our small, but growing, team

What we expect of you:

* You are comfortable in a startup environment. * You've got at least 4 years of professional software development experience * You like having an outsized impact on people's lives

We offer competitive salaries and benefits and believe in a productive work-life balance. If this sounds like you, apply https://jobs.lever.co/purchasingplatform

New comment by dennyabraham in "We are building a CLI first PaaS without a web frontend"

dennyabraham — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 15:26:32 +0000

This is awesome seeing a paas optimize for expert users before planning how to expose those features more broadly. I hope their documentation follows suit!

New comment by dennyabraham in "The physiological effects of slow breathing in the healthy human"

dennyabraham — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 17:50:21 +0000

I felt the same, but, having tried it, I can say it works in both directions. I can comfortably tolerate both hotter and colder temperatures than before.

New comment by dennyabraham in "Signs of Life discovered on Venus and atmosphere"

dennyabraham — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 22:32:17 +0000

It's possible! But there's been been many instances of material exchange between the inner rocky worlds that could have seeded life on any or all of them. Either way, seeing evidence of flourishing biota on other worlds, be they local extremophiles or alien life, is exciting