Hacker News: dstick

New comment by dstick in "What has a 1 in a million chance? (2010)"

dstick — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 12:31:48 +0000

GNU Terry!

New comment by dstick in "Piracy Is Back: Piracy Statistics for 2023"

dstick — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:46:56 +0000

> For years, consumers griped about cable bundling and having to pay high prices for hundreds of channels they never watched in order to get the handful they enjoyed. Despite the growing availability of legal streaming options since then, piracy statistics show that infringement has remained a real concern.

That's the thing isn't it? It was convenient when streaming first came on the scene. Everything in one place. "I'll gladly pay for the convenience". After roughly a decade it's approaching the state where it's as fractured as before, but now you pay a lot more - all services combined. So I'm not surprised it's growing again.

New comment by dstick in "Total cholesterol and mortality by sex and age:study of 12.8M adults"

dstick — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 08:49:39 +0000

> "total cholesterol is a terrible health metric on its own"

Yeah you've got HDL, LDL and Triglycerides, LDL should be low (L) and HDL high (H) - that's my mental shortcut for it. Triglycerides should be low as well, but not too low. That's the one that has a specific bandwidth. A high HDL and low LDL could have the same TC as a low HDL and high LDL.

I have no idea why anyone worth their salt would look at the total cholesterol value without a breakdown of the _types_ of cholesterol. It's a meaningless number.

New comment by dstick in "Sator Square"

dstick — Mon, 01 May 2023 11:00:40 +0000

Now I know where Terry Pratchett got the name from :D https://wiki.lspace.org/Sator_Square

New comment by dstick in "Millions snap up new Germany-wide public transit ticket"

dstick — Mon, 01 May 2023 10:52:23 +0000

From my limited experience on the German rails (Amsterdam - Berlin 5/6 times in the last 4 years) the mobile 4G/5G connection was pretty good. Only dropping off when travelling through very remote rural areas. In the Netherlands we have unlimited data subscriptions, I assume Germany has something similar? That should be enough to get some work done in the train :)

New comment by dstick in "Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?"

dstick — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:10:05 +0000

Looks nice! Congrats :)

New comment by dstick in "Amsterdam supermarket offers free groceries, life coach to struggling families"

dstick — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:04:21 +0000

Well it's sorta true, but the important difference is that the bottom poverty line is higher than in the US, and we do have better social security. Still, the gap is growing. Though recent changes in real-estate legislation are putting a stop to that. Yes, there are the mega rich, entrepreneurs and whatnot. Like it or not, they do participate in society in a way that moves the needle.

Means for the slightly-better-off middle class to exploit the lower class through rent are being thwarted, thankfully. They just allow one half of the population to exploit the other half without providing any tangible benefit in return.

Source: I'm born in, and living in, the Netherlands.

New comment by dstick in "Exploring the impact of code style in identifying good programmers (2022)"

dstick — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 08:53:25 +0000

My guess would be with a binary ruler

New comment by dstick in "Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?"

dstick — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:19:12 +0000

So.. you moved the software to a server that runs in the cloud. So sorta-SaaS? ;-)

New comment by dstick in "Jeff Bezos' 127M sailing yacht has completed construction"

dstick — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 16:46:13 +0000

Here’s a fun related story on how they wanted to get it out to open sea: https://nltimes.nl/2022/06/30/historic-rotterdam-bridge-wont...

New comment by dstick in "Ask HN: Have you set up a procedure to disclose your passwords in case of death?"

dstick — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:58:25 +0000

Same here. In fact, I took it one step further and drafted a document that outlines all the important business contacts I have the she would need to contact in case of my death. To liquidate assets, and/or help with keeping the businesses I have running. Online services, hosting providers, etc.

New comment by dstick in "On finally learning to program at the age of 40 (2020)"

dstick — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 08:50:31 +0000

To be trained as a carpenter while being paid, more likely. Like the coding bootcamps that “graduate” you and then rent you out. If there’s no skilled labour. You have to create your own.

New comment by dstick in "Using a framework will harm the maintenance of your software"

dstick — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:26:39 +0000

Speaking purely about web software / web APIs, most software is 90% CRUD. It absolutely makes sense to use a framework to save new hires from grokking 90% of it's capabilities. You can have a new developer do stuff right out of the gate.

New comment by dstick in "Magnus Carlsen Finally Speaks on Chess Cheating Scandal, Sows Even More Chaos"

dstick — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:09:16 +0000

Seeing as you're going to need an outside man any way, I'd opt for the friend route :D

New comment by dstick in "Food delivery robot rolls through LA crime scene as confused cops look on"

dstick — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:01:08 +0000

I'm torn between "that's the best job in the world" and "worst job in the world"

New comment by dstick in "Plastic might be making us obese"

dstick — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:22:01 +0000

Interesting. Does that help with all forms of caloric intake? Alcoholic / sugar beverages included?

New comment by dstick in "Show HN: Our project got 4 connectors and 4 l10ns from community in 2 months"

dstick — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:02:56 +0000

J2t t3e l2t o1t

It’s infuriatingly annoying ;-)

New comment by dstick in "Introducing Svelte, and Comparing Svelte with React and Vue (2021)"

dstick — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:09:06 +0000

Out of curiosity, what do you find clunky about Vue's variables vs Svelte?

I've been working exclusively with Vue for the last... 6 years. Since the launch of v2. So my mind is already conditioned ;-)

New comment by dstick in "Hear the World’s Oldest Known Song, “Hurrian Hymn No. 6” Written 3400 Years Ago"

dstick — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 08:01:02 +0000

I know this isn't Reddit, but this comment deserves an award ;-)

New comment by dstick in "Apple tells employees to work at the office three times per week starting Sept"

dstick — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:41:23 +0000

Some sympathy is in order because house pricing can definitely have a big impact on the amount of “choice” you have.