Hacker News: elchief

New comment by elchief in "The redistribution of housing wealth caused by rent control (2023) [pdf]"

elchief — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:55:26 +0000

well it's not a free market anyway, and supply has been severely constrained for decades, so I'm okay with not screwing renters

New comment by elchief in "90210 – running the show without property tax"

elchief — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:21:51 +0000

I just want AI to write and "film" the third season of Mindhunter, that's watchable

New comment by elchief in "Show HN: I Derived a Pancake"

elchief — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:31:05 +0000

here's kenji's recipe (footnote 64 in the article, in case you missed it lol):

https://www.seriouseats.com/light-and-fluffy-pancakes-recipe

New comment by elchief in "The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients"

elchief — Sun, 24 May 2026 15:09:56 +0000

"eat less ultra-processed food"

well, how do you think Canola Oil is made exactly?

it's cracked, cooked, pressed, washed in hexane and acid, neutralized with caustic soda, bleached, deodorized

on what planet is that not ultra processed?

so, i should avoid ultra-processed food, except oils that are ultra-processed?

whereas tallow, is...cut from meat

i'm not suggesting you should only eat tallow, I'm just saying it's not ultra-processed.

New comment by elchief in "I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night"

elchief — Tue, 12 May 2026 01:46:58 +0000

i find earplugs so uncomfortable that it ruins my night

New comment by elchief in "Why we lose our friends as we age (2023)"

elchief — Mon, 11 May 2026 17:38:40 +0000

put everyone's birthday in your calendar, and wish them a happy birthday (at least a text) every year

like their stuff on social media

friendships ebb and flow, as people get married, have kids, get divorced, kids become independent, move away, move back. don't give up on a friend even if they disappear for a few years when they first have kids

try to arrange at least an annual in-person meet up, if in the same city

try to involve them in your interests, and try to take up their interests, or at least be curious

fantasy football is helpful. golf as you get older. baseball games. meet for lunch if you're in their part of town. host parties for events like super bowl, the oscars, stuff like that

New comment by elchief in "I Got Sick of Remembering Port Numbers"

elchief — Fri, 01 May 2026 04:27:07 +0000

I'm slightly annoyed that vite's default port isn't 8483

New comment by elchief in "Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race"

elchief — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:17:00 +0000

Kipchoge broke 2h a few years ago, but it was on a closed, low altitude track, with a fleet of rotating runners in front of him, providing wind blocking/drafting as well as pacing

Amazing these guys did it in a real race with no one in front of them (at the end at least)

New comment by elchief in "Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race"

elchief — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:12:25 +0000

Not necessarily genetic. They run a lot, at altitude, from childhood

New comment by elchief in "Pole of Inaccessibility"

elchief — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:16:40 +0000

I guess Furiosa is set near Papunya, Northern Territory, Australia then...

(The first chapter of the movie is titled The Pole of Inaccessibility)

New comment by elchief in "Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through Sherlock Holmes"

elchief — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:12:25 +0000

Didn't Doyle support the White Feather movement, which led to many suicides?

New comment by elchief in "Waiting for SQL:202y: Group by All"

elchief — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 22:13:47 +0000

duckdb has it

https://duckdb.org/docs/stable/sql/query_syntax/groupby

New comment by elchief in "I have a GPS bike computer"

elchief — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 23:21:18 +0000

actually, i think i'll use an old android phone...

New comment by elchief in "I have a GPS bike computer"

elchief — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 20:09:48 +0000

can anyone recommend a cheap but good bike computer with turn-by-turn nav? (for mountain biking)

New comment by elchief in "Inflammation now predicts heart disease more strongly than cholesterol"

elchief — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:59:49 +0000

Exercise,sleep,vitamin d, omega 3, curcumin

And avoiding putting stuff in your body that makes your immune system react like air pollution, microplastics, hyper processed foods

New comment by elchief in "Inflammation now predicts heart disease more strongly than cholesterol"

elchief — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:57:42 +0000

Exercise raises acute inflammation but lowers chronic inflammation

New comment by elchief in "Inflammation now predicts heart disease more strongly than cholesterol"

elchief — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:56:29 +0000

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/inflammation-...

New comment by elchief in "Over 80% of sunscreen performed below their labelled efficacy (2020)"

elchief — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:20:05 +0000

I've heard the zinc kind is less likely to leach bad chemicals into your blood stream. is this true?

New comment by elchief in "Yes, the Book of PF, Fourth Edition Is Coming Soon"

elchief — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 20:53:14 +0000

Don't know if it's allowed here, but I'm selling my PC Engines APU2 if anyone is interested :)

It has OpnSense installed, but you can install anything you want

4GB RAM, 16GB ssd, wifi

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4038077093121720

New comment by elchief in "Deep Research as a Swim Coach"

elchief — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:13 +0000

didn't know Total Immersion was canonical, but I'm glad someone else thinks so!