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New comment by eweise in "A data center opened next door. Then came the high-pitched whine"

eweise — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:02:47 +0000

I used to live near a busy street. I eventually got used to the noise but when I bought my house I made sure to find a quiet spot. Now, its dead quiet at night and the difference in my quality of life is significant. I also made the city put shades on the street lights so they wouldn't shine on my house. Another huge improvement.

New comment by eweise in "Revealed: Face of 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from cave"

eweise — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:14:46 +0000

I never thought they were dumb once I saw that they could power a car with their feet.

New comment by eweise in "Let yourself fall down more"

eweise — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:37:03 +0000

My grandfather fell down, broke his leg and then died in the hospital.

New comment by eweise in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

eweise — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:17:41 +0000

Does the car get points on its record?

New comment by eweise in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

eweise — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:03:54 +0000

Four people in my family drive my car. I'm supposed to track that? sure.

New comment by eweise in "Magical Mushroom – Europe's first industrial-scale mycelium packaging producer"

eweise — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:44:45 +0000

they grow in my yard without any effort.

New comment by eweise in "Kernighan on Programming"

eweise — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:49:43 +0000

I haven't worked in a codebase in 20 years that didn't have some sort of tests.

New comment by eweise in "Painless Software Schedules (2000)"

eweise — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:34:12 +0000

Here's a real schedule: CEO: we need to launch x end of Q2 PM: Here are the four monthly milestones Engineer Mgr: Let's estimate the stories. Now put them into eight sprints Go!

New comment by eweise in "The Sovereign Tech Fund invests in Scala"

eweise — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:10:00 +0000

Part of that I think is the culture and not the language. Personally I try to use the least powerful method that gets the job done and that usually keeps me unblocked. In practice that usually means using it as a better Java and not going down the functional monad path. I know scala has gone through a rough patch and maybe migrating from 2 to 3 is painful. But if you try starting a new project now with the latest Scala 3, I think you'll find that its pretty nice. Even IDE support is pretty good.

New comment by eweise in "Miami, your Waymo ride is ready"

eweise — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:51:26 +0000

If Waymo is not cheaper, I don't see how it replaces Lyft/Uber. I imagine that not having to pay drivers and the deal with the associated liability, will eventually be cheaper so will free up money.

New comment by eweise in "Miami, your Waymo ride is ready"

eweise — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:37:19 +0000

Isn't that how it always is when new technology disrupts an existing market? We no longer have telephone operators, toll booth agents, gas pump attendants, etc

New comment by eweise in "Eat Real Food"

eweise — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:56:48 +0000

Try Google

New comment by eweise in "Eat Real Food"

eweise — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:08:33 +0000

AI says legumes are anti-inflammatory.

New comment by eweise in "Eat Real Food"

eweise — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:04:56 +0000

Dairy is not healthy fats.

New comment by eweise in "VW is bringing physical buttons back to the dashboard with the ID. Polo EV"

eweise — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:19:51 +0000

One reason I just bought a 2025 Miata, is that has physical buttons for almost everything. Even the touchscreen can be operated with physical buttons. That and the manual transmission, makes it feel almost retro. It does have a lot of alerts like lane change monitors, but it doesn't bother me too much.

New comment by eweise in "Pebble Round 2"

eweise — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 03:10:04 +0000

If it doesn't tell me distance to the hole, then its just a pretty bracelet.

New comment by eweise in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

eweise — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:35:14 +0000

Its all about the oil.

New comment by eweise in "Toll roads are spreading in America"

eweise — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:45:59 +0000

Childish and foolish? That's the way these roads have been utilized for decades before someone figured out a way to extract more tax dollars from the public.

New comment by eweise in "Toll roads are spreading in America"

eweise — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:50:03 +0000

Who doesn't use the roads? How would you get anywhere without taking a road? Even if you didn't drive, whatever transport you're using except maybe a helicopter, would use the road.

New comment by eweise in "Toll roads are spreading in America"

eweise — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 01:51:21 +0000

HOV lanes in the bay area are terrible. We pay to build these lanes and then the government makes us pay to use them? Seems terribly unfair. Its also unfair to make the poorer people spend more of their time commuting than the wealthy.