Hacker News: hornbaker

New comment by hornbaker in "The $35 Raspberry Pi 4 now comes with double the RAM"

hornbaker — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:12:35 +0000

Anyone know if the Pi will work with a Chameleon3 USB3 camera from flir.com? If anyone has computer vision coding experience with a setup like this, pls email me (profile), contract opp potentially.

New comment by hornbaker in "Waymo’s Hiring Binge"

hornbaker — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 22:41:28 +0000

Waymofos would be better.

New comment by hornbaker in "What Happened to the Hiccups?"

hornbaker — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 19:34:33 +0000

Google Trends shows a marked increase in searches for hiccups from 2004-present, also.

New comment by hornbaker in "Redneck Bank"

hornbaker — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 03:34:38 +0000

Love the edginess and design, but taking the user off-site (to the oflows.net domain, whatever that is) for sensitive application forms doesn't build a lot of trust imo.

New comment by hornbaker in "This person does not exist"

hornbaker — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:50:15 +0000

botornot.com was registered in 2006. Someone was forward-thinking.

New comment by hornbaker in "Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions?"

hornbaker — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 02:47:25 +0000

CRISPR / designer babies

New comment by hornbaker in "Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA"

hornbaker — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:29:08 +0000

Also ethylene glycol poisoning (antifreeze).

New comment by hornbaker in "Lyrics Site Genius.com Accuses Google of Lifting Its Content"

hornbaker — Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:58:21 +0000

I wonder how many companies Google has wounded/killed with their search infopanels. For example, yesterday I searched for “speedtest” expecting Ookla’s speedtest.net to be the top result. Nope, now it’s a one-click speed test offered by Google at the top. Great for users, devastating for the sites at the top of the SERPs.

The Race to Make the NFL Draft an Exact Science

hornbaker — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:44:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2019/4/22/18510099/nfl-draft-analytics-player-tracking

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19719288

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by hornbaker in "Show HN: Should you buy a house and rent it out?"

hornbaker — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 14:33:28 +0000

Not just you. I input $3,500 rent, and it used nearly double that for the calculations. Hugely misleading.

New comment by hornbaker in "What Is Suspension Trauma a.k.a. Harness Hang Syndrome?"

hornbaker — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:14:25 +0000

So true. Be aware that you may have no symptoms in your legs at all, and still develop pulmonary embolisms.

As an otherwise healthy and fit adult male, my first symptom of my PE was a sharp stabbing pain in my chest when inhaling. Thinking I was having a heart attack, I self-admitted to the ER. I had 12 PEs in my lungs, and with ultrasound they found a 3" long deep vein thrombosis under my left knee. My left leg had absolutely no symptoms or pain. My PEs and DVT resolved with a 6-mo course of blood thinners, but I was lucky. PE mortality rate is around 15-20%.

Set your "stand up" timer for every 90 minutes and actually pay attention to it! And it wouldn't hurt to take a daily baby aspirin (probably should ask your doc first).

New comment by hornbaker in "An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen known”"

hornbaker — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 21:55:33 +0000

"You can't catch me 'cause the rabbit done died"

- Aerosmith, Sweet Emotion

New comment by hornbaker in "AirPods"

hornbaker — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:08:54 +0000

Sure they do, depends on your ear size. Happens to me if I simply bend over. (Still love my AirPods, but am forced to use silicone wraps on them if doing anything active with them.)

New comment by hornbaker in "Earnest Capital is live"

hornbaker — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:10:49 +0000

Very cool, Tyler. Just applied. :)

Ask HN: Anyone else seeing an influx of Nigerian scammers in Facebook groups?

hornbaker — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 14:04:27 +0000

I admin a niche FB group for golfers, more specifically for owners of a particular brand of launch monitor / golf sim software that runs around $3-5K to install in your home. A normal day usually sees around 25 legit requests to join the group.

Over the last 3-4 weeks, I’ve been getting around 100 requests/day to join from mostly Nigerian individuals who joined Facebook within the last couple of months. Most of them are members already of hundreds of unrelated groups and never answer my simple signup question, or do so in their own language.

Is everyone dealing with this, or is my group special? Do you think they’re bots?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18891188

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by hornbaker in "Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)"

hornbaker — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 03:25:15 +0000

That’s surprising, given the CDC’s view on the matter:

“[Small rodents] are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to transmit rabies to humans.

In all cases involving rodents, the state or local health department should be consulted before a decision is made to initiate postexposure prophylaxis.”

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/exposure/animals/other.html

New comment by hornbaker in "Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)"

hornbaker — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 22:01:39 +0000

Squirrels (and others rodents) virtually never get or transmit rabies, so that’s not really a concern.

Source: am DVM.

New comment by hornbaker in "Guesstimate – A Spreadsheet for things that aren't certain"

hornbaker — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 02:32:06 +0000

Calling https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says

New comment by hornbaker in "How to Grow Old (1951)"

hornbaker — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 00:47:08 +0000

Neat coin! I just launched a coin project[1], but by carrying them in your pocket they’re meant to remind you to look for opportunities to help someone and then give it to them to pay forward. My first coin[2] has helped at least 3 homeless people in its short life.

[1] https://butterflycoins.org [2] https://butterflycoins.org/coins/2srf

New comment by hornbaker in "Tesla sues its alleged saboteur for $167M"

hornbaker — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:28:25 +0000

Surprised he didn’t ask for $420M.