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New comment by itodd in "STFU"

itodd — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:59:55 +0000

i would hope you're not the minority. i'm in your camp.

New comment by itodd in "MinIO is now in maintenance-mode"

itodd — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:25:30 +0000

seaweedfs

New comment by itodd in "Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies"

itodd — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:02:59 +0000

There's already an outbreak in Texas.

New comment by itodd in "Trickle-down economics were always bullshit"

itodd — Tue, 28 May 2024 16:01:17 +0000

How's the bridge's structure?

New comment by itodd in "Thomas Midgley Jr.: The man who almost destroyed the planet (twice)"

itodd — Fri, 24 May 2024 15:33:38 +0000

Whenever I have a brain fart, my 12 year old daughter loudly and sarcastically thanks Thomas. Words can't express how much I appreciate her sense of humor.

New comment by itodd in "If gravity isn't a force, then why does it "need" a boson?"

itodd — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:24:31 +0000

ScienceClic on Youtube has amazing videos on this topic as does Veritasium. Einstein's happiest thought helps with understanding this. He thought that there would be no discernible difference between what a man felt while falling off a ladder (let's not factor in air resistance) and what a person in 0g space felt.

We are actually "accelerating" upwards at a constant rate that is equal to what we feel and many think of as gravity. This is because spacetime is curved by the mass of the earth.

Think of a grid being distorted or squeezed / pinched. The distortion pinching is "gravity". Everything in the grid still travels in a straight path relative tot he lines on the grid but since the [spacetime] grid is pinched, it looks as if it is not on a straight path.

New comment by itodd in "Shift Happens Cover Stories: guess the Shift keys of retro keyboards"

itodd — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:57:03 +0000

I dislike this new trend of trying to make your site's text look like LLM output. It's incredibly annoying to read at a fixed slow pace.

New comment by itodd in "Bluegrass Archive"

itodd — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:23:14 +0000

If anyone likes bluegrass, check out billy strings. Those guys have figured out how to release chemicals in my brain. A joy to listen to.

New comment by itodd in "Bref 2.0 Is Released"

itodd — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:19:11 +0000

Since there is no description in the link: "Simple and scalable PHP applications with serverless"

New comment by itodd in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)"

itodd — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 17:34:52 +0000

Adimab, LLC | Software Engineer in Computational Biology | Hanover, NH | Full time

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with experience using Django and Vue.js for modern web application development. This role is within the Computational Biology team, closely interfacing with the Product Engineering team, and the rest of the scientific organization.

- Software Engineer https://adimab.applytojob.com/apply/MaZZQVJefF/Software-Engi...

New comment by itodd in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2021)"

itodd — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:23:38 +0000

Adimab, LLC | Software Engineer in Computational Biology | Hanover, NH | Full time

- Software Engineer https://adimab.applytojob.com/apply/MaZZQVJefF/Software-Engi...

New comment by itodd in "Bitcoin breaks above $20k for the first time ever"

itodd — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 01:38:10 +0000

> It doesn't take much effort to verify these claims.

Please verify your first claim and I'll admit I was wrong.

New comment by itodd in "Bitcoin breaks above $20k for the first time ever"

itodd — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:38:42 +0000

[Citation needed]

New comment by itodd in "Bitcoin breaks above $20k for the first time ever"

itodd — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:36:59 +0000

USDT is another "cryptocurrency". I put that in quotes as they can print it at their leisure. They claim to be backed by USD but have never been audited. The market cap grows by billions a month.

BTC and USDT is a common trading pair on crypto exchanges.

As a result, those behind USDT can print it and buy BTC to manipulate the price.

Don't get me started on exchanges allowing you to trade with yourself. This field is tainted with shady practices.

New comment by itodd in "Bitcoin breaks above $20k for the first time ever"

itodd — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:49:10 +0000

Plot tether market cap against BTC price. They appear to print USDT with no oversight. I fail to see how this is sustainable.

New comment by itodd in "S&P Dow Jones Indices to launch cryptocurrency indexes in 2021"

itodd — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:15:32 +0000

How can this be with Tether existing? Does anyone really honestly think that USDT is legit?

New comment by itodd in "No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed severe Covid-19"

itodd — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:01:04 +0000

Hence my last sentence.

New comment by itodd in "No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed severe Covid-19"

itodd — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:55:02 +0000

It can't fundamentally change your own DNA. The mRNA codes for a stabilized version of the sars-cov2 spike protein. Your cells then use the mRNA to build that protein. Your immune system will then build up a response. It is a terrible idea to wait for a version 2 of this vaccine. Get vaccinated or this will not go away.

New comment by itodd in "How io_uring and eBPF Will Revolutionize Programming in Linux"

itodd — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 22:08:37 +0000

respectfully disagree.

New comment by itodd in "Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A"

itodd — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:50:23 +0000

I have a Pixel 2XL and it is still supported. I am participating in the latest android beta without any known-to-me model-specific issues.