Hacker News: mattrp

New comment by mattrp in "How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity"

mattrp — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 13:14:26 +0000

Seems very similar to this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22064530 (Which isn’t exactly a great thing)...

New comment by mattrp in "Swiss companies must pay share of rent for employees working from home"

mattrp — Mon, 25 May 2020 15:57:39 +0000

I agree that it delves into the realm of triviality that’s not worth the costs of developing the policy and enforcing it.

New comment by mattrp in "Show HN: Djaq provides a powerful, instant remote API to your Django models data"

mattrp — Wed, 20 May 2020 14:44:28 +0000

Thank you for pointing that out. I generally stick to as much plain vanilla Django as possible. This may be dimwitted of me but I currently return a jsonresponse dict as my ‘api.’ In my forms I’ve added a noun that allows me to specify httpresponse or jsonresponse and a verb to specify the crud function.

New comment by mattrp in "Tesla adds bidirectional charging capability"

mattrp — Wed, 20 May 2020 13:58:54 +0000

Same here - I’ve been considering the Ryobi riding mower. Cub Cadet has an electric rider as well. It’s interesting, if you can mod your kids power wheels, these riding mowers are basically the same concept. All you’d need would be the electric motors —- which are plentiful — and a 48v 100ah battery. The later is around $2500 on Amazon... which even though you could retrofit/build your own, the retail pricing of the finished mower product isn’t so bad by comparison. I’m not sure of the extended warranty availability but given the battery is easily 80% of the value of the mower that would be my chief concern if it ends up only lasting a season or two.

New comment by mattrp in "Show HN: Djaq provides a powerful, instant remote API to your Django models data"

mattrp — Tue, 12 May 2020 16:59:51 +0000

I'm a fan of django but have been looking for an alternative to DRF. I'll give this a try - thank you for developing this. Looks interesting!

New comment by mattrp in "IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (2019)"

mattrp — Thu, 07 May 2020 14:56:54 +0000

You have a point re: vindictiveness and pettiness. I clicked the link and immediately scrolled into the article failing to notice the author. After about 30 seconds I had the following reaction, “wait! Is this Taleb?” Despite the severe flaws in his prose, he makes some points that I think are worth considering. The chief one is that it’s kind of dumb to attempt a measure of total mental capacity. At best it will result in gross over generalization of the individual’s potential. So what’s the point if not to serve as a means for separating people into developmental tracks as early as possible. Put another way, IQ is simply another way people get evaluated not as individuals but as cogs in the machine. I rather like this critique of IQ and I’m appreciative for Taleb bringing it up (though I doubt he’s the first).

New comment by mattrp in "Ask HN: I work for AWS. How do I encourage change for Amazon warehouse workers?"

mattrp — Tue, 05 May 2020 22:48:01 +0000

This is a pretty good idea. I'd be surprised if there isn't already an engineering / SW team doing this to create better tools / conditions. Maybe there's a way to pull request your ideas into this effort (presuming an effort exists)?

New comment by mattrp in "Americans widely oppose reopening most businesses"

mattrp — Tue, 05 May 2020 20:55:40 +0000

I guess the poll questions are useful in terms of unrestricted reopening but say nothing about support for partial reopening / reopening with conditions - which in of itself is a bias by omission.

New comment by mattrp in "Ask HN: Why can't I send faxes from my phone?"

mattrp — Sun, 03 May 2020 23:45:10 +0000

You’re right g.711 is not ideal either. Jitter is a killer. T.38 is a solution when it’s supported on both sides and it is often not. The best solution is email but apparently every title office and pediatrician in the land cannot be bothered! ;) Although thankfully many have moved on.

New comment by mattrp in "Ask HN: Why can't I send faxes from my phone?"

mattrp — Sun, 03 May 2020 20:54:33 +0000

Fax has an ip protocol called t.38 however it is inconsistently implemented. Most services still rely on g.711 - essentially uncompressed voice - for transmission of fax tones. However there is no guarantee the end to end call will be g.711 even if specified during call setup. There is an app called eFax - unfortunately the service is not free but I as a subscriber routinely fax over the phone when it’s the only way to communicate (like with a doc office).

New comment by mattrp in "Organizing a Group Buy of Flour"

mattrp — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 03:16:51 +0000

Sounds great. We just broke out our kitchen aid which had sat dormant next to the bread machine for years. I didn’t know it had a mill attachment but I guess I’m not surprised.

New comment by mattrp in "Organizing a Group Buy of Flour"

mattrp — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:19:58 +0000

As in a business or the machinery to use at home?

New comment by mattrp in "Organizing a Group Buy of Flour"

mattrp — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:42:04 +0000

Great advice thank you. Where are you finding the spelt and whole wheat?

New comment by mattrp in "Organizing a Group Buy of Flour"

mattrp — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 02:01:31 +0000

Thank you for adding these points. I did not know about the yeast - so thank you!

New comment by mattrp in "Organizing a Group Buy of Flour"

mattrp — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 01:10:56 +0000

We just finished our 25lb bag from the Ebola panic buying days... make sure before you buy a ton of flour you know what you’re going to do with it. Bread isn’t very good without yeast (good luck finding that), cakes aren’t very good with all purpose flour, pasta is really hard to make without a pasta maker, etc... sorry to be a downer but I’m kind of the opinion that while some flour is good, and it’s certainly good to learn how to use it, don’t expect to transform your kitchen into your favorite bakery. Also... this is just my perspective but Walmart and sams are rocking the supply chain... with some few exceptions we’ve not had to look hard for anything we want and their home delivery process is awesome. Amazon has done a great job too... i do not miss two day shipping at all... as long as I know it’s off my to do list and into their queue I’m good.

New comment by mattrp in "Two Chainsaw Secrets – Turning a Tree into Perfect Boards (2019) [video]"

mattrp — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:45:24 +0000

This is why I like hacker news...

New comment by mattrp in "I Became a Disciplined Investor over 40 Years. The Virus Broke Me in 40 Days"

mattrp — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 18:54:08 +0000

After reading this I feel like he shouldn't quit his job as a columnist even in the best of times. I think a lot of people keep looking for a dip to buy and being disappointed when they don't see it forgetting that we're so early into this situation that we haven't even had a full quarter of earnings reports with covid influence. If you're investing in 2020 based on what you wished you'd done in 2009, you're going to lose. And to simultaneously claim to be disciplined and "broken" in this/any market means by definition you were never disciplined no matter what you want to tell yourself.

New comment by mattrp in "Pro drivers are competing with gamers after F1 and Nascar canceled races"

mattrp — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 02:16:26 +0000

I remember reading once they generate more a G of force just letting off the accelerator. Back in the day, Nigel Mansell had to leave for a few months for an injury. His next race back he retired because his neck muscles had lost conditioning despite working out every day.

New comment by mattrp in "'Nature is taking back Venice': wildlife returns to tourist-free city"

mattrp — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:56:32 +0000

Heh my neighborhood looks like night of the comet... no one out and about at all. No cars... a lone pedestrian every once in awhile.

New comment by mattrp in "Ask HN: Best way to increase typing speed?"

mattrp — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 02:02:41 +0000

Thumbs up for typing club. I put my kids on it. I took a typing course when I was 15 and TC most closely resembles that instruction.