Hacker News: melomal

New comment by melomal in "Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a major contributing cause [pdf]"

melomal — Thu, 05 May 2022 06:58:02 +0000

History tends to repeat itself and there have been many, many situations much worse than what we have experienced due to poor hygiene, health, inequality in wealth and so on. Kids working in factories from young ages just to make a couple of pennies for a loaf of bread, then being beaten at home and school.

It almost feels like people are completely unaware of various pandemics that wiped out millions, trial by fire and witch hunts and so on. Better yet, the economy has never been better compared to many previous years in the last century and more.

The only major difference has been the advent of social media.

New comment by melomal in "Limits to green energy are becoming much clearer"

melomal — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 09:16:18 +0000

By 2050, with current plans, the quantity of worn-out solar panels—much of it nonrecyclable—will constitute double the tonnage of all today’s global plastic waste, along with over 3 million tons per year of unrecyclable plastics from worn-out wind turbine blades. By 2030, more than 10 million tons per year of batteries will become garbage.

New comment by melomal in "Web3 is centralized and inefficient"

melomal — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:44:43 +0000

Well you could argue that it wouldn't be Walmart that does it, it would be the producer so Samsung, Apple, LG, Asus, Acer etc would sell their products with a digital twin (NFT) which provides sales from future purchases.

That being said, it could reduce the need for new products/versions being created every other week. However, there would need to be a somewhat centralized 'marketplace' that facilities the second hand sales which is where Walmart could step in with some perks for selling with them.

New comment by melomal in "Two-minute battery changes push India’s delivery riders to switch to e-scooters"

melomal — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:28:45 +0000

Interesting. What about during the winter months?

New comment by melomal in "Web3 is centralized and inefficient"

melomal — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:27:06 +0000

Pretty much. 1000 true fans is essentially the backbone of the NFT argument which basically revolves around artists and their fans parting ways with cash for collectable items. With NFT tickets, the artist always gets paid no matter who is selling the ticket and how many times it get sold. I would say that this is a win for the artist.

New comment by melomal in "Web3 is centralized and inefficient"

melomal — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 07:47:07 +0000

Royalties. The ticket seller can set that and every time the ticket is resold, they will get % of that sale. For an artist that would mean they can sell a ticket with % royalty set and then profit from future sales on an ongoing basis.

New comment by melomal in "Two-minute battery changes push India’s delivery riders to switch to e-scooters"

melomal — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:04:09 +0000

Poland has a number of e-scooter companies where you can rent them. They are littered all over Tricity, baby blue ones, but they don't seem to be that popular, especially during the winter months.

New comment by melomal in "Twitter based map of Russian troop movements"

melomal — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:52:53 +0000

Strong people with attitudes to match!

New comment by melomal in "U.S. weighs sending 5k troops to Eastern Europe to counter Russia"

melomal — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:00:05 +0000

Because America has never missed a war. It's too profitable.

New comment by melomal in "Digital real estate and the digital housing crisis"

melomal — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:11:57 +0000

> But if you're buying a ticket for something that doesn't exist yet, that's an investment.

Out of curiosity, does this include concerts and events?

New comment by melomal in "“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says"

melomal — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:30:39 +0000

Wall Street Journal does the same thing. It's completely mad.

New comment by melomal in "The metaverse is bullshit"

melomal — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:33:04 +0000

Remember Clubhouse? The $1bn Unicorn? Basically defunct now because people just defaulted back to passive aggressive typing.

New comment by melomal in "An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook collusion"

melomal — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 07:02:43 +0000

There's an old book that I came across which basically discussed the architecture of Las Vegas and the small nuisance, such as titled sidewalks, that were crafted to maximize foot traffic.

(it may have been this book https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/learning-las-vegas-revised-ed...)

New comment by melomal in "Leaving Google"

melomal — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:07:44 +0000

These posts almost feel like a Scientology style exodus and moment of clarity.

New comment by melomal in "An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook collusion"

melomal — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:05:32 +0000

It's amazing that when you consider most tech companies based their entire perks strategy off the back of free food, beers, playgrounds, sleeping pods etc all in the name of keeping workings in the build at all times a la Facebook and Google.

A little like the casinos tricks where you will never see a clock or the time inside one. There's a slight tilt on all pavements in Las Vegas that slowly push you towards the building, all without you knowing that it's happening.

Brainwashing at it's finest.

New comment by melomal in "Australians ‘complacent’ to rapid growth in digital surveillance"

melomal — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:03:27 +0000

This literally is the divide between HN types and everyday individuals.

The latter pays little attention because they generally do not care whilst HN will debate and suggest endless fixes to the problem - which are always technically more difficult or cumbersome. This is why people buy Apple products on each iteration, religiously for some, because they want it to work, be pretty and the desire of everyone.

The UK has been well known for their love of CCTV and yet crimes still go unpunished and people don't get caught.

New comment by melomal in "The State of Web Scraping in 2021"

melomal — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:42:12 +0000

Thank you for the suggestions! I will check them out.

New comment by melomal in "The State of Web Scraping in 2021"

melomal — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:25:47 +0000

Interesting. I was about to start on some web automation and so far I've had hammered into my head that Selenium is the 'language of the internet' or something along those lines.

What would be a better solution, if you have any to recommend?

New comment by melomal in "How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1k users"

melomal — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 05:48:34 +0000

Spam, the mother of all growth hacking.

It makes me laugh thinking about my time as a growth hacker. Reading these style of posts and thinking that there's going to be some hidden gem of dam buster that will unleash all leads.

Nope just spam. Spam will get you the results you need.

New comment by melomal in "Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights canceled or delayed"

melomal — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 05:44:24 +0000

If it's a strike then it 9 times out of 10 means the airline will have to payout for delayed and cancelled flights. I would imagine they are trying to spin this every which way possible to eliminate the inevitable bill that will need to be paid. Financials are probably out of whack too since covid so this situation could really cripple/break them.