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Low Pressure, Turbo Shots, and the 'Perfect Espresso' (2020)

mpsprd — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:52:36 +0000

Article URL: https://strivefortone.com/2020/09/19/low-pressure-turbo-shots-and-the-perfect-espresso/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39070955

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mpsprd in "Rue de l'Avenir"

mpsprd — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 01:22:08 +0000

I think you're right, I misremembered the source. Reading online it's called the "robot series" and Asimov says he borrowed it from Heinlein.

New comment by mpsprd in "Rue de l'Avenir"

mpsprd — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 23:21:11 +0000

Asimov introduced me to this concept in I robot.

In his version there were multiple levels of speed for entry/exit of transit so the main highways were going really fast.

IIRC it required some dexterity to use and sounded a bit dangerous...

New comment by mpsprd in "Meta to charge for ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram in Europe"

mpsprd — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:01:18 +0000

To me your selection is reversed.

If you hate ads so much you're prepared to pay fb to get rid of it, I don't believe you're one to click on them.

New comment by mpsprd in "The Enhanced Game – Sports, without drug testing"

mpsprd — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:30:24 +0000

I agree with you, the higher the level, the more athletes will destroy their bodies in the process.

My critism is about actively encouraging said destruction via promotion of stimulants. It's already bad as it is.

New comment by mpsprd in "The Enhanced Game – Sports, without drug testing"

mpsprd — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:12:52 +0000

This website ignores the big problem with enhancement medication: the health of participants.

A future where there is an incentive to juice up athletes as much as possible is a recipe for disaster.

New comment by mpsprd in "Using Goatse to Stop App Theft"

mpsprd — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 17:50:07 +0000

This made me nostalgic of the old ytmnd days

New comment by mpsprd in "K3s – Lightweight Kubernetes"

mpsprd — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:11:52 +0000

Can this tool help to simplify self hosting implems? K3s was recommended to me to replace my personal pile of systemd units starting docker compose configs and manual reverse proxy configs.

Im am completely oblivious to how k8s works.

New comment by mpsprd in "How China's “debt traps” work"

mpsprd — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:52:18 +0000

This article makes me think about "tofu-dreg projects" [0]

Poor quality construction work prevalent in mainland china. If you look for content with this keyword, you will find jaw dropping videos of constructions workers bending or breaking "rebar" with their hands, Owners chipping away concrete in high-rise buildings like its sand, etc.

Of course some of this can be propaganda, but considering it has a local name, there must be truth to it.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu-dreg_project

New comment by mpsprd in "Rhythm 0"

mpsprd — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:00:37 +0000

I remember this being "exposed" in the Tate modern in London.

This piece of art is the one that made me acknowledge and appreciate modern art. It really makes you undestand the value of context and performance.

New comment by mpsprd in "YouTube blocks Russell Brand from making money through its platform"

mpsprd — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:18:33 +0000

https://web.archive.org/web/20230919111212/https://www.nytim...

New comment by mpsprd in "Willingham sends Fables into the public domain"

mpsprd — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:13:37 +0000

IANAL obviously, but nothing now stops me from selling T-shirts, figurines and lunchboxes of fable with my own drawings/designs. Any such sale is money not in DC pockets.

New comment by mpsprd in "Willingham sends Fables into the public domain"

mpsprd — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:04:46 +0000

The point is to hurt DC financially in reprisal.

Also, characters from fable came from the public domain, so it's a logical conclusion from the point of view of the author.

New comment by mpsprd in "Willingham sends Fables into the public domain"

mpsprd — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:00:17 +0000

>it cannot be resold

He covered it.

New comment by mpsprd in "Stable Audio: Fast Timing-Conditioned Latent Audio Diffusion"

mpsprd — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:11:22 +0000

>where quality is not important, like in games

I don't believe that's a good example. Video game music is an important part of the gaming experience, but its often taken for granted or overlooked.

Autonomous truck platoons are a bust, but they work if you put them on rails

mpsprd — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:48:00 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/this-autonomous-cargo-train-wants-to-fix-the-problem-of-underused-rails/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37484853

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mpsprd in "Ask HN: What's your seniority, location and notice period?"

mpsprd — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:19:26 +0000

In Canada its the same. I lived in France for a while and it was 2 months, it was quite the shock.

New comment by mpsprd in "How to make a synthetic diamond (2009)"

mpsprd — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 12:57:56 +0000

I disagree. As someone who doesn't own jewelry, I must admit nothing blings like diamond.

Go to the London tower and look at the crown jewels. It's jaw dropping.

It's of course a way of displaying your wealth, but it also reflects and scatters light in an incredible way.

Moving Day (Quebec)

mpsprd — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:11:58 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_Day_(Quebec)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37438034

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mpsprd in "Touch Pianist"

mpsprd — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:31:17 +0000

Funnily enough, I found gymnopédie #1 harder to play, even if I actually already played on the piano. Its like if muscle memory of actual piano was fighting it.