Hacker News: noonespecial

New comment by noonespecial in "UK to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030: FT"

noonespecial — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 19:47:24 +0000

Soon some madlad will create a kit with pedals, a shift knob, and some noise makers for under the car plus a sweet software patch that will perfectly replicate the manual petrol experiece.

A bunch of purists with then argue that despite the fact they can't reliably tell the simulated electric from the original in blind a/b testing that the original is still better because it has "soul".

New comment by noonespecial in "Ask HN: My manager suggested me to start taking Ritalin"

noonespecial — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:05:43 +0000

"Oh wow, I didn't know you were a Medical Doctor as well! Where'd you go to school?"

New comment by noonespecial in "Self-driving cars turned out to be harder than expected"

noonespecial — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 20:15:39 +0000

It still feels kind of like we're in the "Apple Newton" phase of self driving with the iphone in the indeterminate future.

One day we'll look back and say "aww, they tried so hard with the limited tech they had and got so close but what they needed to make it good just didn't exist yet".

New comment by noonespecial in "OpenChakra is an open-source visual editor for React"

noonespecial — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:35:22 +0000

https://github.com/premieroctet/openchakra

New comment by noonespecial in "Boeing identifies new software problem on grounded 737 Max"

noonespecial — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:24:56 +0000

There's a fourth one but its undefined.

New comment by noonespecial in "Where Have All the Schematics Gone?"

noonespecial — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 06:10:02 +0000

In 1992 I got a Swatch "Earth Day" edition self winder. Made from the best modern earth friendly materials. By 95 it had cracked and yellowed to the point it was illegible.

I started wearing my grandfather's '68 Caravelle self winder. I still am.

New comment by noonespecial in "Alpine makes Python Docker builds slower, and images larger"

noonespecial — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 02:03:01 +0000

I have like this:

Mac Virtualbox runs linux with host only network vbox0.

Docker runs in vbox linux. (now it gets ugly)

Vbox linux brctl's docker0 (set to match vbox0 ip space) into vbox0.

Docker container is reachable by IP from mac host. All is fast and good.

New comment by noonespecial in "One of biggest frauds in U.S. farm history"

noonespecial — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 01:53:14 +0000

If the punishment levied by the government costs less than the gain from the crime, I think its just called taxes.

New comment by noonespecial in "What DoorDash pays, after expenses, and what’s happening with tips"

noonespecial — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:42:02 +0000

I do also. As I hand them the cash I say very deliberately, "Thank you. This is for you, not them".

I've been doing it for ubers lately as well.

New comment by noonespecial in "Ask HN: Ever worked with a service that can never be restarted?"

noonespecial — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:18:37 +0000

You might try something like this, hoping that the process still has the gone file "open".

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/268247/recover-file...

New comment by noonespecial in "Soaring SUV sales keep carmakers on collision course with climate policy"

noonespecial — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 20:22:31 +0000

Then again, if nobody has kids then who are we saving the planet for ecactly?

New comment by noonespecial in "Recover HD Using a Magnet"

noonespecial — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 22:57:12 +0000

I'd bet on related, but not what you thought. If I had to guess, I'd put my money on the magnet pulling some tiny metal bits into the control board and shorting it.

But one thing is for sure. OnTrack are dicks. Can confirm.

New comment by noonespecial in "The University Is a Ticking Time Bomb"

noonespecial — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 16:48:09 +0000

It can, but the exchange rate is terrible.

“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”

--Stanley Kubrick

New comment by noonespecial in "Programmers Should Plan for Lower Pay?"

noonespecial — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 19:41:10 +0000

I find it more curious that doctors are paid so little than programmers are paid so much.

New comment by noonespecial in "What happens when your career becomes your whole identity"

noonespecial — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:28:54 +0000

People tell me that I didn't "live up to my full potential". I say, "I know. That would have been exhausting."

New comment by noonespecial in "Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so they can't be reused"

noonespecial — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 23:02:45 +0000

Sounds like an opportunity to score some decent physical hardware for a song. It could become a brand new hacker brand. "Noson". Fix the device via jag to talk to an open source server like an own cloud plugin.

New comment by noonespecial in "WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security"

noonespecial — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 13:55:43 +0000

Find a ham. We go nuts on people polluting the airwaves. Even wifi. Most hams will know exactly how to help.

New comment by noonespecial in "Valuing Productivity, Not Profession, Could Reduce U.S. Inequality"

noonespecial — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 22:05:01 +0000

>Great childcare and elder care is very expensive

It's hard even to find a way to buy "Great childcare and elder care". Mostly you end up paying as much as such a thing should cost but the money just goes to people who "administer" minimum wage workers delivering care that is mediocre at best.

New comment by noonespecial in "Dog insurer: 'jumping, running, slipping, tripping, playing' not covered (2016)"

noonespecial — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 14:29:28 +0000

This tiny sentience (alone in the universe as far as we know) has been given the fantastic wealth of a little planet. Of course we should spend it wisely.

But the only thing more pathetic that a spendthrift foolishly wasting their inheritance is a miser making themselves miserable grasping at every cent.

New comment by noonespecial in "I Quit Google to Work for Myself (2018)"

noonespecial — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 14:12:18 +0000

>convince existing talent to accept lower wages.

That seems like lousy marketing. If I'm told that something is constantly in a shortage my first thought isn't exactly to sell it for less.