Hacker News: nsv

New comment by nsv in "Cheating at chess with a computer for my shoes"

nsv — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:19:24 +0000

What people are speculating is that Magnus' prep got leaked to Hans leading to him researching this line. Of course just speculation, no hard proof. I tend to be of the mindset of "innocent until proven guilty".

New comment by nsv in "Why are D-sharp and E-flat considered to be two different notes?"

nsv — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:39:05 +0000

Well, pianos are not as easy to tune as some other instruments. But you're right that it could be done.

New comment by nsv in "Biden cancels $10k in student loan debts"

nsv — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 18:05:56 +0000

Could you elaborate on why that is?

New comment by nsv in "Scanning students’ homes during remote testing is unconstitutional, judge says"

nsv — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 18:00:02 +0000

Glad to see constitutional rights being upheld.

New comment by nsv in "Investors bought a quarter of US homes sold last year"

nsv — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:37:20 +0000

Anything under the inflation rate, which was 10% annual during that period, is free money.

New comment by nsv in "What kids in San Francisco have to walk through to get home from school"

nsv — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 15:45:02 +0000

The YouTube channel "Soft White Underbelly" contains a number of interviews of addicts, prostitutes, etc in that area. LA and other places as well.

New comment by nsv in "US Mortgage Lenders Are Starting to Go Broke"

nsv — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 22:17:08 +0000

The federal reserve buys a lot of them actually. This was a big part of what "COVID relief" money that was printed was spent on.

New comment by nsv in "Irishman arrested in UK for 'causing anxiety' by retweeting meme"

nsv — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:41:30 +0000

Well, no luck there, I'm an American. But I'm sympathetic to those across the pond that hold similar ideals as me.

New comment by nsv in "Irishman arrested in UK for 'causing anxiety' by retweeting meme"

nsv — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:26:31 +0000

I and many other believe that the government should not have the power to interview, detain, or do anything else to a person based on the contents of "offensive tweets".

Just because something is codified in law doesn't make it right.

New comment by nsv in "Ask HN: Where can I go to meet interesting people?"

nsv — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:32:48 +0000

Online? I've had luck with IRC.

New comment by nsv in "TikTok’s Poison Pill"

nsv — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:29:24 +0000

They're not giving you permission, they're defending their own beliefs. "You" here could be replaced by "one" or "a person", similar to the French pronoun "on".

New comment by nsv in "Wikipedia has blocked editing ‘recession’ as people change definition"

nsv — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 16:28:26 +0000

To me, it's surprising that whether or not we're in a recession could be a hot button issue.

New comment by nsv in "China mortgage boycott data erased by censors as crisis spreads"

nsv — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 13:50:13 +0000

Censorship should be criticized in all forms. Two wrongs don't make a right. It's not a dichotomy.

New comment by nsv in "Making IRC better"

nsv — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:37:08 +0000

What is the replacement for IRC that the world is moving on to? Matrix? XMPP?

Personally all the people I want to talk to still use IRC, so I'll use it to.

New comment by nsv in "How normal am I?"

nsv — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:32:58 +0000

The key difference here is that most CCTV up to this point has not been high resolution enough to run facial detection on.

New comment by nsv in "They're made out of meat (1991)"

nsv — Sun, 03 Jul 2022 17:12:50 +0000

The age old discussion of "if a tree fell in a forest and nobody heard it, did it really fall?"

New comment by nsv in "The Evolution of THC Vape Cartridges"

nsv — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 13:32:19 +0000

Do you have a source for this? Every resource I look at online says that decarboxylation is required for making edibles and this matches my personal experience.

New comment by nsv in "Mundane chores are all the rage in gaming"

nsv — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 19:23:08 +0000

In this genre is one of my favorite games, The Beginner's Guide by Davey Wreden.

New comment by nsv in "Ask HN: Best beginner friendly linear algebra book?"

nsv — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 19:22:34 +0000

Second to No Bullshit Guide to Linear Algebra. It's well written, has plenty of practice problems, and an interesting applications section.

New comment by nsv in "Tell HN: Google does not list application permissions in the Play Store any more"

nsv — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 02:10:45 +0000

I always look at the permissions for apps I use.