Hacker News: panacea

New comment by panacea in "Facebook Takes Out Newspaper Ads to Attack Apple's Strengthening iOS Privacy"

panacea — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 11:58:25 +0000

This is the beginning of the end here for Facebook. Good riddance, and I hope you don't let the swinging door hit you on the way out.

New comment by panacea in "Ask HN: Advice for first-time dog owners?"

panacea — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 10:26:04 +0000

I prefer the term ‘Human School’... because that’s how we learn to be good dog owners.

New comment by panacea in "Qantas launches inspection blitz after cracks found on Boeing 737 jet"

panacea — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:27:50 +0000

It's 'Qantas'... "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services"

New comment by panacea in "On Jony Ive Leaving Apple"

panacea — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 01:58:12 +0000

He singed off on it.

New comment by panacea in "The concept of schizophrenia is dying"

panacea — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 12:36:35 +0000

Well... both. But you're right.

New comment by panacea in "The concept of schizophrenia is dying"

panacea — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 10:11:51 +0000

My brother got heavily into weed at a young age (15-16). He developed strong schizophrenia. Was medicated which helped him, but went off the meds, left his wife, and died falling off a train that he was graffiting.

New comment by panacea in "Show HN: Spoffer – Not just another deals site"

panacea — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:52:33 +0000

Is this for me? I'm in Australia.

New comment by panacea in "Challenge HN: Keep lame April Fools' gags off the front page"

panacea — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:47:08 +0000

What do you mean by 'it doesn't scan well'?

New comment by panacea in "Challenge HN: Keep lame April Fools' gags off the front page"

panacea — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:44:16 +0000

"You guys" is gender neutral where I'm from, and I don't think you're entitled to redefine the term 'guys' as being specific to a gender where I'm from. "You blokes" or "You gals"... yeah... gender specific in my immediate culture.

At some point, you're going to need to accept that when some people use a term that's loaded for you, it's not necessarily loaded for them, and the problematic nature of the term is only problematic to you and your circles, and it's just not intended as insulting, demeaning, belittling, or othering.

New comment by panacea in "Challenge HN: Keep lame April Fools' gags off the front page"

panacea — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:33:39 +0000

If only there were other places on the internet to get your kicks off.

New comment by panacea in "Challenge HN: Keep lame April Fools' gags off the front page"

panacea — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 09:38:56 +0000

"Contemplate something besides your echo-chamber. Step outside of your filter bubble!" he said, screaming into a vortex.

New comment by panacea in "Challenge HN: Keep lame April Fools' gags off the front page"

panacea — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 09:36:28 +0000

"It's one day in 365, it provides a little bit of relief."

Traditionally, 'April Fools' pranks were one morning at the start of April, and the gags ended at midday.

It's never worked properly on the internet and has bled either side to something like 2 days, internet time. That's a non-significant amount of time as a proportion of the year to have to deal with bogus shit.

New comment by panacea in "When, not if: how do San Franciscans live with the threat of the next quake?"

panacea — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:41:00 +0000

The human response to disaster planning is offloaded to a committee who's responsible for disaster mitigation.

Call it a government.

Residents living on the banks of that large river in North Africa built a fucking awesome risk mitigation strategy for said government. Eternal life under a stacked pyramid of stones.

New comment by panacea in "Early Supporters of Oculus VR Denounce Facebook Buyout"

panacea — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:05:37 +0000

I should probably qualify my statement.... actually no. Social is me, my family and my friends! Fuck this Zuck dude's power trip.

New comment by panacea in "Early Supporters of Oculus VR Denounce Facebook Buyout"

panacea — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:35:48 +0000

And I think you're wearing virtual-virtual goggles.

"VR will absolutely change the way we interact with each other in the future."

Probably... but OR was solving hardware/society challenges, and those challenges can't be solved by handing the reins to the masters of the fucked-up dystopia that is Facebook.

New comment by panacea in "Poll: The new HN comment system – agree, disagree, or wait and see?"

panacea — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 06:26:39 +0000

My most up-voted comment is this:

"2048 is HN's Flappy Bird"

Hardly enlightening or interesting.

New comment by panacea in "Poll: The new HN comment system – agree, disagree, or wait and see?"

panacea — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 06:22:43 +0000

Having a $5 sign-up fee would be better than 'pending comments', IMHO.

New comment by panacea in "Missing Airplane Flew On for Hours"

panacea — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:22:57 +0000

Presuming snark... it wasn't RR it was "sources".

New comment by panacea in "Missing Airplane Flew On for Hours"

panacea — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:35:37 +0000

If it wasn't for the truly awful reality that many real people are missing, presumed dead, there would be room for a joke about Lost 2 viral marketing.

New comment by panacea in "Missing Airplane Flew On for Hours"

panacea — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:29:48 +0000

Australia can. We've apparently got radar coverage that can detect light aircraft take-off and landings in much of this area: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/JOR...