Hacker News: pfffr

New comment by pfffr in "San Francisco library turning off WiFi at night to keep homeless from using it"

pfffr — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:24:44 +0000

Libraries are public services. Subways are public services. Parks are public spaces. If you are so progressive you would be interested in expanding social service spending to help people out of homelessness. This would solve your (personal) problem with homelessness.

New comment by pfffr in "It’s Not a Good Sign When People Who Don’t Pay for News Have So Little to Choose"

pfffr — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:49:32 +0000

It was a joke. About how the NYT is guilty of the behavior they are being critical of in the article. Yeesh.

Any idiot with an internet comnection can copy and paste the url.

And for the record i agree with your points about class/availability of information.

New comment by pfffr in "It’s Not a Good Sign When People Who Don’t Pay for News Have So Little to Choose"

pfffr — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 06:49:49 +0000

I hope nobody adds the archive.is for this

New comment by pfffr in "Ask HN: What are some life optimization tricks you have discovered?"

pfffr — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 05:37:09 +0000

It means efficiency, organization amd optimization. I have had maybe 12 different usernames since starting hn. I routinely get off the site for long periods of time because interactions like this are why I got off reddit circa 2013, and got on hn some time after that.

New comment by pfffr in "The US government is buying troves of data about Americans"

pfffr — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:49:26 +0000

Personal accountability is a dying trait it seems. Sorry you are getting downvoted for what seems to be an accurate assessment of the situation. I wonder if the people downvoting would argue that advertisers for taco bell are not complicit in your buying a taco?

New comment by pfffr in "Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft"

pfffr — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 04:34:46 +0000

Also, it seems like there may be some copyright implications as well? The more I think about this it really seems like Microsoft is opening itself to lots of liability issues with this policy.

New comment by pfffr in "Ask HN: What are some life optimization tricks you have discovered?"

pfffr — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:49:18 +0000

Literally stated in the response that this was meant as a way to approach things other than smoking and stated that i havent smoked in over ten years but kudos to you for the one upmanship. Once the reddit strike is over take this kind of posting back over there.

New comment by pfffr in "Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft"

pfffr — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:51:16 +0000

So anyone in the medical industry using microsift edge is violating HIPAA?

New comment by pfffr in "Ask HN: What are some life optimization tricks you have discovered?"

pfffr — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 05:59:14 +0000

I have fluctuated 36-40 (mens US) for the last 20 years. If you are gaining or losing tremendous amounts of weight in a short period of time you should probably talk to your doctor because there may genuinely be something medical going on.

New comment by pfffr in "Ask HN: What are some life optimization tricks you have discovered?"

pfffr — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 04:44:25 +0000

I have 15 pairs of size 38 (thanks 'rona years) 8 pairs of size 36. It is stupid to get rid of the ones that don't fit, your weight will fluctuate throughout your life. Also you will eventually need new pants.

New comment by pfffr in "Ask HN: What are some life optimization tricks you have discovered?"

pfffr — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 04:20:58 +0000

If you have the time to do it today, doing so is an investment in having more free time tomorrow, or if tomorrow is busy it is now less stressful.

Keep your lighter in the empty part of your cigarette pack (haven't smoked in nearly a decade, but this logic is applicable elsewhere).

Find pants that fit/look good/are comfortable and buy 15 pairs.

Black clothes/accessories match everything and require less thought.

New comment by pfffr in "Ted Kaczynski has died"

pfffr — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:38:20 +0000

Anarcho primitivism is hardly "left wing"

New comment by pfffr in "Ted Kaczynski has died"

pfffr — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 19:28:02 +0000

"Leftists" offended by these sentiments are most likely centrists. The goal of neoliberalism (read: the DNC) has been to shift the left to the center. This has been their objective for years. See: Obama, Biden, the Clintons.

TK was post-left before it was cool.

New comment by pfffr in "Wonky – An exploration of rhythm and grooves that break the rules"

pfffr — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 01:43:26 +0000

"Just fix it in protools" is a common phrase uttered by too many musicians to count in the pages of TapeOp as well as their podcasts, to a degree that would seem to argue against your points raised here. There may be many artists that are technically proficient and still employ these techniques as an element of their aesthetic, but there are far more who acknowledge using it as a crutch.

(Professional recording engineer here)

New comment by pfffr in "Was modern art a CIA psy-op? (2020)"

pfffr — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 21:47:34 +0000

My thoughts, too, went to Luigi Russolo and early experimental electronic music, and experimental films of the 1920s. Obviously any counterculture can still be co-opted into the mainstream. See what is happening now with various civil rights movements being worked into corporate images (and the ensuing conservative backlash).

What happens when Adorno & Horkheimer become mainstream pop icons?

New comment by pfffr in "People Hate QR-Code Menus. Now Restaurants Are Ditching Them"

pfffr — Sat, 27 May 2023 18:28:22 +0000

Often menus don't change for years, only specials and seasonal menu items. These can be clipped to the laminate. Restaurants have done this since longer than I have been alive.

New comment by pfffr in "Why do recipe writers lie about how long it takes to caramelize onions? (2012)"

pfffr — Wed, 24 May 2023 08:34:28 +0000

Some people add sugar but it is not required to achieve carmelization. Onions contain sufficient sugars to ensure this process.

New comment by pfffr in "FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says"

pfffr — Sat, 20 May 2023 20:51:28 +0000

How were mask mandates useless? The data is in and they did help prevent spread of infection.

New comment by pfffr in "U.S. Marshals Spied on Abortion Protesters Using Dataminr"

pfffr — Tue, 16 May 2023 06:55:01 +0000

Already happened

New comment by pfffr in "U.S. Marshals Spied on Abortion Protesters Using Dataminr"

pfffr — Tue, 16 May 2023 06:51:27 +0000

Obviously not, but it is important to distinguish who is actually being targeted. Like, obviously? Leftist activism has long been the target of government surveillance and infiltration. It would seem that the true threat is more from the right, so why is the left/post-left/anarchist groups/civil rights activism the subject of greater scrutiny?

Semantics matter. I was just pointing out a fact for people just commenting who had not read the article and may have assumed the title was accurate, which it is not.

I have been opposed to all government surveillance programs and technologies, and would guess that I have been researching them longer than you have been alive (i assume you are young since you are so quick to jump to conclusions)