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New comment by pstanger in "Out-braking the ABS myth [video]"

pstanger — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:02:33 +0000

I don't have any data for you, but my own experience owning and racing cars and motorcycles tells me this is not true. Contact patch isn't everything, but being able to load 4000lb on the front tires vs 500lb makes a big difference. A car on a track can blow right by the typical motorcycle braking point coming into a corner

New comment by pstanger in "U.S. Sugar consumption trend from 1970-2021"

pstanger — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 05:29:05 +0000

The title says consumption but the graphic says availability. Does availability have a different meaning in this context? Or is this just the amounts of various forms of sweeteners available to a consumer

Ask HN: What's the "one book" in your discipline?

pstanger — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:26:51 +0000

Today in the post about mid-level backend engineering courses, someone offered "just buy this book" (Designing Data-Intensive Applications) and other commenters echoed support for the book. A few weeks ago in a thread about ML someone commented to the effect of "Everything you need to know in ML is in this book" (Deep Learning with Python) and again people chimed in supporting it. Maybe those two examples are actually off base, but I love the idea of the "one book" where you can get a decently complete picture of a given subject and level of expertise. So HN, what's your discipline and "one book"?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37908075

Points: 30

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New comment by pstanger in "Motocompacto from Honda, 3.7 inch wide Briefcase-form Electric Scooter"

pstanger — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 21:49:24 +0000

Some people like buying thoughtfully designed products instead of ghettorigging I guess

New comment by pstanger in "CoQ4 is a functional substitute for CoQ10 and can be targeted to mitochondria"

pstanger — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 14:22:40 +0000

how do you choose what to take? I think he listed every supplement in the aisle

New comment by pstanger in "Has Xbox lost the console wars?"

pstanger — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 19:21:14 +0000

I didn't read it as a grammar correction but much is lost in transcripts

New comment by pstanger in "Google Pixel Fold"

pstanger — Wed, 10 May 2023 20:28:45 +0000

hi, I want these folding phones. Though I took advantage of the ridiculous trade in offers that Samsung usually promotes with. Everything is just nicer on the bigger screen: messaging, browsing, videos, gaming. And that screen is always in my pocket. Can't read the QR code menu at the restaurant? Here, look at my pocket tablet.

The technology is still in an awkward phase but I think slab phones will be obsolete in 5 years

New comment by pstanger in "We ran a phone check at a Y Combinator event in SF"

pstanger — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 04:50:43 +0000

FWIW I went to a Hannah Gadsby show a few years back and that event also had the phone pouch thing. Was she also being pathetic and cowardly?

New comment by pstanger in "‘He passed the bee baton on to me’: people who inherit hobbies"

pstanger — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 14:47:34 +0000

Maybe, or maybe they're overworked and overstressed and don't have the time or mental capacity to pursue a hobby they would otherwise enjoy

New comment by pstanger in "Counterfeits, fraud, and theft: Why Silca changed its return policy"

pstanger — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:52:21 +0000

Swiss cheese screws are annoying but trashing Silca's products based on a vague description of screw deformation is both a stretch and a red herring. It's irrelevant to the blatant fraud talked about in that section

New comment by pstanger in "1000s of Cars Including Audis, Porsches Adrift on Burning Cargo Ship"

pstanger — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:48:40 +0000

That article was thrilling, thanks for sharing it

New comment by pstanger in "Why the U.S. once set off a nuclear bomb in space"

pstanger — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 14:41:50 +0000

The results were surprisingly bad, but the article concludes with a number of learnings, a detection system, and a radiation mitigation system that all came from the fallout of this test. It was a reckless experiment, but not without its silver linings

New comment by pstanger in "Group Opposing Sex Work Gave Money to Prosecutors: Got Stings Against Johns"

pstanger — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 16:32:40 +0000

Just because there are details to work out doesn't mean it shouldn't be legalized.

Imagine trying to legalize alcohol for the first time. What if kids drink it? What if people drive after drinking? We managed to work through the follow-on effects with a system of rules that left most people feeling content and safe.