Hacker News: rhapsodic

New comment by rhapsodic in "US signals intention to rethink job H-1B lottery"

rhapsodic — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 15:35:52 +0000

* >Ninety-nine percent of the developers at one of the world's largest transportation companies are from India*

What company is that?

New comment by rhapsodic in "[dead]"

rhapsodic — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:49:13 +0000

https://archive.is/2tmIy

New comment by rhapsodic in "How the Food Industry Pays Influencers to Shill Blueberries, Butter, and More"

rhapsodic — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:14:35 +0000

> They also need acidic soil.

For a while, I was saving the leftover from my morning coffee pot for a friend of mine, who used it to acidify the soil around her blueberry bushes. I don't know if it worked or not.

New comment by rhapsodic in "A proposal to add signals to JavaScript"

rhapsodic — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 04:03:15 +0000

Preach brother! My sentiments exactly. And I've developed SPAs that are massively complex and highly interactive, and whatever problems these folks are referring to that stuff like this supposedly solves, I've not yet encountered.

New comment by rhapsodic in "Breaking down tasks"

rhapsodic — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:41:53 +0000

"Do the next right thing" was a phrased used by Alcoholics Anonymous long before that 2019 movie came out, so I don't think calling it "The Anna Principle" is appropriate.

New comment by rhapsodic in ""No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel"

rhapsodic — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 19:59:58 +0000

>And they tried more complicated alloys, for instance they developed Corten steel, the biggest example of which is probably the US Steel building in Pittsburgh. It's a steel where it's 'rust' essentially works as a protective layer.

Also worthy of mention is the New River Gorge Bridge. [1]

And the recently-collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_River_Gorge_Bridge

[2] https://www.carboline.com/solution-spot/posts/pittsburgh-bri...

New comment by rhapsodic in "You don't need JavaScript for that"

rhapsodic — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 20:02:15 +0000

> So they should use the exact same OS and they'll have the same color picker everywhere, native to that OS. Problem solved.

How would that work if the app had to work on both desktop and mobile?

And, how easy would it be to make sure all users were using the same model and make of mobile device?

New comment by rhapsodic in "Ask HN: Is it a bad time to take a sabbatical?"

rhapsodic — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 04:36:00 +0000

>I think that's UTO :-)

In some places, "PTO" stands for "Personal Time Off". In those places, there can be paid PTO and unpaid PTO.

New comment by rhapsodic in "Tech Workers Paying $700 a Month for Tiny Bed 'Pods' in San Francisco"

rhapsodic — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 03:16:55 +0000

> That's an interesting take that seems so obvious now that you've said it. I've spent my whole life in single family homes and never quite "got" the "go work in a cafe" and similar stuff. Seems like a pretty rich tapestry of possible experiences to miss out on. Huh. Will be chewing on that for a while.

The only way to find out if it's worth your while is to try it. I tried it, and it wasn't for me.

New comment by rhapsodic in "Millions of people see staying home and cleaning as their idea of a good time"

rhapsodic — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 03:06:39 +0000

https://archive.ph/dOXT3

New comment by rhapsodic in "One of France's oldest butter producers makes 380 tons per year [video]"

rhapsodic — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:22:56 +0000

Would you mind sharing which brands were your favorites?

New comment by rhapsodic in "Ask HN: What type of lawyer can review consultant agreements?"

rhapsodic — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 19:09:41 +0000

IME, it seems that most of the lawyers with experience in this area primarily work for the companies that hire consultants, rather than consultants themselves. And their skillset is focused on drafting contract language that favors the customer rather than the vendor.

That's not to say that they couldn't apply that same skillset to drafting contracts that protect the interests of the consultant. It's just an observation.

New comment by rhapsodic in "An app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie"

rhapsodic — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 04:31:44 +0000

I've never, ever heard of a rental home or apartment or even hotel room that forbids guests. I'm not saying your assertion is false, but can you provide any evidence that it's true?

I think at one time there were women-only boarding houses that forbade male guests, at least there were in old movies, but that's about it.

New comment by rhapsodic in "The Future of Rural New England (1897)"

rhapsodic — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:18:13 +0000

>I usually assume that this USA-specific "missing middle" of dense housing is a result of car culture and the suburban nightmare we've created across the country

I suspect the layout of European farming communities is a holdover from feudalism, when serfs worked the land on behalf of the lord of the manor, who owned all the land.

They probably found conditions in the New World much more desirable, where they could own their own farm. And when they owned their own farm, they probably found it much more convenient to live close to the fields and barns and livestock that they also owned.

New comment by rhapsodic in "Microsoft begins “Extinguish” phase of dealing with Open Source"

rhapsodic — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 16:56:12 +0000

> JavaScript is reliant on typescript

How is Javascript reliant on Typescript? I've written an enormous volume of Javascript without ever having touched Typescript.

New comment by rhapsodic in "Why is Apache clinging to OpenOffice?"

rhapsodic — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:57:09 +0000

> A fair number of people still use Word 97. It does what they need and still works on modern systems. Why switch?

Perhaps so you can open all of those .docx files that people send to you?

New comment by rhapsodic in "The term ‘Viking’ as it is commonly used is misleading"

rhapsodic — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 03:30:41 +0000

Today we have techo vikings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjCdB5p2v0Y

New comment by rhapsodic in "Margaret Hamilton oral history (2017)"

rhapsodic — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 01:37:37 +0000

I'm up to page 30 (of 47) and I'm thinking, wow, someone should really make a movie based on this woman's life and career, at least up until the moon landings.

New comment by rhapsodic in "Collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge"

rhapsodic — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 05:55:11 +0000

> The bridge was an uncoated weathering steel, three-span...

The somewhat larger New River Gorge bridge is also made from that type of steel.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_River_Gorge_Bridge

New comment by rhapsodic in "Collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge"

rhapsodic — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 01:42:21 +0000

> There may be an avenue that would let you request copies of the video.

If that's true, my guess it that the mainstream media is aware of it and will have copies of the video.