Hacker News: s0fa37

New comment by s0fa37 in "Garbage in Japan"

s0fa37 — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:17:44 +0000

On this note, the exterior of an incinerator in Osaka was 'refurbished' by the Austrian artist Huntertwasser, who was certainly an interesting person.

https://hundertwasser.com/en/architecture/arch122_mop_maishi...

If you're ever in Vienna, there is a museum of his design that is worth visiting - it's quite unlike anything I've visited before/since

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundertwasserhaus

New comment by s0fa37 in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

s0fa37 — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:57:39 +0000

I've never understood this argument. When performing scientific studies, there is a sample size of n = x hundred/thousand, and we then generalise the result across the entire population. Having 48% of the population participate in this "study" is likely to be very indicative of the likely voting choice for the remainder of the population, right? You really think that the proportion of votes for each party for those people that haven't voted would be any significant difference from those that did?

New comment by s0fa37 in "Japanese words of Portuguese origin"

s0fa37 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 08:41:00 +0000

Wow - I was recently in Lisbon for the second time in two years, and I insisted my other half and I ordered these at a restaurant, as I had tried them on my first visit and they were delicious!

I described them to her as 'tempura fried green beans', assuming naively that the influence came in the other direction!

New comment by s0fa37 in "Playstation Architecture: A Practical Analysis"

s0fa37 — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:42:48 +0000

Oh wow, this is akin to spotting a celebrity out on the street!

I happened to already be half-way through the extended "war stories" interview on the making of Crash you had done and it is superb; you are a joy to listen to! I remember reading these blog articles of yours many years ago but will definitely be revisiting!

As an aspiring hobbiest game developer, I often feel I have missed out on this golden age of game development - where you really had to think outside the box and hack your way around the architecture to achieve your design and performance goals.

New comment by s0fa37 in "Scunthorpe Problem"

s0fa37 — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 13:36:31 +0000

I moved to Sheffield for University and then stayed for a couple years after for work. Have actually ended up in Leicester recently to live with my girlfriend. My job is quite forgiving in terms of location as I'm on the road quite often, or can work from home!

New comment by s0fa37 in "Scunthorpe Problem"

s0fa37 — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 11:42:53 +0000

I'm from Scunthorpe! Never thought i'd see the day it made it to Hacker News...

To add something relevant to this post - I'm too young to remember this "problem" regarding the AOL filter, and my parent's first ISP was NTL which is now Virgin Media. Of course the use of the town name with emphasis on the aforementioned profanity was common amongst the youth.

New comment by s0fa37 in "Another Dead Whale Is Reminder Of Plastic Problem"

s0fa37 — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 15:31:45 +0000

I find the closing remarks around the banning of single-use plastic bags troubling - surely there are much more beneficial areas to target to reduce our overall use of plastic? Within each of these plastic bags full of supermarket groceries is likely anywhere from 5-20 other items caked in plastic packaging. How much of an impact is banning single use plastic bags, even globally, going to make really? Not saying that I'm against the banning of them, but shouldn't bans be extending much further across other products. The single-use plastic bag seems like such a low-hanging fruit, easy-win, that in my mind will make a negligible difference

New comment by s0fa37 in "Is It Time for Germany’s Doorless Elevators to Move On?"

s0fa37 — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 21:50:05 +0000

Glad to see someone posted this! I was a student at Sheffield and did ride this one a couple of times. I was always skeptical about the safety but have never heard of any accidents happening.

What I found most amusing is that you pass through a floor with full view of the people waiting, and so there's plenty of opportunity for awkward eye contact.