Hacker News: scrrr

New comment by scrrr in "Google Titan Security Key now available"

scrrr — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:49:39 +0000

Good reasons, thanks!

New comment by scrrr in "Google Titan Security Key now available"

scrrr — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:38:43 +0000

Isn't this the same as a code app like Authy? Why carry the extra dongle?

New comment by scrrr in "Ratings inflation on Uber and elsewhere"

scrrr — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 08:49:01 +0000

IMHO this is a good comment. It explains why ratings tend to be inflated, but I think it also indirectly asks in what kind of society we want to live.

(I think our profession is vulnerable to unadjusted people making the rules for the rest.)

New comment by scrrr in "Physics Makes Aging Inevitable, Not Biology (2016)"

scrrr — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:34:41 +0000

Your comment prompted a web search and I ended up here: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-reductionism-a-logical-fallacy

New comment by scrrr in "Mystery of sonic weapon attacks in Cuba deepens"

scrrr — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:21:19 +0000

My first thought: Look, this is Cuba. Home of con artistry. They will stage a UFO landing to get more tourists spend convertible pesos. For me P(heard-in-havana-and-true) is around 0.1, max.

New comment by scrrr in "What If Bitcoin – Shoot I didn't invest"

scrrr — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 09:13:55 +0000

Funny, this could be extended to all sorts of investments. What if I spent 1000 USD on Apple in 1990? I'd have about 1000 Apple stock now, currently worth around 160k.

New comment by scrrr in "It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say researchers"

scrrr — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:46:19 +0000

Private browsing mode is your friend. (You can set it as your default, at least on iPhone.) Caveat: You will have to keep confirming cookie usage popups (EU only I guess).

New comment by scrrr in "How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following"

scrrr — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:36:49 +0000

Is this different from any of the other similar cooking devices?

New comment by scrrr in "Ask HN: What is the most exciting development in your field right now?"

scrrr — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:20:08 +0000

Nassim Taleb reader/Twitter follower? In my (limited and mostly anecdotal) experience this sort of categorical seems to lead to more, perhaps different kinds of superstition. People read "The Black Swan" and start talking like statistics, probabilities etc. were suddenly completely meaningless. Humans seem to always have to live in extremes.. ;)

New comment by scrrr in "How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists"

scrrr — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 15:46:11 +0000

For me, there's still no alternative. And I also will not recommend anything but a Mac to friends and family. They just have the best personal computer on the market, period.

New comment by scrrr in "Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS"

scrrr — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:18:14 +0000

Will universal links and app banners and handover to desktop still work?

New comment by scrrr in "Why does software development take so long?"

scrrr — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:34:32 +0000

Because it's an art. It's like painting a picture. Good art takes time.

New comment by scrrr in "Why Tim Cook Is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple"

scrrr — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:50:19 +0000

Website-idea: Make a list of previous articles that predict the future of Apple. ;)

Strings in Swift 3

scrrr — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:28:25 +0000

Article URL: https://oleb.net/blog/2016/08/swift-3-strings/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12505079

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by scrrr in "Warren Buffett's Net Worth by Age"

scrrr — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 09:09:32 +0000

Well, how many trades did he do? Is that number high enough to statistically determine if he is really more skilled than the average investor?

New comment by scrrr in "Half Your Brain Stands Guard When Sleeping in a New Place"

scrrr — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:39:13 +0000

Perhaps its the quality of your bed/mattress at home..

New comment by scrrr in "Why we should fear a cashless world"

scrrr — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:56:14 +0000

The whole cash less payment industry is in trouble, once people realise that they can withdraw more than 50 [USD|EUR|GBP|..] at once..

Just kidding.

Well almost, since it was what did it for me. I started withdrawing larger amounts, 500 or 1000 Euros, each time, after ending up with no cash too often.

And I didn't feel the need to use another payment method since. YMMV (obviously).

New comment by scrrr in "Ask HN: Does this old horse have a few years of useful work left?"

scrrr — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:23:15 +0000

Hm, I am not bored yet, but I think I might be bored in the future. So I was wondering if I should go back to university and study something interesting, Physics perhaps, or even pursue a new career, like becoming an airline pilot or so..

New comment by scrrr in "The Triumph of Stupidity (1933)"

scrrr — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 16:02:57 +0000

I think it is a potentially dangerous mistake to put the "stupid" label on all those that support anti-democratic tendencies.

Among other things, such as having a false impression of what else is possibly going on, one might be inclined to dismiss the problem too easily.

New comment by scrrr in "A sliding puzzle, built with Elm"

scrrr — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:44:21 +0000

I just found this article on the solvability of these puzzles: https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mdr/teaching/modules04/java2/Tile...