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New comment by skrblr in "“Captain Gains” on Capitol Hill"

skrblr — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:58:02 +0000

If someone is paid 500k-1.5M, do they suddenly lose interest in further enriching themselves? I don't understand this argument.

New comment by skrblr in "Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)"

skrblr — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:33:05 +0000

Maternal mortality rate was 100x higher in the past. Not sure I would call that "doing just fine."

Doesn't change that this patent is very silly, though.

New comment by skrblr in "Young people are flocking to astrology"

skrblr — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:32:31 +0000

On the page you have linked, there is a section titled "Skeptical explanations," which contains explanations of the event that are both plausible and satisfying. If you stare at the sun for a while you're going to see some weird stuff. Don't try it at home.

New comment by skrblr in "Ignoring boys' emotional needs fuels public health risks"

skrblr — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 18:10:16 +0000

I would hope that fathers would also say that being a father is their most important role!

I have been a software engineer for a decade. I derive a good deal of personal satisfaction from my work, and from being able to provide financially for my family. There are some things that only my body might be capable of, compared to my husband's, but otherwise I would hope that we are able to equitably divide responsibilities and impart the varying positive aspects of our worldviews and personalities onto our children.

Bio clock is a mild concern, but people can struggle with infertility at any age. I would not want to tie my entire personality up with motherhood/homemaking and then find out that it wasn't in the cards.

New comment by skrblr in "Ignoring boys' emotional needs fuels public health risks"

skrblr — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 17:12:13 +0000

I think society would be better off if all people were raised to focus on creating stable, responsible families and being resilient to adversity, regardless of gender. Roles within the relationship should be negotiated based on individual strengths.

I say that as a woman without children in a very equal marriage, working in software, who worries regularly about the impact of having children. I dread being expected to take on a less "worldly" and more "homemaker" role.

New comment by skrblr in "Ignoring boys' emotional needs fuels public health risks"

skrblr — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:29:02 +0000

> someone who can create a stable, responsible, potentially loving environment for a family, someone who can endure a lot of strain and responsibility while still holding it together

How is this different from a woman's role?

New comment by skrblr in "Ask HN: I Think I Need a New Calendar App"

skrblr — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:21:53 +0000

Huh... I know about deidentifying, but what does it mean to de-deidentify?

New comment by skrblr in "Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering"

skrblr — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 23:22:04 +0000

I saw (probably) the same video and thought he was saying the company's lifetime fuel costs were $1M.

New comment by skrblr in "State-of-the-art open-source chatbot, Vicuna-13B, just released model weights"

skrblr — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 21:48:13 +0000

It's in the name of the model - "Vicuna-13B" implies there are 13 billion parameters.

New comment by skrblr in "How do you browse Hacker News?"

skrblr — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:58:14 +0000

Materialistic became buggy for me in terms of UI elements arbitrarily switching to different themes (pixel 5a). I switched to Harmonic and have been very happy with it.

New comment by skrblr in "Fewer people are creating new podcasts these days"

skrblr — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:18:07 +0000

Completely agree. More or Less and Business Daily (both BBC) have replaced Planet Money for me in the last few years.

Non-Trivial Kubernetes: Using Istio Gateways

skrblr — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:45:27 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@steinman.e/non-trivial-kubernetes-using-istio-gateways-dd6f8bad6dc7

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New comment by skrblr in "“Captain Gains” on Capitol Hill"

New comment by skrblr in "Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)"

New comment by skrblr in "Young people are flocking to astrology"

New comment by skrblr in "Ignoring boys' emotional needs fuels public health risks"

New comment by skrblr in "Ignoring boys' emotional needs fuels public health risks"

New comment by skrblr in "Ignoring boys' emotional needs fuels public health risks"

New comment by skrblr in "Ask HN: I Think I Need a New Calendar App"

New comment by skrblr in "Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering"

New comment by skrblr in "State-of-the-art open-source chatbot, Vicuna-13B, just released model weights"

New comment by skrblr in "How do you browse Hacker News?"

New comment by skrblr in "Fewer people are creating new podcasts these days"

Non-Trivial Kubernetes: Using Istio Gateways

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