<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: smileysteve</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=smileysteve</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:13:09 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=smileysteve" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by smileysteve in "U.S. science is in chaos"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's especially interesting because prior to the time of the election, the administration approved food funding to states that GOP run states rejected.</p>
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<p>This implies that the money saved by cutting research was fungible and not part  of a still increasing deficit, that the government doesn't debt spend, and that there aren't positive externalities (including jobs, education, and supporting services in addition to outcomes from the research.<p>Indeed, not only did research programs get cut, but so did USDA funding which both balanced farming and put food on table. And this was a year after the previous administration reduced the deficit, sent food funding to states, of which ~13 rejected the funding.<p>Food funding, which, has been studied to increase economic output beyond it's costs, similar to research funding.</p>
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<p>Glass is 30% cheaper to make from recycled glass.<p>But transport and sorting (glass is hard and sharp) eat into that margin, so presort</p>
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<p>> it takes as much energy if not more than just making new.<p>It saves 30% of the energy inputs to reuse slightly contaminated glass, especially when done locally.<p>That's ignoring the energy inputs of mining and delivering the silica.<p><a href="https://learn.sustainability-directory.com/learn/what-are-the-energy-savings-for-recycling-glass-versus-new-production/" rel="nofollow">https://learn.sustainability-directory.com/learn/what-are-th...</a></p>
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<p>It's more hardware intense, but yes, add an rfid tag to each key, use a btle obd dongle,  centralize computing in an arduino; phone home to a webserver the last logs.<p>Then at the end of the month debit each account that used negative gas.<p>The only thing this misses is encouraging fill-up before empty, but it could give notice when the tank is below ¼ before a trip</p>
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<p>This is definitely ¾ of what you pay a mechanic to do; 1 publisher writes a maintenance manual for a car; mechanics all around the globe can use that to work on that specific car.<p>It's the mechanics that don't reference Google or the Haynes manual that are more likely to get it incorrect.<p>As a kicker, mechanics also have a pricing book for the task, they know how many hours a task will take on a certain car (rounded up for the most part).</p>
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<p>Your comparison reads to suggest that Japan doesn't have Onsen culture or that sauna does not exist in Norway.<p>That's to say, many cultures from around the globe have developed similar activities that heat the body.</p>
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<p>40° internal body temperature is not the same as 40° weather.<p>Yucatan is not the same as Dubai in Summer.<p>Your body is under heat shock trying to keep up in a Sauna (that isn't considered warm until 60°). Versus a healthy body CAN keep up in 40°.<p>The Yucatan equivalent of a Sauna is more like doing hard labor on a roof on a sunny day with no breeze.</p>
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<p>And if Sadam did, then by proxy the US did.</p>
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<p>It's even worse when your goal is commercial viability of carrying a relatively flammable liquid.<p>Tankers moving at a slow speed, across a narrow strait.<p>They don't have to sink to not be commercially viable; a few deck fires negatively impact your days at sea without incident.</p>
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<p>You and the poster above disagree about the state of Twitter.<p>Twitter had been a growth company, it was early/missed the market with Vine, but was showing ad growth.<p>Now, as a private company, backed by the world's richest man, sovreign wealth funds, and banks that have written down their stakes, it has different economics than a tech / growth company.<p>It's ad revenue is now, not in the ballpark of the fortune 500 or trendy Instagram ads, but somewhere between reddit and sin site markets.</p>
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<p>> Did the maker movement end? I dont think so<p>Bump.<p>Because we had our first high profile murder using a 3d printed weapon just last year.</p>
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<p>> But sure, let's not work on multiple paths.<p>The article is about a sign of failure of one of the multiple paths that was pursued by Japan and Ca State subsidies that was attempted over the last 20 years.<p>You can work on multiple paths, but to not measure and adjust defeats the purpose.</p>
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<p>I think you just described American cable boxes... Except they charge us a monthly fee and an additional monthly fee for the box.<p>Or any smart tv with free ip tv.</p>
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<p>It's metric chasing;<p>If the metric is everyone passes, then you either taught really well or lowered the standard.</p>
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<p>In context of the thread, that's because AI fixes the key problem with comments, because it maintains them when the code is updated.</p>
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<p>> engineer that submitted it<p>This is a poor metric as soon as you reach a scale where you've hired an additional engineer, where 10% annual employee turnover reflects > 1 employee, much less the scale where a layoff is possible.<p>It's also only a hope as soon as you have dependencies that you don't directly manage like community libraries.</p>
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<p>To put this in perspective, there are huge issues recyling lead acid batteries exposed this year.<p>I consider lead acid batteries relatively simple with all materials being large and not particularly binding.<p>But it's somehow easy to outsource this to a smelter with inappropriate smelting, and no controls on worker safety.<p>So anything smaller, more complex, or more interewined, with things like silica involved...</p>
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<p>> when it was about differences in fiscal policy and taxation.<p>It was never only about that. But they weren't saying the quiet part out loud.</p>
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<p>Keeping a 1-2 car's length stopping distance is likely over a 50% reduction in at fault damages.</p>
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