Hacker News: sowut

New comment by sowut in "Psychedelic Graphics: An Introduction"

sowut — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:06:42 +0000

nice

New comment by sowut in "Ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to Community Notes model"

sowut — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:57:45 +0000

retar dio

New comment by sowut in "Is Chrome the New IE? (2023)"

sowut — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:08:12 +0000

i'll have to give firefox another look, it has been years.

New comment by sowut in "Is Chrome the New IE? (2023)"

sowut — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:39:07 +0000

every time i get a new work machine i attempt to use a browser that is not chrome. last time was firefox, this time was safari. eventually i start using chrome on certain sites because of ublock origin. then, as was the case with aws, certain websites are flakey enough times that i just give in and use chrome full time.

side note: hey aws, why is your rds performance insights dashboard broken on safari? 33% of the time it will "freeze" and i have to reload the page. very un-dude like.

New comment by sowut in "New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike"

sowut — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 18:23:18 +0000

"Times management has engaged in numerous labor law violations, including implementing return-to-office mandates without bargaining"

this is insane. you can't require your workers to come into an office anymore? that's against the law?

New comment by sowut in "Exposure to the Sun's UV radiation may be good for you"

sowut — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:01:06 +0000

or, you know, sounds like this whole thread is full of people who are confused as to why you can't just take vitamin d supplements and hide from the sun

New comment by sowut in "Exposure to the Sun's UV radiation may be good for you"

sowut — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:30:04 +0000

that's the second time i've said "mainstream leaders" with "mainstream policies." what i'm saying has nothing to do with celebrities

New comment by sowut in "Exposure to the Sun's UV radiation may be good for you"

sowut — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:07:53 +0000

"we have no mainstream leaders with mainstream policies advocating for health and fitness to fix the root issue"

New comment by sowut in "Exposure to the Sun's UV radiation may be good for you"

sowut — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:33:11 +0000

there's a popular trend that has been gaining momentum over decades that has people so disconnected from reality that they think a pill can replace proper diet, exercise, and in this case, the sun.

there is an obesity epidemic in this country at the root of many ailments (inflammation is the root of many diseases) and you have politicians pitching policies about bringing the cost of "drugs" down to treat these ailments but we have no mainstream leaders with mainstream policies advocating for health and fitness to fix the root issue.

we're going in the wrong direction and something has to change.

New comment by sowut in "Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain"

sowut — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:14:29 +0000

except that was a secret government program and humans were used as guinea pigs. that's not what i'm talking about at all

New comment by sowut in "Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain"

sowut — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:52:50 +0000

it's not that complex

New comment by sowut in "Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain"

sowut — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:50:35 +0000

it means regimented deep psychedelic experiences with focus on particular skills whether it be programming, music, art, writing, or any particular focus area. the results to be discussed, studied, understood, appreciated. almost like a college of psychedelics.

New comment by sowut in "Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain"

sowut — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:59:11 +0000

incredibly powerful drug. we should be training a legion of mystics using psilocybin instead of criminalizing it and obfuscating the implications of its use

New comment by sowut in "Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts"

sowut — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:58:52 +0000

this is an extreme example that really needs no explanation

New comment by sowut in "Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts"

sowut — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 21:08:04 +0000

while i appreciate he was a US citizen, i fail to see how it applies to our conversation

New comment by sowut in "Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts"

sowut — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:53:41 +0000

I can't reply to your last comment since it's nested so deep: "Help me understand how you read "courts may not inquire into the President’s motives", then. That's a ruling, by the Supreme Court, that they can not do so in this specific case."

There's scopes to the application of the ruling. An extrajudicial killing of a political opponent certainly falls outside of scope.

New comment by sowut in "Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts"

sowut — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:45:17 +0000

Anyone can claim anything they want. That's why we have courts.

New comment by sowut in "Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts"

sowut — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:01:11 +0000

There literally is. You can't just frame things however you want. That's not how this works. Words mean things.

New comment by sowut in "Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts"

sowut — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 18:06:58 +0000

it doesn't matter. the trump heuristic is the only way some people perceive the world. then they'll suggest some insane nonsense which is actually bad but they'll justify it with the trump heuristic

New comment by sowut in "We migrated from AWS to GCP with minimal downtime"

sowut — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:25:11 +0000

as long as they're normalized