Hacker News: st26

New comment by st26 in "Let Teenagers Sleep In"

st26 — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 05:04:10 +0000

Not as much time indeed, in December where I live sundown is at 1630.

New comment by st26 in "Let Teenagers Sleep In"

st26 — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 04:55:36 +0000

Just throwing in my anecdata, used to be a late riser (often after ten), had a kid and now I wake up a bit after six. Sleeping in is after eight. I just have to get up when he does.

If I had to guess, I'd wonder if school conventionally starts early because pre-teens are up early.

New comment by st26 in "Let Teenagers Sleep In"

st26 — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 04:52:49 +0000

something is horrifically wrong with your urban planning

Ok, agreed. Now what?

But seriously, this is the state of affairs for much of the country.

New comment by st26 in "Self-Driving Cars Can Handle Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Snow"

st26 — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 04:17:03 +0000

Well, eventually, when that computer has sophisticated software and all the appropriate sensors. An array of optical sensors that you ignore anyway won't really cut it.

New comment by st26 in "Multiple gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts"

st26 — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 02:29:52 +0000

That's the thing, I've never lived somewhere that gets to -6 and also runs a real chance of multi day power outages.

I'm sure it's a different story in some parts of the world, of course.

New comment by st26 in "Multiple gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts"

st26 — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:24:29 +0000

Personally I suspect a lot of the diehard adherents to gas cooking haven't had a chance to cook with a modern glass top resistance or induction stove. IMO the difference has shrunk dramatically.

Water heaters too, electrics have improved and the operating cost difference is really not that big. Electric water heaters might also be extremely valuable for demand response.

When it comes to space heating in cold climates though, I don't really know what replaces natural gas. Probably air source heat pumps, but they are still maturing.

New comment by st26 in "Is California a Good Role Model?"

st26 — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:37:56 +0000

It sounds like the name of a B action movie.

New comment by st26 in "Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age"

st26 — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 01:29:33 +0000

The various negative health outcomes we're seeing with refined &/or simple carbohydrates.

New comment by st26 in "Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age"

st26 — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:49:34 +0000

It's really more like a balance narrative. Hit reasonable ratios of protein, fats, and carbs.

High protein, low fat, low carb, low protein, high carb, high fat- collectively we've tried them all through one fad or another.

Currently IMO we're in a blowback period where we are seeing high carb is not panning out and many people are still afraid of fat, so protein is the next savior in line.

New comment by st26 in "Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age"

st26 — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:58:32 +0000

IMO while protein is needed for muscle building, recommendations like 3.3g/kg (I've even seen recommendations of 4.4g/kg) come from a "more is always better" mentality, along with a pop culture obsession with protein.

Personally, a simple flat 100g seems both a reasonable & attainable goal for most regular people building muscle without requiring exceptional diets (here I fall back on naturalism- I cannot believe that exceptional diets are required to get fit). You can easily hit that number with 1/4-1/3lb of meat a day plus whole grains and vegetables.

New comment by st26 in "Scientists warn of potential serious health effects of 5G (2017) [pdf]"

st26 — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:42:47 +0000

It's known in the ham community that pine needles diminish the range of UHF radios, so it fits with pre-existing knowledge.

Reportedly needles are about the same length as a UHF antenna, and so they tend to absorb the radiation.

5G is, I believe, somewhere in the UHF spectrum.

New comment by st26 in "Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Windows 10 Insider build"

st26 — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:34:27 +0000

I don't know what the proper term is, but there's a certain trust of necessity at play. You have to pick some OS vendor to trust, or at least trust more than the others, because you need an OS.

New comment by st26 in "Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age"

st26 — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:28:16 +0000

1.5g/lb (3.3g/kg) is considered by many in the weight training communities to be way overkill, and potentially hard on your kidneys.

New comment by st26 in "Decentralisation: the next big step for the world wide web"

st26 — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 03:10:57 +0000

You have to pay for bandwidth, CDNs, storage, app servers, DB servers, etc etc.

Decentralized serving has just as much bandwidth, storage, and iron (if not more). Does it somehow make those resources cheaper?

New comment by st26 in "To Restore Civil Society, Start with the Library"

st26 — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 03:02:35 +0000

Yes, it's a little bit different than a regular co-op, but:

1) it's paid for mostly by your local government, not the federal government, so there's some self-determination.

2) You can get your books there, but you don't have to get your books there, and you can still have your own collection.

New comment by st26 in "To Restore Civil Society, Start with the Library"

st26 — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 15:04:47 +0000

It's the co-op model, which USA generally has no problems with as long as it's elective, e.g. you aren't forced to depend on it.

New comment by st26 in "Local News Is Dying, Taking Small Town America With It"

st26 — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 19:37:32 +0000

Personally I feel like I would happily pay small amounts for news, but nobody has figured out how to frictionlessly pay $0.00004 to read a news article I'm interested in.

We're stuck right now with only two models, $15-30/mo subscriptions subsidizing hordes of non-payers, or ads.

New comment by st26 in "Local News Is Dying, Taking Small Town America With It"

st26 — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 19:33:21 +0000

In my area, Facebook authenticated commenters conducted themselves poorly as ever and comments were permanently switched off.

New comment by st26 in "Local News Is Dying, Taking Small Town America With It"

st26 — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 19:30:35 +0000

I see it as more like, the defenders of public broadcasting are infuriated that public radio ($4M) is put on the chopping block and the DoD ($600B) is to be increased.

It's not that cuts to public radio is unthinkable, but when someone proposed they will fix the federal budget by cutting NPR (0.0001% of the budget) they are looking for a fight, not really trying to solve the problem.

New comment by st26 in "How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All U.S. Motels"

st26 — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 13:49:29 +0000

Generally, vegetables are more expensive than grains and more perishable.