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Nimbus Tech Stack (2019)

stephth — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 20:11:31 +0000

Article URL: https://paul.copplest.one/blog/nimbus-tech-2019-04.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21445935

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by stephth in "More Older Couples Stay Together Because They Live Apart"

stephth — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 08:32:54 +0000

You actually proved it’s a story: for some people it’s news that couples can live in different houses and have any other type of romantic relationship than dating.

New comment by stephth in "Why Read the Classics? (1986)"

stephth — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 21:55:29 +0000

This is amazing. Thank you.

In your experience what’s the most convenient e-ink device for free ebooks? Ie Kindle is optimized for amazon so probably not the most convenient for this.

New comment by stephth in "Godot gets a brand new animation editor with cinematic support"

stephth — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 09:25:39 +0000

How did Unreal compare regarding that issue?

New comment by stephth in "Launch HN: SafetyWing (YC W18) – A Global Safety Net for Digital Nomads"

stephth — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 19:22:36 +0000

Interesting, best of luck! What are your closest competitors? And do you intend to provide other tiers for above 39, or are “digital nomads” above that age too few?

New comment by stephth in "React Native and Yoga Both Given MIT Licence by Facebook"

stephth — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 09:53:35 +0000

Was just reading about yoga. Since you’re familiar with it, do you know if there are plans to support css grid?

New comment by stephth in "A therapy chatbot and app for depression and anxiety"

stephth — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:20:07 +0000

The question here may not be face to face vs remotely, but a person vs a rudimentary AI. Can one feel acceptance and support from a chatbot that has no sense of self?

New comment by stephth in "Quiet"

stephth — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 08:24:04 +0000

The plot context overview on Wikipedia is chilling just by itself...

New comment by stephth in "Keybase launches encrypted Git"

stephth — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 19:36:33 +0000

> I want to bet on your company without feeling dependent on worst case restore scenarios

If you’re worried about Keybase disappearing with all your data, doesn’t backing up your computer cover that scenario?

Talking to Yourself in the Third Person Can Reduce Stress and Negative Emotions

stephth — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:20:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencealert.com/talking-to-yourself-in-the-third-person-can-help-you-stay-in-control/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14877223

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by stephth in "The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election"

stephth — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 06:18:32 +0000

They survived the Judith Miller controversy. What is it about the HRC-NYT emails that ends their credibility in ways that Judith Miller didn't?

edit: I can't think of a good reason to downvote this question (please do explain), but I'll rephrase: the Judith Miller Iraq reporting was bad to say the least, and they got rid of her. In this case I am under the impression that the problem is a few isolated cases, but I'm not well educated and am possibly missing something. What about these emails makes this a sweeping issue over the whole organization, as opposed to a few reporters having abused their welcome?

New comment by stephth in "Travels From The Monk That Lives in My Phone"

stephth — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 21:06:34 +0000

It wasn't stolen, it was lost and found. [1]

And for the credentials part, you're assuming a certain amount of technical knowledge and interest for iPod features beyond the basics.

[1] Relevant, from this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10247974

New comment by stephth in "Show HN: Initial release of H2O, and why HTTPD performance will matter in 2015"

stephth — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 22:52:41 +0000

Interesting article. And congratulations for the release!

Sorry this is a bit off-topic (and doesn't apply to H2O as it's been in the works for a while looking at the commits), but I wonder, today, with a language like Rust (1.0 is at the door [1]), as performant as its safe C equivalent but modern and safe by design (and with an escape hatch to C/C++ if needed), what would be the advantages of starting a long term project of this type in C today?

[1] http://blog.rust-lang.org/2014/12/12/1.0-Timeline.html

Edit: why the downvotes?

New comment by stephth in "How Sleep Clears the Brain"

stephth — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:42:43 +0000

I used to behave like this, would go to bed between 2 and 5, despite not liking the consequences (shortened daylight time, city noise while I slept in, being out of sync with others). I think I've gradually fixed it. Still working on being more regular, but these days I'm able to fall asleep at 10h30. Here's what I think helped me personally:

- learning about mindfulness (useful to stop/slow down the intense flow of thoughts. I recommend reading/listening to The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle)

- 500 mcg of melatonin at the end of dinner. (the chewable ones sold at Trader Joe's work for me) Required read: http://www.gwern.net/Melatonin

During the transition, some days I may have forced myself to get up a little earlier so that I would go to bed earlier, it helped but I avoided doing this too often because it could affect my abilities for days. You want to sleep as much as you need but still go to bed at a reasonable time, not sleep deprive yourself to sleep. Setting your clock is a gradual thing. Maybe you can try to go to bed 15 min earlier every day.

EDIT: I'm not a doctor, and I didn't get help from a doctor for this. Take this advice at your own risk. But if you do get help from a doctor and you're offered a prescription for sleeping pills, please remember there may be healthier alternatives.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, I think exercising helped me too. If you're not exercising because you can't find the time, you could - like me - start here: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-mi...

New comment by stephth in "First water plume seen firing from Jupiter moon Europa"

stephth — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:22:42 +0000

Please forgive my ignorance. What makes Europa more likely to contain life than other moons thought to contain oceans like Callisto, Ganymede, Titan, Enceladus ... ? [1]

[1] http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18lqil4sqeremjpg/original.jp... [2]

[2] http://io9.com/5827649/a-map-of-all-the-water-in-the-solar-s...

New comment by stephth in "Two thousand mice dropped on Guam by parachute to kill snakes"

stephth — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:52:22 +0000

You've opened a new HN dimension to me. Not that I'll use this often, but it's good to know it's there.

New comment by stephth in "Two thousand mice dropped on Guam by parachute to kill snakes"

stephth — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:13:49 +0000

It's not in any way about the article.

Are the effects of snakes in Guam not close enough for you? :)

Anyway being tangential or meta doesn't seem to be an unpopular thing in HN. Also, you can't flag comments. (Edit: Yes you can.)

New comment by stephth in "Tsunami advisory in northern Japan after 7.1 magnitude earthquake off coast"

stephth — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:15:03 +0000

"A U.S. Pacific tsunami warning center said there was no destructive widespread tsunami threat following the quake."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/25/us-japan-quake-idU...

"It was 6.2 miles deep, officials said, and hit at 3:10 a.m. Saturday local time and was felt 300 miles away in Tokyo.

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a "yellow" warning Saturday morning, meaning a small tsunami could reach the coast at Fukushima, site of the 2011 nuclear power plant disaster.

There were no immediate reports of damage from the temblor, which Japanese authorities classified as a magnitude 6.8, Reuters reported. No irregularities were reported at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

A yellow warning is issued when a tsunami is not expected to exceed three feet, significantly smaller than the tsunami that hit the energy plant in March 2011. Residents in the coastal region of Fukushima Prefecture were being advised to move to higher ground.

No warning for the rest of the Pacific was posted by the U.S. Tsunami Warning Center after the quake."

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/25/21150222-73-ma...

New comment by stephth in "Paul Graham Thinks You Should Exercise"

stephth — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:16:05 +0000

That's not a good excuse. There are plenty of hours in the day from which to choose an 8 minutes window.

New comment by stephth in "Paul Graham Thinks You Should Exercise"

stephth — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:58:34 +0000

With the 7 minute workout, you have no excuse not to exercise daily. All you need is a wall, a chair, a mat if the floor doesn't have carpet, and about 8 minutes. You get a full body endurance workout with all its long term and short term benefits - makes you feel more awake right away and helps you sleep better at the end of the day - and just 8 minutes later you can be back on your keyboard.

You can exercise more if you want to, but unless you have an impeding health problem, you have no excuse not to do this much.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-mi...

I used this iOS app to learn the exercises (I started by learning 6 exercises and then evolved from there, in less than two weeks I was doing the full workout), and I use it every day to guide me: http://www.uovo.dk/apps/7minute.html (There's plenty of others similar apps out there which I haven't tried but this one works for me)