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New comment by talliedthoughts in "Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player"

talliedthoughts — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 09:42:07 +0000

Is there a way to use Infuse on PC? The only links I see are to the App Store

New comment by talliedthoughts in "Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels"

talliedthoughts — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 22:39:14 +0000

This is a great idea, I'd love to be able to use it on my TV. It would be nice if it also supported changing the playback speed to 1.5x, 2x etc - the youtube player has this so I'm assuming it's possible.

New comment by talliedthoughts in "Hotel safety tips from a former intelligence officer"

talliedthoughts — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:23:55 +0000

Ask for a second key and leave it in the slot?

New comment by talliedthoughts in "Ask HN: Which book can attract anyone towards your field of study?"

talliedthoughts — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 21:48:26 +0000

Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but I found this entertaining:

How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39026990-how-to-invent-e...

It's written in a comedic style, and takes you through what you would need to build to "reimplement modern civilization" if you found yourself stuck back in time.

New comment by talliedthoughts in "Off the Grid"

talliedthoughts — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 13:05:23 +0000

Thanks for sharing, great story! I like that you touch on living there when you get old, a lot of the younger off-griders don't seem to have a clear plan for that, or are not talking about it.

I'm curious if you have thoughts on how you can deal with the inevitable medical issues as you get older:

   - medical emergency, needing an ambulance right away

   - a serious medical issue that needs frequent hospital appointments, say kidney dialysis or chemo

   - more common stuff like needing a cane to walk, or no longer being able to climb a mast to fix your internet

New comment by talliedthoughts in "The slow collapse of Amazon’s drone delivery dream"

talliedthoughts — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 11:28:31 +0000

This could be an interesting case - how high do property rights extend into the sky above your land? Obviously planes are allowed to fly over, even small private planes like Cessnas that fly pretty low. Is it actually the filming aspect that makes it "illegal"? What if the guy in the Cessna has a GoPro pointing out the window? What if it's not regular filming but say thermal imaging, do the same rules still apply?

UK presses for City of London carve-out from G7 global tax plan

talliedthoughts — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:11:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/4ed18830-f561-4291-8db5-c3c1fa86c1b8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27446558

Points: 3

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New comment by talliedthoughts in "Summary of June 8 outage"

talliedthoughts — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:07:25 +0000

If they tell everyone exactly how to trigger the bug before they finish rolling out a fix, people will trigger it on purpose to bring down websites.

New comment by talliedthoughts in "A Japanese company cut 80% of the time needed to manually count pearls"

talliedthoughts — Mon, 24 May 2021 09:08:22 +0000

Financial analysts trying to figure out if AMC are gonna hit their quarterly numbers?

New comment by talliedthoughts in "Aukey kicked off Amazon following fake reviews allegations"

talliedthoughts — Sun, 23 May 2021 09:35:19 +0000

The option I see says Europe, which would include European countries that are not part of the EU (e.g. UK), so customs clearance would still be needed. It helps, but it's not granular enough for this particular case.

New comment by talliedthoughts in "Where’s the evidence that grit predicts success?"

talliedthoughts — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 08:55:22 +0000

Not only a hindsight measure, but also a very individual measure. Society usually defines success as some combination of wealth and fame, but everyone can choose another definition of success for themselves.

Say someone defines success for themselves as "becoming the number 1 basketball player in the world", then gets into the top 10 and becomes rich and famous because of it. They might internally consider themselves a failure, even though they are very successful in the eyes of everyone else.

New comment by talliedthoughts in "Just Be Rich"

talliedthoughts — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 08:54:52 +0000

Reading the other comments here, I think the argument is that when most people say they came from nothing, they are ignoring roads, electrical grids, sewer systems, fire departments, police to enfore property rights etc. "Society" provided those - before the person was rich. Of course, there are some people who got rich without any of those things, but probably a lot fewer.

New comment by talliedthoughts in "Some Thoughts on Smart Canes"

talliedthoughts — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 09:01:57 +0000

Another possible reason for not having physical buttons is waterproofing. There would need to be a small gap between the button and the hob surface, and water or cooking oil could get in there, causing issues with the electronics, in addition to making it harder to clean.

New comment by talliedthoughts in "7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they?"

talliedthoughts — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:57:21 +0000

It's less common, because most people have to drive home from work in the US.

New comment by talliedthoughts in "The Next Phase of the Retail Apocalypse: Stores Reborn as E-Commerce Warehouses"

talliedthoughts — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 10:48:01 +0000

They're competitors, and presumably are selling the item at different prices. If Amazon is cheaper, HD would have to give you the item for less than they normally sell it. If Amazon is more expensive, why not buy the thing directly from HD, you're going there to pick it up anyway.

New comment by talliedthoughts in "Parsing city of origin and destination city from a string"

talliedthoughts — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 15:17:16 +0000

This would help but it's not foolproof, since there is no way to be sure the strings refer only to direct flights between the two locations. Flight deals often involve transfers and/or complicated routings.

New comment by talliedthoughts in "Google rolls out DNS-over-HTTPS support in Chrome 83"

talliedthoughts — Wed, 20 May 2020 09:59:30 +0000

Running version 83.0.4103.61 but I don't see the DoH-related entries in Chrome Settings. Is this still in a phased rollout?

Saving for Early Retirement? Don’t Forget 3 Things (Inflation,Taxes,Healthcare)

talliedthoughts — Sun, 17 May 2020 09:37:10 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/makingofamillionaire/saving-for-early-retirement-dont-forget-these-3-things-72da6a97d62e

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23210837

Points: 1

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$300 to Cancun? How to Tell When a Flight Is a Good Deal

talliedthoughts — Thu, 14 May 2020 13:33:46 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@talliedthoughts/300-to-cancun-how-to-tell-when-a-flight-really-is-a-good-deal-f550357536ba

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23179270

Points: 3

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New comment by talliedthoughts in "I was tricked into thinking I had “grit”"

talliedthoughts — Wed, 06 May 2020 07:05:57 +0000

That definition would push people into local maximums, always continuing the grind towards the initial goal instead of stepping back and reassessing if the goal still makes sense. There has to be a balance between these actions.