Hacker News: teraku

New comment by teraku in "The case against caffeine"

teraku — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:27:08 +0000

Stronger By Science[0] recently did a longer piece on caffeine, trying to argue against it (from the perspective of lifters who actually enjoy caffeine as a performance enhancer). You know, scientifically trying to disprove your believes.

TL;DR: Probably mostly harmless in medium quantities, but no real proven long-term benefits. So if you enjoy coffee, just drink in moderation.

[0] - https://www.strongerbyscience.com/pros-cons-caffeine/

Spotify Increases Prices

teraku — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:17:08 +0000

Article URL: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-07-24/adjusting-our-spotify-premium-prices/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36845461

Points: 11

# Comments: 5

New comment by teraku in "Captcha Is Asking Users to Identify Objects That Don't Exist"

teraku — Thu, 25 May 2023 12:14:02 +0000

Probably they have articles "on the heap" for filling or summer or something, which they are now cranking out for click numbers. Maybe also a bit of chatGPT

Miraculin

teraku — Sat, 06 May 2023 21:01:02 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraculin

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35845328

Points: 13

# Comments: 5

Amazon job cuts: Read the memos

teraku — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 13:29:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/18/amazon-job-cuts-read-the-memos.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34452845

Points: 132

# Comments: 98

New comment by teraku in "Ask HN: It's always the people isn't it?"

teraku — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:17:49 +0000

I believe your overall statement is true, but that doesn't mean "People don't leave jobs; they leave managers." is wrong.

I have left jobs because I had a shit manager, but he was enabled by a shit company culture. My teams were mostly great, the tasks were okay. It might have been time to move on regardless, but the biggest reason was shitty managers and shitty company culture.

New comment by teraku in "WaniKani, a Kanji Learning Application"

teraku — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:41:45 +0000

I think with WK getting to 1.5k - 2k is possible in 1-2 years if, as OP said, you invest a lot of time every day. I noticed that if I could keep my usual pace every day I would complete it in ~2years. But since I do take breaks, have better and worse days, I am at a 4-5 year pace. I am at level 32 and about 2.5 years in.

ÆPIC Leak: Architecturally Leaking Uninitialized Data from the Microarchitecture

teraku — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 08:57:25 +0000

Article URL: https://aepicleak.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32467349

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by teraku in "How normal am I?"

teraku — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:37:41 +0000

It's skewed. I read the terms first, but then the website bugged so I had to reload. And then it said I haven't read the terms first. So....

SHGA Shanghai Gov National Police Database for sale (1B entries)

teraku — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:30:11 +0000

Article URL: https://breached.to/Thread-Selling-2022-SHGA-Shanghai-Gov-National-Police-database

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31986907

Points: 206

# Comments: 1

New comment by teraku in "How to set junior employees up for success in remote"

teraku — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 13:27:20 +0000

I think it's just how the environment is set up. If the company sets you up for success in remote work, there might be some sub-optimal things, but it will work out. (Remember, not everything is perfect in the office as well).

If the company does not accommodate for this properly, then you will fail. Experience will help you compensate for some of these shortcomings, but that will also only go so far.

Brew install not working due to ghcr.io 401 issue

teraku — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:34:22 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/104189

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31835234

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by teraku in "Thoughts on OKRs"

teraku — Wed, 18 May 2022 15:59:04 +0000

It's like with most things in life.

If you want to become fitter, don't think "I want to lose 10kg of weight", think about finding a sport which you like and healthy food which you enjoy eating.

Your belly might not disappear 100%, but you will feel better, and you are in for the long run.

New comment by teraku in "Making the Clubhouse hallway more relevant with machine learning"

teraku — Wed, 04 May 2022 18:33:39 +0000

I'm sorry but I think Clubhouse is dead

New comment by teraku in "I won free load testing"

teraku — Mon, 02 May 2022 10:48:32 +0000

Could be anything.

Could even be just a user with a few beefy machines and a lot of proxies.

New comment by teraku in "A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on reality TV"

teraku — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 07:35:07 +0000

There is research on this, and basically people have gone from a model of concentric circles to a model of connected island.

What does this mean?

Back in the day, you explored the area around yourself by foot or bike. Your model of your surroundings grew in concentric circles, which included more and more places of interest. Your friend's house, school, the library, and so on.

Nowadays, you drive everywhere, by train or car, and it is like warping to that location. The way is just a wait, which you spend on your phone, or sometimes driving (but really (auto-)piloted by your navigation system).

New comment by teraku in "Mark Fisher’s “K-punk” and the futures that have never arrived (2018)"

teraku — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:08:43 +0000

Hard agree (albeit me being "younger folks")

New comment by teraku in "AEG combi microwave unusable after update: device thinks it is a steam oven"

teraku — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:05:25 +0000

Reminds me of the documentary of how the wah-wah pedal was invented. Apparently Warwick Electronics told one engineer to swap out an On/Off switch with a turn knob because these cost 0.25$ per piece instead of 1$. Which was huge savings in the 60s.

While experimenting, the engineer, who was also a guitarist, found that it sounds really cool to play while you turn the knob.

The director wanted to sell these knobs to jazz orchestras and big bands for the trumpeters, but the engineer was like "Hold on a second, I think we can put this in a pedal and make it a guitar thing".

New comment by teraku in "Magnitude 7.3 earthquake off the Coast of Fukushima Prefecture"

teraku — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:42:09 +0000

Japan is not only the country hit most frequently by a large margin, it is also the country hit by the strongest natural disasters.

New comment by teraku in "Diary of a first-time on-call engineer"

teraku — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:46:41 +0000

If your employer chooses Rufbereitschaft as their on-call mode, then that means it all adds to your working time, and you can't exceed 10hours a day. Having a 2hour incident means no more overtime allowed. Additionally, they need to clock your work during each incident. Lastly, if you have an incident outside of working hours, you are not allowed to pick up work again for another 11 hours, unless it's another incident.