Hacker News: throwaway55554

New comment by throwaway55554 in "U.S. Birthrates Fall to Record Low"

throwaway55554 — Thu, 21 May 2020 12:34:55 +0000

It's interesting to think about. For instance, how much space do we need per capita? If we were to pack everyone together giving each a 2ft by 2ft space, the current population would take up the space of a large county or two. That's rather fascinating to think about because it isn't a large amount of space. Obviously it isn't sustainable, but our physical size is small. But then you start factoring in food, shelter, water, mental well-being, etc... It would just be interesting to find out how much space we really need per capita thinking along those lines.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "U.S. Birthrates Fall to Record Low"

throwaway55554 — Wed, 20 May 2020 16:42:18 +0000

I mean expendable in the sense that as an employee you can just be thrown away if the market dips. Sure, you can maybe find more work, but you probably would have to uproot (not everyone lives in SV) and that's not easy with kids. My parents did that and it sucked; 8 different schools from elementary to high school.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "U.S. Birthrates Fall to Record Low"

throwaway55554 — Wed, 20 May 2020 14:12:31 +0000

> The carrying capacity of the Earth is closed to 1 billion people...

Where does this come? Is it referenced in the books you mention? I just have never heard this before.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "U.S. Birthrates Fall to Record Low"

throwaway55554 — Wed, 20 May 2020 14:11:13 +0000

Wait until January 2021.

But on a serious note, even though my SO and I are doing very well economically (both engineers), it's still weighs heavy the thought of having a child with how expendable engineers are these days.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Walmart says it will discontinue Jet"

throwaway55554 — Wed, 20 May 2020 13:24:27 +0000

If I were a burglar and wanted to do some casing, this would be a legit way to do it.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Free, open and collaborative routing service"

throwaway55554 — Wed, 20 May 2020 13:10:33 +0000

This is great! Well, except for the fact it hijacks my back button and my local map is out of date by at least 6 months.

But, I love that this is open.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content"

throwaway55554 — Tue, 19 May 2020 12:56:14 +0000

So is Google's own podcast app similarly banned? This is really quite pathetic.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "The unreasonable effectiveness of declarative programming"

throwaway55554 — Tue, 19 May 2020 11:58:19 +0000

A pity the author didn't provide you with a more professionally polished version you could add to your github and call your own.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Smashing Eggs, Dumping Milk: Farmers Waste More Food Than Ever"

throwaway55554 — Mon, 18 May 2020 19:18:20 +0000

Citation?

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Smashing Eggs, Dumping Milk: Farmers Waste More Food Than Ever"

throwaway55554 — Mon, 18 May 2020 19:17:34 +0000

It might get tricky when you have home grown terrorists walking around with long guns shouting that it violates some right they think they have to not wear them.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Smashing Eggs, Dumping Milk: Farmers Waste More Food Than Ever"

throwaway55554 — Mon, 18 May 2020 19:10:29 +0000

You probably know this, but for others, onion (and other veggies) freeze well. I'll usually chop up most of the bag and put all of it in freezer bags and freeze laying flat (breaking them up during the freezing process to they stay loose). It is then easy to pour out half cup or whatever the recipe calls for.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Ask HN: Best resources for non-technical founders to understand hacker mindset?"

throwaway55554 — Fri, 15 May 2020 16:45:46 +0000

>... recommend to a business focused founder for them to grok the hacker mindset.

From 1000 ft, what's different between the two? It's all about solving problems.

The business focused founder sees a problem, a business/market opportunity. He/She needs to figure out how to solve it, how to come up with a way to satisfy that market. If a product exists, how do they get that product into the hands of the customer. If the product doesn't exist, how to get it into existence and then get it into the hands of the customer.

The hacker/developer/whatever sees a problem and He/She tries to develop a product that satisfies that problem based on the requirements they're either given or suss out themselves. The hacker mindset is an insatiable need for knowledge. How to do a thing. How to make a thing. How did others make a thing. Don't business people think that way, also? Probably one big difference might be that the hacker mindset shares knowledge. Business people are more protective of it. (Generally)

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Every software system used at Gitlab"

throwaway55554 — Wed, 13 May 2020 12:35:58 +0000

An asset register is how companies keep track of their assets. Any software license, computer, monitor, keyboard, copy machine, etc. the company claims as an asset is tracked in the register.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Linux containers in a few lines of code"

throwaway55554 — Wed, 13 May 2020 12:24:36 +0000

I don't know, I find "Linux Containers" to be sufficiently generic as Linux has native support for them. LXD/LXC, Docker, etc, are simply tools built upon that.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Boeing CEO warns of possible industry bankruptcy"

throwaway55554 — Wed, 13 May 2020 11:42:18 +0000

The US needs to invest in alternate modes of high speed travel. We need more options than just the airline industry.

Edit: Hmm... I guess not. Wow.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Scraping Recipe Websites"

throwaway55554 — Mon, 11 May 2020 15:17:38 +0000

New comment by throwaway55554 in "Scraping Recipe Websites"

throwaway55554 — Mon, 11 May 2020 15:14:06 +0000

There is markup specifically for recipes. I wonder why it isn't more often used.

EDIT: Yes, the article mentions it, but doesn't give a clue why it isn't more prevalent.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection"

throwaway55554 — Fri, 08 May 2020 20:19:26 +0000

> People keep asking "how do we fix policing in America?!" Maybe start by following common sense guidelines written in 1829 that still apply today.

Stop training them like they're going to war and train them to "server and protect" instead.

The National Guard can come in if they're needed. Police don't need to handle that.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "April Unemployment Rate Rose to a Record 14.7%"

throwaway55554 — Fri, 08 May 2020 14:43:26 +0000

> The optimist in me hopes to see people demand universal healthcare, social housing, food benefits, and more so that everyone at least has a baseline level of stability.

I doubt this will happen because one half believes this is all a hoax perpetrated by the other half.

New comment by throwaway55554 in "How to Serve over 100K Web Pages a Day on a Slower Home Internet Connection"

throwaway55554 — Fri, 08 May 2020 13:03:25 +0000

What are some good ways to isolate that server from the rest of your LAN?