Hacker News: toenail

New comment by toenail in "UMD Scientists Create 'Smart Underwear' to Measure Human Flatulence"

toenail — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:14:55 +0000

I wonder what comes after that, a tax for methane emissions?

New comment by toenail in "Porsche sold more electrified cars in Europe in 2025 than pure gas-powered cars"

toenail — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:34:08 +0000

No, there are many good, valid reasons to own an ICE vehicle.

New comment by toenail in "Elasticsearch was never a database"

toenail — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:21:02 +0000

I'm talking about production loads, but thanks.

New comment by toenail in "Elasticsearch was never a database"

toenail — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:59:58 +0000

I'm not even sure "get overwhelmed" is a problem, unless you need real time analytics. But yeah, sounds like a resources issue.

New comment by toenail in "Elasticsearch was never a database"

toenail — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:56:12 +0000

I think elastic always clearly documented to expect "eventual consistency", they never claimed to be a "database" in the sense that tfa defines.

New comment by toenail in "Elasticsearch was never a database"

toenail — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:49:23 +0000

Dunno, I've had three node clusters running very stable for years. Which issues did you have that require a full team?

New comment by toenail in "Start your meetings at 5 minutes past"

toenail — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 07:30:58 +0000

If the person who runs the meeting can't stick to a schedule, it can't be important.

New comment by toenail in "Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success"

toenail — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:47:06 +0000

Whoever wants to redistribute wealth would have to decide that.

New comment by toenail in "Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success"

toenail — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:31:22 +0000

> even a decrease in GDP could result in most people being better off if it occurred because of wealth redistribution

Which mechanisms exist to redistribute wealth fairly?

New comment by toenail in "Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success"

toenail — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:11:08 +0000

- Time to affordability ratios (Hours of work for food, energy, housing etc)

- Intergenerational social mobility trend

Not doing great on either.

New comment by toenail in "Gnome dev gives fans of Linux's middle-click paste the middle finger"

toenail — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:12:44 +0000

Gnome devs always had the attitude that they decide for the users, nothing to see here.

New comment by toenail in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

toenail — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 14:34:49 +0000

The Russians actually had a puppet regime, which was overthrown by a "revolution".

New comment by toenail in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

toenail — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 13:25:07 +0000

Lol, saying the invading countries is bad is Russian propaganda, ok buddy.

New comment by toenail in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

toenail — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 13:01:30 +0000

We have an ongoing war in Europe because one President tried to remove the President of another country. You can perform all sorts of mental gymnastics to justify military actions, and depending on who you ask you will always get the answers you want.

New comment by toenail in "LLMs Are Not Fun"

toenail — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:29:47 +0000

I mostly use them for stuff I would never get done otherwise, or for prototyping. I have lots of fun.

New comment by toenail in "How uv got so fast"

toenail — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 21:15:05 +0000

The speed is nice, but I switched because uv supports "pip compile" from pip-tools, and it is better at resolving dependencies. Also pip-tools uses (used?) internal pip methods and breaks frequently because of that, uv doesn't.

New comment by toenail in "Archiving Git branches as tags"

toenail — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:53:42 +0000

Thanks, apparently most people here aren't familiar with server-side hooks.

New comment by toenail in "Archiving Git branches as tags"

toenail — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 21:01:50 +0000

A hook should be able to prevent that

New comment by toenail in "Satellites reveal heat leaking from largest US cryptocurrency mining center"

toenail — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:49:19 +0000

Ah, the old bitcoin has no value to me, so it can't be valuable for anyone else argument.

New comment by toenail in "We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years"

toenail — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:46:04 +0000

Right, before governments you could just build a hut anywhere you wanted.