Hacker News: tolbish

New comment by tolbish in "FB users buying Oculus VR headsets to get customer service prioritization"

tolbish — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 23:21:34 +0000

Edit: free version mentioned in TFA

New comment by tolbish in "Rep. Takano Introduces Legislation to Reduce the Standard Workweek to 32 Hours"

tolbish — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 16:29:15 +0000

> Health Insurance for better or worse heavily discriminates against the older folks.

Medicare exists only for the elderly.

New comment by tolbish in "Why women gymnasts compete to music in their floor routines but men don't"

tolbish — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 17:02:58 +0000

I don't see how it's irrational to find women's gymnastics more interesting and artistic. You can do that without making a judgment on the difficulty or superiority of one over the other.

New comment by tolbish in "As lockdowns lift, media firms brace for an “attention recession”"

tolbish — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 19:28:58 +0000

There are several movie theaters that serve alcohol. The Alamo Drafthouse is the only place that tries to make the movie going experience a genuine blast.

New comment by tolbish in "Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?"

tolbish — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:20:08 +0000

Definitely not just a rich kid thing. The camps are usually run by small-ish organizations like the local church. And considering the point is to bring in children, there are often options for those who need financial assistance.

Besides, rich kids go on overseas vacations during the summer.

New comment by tolbish in "Billions in 'unknown' funds flowing into Canada's housing market [video]"

tolbish — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:56:01 +0000

Found the landlord. Also, you have made quite a few assumptions there, friend. There are several good ideas listed here, including raising taxes on unoccupied homes.

New comment by tolbish in "Billions in 'unknown' funds flowing into Canada's housing market [video]"

tolbish — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 04:27:59 +0000

Should housing be a primary vehicle for investment and the de facto way of making money? Or should it serve as a necessity and basic aspect of life?

New comment by tolbish in "Google and Facebook mandate vaccines for employees at U.S. offices"

tolbish — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 05:10:13 +0000

Doesn't every child get their DNA sampled and stored in most states if the parents want any hope of screening the baby against a variety of diseases?

New comment by tolbish in "A nationwide wave of evictions threatens more than six million families"

tolbish — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 18:45:15 +0000

This seems more of a consequence of not having a social safety net. Other countries were able to shut down.

New comment by tolbish in "Video game developers at Activision Blizzard say they'll walk out Wednesday"

tolbish — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:59:45 +0000

Are people within the streaming community considered "average gamers"? Would the average gamer even care anout streamers?

New comment by tolbish in "Video game developers at Activision Blizzard say they'll walk out Wednesday"

tolbish — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:40:05 +0000

Serious answer: Yes, but it's legal discrimination. If you were doing so based on sex, race, or other protected class it would be illegal discrimination.

New comment by tolbish in "It’s not a self-driving car unless you can sleep in it"

tolbish — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:59:33 +0000

Alternatively: Every car is a car you can sleep in. You just won't necessarily wake up.

New comment by tolbish in "Israeli military search team helped recover majority of Surfside victims"

tolbish — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 06:20:47 +0000

Yes, but how were they selected?

New comment by tolbish in "Israeli military search team helped recover majority of Surfside victims"

tolbish — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:36:41 +0000

Very interesting! Does anyone have more information on how they were selected? It's not exactly a local operation.

New comment by tolbish in "Citizen pays New Yorkers to livestream crime scenes"

tolbish — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:39:07 +0000

Someone is going to try livestreaming a fleeing suspect and end up getting riddled with bullets.

New comment by tolbish in "Police are telling ShotSpotter to alter evidence from gunshot-detecting AI"

tolbish — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:14:11 +0000

"Liability laundering" does roll off the tongue more easily than "machine learning algorithm".

New comment by tolbish in "Police are telling ShotSpotter to alter evidence from gunshot-detecting AI"

tolbish — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:12:53 +0000

If ShotSpotter can't either then it effectively useless.

New comment by tolbish in "Don't Be Anti Car. Be Pro Something Else."

tolbish — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 05:07:20 +0000

With different transit measures, there will be more livable communities available, freeing up that family of 5 to move somewhere where they don't need to take such long winded trips in the first place.

New comment by tolbish in "Don't Be Anti Car. Be Pro Something Else."

tolbish — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:57:23 +0000

> Bikers should realize they are driving a more dangerous vehicle. Bikes have no protective covering, no crash cage. Your body is exposed directly to the road...

These are only a problem if you build your society such that bikes are traveling physically next to fast cars.

But that does not mean biking is unsafe—it just means our current setup forces all traffic into a single unprotected road next to fast cars.

New comment by tolbish in "Ad men sacked to improve gender pay gap win sex discrimination claim"

tolbish — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:38:56 +0000

I'm trying to understand how you can just come to that realization when that point get repeated ad nauseam all the time on HN.