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New comment by wlievens in "Typst: An easy to learn alternative for LaTex"

wlievens — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 08:10:18 +0000

Markdown doesn't give you a table of contents, an index, page breaks, control over typesetting, control over table layout, captioned figures, diagramming tools, etc. The difference is about the same magnitude as between Pong and Call of Duty. Yes they're both video games, sometimes one is preferable over the other, but they are not equivalent.

New comment by wlievens in "The nihilism of r/wallstreetbets"

wlievens — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:04:55 +0000

Yes

New comment by wlievens in "The Collapse of Complex Business Models (2010)"

wlievens — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 08:52:06 +0000

Probably also true in code.

New comment by wlievens in "An 8th Planet Is Found Orbiting a Distant Star, with A.I.’s Help"

wlievens — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 08:39:25 +0000

That would admittedly be a much more awesome story!

New comment by wlievens in "Algorithmia – Open Marketplace for Algorithms"

wlievens — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 05:43:40 +0000

That sounds a lot like what these guys do: http://www.sentiance.com

New comment by wlievens in "Show HN: Culture Queries – The best questions to ask during your job interview"

wlievens — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:22:31 +0000

I love the bit that's hidden under .blur-background :-D

New comment by wlievens in "Show HN: No Coin – A browser extension to block coin miners"

wlievens — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:40:35 +0000

Would cruise ships still harm the environment more than an entire world economy based on PoW cryptocurrency?

New comment by wlievens in "Juicero Is Shutting Down"

wlievens — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 06:55:36 +0000

Of those, only real time energy usage monitoring is really interesting, I think.

New comment by wlievens in "Lyft Loses $600M in 2016 as Revenue Rises to $700M"

wlievens — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 11:17:08 +0000

That's indeed one of the reasons I'm sceptical of broad passive investing: you include many companies that are either evil or have a bullshit business model.

New comment by wlievens in "Finland will hand out cash to 2000 jobless people to test universal basic income"

wlievens — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 19:16:49 +0000

I think the comment refers to the fact that under a lottery many others would not have the opportunity.

New comment by wlievens in "Finland will hand out cash to 2000 jobless people to test universal basic income"

wlievens — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 18:37:52 +0000

Kindergeld in Belgium (Flanders) is about 120€. That's a little over 10% of thr minimum wage. In this Polish story it was 33%, big difference. What ratio is it where you are referring to?

For reference, full time day care in Belgium will cost you about 500€ per month if you are not poor.

New comment by wlievens in "Finland will hand out cash to 2000 jobless people to test universal basic income"

wlievens — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 18:33:22 +0000

That also sounds a lot more legally practical, I think. You could even slowly adjust welfare and taxes as you increase the UBI.

New comment by wlievens in "Finland will hand out cash to 2000 jobless people to test universal basic income"

wlievens — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 18:31:38 +0000

You'd probaby have to change their tax regimen too. Seems completely unworkable.

New comment by wlievens in "Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?"

wlievens — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 17:55:05 +0000

Stock appreciation and dividends.

New comment by wlievens in "Nestle says it will cut sugar in chocolate by 40%"

wlievens — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:12:05 +0000

Meet me then. I switched over from brown to as dark as possible during me keto era four years ago and it stuck.

But I'm not good with stress. Could be the hyperactive twin toddlers driving me crazy of course!

New comment by wlievens in "Nestle says it will cut sugar in chocolate by 40%"

wlievens — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:08:31 +0000

Of course, as it would be a lot smaller. Or have air bubbles inside.

Chocolate is made of fat and sugar. If you put in less sugar, you put in more fat for the same amount of chocolate bar. It's not rocket science.

New comment by wlievens in "Nestle says it will cut sugar in chocolate by 40%"

wlievens — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:05:36 +0000

And Factorio for that matter

New comment by wlievens in "Nestle says it will cut sugar in chocolate by 40%"

wlievens — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:05:02 +0000

The entire conversation here is about cakes and pastry. No sensible 'Western' recipe tells you add spoons of sugar to a steak or a mushroom soup.

New comment by wlievens in "Researchers: Artificial Sweeteners Prevent Weight Loss"

wlievens — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:36:26 +0000

Avid|Avoid makes for a pretty big difference here :-)

New comment by wlievens in "EmDrive study officially published"

wlievens — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 06:56:07 +0000

So that would be option one.