Hacker News: yabbs

New comment by yabbs in "Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use activates when people listen hard"

yabbs — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 13:30:03 +0000

The first 10m is the hardest. The last 10m is a cakewalk.

New comment by yabbs in "No Calls"

yabbs — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:52:10 +0000

You're c-suite and you negotiate based on time and materials vs ROI?

New comment by yabbs in "NASA is selling a brand-new Moon rover: Never used, one previous owner"

yabbs — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 21:55:50 +0000

Dark side of a Hollywood basement

New comment by yabbs in "Back to the future: Are hackers the future of amateur radio?"

yabbs — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:16:47 +0000

I went with a PO box to add a layer, but yeah, ham does provide ample identity surface area.

New comment by yabbs in "Doing is normally distributed, learning is log-normal"

yabbs — Tue, 28 May 2024 07:09:56 +0000

Similar idea [1]:

>Engineering mode shuns uncertainty, because uncertainty may involve risk that corresponds to bad surprises. Discovery mode thrives under uncertainty, especially when a rare but beneficial result leads to finding something new, or a reduction of uncertainty in the face of making strategic decisions.

In summary, to understand the distinctions of Discovery and Engineering modes, one needs to have an appreciation for variation and the underlying distribution of outcomes expected while operating in each mode respectively. Without understanding the asymmetry in their outcome distributions, it would be difficult to convey how these work modes are different.

[1] https://jabustyermancom.wordpress.com/tag/discovery-vs-engin...

New comment by yabbs in "Port-scanning the fleet and trying to put out fires"

yabbs — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 22:10:53 +0000

"This engagement taught me that a lot of so-called technical problems are in fact rooted in human issues, and those usually come from management."

Oh hey, I didn't see you there. Welcome to earth.

New comment by yabbs in "RStudio: Integrated development environment (IDE) for R"

yabbs — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:58:22 +0000

Yes it does.

New comment by yabbs in "Ask HN: Which skills are least likely to be replaced by AI?"

yabbs — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:36:41 +0000

Creative prosthetics and a VR headset and I'm less confident

New comment by yabbs in "R: Introduction to Data Science (2019)"

yabbs — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 12:39:51 +0000

Bayesian stats

Traditional stats

Very fast iteration for data exploration in REPL (vs code or R studio).

Prefer pipeline workflows (Tidyverse/maggrittr).

Prefer functional

Prefer array based.

Prefer 1-indexed arrays (yes there are some of us).

New comment by yabbs in "How to Change a System"

yabbs — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:25:07 +0000

Shock doctrine. Disaster capitalism. Economic hitman

New comment by yabbs in "Japan's Nikkei surpasses 1989 all-time high"

yabbs — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:39:58 +0000

They wish they could but they lost their shirts in 08-09 thinking their ATM, I mean houses, would continue to allow them to do nothing and get rich like it had for the prevuois 25 years.

Worst. Generation. Ever.

~disgruntled X

New comment by yabbs in "The Pleasure of Pattern"

yabbs — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 12:46:48 +0000

>What is the evolutionary advantage of being able to match abstract patterns? Assuming it increases evolutionary fitness, what is the cost of it that kept it from becoming universal?

Likely there is a tension between over- and under-fitting, with behavioral and evolutionary tuning always in flux as conditions change.

New comment by yabbs in "Researchers taking on fraudulent science"

yabbs — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 12:19:40 +0000

Economics

New comment by yabbs in "Why Hierarchy Is Fragile and Anarchy Is Antifragile"

yabbs — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:29:45 +0000

Tell my kids that

New comment by yabbs in "LinkedIn Isn't Just for Jobs Anymore. It's Now a Dating App Too"

yabbs — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 21:32:08 +0000

I aspire to this...

And...

How do you connect with employers, employees, look up companies, jobs, etc.?

New comment by yabbs in "Julia 1.10"

yabbs — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 23:34:25 +0000

I think you mean Julia is on par with LuaJIT? ..maybe exceeds?

New comment by yabbs in "Preparedness Framework"

yabbs — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:09:20 +0000

Preparedness should be driven by the precautionary principle in existential domains. Acting on facts may mean lagging behind points where prudence should be exercised.

New comment by yabbs in "Mechanical Watch (2022)"

yabbs — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:29:52 +0000

I've had spring bars break twice with the Leek. Replacement parts were sent for free!

New comment by yabbs in "Vermont May Be the Face of a Long-Term U.S. Labor Shortage"

yabbs — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 17:31:38 +0000

Vermont may be the face of a long term US wage shortage

...fair's fair in supply and demand. Oh, NY times, never mind.

New comment by yabbs in "CIA publicly acknowledges 1953 coup it backed in Iran was undemocratic"

yabbs — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 20:15:05 +0000

2 planes, 3 buildings.

Hack those numbers.