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New comment by ythn in "60 people shot in Chicago over the weekend"

ythn — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 19:55:27 +0000

I think Japan did something similar to eradicate the Yakuza.

To quote Hamilton (the play): "Make it impossible to justify the cause of the fight"

New comment by ythn in "Introducing Android 9 Pie"

ythn — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:42:26 +0000

But can we get scheduled SMS yet? Samsung has had this feature for ages...

New comment by ythn in "Introducing Android 9 Pie"

ythn — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:40:44 +0000

Payday

Peanut Brittle

Popcorn

Popsicle

New comment by ythn in "Introducing Android 9 Pie"

ythn — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:36:36 +0000

Ugh, I want to be optimistic, but I think this feature is going to suck and here's why:

I use snapchat, but I actually hate the app. It's a bloated memory and battery hog in my opinion. Is Adaptive Battery going to think I love Snapchat and prioritize more system resources for it just because I use it? Cause I want the exact opposite to happen. I want Snapchat using 0% of my system resources except for the few times a day when I check my snaps.

Also I hate losing control of my system in favor of some nebulous decision making criteria I can't control (ML)

New comment by ythn in "The world is losing the war against climate change"

ythn — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 15:27:40 +0000

> people are bad at evaluating risks

People are easily emotionally manipulated. Show some pictures of cancer or disfigured babies and you can get everyone to rail against nuclear. Media does it all the time to skew our priorities. Think medical malpractice and healthcare is a big source of death in the US? Think again, bump stocks and crappy 3d printed plastic guns are the types of killers you should be worried about according to the media. Rinse and repeat.

New comment by ythn in "Nile: decentralized, commission-free, local-economy focused Amazon alternative"

ythn — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 14:55:19 +0000

And that's a darn shame. As a result we have markets saturated with snake oil while the good stuff (medicine) rots away in obscurity.

New comment by ythn in "The Oldest Building in Every US State"

ythn — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 14:36:29 +0000

> It's always amusing to find out what Americans think is old.

It's not that we "think" those buildings are old. They are the oldest. There are no older buildings. Age is relative. If you colonize a pacific island, the oldest building will be 1 year old. That doesn't mean the colonizers think 1 year is a long time.

If you want to get into a manhood measuring contest we could broaden the criteria to include native american structures.

New comment by ythn in "Pyxel: A retro game development environment in Python"

ythn — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 18:59:14 +0000

Woah, I thought the PICO-8 was a fictional game console within the Celeste universe!

New comment by ythn in "Cognitive Dissonance in Programming"

ythn — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 16:06:28 +0000

Plus, programming is extremely broad. You could spend 10 years mastering embedded linux programming yet know little to nothing about data science programming, game programming, GPU/VFX/shader programming, HDL programming, etc. There's simply too much to learn.

New comment by ythn in "Cognitive Dissonance in Programming"

ythn — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 16:05:20 +0000

It's always hilarious to see a 1 rep StackOverflow question about a "compiler bug" when the problem is very obviously a user error.

New comment by ythn in "France bans smartphone use in schools"

ythn — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:58:30 +0000

Now if only we could do this in America...

New comment by ythn in "From developer to entrepreneur: Learning to build an indie startup"

ythn — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 21:18:40 +0000

> France is a country where failure is a taboo. People see it as unwise to start anything and will try to discourage you.

Maybe part of the reason there is no "Silicon Valley" of Europe is cultural? This attitude will have a chilling effect on anything that requires risk...

New comment by ythn in "Facebook’s New Message to WhatsApp: Make Money"

ythn — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 20:44:21 +0000

From my perspective, any company that goes public will eventually turn to crap (or go through decades-long crap/good cycles). It's not MBAs that drive for growth at all costs - I would argue it's shareholders. Shareholders are greedy and don't care about anything else besides ROI. Even if that means throwing the consumers under the bus in the long run to achieve that.

New comment by ythn in "How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind"

ythn — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 15:19:52 +0000

One nice thing about 3 month summer is the ability to get a temporary job. When I was in high school I worked every summer as a landscaper/food service/lifeguard/etc. and gained lots of experience/money I otherwise wouldn't have gotten. With year round school that doesn't seem possible.

New comment by ythn in "Light painting animations directly from Blender"

ythn — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:49:37 +0000

I thought the glass sphere was pretty sweet

New comment by ythn in "The Pension Hole for U.S. Cities and States Is the Size of Japan’s Economy"

ythn — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:39:33 +0000

> Yet Americans falsely believe they are overtaxed.

Perhaps the observation of government wastefulness is conflated with feeling overtaxed. There are two ways the government can raise more money:

1) Raise taxes

2) Use existing taxes more efficiently

If you look at where the tax money is going, infrastructure is one of the smallest pieces of the pie. Why not divert defense and/or social service tax to infrastructure for a few years?

New comment by ythn in "How Fast Do People Type? (2007)"

ythn — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 18:49:32 +0000

Ah, it was showing up as a box in my browser

New comment by ythn in "L-theanine, a constituent in tea, and its effect on mental state (2008) [pdf]"

ythn — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 17:53:49 +0000

With a touch of honey

New comment by ythn in "L-theanine, a constituent in tea, and its effect on mental state (2008) [pdf]"

ythn — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 17:52:24 +0000

> They might have a good viral marketing department, but that's none of my business.

Unsure if you are a part of the viral campaign yourself or if it was just a subtle joke...

New comment by ythn in "How Fast Do People Type? (2007)"

ythn — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 23:59:27 +0000

How do you insert spaces with that layout?