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New comment by zeptoon in "Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?"

zeptoon — Fri, 15 May 2020 06:28:10 +0000

Very cool!

New comment by zeptoon in "Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?"

zeptoon — Fri, 15 May 2020 06:15:45 +0000

Is there not like a lot of asbestos and other stuff to worry about?

New comment by zeptoon in "Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?"

zeptoon — Fri, 15 May 2020 06:12:48 +0000

Yeah, seconding this as a good idea

New comment by zeptoon in "Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?"

zeptoon — Fri, 15 May 2020 06:10:38 +0000

Not all that different from FOMO3D ...

New comment by zeptoon in "Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?"

zeptoon — Fri, 15 May 2020 06:06:06 +0000

I feel like the main thing that could make it work is the idea of other people also paying and competition/status ... so having a barren homepage without any other avatars/signs of life is probably the wrong way to go. Also I think there's an opportunity for the site to feel more fun / gamified and less academic. (i.e. maybe HOW SHOULDST OTHERS REFER TO YOU rather than Your Name, that sort of thing). Have some more fun with the idea and see where it takes you.

New comment by zeptoon in "Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist"

zeptoon — Thu, 14 May 2020 02:05:33 +0000

pre·cus·sive causing or dealing with problems of severe, often unpleasant, nature "superficial increases in precussive violence"

... best understood as: that which causes (precedes) a bunch of cussing/swearing!

New comment by zeptoon in "Google Meet premium video conferencing is now free for everyone"

zeptoon — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:48:42 +0000

If they change the name fast enough maybe they escape from having to cancel it?

Boeing 777X ripped apart during pressure testing – what's going on with them?

zeptoon — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 12:57:12 +0000

Article URL: https://simpleflying.com/boeings-777x-ripped-apart/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21656938

Points: 1

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New comment by zeptoon in "Tesla Cybertruck"

zeptoon — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:22:48 +0000

So my hypothesis is the people who buy stupidly oversized pickup trucks (which generally speaking aren't going to be the people on this site btw) are either crazy gun people, trailer _____, or people who seriously are trying to prove something. For all of these people it's about making a very large very visible and very obnoxious over the top statement. Really can't see how any of that demographic either wants anything "cyber" (although again this site is the wrong place to be making this argument) or anything that isn't just "in your face over the top MACHO". If you imagine the Cybertruck in wood, it looks like a cheap Pinewood derby car. The design looks like something a 3rd grader came up with. It should be redesigned to: a) have an obnoxiously loud (yet completely unnecessary) ENGINE sound; b) have an incredibly obnoxious front grill that emphasizes absolute dominance; c) a bed in the back that's open to the elements (because no one carries stuff there anyway, and being open to the elements is tough); d) be about 3x the size. Nobody wants a pinewood derby car masquerading as a truck imho. I think this will be a huge flop.

New comment by zeptoon in "Going to court without a lawyer is new normal for U.S. litigants"

zeptoon — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:07:22 +0000

Similar idea w/ doctors (although obviously different specifics) or with any licensed profession really. Yes, you need some form of licensing to keep all the fakes out. On the other hand, should it really require so much time and so much money? On some level it's just raising costs for everyone and limiting supply.

New comment by zeptoon in "When XML Beats JSON: UI Layouts"

zeptoon — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:30:24 +0000

XML in most cases is a pain in the ass to deal with relative to JSON and it isn't new or the rage anymore. A lot of hot technologies initially have this in common. They're so cool and flashy and new that everyone's willing to overlook the actual mechanics of working with them -- for a while. JSON is just more convenient to work with 90-95% of the time, so everyone ends up preferring it and so it tends to win out.

New comment by zeptoon in "Facebook crawls links in PDFs you send in Messenger"

zeptoon — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 18:24:20 +0000

It's this kind of thinking that unearths the bugs

New comment by zeptoon in "Facebook crawls links in PDFs you send in Messenger"

zeptoon — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 18:23:13 +0000

Maybe, maybe not