jader201

If there is a more likely single “tipping point”, solving for that one may be easier and therefore more likely to have an impact.

Re: Gatorade’s 63% monopoly, I’ve recently thought about how quickly Prime went to mass market. It seems like it blew up on YouTube and stores couldn’t keep it in stock. Then all of the sudden, it’s s…

I want to see a time graph of the total number of checked boxes. I would think that over time more boxes are being unchecked, but I also see a lot of people re-checking the unchecked boxes. Also, I wo…

> If one is consistently awful Just a thought exercise, but it seems like this is, by definition, not independent. Someone that is truly independent would not feel either option is “consistently aw…

> how'd you reach that conclusion from glancing at the site? The first clue is the date, which is mm—dd-yyyy, only really used in the US. Also, while not “from glancing”, the article speaks in…

This is based on the game, Opus Magnum [1], where you basically program arms to move and combine units to generate the expected units. You’re graded on a few thing: efficiency in number of movements, …

> I personally couldn’t do it… I prefer loud noises and bright lights How old are you? You don’t have to answer, but I’m guessing you’re probably not past 45. At some point, you start to prefer q…

The game this article is based on is “Baba Is You” [1]. It’s a logic puzzle game where you try to get “you” to “flag” — or more precisely, “win” (which, by default most of the time, “flag is win”) — b…

To be clear, there are a number of things I’m bad at that I feel motivated to improve. Handwriting just isn’t one of them.

I’m screwed then, because I hate handwriting. For me, it’s slower, less legible, less archivable, less shareable, and harder on my hand muscles. I only write in caps (to make it more legible), and if …

Another factor is how long ago we’re talking, too. 2024 is quite a bit different vs., for example, 10 years ago.

To the OP's point, without some collective support, I don't anticipate this happening. In fact, you'll likely have to deal with this as early as elementary school.

Curious, do you have teens? Most people saying things like this don't, but if you do, curious if you've tried this and it works/ed out for you?

I feel like “roll” is a bad word for what’s happening here. In my brain, when I hear “roll”, I’m thinking a 360 degree rotation in either the vertical or horizontal axis (or both). This is far from th…

Which is a dupe of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40496967

I think we’re in agreement. I have my tires rotated and they check critical systems. My point is that owning an EV has eliminated costly maintenance — and often repairs — associated with an internal c…

I don’t consider inspections maintenance. I’m mostly referring to the vehicle needing recurring things done to it. Safety inspections are simply making sure things are functioning as expected. Ideally…

Not me. To me hybrids are the worst of both worlds when it comes to maintenance. I bought my EV to get rid of oil changes, transmission fluid flushes, alternator issues, spark plugs, oil filters, brea…

> the latch apparently has a manual actuator, but how to use it is not obvious at all, especially in an emergency. The result of prioritizing design over function — and in this case, safety!

Yes. And take Instagram, TikTok, SnapChat, and X (Twitter) with it, please. Sorry for the rant. I’m just a bit salty from seeing the irreversible negative impact all of these have had on society.

> My solution was to remind myself I wasn’t being rude, and that I was a paying customer. Maybe I have a different definition of “rude”, but I feel that openly ignoring someone’s request is at the…

Not to start a tangent, but the problem here has less to do with WFH vs. RTO (I’ve been 100% WFH for 10 years, FWIW), and more to do with meetings. People that have calendars packed with meetings wil…

I see what you’re saying, and partially agree. However, FM synth on PC sound cards, IMO, sounded pretty awful. I would prefer 8-bit NES synth over that of PC synth. E.g. while I do have some nostalgia…

I think things changed a bit with MIDI with the introduction of Soundfonts, and even more with dedicated MIDI sound cards. I bought a Roland SCC-1 [1], and fell in love with MIDI. It was basically a C…

I’ve always been a music > lyrics person. I often prefer instrumental music, as it gets the singing/lyrics out of the way of the music. Or I’ll listen to music in another language (that I don’…

The fact that you’re convinced this isn’t possible (or at least not happening here) means they’ve literally made progress beyond belief.

I would be interested in something similar, but for any crops, or even be able to filter by crop type. Or maybe there is a map/list of each zone by state (e.g. commercial, industrial, government,…