eric_b

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How to Measure Interaction to Next Paint(requestmetrics.com)
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by eric_b 4y ago
In my own experience, ice (either the frozen water kind or the compression and elevation components) doesn't do a damn thing. For soft tissue injury my usual plan is movement movement movement. Getting the blood flowing and using the
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by eric_b 4y ago
I guess I'll go on record and say I think this is a great idea. There's too many journalists who just spew hot takes all day - at least make them pay for the privilege
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by eric_b 4y ago
The NPR news hour is, mmm, sort of OK (better than something like WashPo or Fox News anyways). But their non-news programming is unlistenable to me.
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by eric_b 4y ago
Not really sure how to square this analysis against this op-ed from the WSJ today: https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitters-lawsuit-against-elon-m... (The WSJ article was clearly written in a professional tone, and it mad
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by eric_b 4y ago
In Minnesota anyways, the schools in lower-income areas get more money per pupil than the "good area" schools. In some cases dramatically more. For example, the high school in north Minneapolis (a not-good part of town) get&#x27
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by eric_b 4y ago
This kind of tone really doesn't engender sympathy: > We get it, Microsoft sucks, we should all be fired, rah rah rah. > I just don't know what else he's asking for here. Credit? Us to die screaming? The blog post is ma
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by eric_b 4y ago
So, he was drunk, high, and riding on a sidewalk without a helmet. And now it's the City's fault? Do we blame the city when drunks crash their cars in to lane barriers? Or trees? I don't like those scooters and I think they
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by eric_b 4y ago
Why the focus on the fact that it was a Republican strategy firm? Why does that matter? Being the Washington Post, I'm sure it's to insinuate that all the bad things that happen are Republican-led. Only the GOP plays dirty trick
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by eric_b 4y ago
Taibbi had a great take on this: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/worlds-dullest-editorial-launc... Why the hell did this editorial get the reaction it did? I can’t understand it and this “rebuttal” should not be front pa
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by eric_b 4y ago
Based on the headline alone, I'd add Twitter and Reddit too.
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by eric_b 4y ago
I dunno, I think it was really spectacular. It's "standard Hans Zimmer" in the way that it's a bunch of new sounds no one has ever heard before - but they are also close enough to normal sounds and cinematic themes to b
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by eric_b 5y ago
I don't condone this law, but I think people here are missing an opportunity for understanding. I see so much black-vs-white moral righteousness on HN lately when really, the world is a sea of grey. And understanding a thing does not
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by eric_b 5y ago
It's not that he's worried about being invaded tomorrow, it's that he doesn't want to let the slippery slope get started. I don't know how old you are, but when I was young and idealistic I felt the same way you see
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by eric_b 5y ago
I agree - it was abundantly clear Isaac wanted to push the prevailing narrative, had no interest in alternative perspectives, and wanted to score some smartypants points in the process. Mearsheimer sounded cogent and intelligent, and I thin
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by eric_b 5y ago
Consider that there have been terrible things happening to people throughout the world, every day, for years. This is bad, of course, but I'd caution you that you're letting the media dictate your emotions. Did you feel this mad
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by eric_b 5y ago
Yes, get a job. You can always work on your programmable proxy nights and weekends. Marketing/selling something like what you're building is going to be at least 3x harder than building it - so prepare for that. If you don'
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by eric_b 5y ago
You sure like to be condescending. Every one of your replies to me starts with condescension. And I mean... my guy... I don't really think any of your comments are particularly compelling. I'm very aware of the state of UBI resea
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by eric_b 5y ago
You have to be kidding me . This is your big experiment? "There are 175,000 24-year-olds in Gyeonggi, and for one year, each receives the equivalent of $220 in a locally negotiable currency per quarter via a credit card." So
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by eric_b 5y ago
Your response is smug and glib. You can make 150k without too much trouble as a plumber. Or a mason. And still they can't find people. If you can't find people to work for those wages now, you think UBI will make it better? Pl
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by eric_b 5y ago
There isn't a single UBI experiment that remotely approximates what people mean when they talk about UBI. They are all small samples and all for limited time periods. The COVID stimulus was the closest thing we've seen on the sc
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by eric_b 5y ago
We already have the answer. 2019 was arguably the greatest year for the American economy on record. Real wages for the lowest quartile were rising at one of the fastest (if not the fastest) rates in history. Poverty as measured among B
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by eric_b 5y ago
This is also a pipe-dream. You can't automate plumbing, drywalling, framing and dozens of other construction jobs. They already can't find people to work those jobs - when you add UBI do you think there will be more of those wor
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by eric_b 5y ago
The stimulus is absolutely a factor. I agree there are other things pushing on both the demand side of the equation as well as the supply side. But UBI will never increase supply - at best you'd craft it in such a way so as to be neu
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by eric_b 5y ago
UBI is a pipe-dream. Look what happened when we tried it on a small scale with stimulus to "everyone". Rents went up 20-40% across the board, and demand exceeded supply in most industries. This will happen in any UBI scenario -
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by eric_b 5y ago
For everyone here saying "Just use Let's Encrypt" - well, they've had some security issues over the last couple of years. Most recently [1]. They revoke certs and change challenges seemingly on a whim. I've had a
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by eric_b 5y ago
I can't read this link, but presumably this is the same content without the paywall? https://www.nytco.com/press/wordle-new-york-times-games/
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by eric_b 5y ago
> At the time it moves to The New York Times, Wordle will be free to play for new and existing players, and no changes will be made to its gameplay. "At the time" is the sticky bit.
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by eric_b 5y ago
This used to happen to a company I was consulting at all the time. It was mostly in the context of hiring H1B workers from India. The company would interview "the ringer" in India - the guy was poised, articulate, knew the answe
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by eric_b 5y ago
Well I can assure you the protesters in Minneapolis were violent, destructive, and I personally saw hundreds of protesters looting stores, breaking ATMs, smashing windows etc. etc. Hell, the protesters even burned down the police precinct.

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