schiem

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by schiem 2mo ago
Sure, that's a fair point. You're right that I don't have those numbers, and I would be willing to be that at the moment, no one does. > I'm betting they aren't that actually egregious compared to..anyone else b
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by schiem 2mo ago
If "this" was a single new Ford plant, I would imagine that the local population around it would be having a similar conversation. If Ford announced that they were opening 10 new plants in every state, then yes, I imagine HackerNe
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by schiem 5mo ago
The person you're responding to is incorrect, fruit fermentation produces methanol: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8125215/ The primary mechanism of methanol production during fermentation is from p
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by schiem 5mo ago
It's illegal to ship queen ants across state lines (let alone from out of the country) without a USDA permit, so you'll be hard pressed to find many sites willing to admit to it. That said, Bugs In Cyberspace is well respected wit
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by schiem 6mo ago
There are, just not lowercase characters that are valid hex.
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by schiem 7mo ago
The irony of this comment is that deportations were higher under Biden than during Trump's first term, which makes it seem exactly like it was "written by teenagers, based on emotions." The administration with the highest de
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by schiem 8mo ago
It depends on the AA battery, but you'd need 6 - 8 to get equivalent performance. The Google Pixel 9 has a 4700 mAh battery at 3.9 volts. The total energy is around 18.3 watt hours. A high capacity rechargeable AA battery is 2500 mAh
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by schiem 8mo ago
I don't use it at all for a variety of reasons, but I rarely bother to get into discussions on HackerNews. Looking at how new it is, and how quickly things are changing, it seems likely that I could adopt it into my workflow in a month
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by schiem 10mo ago
They actually asked for quantitative evidence.
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by schiem 1y ago
People who heavily utilize any of those _do_ have the associated skills atrophied. It's just that in all of the listed cases, the actual associated skill may not have actually been important. The younger people at my job have atrociou
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by schiem 1y ago
This tracks with a report[1] that nearly half of consumer spending now comes from the top 10%. [1]: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp50...
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by schiem 1y ago
The point of dog whistles is that most people can't hear them.
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by schiem 1y ago
To head off typical response to that passage - the idea that "the eye of a needle" was referencing a literal gate in Jerusalem (changing the meaning of the passage from "impossible" to "you might have to squeeze a l
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by schiem 1y ago
I recently learned from my vet that fleas are a very common form of tapeworm transmission, and animal to animal transmission is comparatively rare. https://www.cdc.gov/dipylidium/about/index.html
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by schiem 2y ago
A cursory search would show you how much frustration there is around broken autofill attributes. Such a dismissive attitude helps no one. Would you like me to paste the contents of the Jira issue I did last month working around a password
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by schiem 2y ago
From what I've observed, "woke" is just the latest pejorative used by the American political right. Before woke, there was "PC", "SJW", and I'm sure others that were before my time. Before too long,
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by schiem 2y ago
By summing up the top 60 entries for UK billionares from The Times Rich List for 2024 (which is data from 2023), I get almost exactly 500 billion pounds in net worth (£499.55bn). According to Wikipedia, the UK had a total net worth of $15,
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by schiem 2y ago
According to copper.orgs fact page, the "average" single family home (whatever that means) has 151 pounds of copper pipe. The current scrap price for #1 copper where I live is $2.88. That comes out to around $446. That would may
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by schiem 2y ago
I'm using #4 as an example of the opposite end of the spectrum from day trading in Robinhood - traditionally safe investments with little long term risk as a form of building wealth. The point that I was trying to get across is that ac
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by schiem 2y ago
I have anecdata #3 and #4. Both of these people are in their early 30s. #3 - A friend who recently (within the last year) drained his savings to $0 paying for a trip to Europe. All of the money came from day trading stocks on Robinhood. #
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by schiem 2y ago
I'm reading their comment as the opposite - there are mechanisms for a high trust society in place (which is good), but if you go out of your way to opt out of it then you're on your own.
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by schiem 3y ago
My Indiana mortgage payment is $500, thank you very much.
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by schiem 3y ago
I've also found that, at least with Comcast, swearing at the bots will usually put you through to an operator.
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by schiem 3y ago
I used to work for a Moodle host that also did custom plugin development. The Moodle code base dates back to somewhere around 2000 ish, and comes with the baggage of the early days of PHP. The Moodle code is full of "no guard rails&qu
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by schiem 3y ago
If you're serious about it, the way that I (accidentally) found that works is to keep some spiders and roaches as pets. I used to be the same way, involuntarily flinching whenever a large enough insect would crawl on me until I adjust
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by schiem 3y ago
The original comment and every reply reads like it was copied straight from a marketing brief. This is everyone's reminder that Hacknernews is not immune to astroturfing, and it's often done much more subtly.
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by schiem 4y ago
The assessment of Cocky -> Lazy -> Stupid -> Dead is spot on. I haven't gotten super far, but my last run ended because I saw a bunch of 'C' in the next room and didn't bother checking what they were - turns ou
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by schiem 4y ago
You have just answered why I've never been able to cut bread straight. I always thought I was just bad at it and somehow everyone else had mastered bread cutting while I wasn't paying attention.
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by schiem 4y ago
What an odd rebuttal. "This field isn't sexist, it's just so toxic towards women that none of them want to be a part of it." The gender gap isn't inherent, both India and China have a nearly equal percentage of men
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by schiem 4y ago
I would also vouch for this approach, it's what I did and it helped force me to understand instead of just copying. Honestly, working through this book was the most fun I've had programming in years. It also helps to have a pract

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