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Pirate-of-SV··on Sweden's Six-Hour Workday Experiment Officially Kicks Off Tomorrow
Are you thinking about the change from 10 to 8 hours? Because that change seems to have been quite successful all over the world.

Regarding the 8 hour work day: “One of the first businesses to implement this was the Ford Motor Company, in 1914, which not only cut the standard work day to eight hours, but also doubled their worker’s pay in the process. To the shock of many industries, this resulted in Ford’s productivity off of these same workers, but with fewer hours, actually increasing significantly and Ford’s profit margins doubled within two years. This encouraged other companies to adopt the shorter, eight hour work day as a standard for their employees.” http://blog.bufferapp.com/optimal-work-time-how-long-should-...

Pirate-of-SV··on Unified EU electronic identity card
It's still a card. Why not go for a full software solution as the one used by banks and government agencies in Sweden?[1]

[1](http://www.bankid.com/en/what-is-bankid/)

Pirate-of-SV··on Ask HN Mods: Can you make submission URLs human-readable?
Or by using anchors, it's backwards compatible by design.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7535606#can_i_delete_my_skype_account
Pirate-of-SV··on VMWare to Bring Traditional Windows Apps and Desktops to Chromebooks
Laughing their *aaS off.
Pirate-of-SV··on Hy, a Lisp that compiles to Python
Most of the programming language Y to language Z requires the user to know more Z than Y. Kind of losing the point there.

Everything's not only about making points, but still...

Pirate-of-SV··on Show HN: embedcurl.com - Pretty curl commands for your web site or blog
Long flags are more readable in my opinion. I always use long flags in scripts, the shorter version is nice on the command line though. Do you plan to open source this? Github repo?
Pirate-of-SV··on The TSP Isn't NP Complete
First I was petrified then I was relieved.
Pirate-of-SV··on Images Now Showing in Gmail
So it's going to break https://emailprivacytester.com/ by default?
Pirate-of-SV··on Swiss salary cap fails at ballot box
"The aim was to reduce the salary gap to a 1:12 ratio – in other words to limit the salaries of top executives based on the annual minimum wage of the lowest paid employee within the same company."

Can't you get around that by having a company owning smaller companies? Kind of like a corporate franchise.

Pirate-of-SV··on Is Google building a hulking floating data center in SF Bay?
On international waters you follow the laws of the country where the ship is registered.
Pirate-of-SV··on Coding Interview Tips
For http://www.interviewcake.com/question/largest-stack

There's a simple solution that requires no additional space.

Disclaimer: Code is not tested or given the love it deserves.

    Class Item():
        def __init__(value):
            self.value = value
            self.next = None
            self.next_largest = None


    Class maxStack():
        def __init__():
            self.top = None
            self.largest = None
    
        def push(value):
            i = Item(value)
            i.next = self.top
            self.top = i
            if value >= self.largest:
                i.next_largest = self.largest
                self.largest = i
    
        def pop():
            v = self.top.value
            if self.largest == self.top:
                self.largest = self.largest.next_largest
            self.top = self.top.next
            return v
    
        def getLargest():
            return self.largest
Pirate-of-SV··on AbsurdJS – JavaScript based CSS preprocessor
Fun project.

I guess I wouldn't bee too upset with CSS being replaced by json in the future. It makes sense in a way of using fewer languages.

On the other hand Javascript should probably be replaced by something better too.

Pirate-of-SV··on IKEA or Death-Metal
20/20

I'm from Sweden, born and raised with IKEA furniture.

I can actually name much IKEA furniture when I see it. Half decent party trick.

Also: 'What's up ladies, want to check out my "SULTAN"?'

Pirate-of-SV··on 9% Have Considered Quitting Their U.S. Citizenship
I'll trade a US Citizenship for my Swedish.
Pirate-of-SV··on [dead]
The article is from May 2008
Pirate-of-SV··on Shot tower
How many feet taller does a tower in northern Alaska need to be compared to one in south Florida? (at 0 feet above average sea level)

Someone please calculate this.

Thank you.

Pirate-of-SV··on Man Flies Drone Near Seattle Residence
Somehow I actually think this is an okey thing to do. Maybe it 's the child in me that likes the idea of controlling an aircraft remotely and spying on people/exploring the world. If a neighbor asks politely you should of course spy from further distance or get a more silent motor.
Pirate-of-SV··on Show HN: Flattest Route - A web app to help you avoid hills in SF
Something doing the opposite would be cool. I'm training on my bike in SF and the hills are the best.
Pirate-of-SV··on Fluxcapacitor: spoof Posix time functions
Could be useful, too bad the name isn't that good.

Reminds me of the Delorean python package someone showed HN a while ago http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5104889.

Pirate-of-SV··on More trouble for Color: shareholders and board vote to wind down company
Same here. Maybe they should have been making something people would use instead of playing around with their ball pit and foosball table in their downtown Palo Alto office.
Pirate-of-SV··on Ask HN: Recommend a simple MMO for my retired mother?
There are on simple MMORPGs, you have to sell your soul.
Pirate-of-SV··on [dead]
You're sad that your 15 minutes of fame only lasted for, well..., 15 minutes?
Pirate-of-SV··on [dead]
Think of it like all the posts are downvoted by default.
Pirate-of-SV··on Upstart: Raise money for part of your future income
So, this basically the definition of selling your soul to the devil?
Pirate-of-SV··on A Entrepreneur/Hacker Vacation?
Exotic location?

If palm trees and swimming pools is enough you should go to California :)

Pirate-of-SV··on Pwdr - an open source powder 3d printer
Am I the only one waiting for a 3D printer which parts can be created with a 3D printer?
Pirate-of-SV··on Protean Echo: Fuse all your cards into one for $80
Cool, but the solution to this problem is not another card.
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