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Saturn5··on New world record with an electric racing car: From 0 to 100 in 0.956 seconds
This is the typical design for the competition this car was originally build for. The rules of Formula Student require an open cockpit with a hoop, and you have to demonstrate that your driver is able to egress within 2(?) seconds if I remember correctly.

This record was set with a modified version the car they competed with last season.

Saturn5··on The Sad Bastard Cookbook
Tray bake: just throw any potatoes, veggies and meat (replacement) in a single layer on a baking sheet with some oil, and spices and put it in the oven until it’s done. Maybe toss it around halfway through.

For meat we use anything from chopped-up Italian sausage, bacon strips, chick peas, chicken wings to an entire chicken.

Veggie wise anything from classic roasting veggies like carrot, oignon and pumpkin to broccoli, beans, zucchini…

Spice the laziest is just dried rosemary. But I also like some southern spicy bbq rubs, plain garam massala. Or just plenty of garlic.

It has become much easier since we have a “proper” oven instead of a cheap countertop one, as it is much faster and heats up more easily.

Saturn5··on Effect of perceptual load on performance within IDE in people with ADHD symptoms
I have a colleague that loves to call functions things like ‘convert_object_type_from_mm_to_m’ and ‘convert_object_type_from_m_to_mm’ . It’s unscannable. They’re the same to me.

He does not like my ‘meter_to_mm’ and ‘mm_to_meter’ because the abbreviations are inconsistent, no verb is used and he needs to go all the way to the typehint to know the input. We both have a point, but there is not really a clear middle ground without writing a novel in function names.

Saturn5··on Vincent van Gogh's paintings and drawings
He was not rich, he mostly painted farmers and peasants and never sold anything.

His family, especially his brother Theo, was well off and they sent him an allowance to survive as well as art supplies. (I would not be surprised that they were afraid that, if they send more money he'd spent it on alchool instead of supplies)

As for space, I think he sent most of his paintings to his brother in exchange for the allowance.

Saturn5··on Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?
For me at least, I sometimes find it very difficult to google information I don’t yet know a lot about. It is very difficult if you don’t know the jargon to find anything that goes beyond the very surface level. Or if you did find the correct word, it goes too fast and you are not able to follow. It can be difficult to find an article in the “goldilocks zone” where I can follow along but also learn a lot. I do not do this, but I can imagine that AI could help with that as a starting of point. Then I would probably still google to confirm.
Saturn5··on U.S. Depression Rates Reach New Highs
It is very difficult to compare the numbers directly. I would expect that on many African countries there is less acces to mental health professionals to diagnose people, maybe also more prejudice agains seeking help for mental health. Also it could be that people seek help in their community or religion without a formal medical diagnosis. Possibly for regions where there is war or food insecurity seeking a diagnosis is less of a priority. I have no idea how much of an impact these have if any, but I don’t think you can just compare numbers directly.
Saturn5··on Tripping Californians who paved the way to our touchscreen world (2017)
It’s “tripping” as in drugs, not as in falling over something.

“The tripping Californians”

(I think the “the” makes it clearer)

Saturn5··on Ask HN: Anyone here have good material for learning how to sketch from scratch?
Honestly, practice practice practice. Don’t try to make that one perfect drawing, make hundreds average ones. The most difficult skill is not how to render the perfect line or gradient but to really “see” what is in front of you and not fill in the gaps.

Photos are nice, I like the website line of action if you want to learn to draw people. Try to draw from real life as much as possible. Draw what is at you desk, your family, people around you in a café. It is much more difficult at the start, but you will progress so much faster.

Also, is there anyone with good recommendations to learn more about (modern) art and art history?