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budgi4··on CSS Zen Garden
Software development is a layering of abstractions over time. How's your assembly?
budgi4··on Everything I built with Claude Artifacts this week
Separate thinking from conscious. I.e. We have built machines which are processing data similar to our thinking process. They are not conscious.
budgi4··on What Is Privacy For?
Doesn't work
budgi4··on How big a deal was the Industrial Revolution? (2017)
Related article here: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/09/medieval-smokestac...
budgi4··on How big a deal was the Industrial Revolution? (2017)
The Industrial Revolution was a major leap in energy tech, especially with the steam engine. This was the first time we efficiently converted thermal energy into kinetic energy, leading to mechanization and rapid growth. It’s akin to how the internet revolutionized information exchange. Just as the steam engine transformed industries and transportation, the internet has revolutionized communication and access to knowledge. Both innovations mark clear turning points, driving exponential technological and economic progress, and reshaping society in profound ways.
budgi4··on Ask HN: What are good books/blogs to read for a first time CTO?
Accelerate https://www.amazon.com/Accelerate-Software-Performing-Techno...

Team Topologies https://www.amazon.com/Team-Topologies-Organizing-Business-T...

Making Work Visible https://www.amazon.com/Making-Work-Visible-Exposing-Optimize...

budgi4··on Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document
The issue you describe is a general one driven by regulation and not specific to this website
budgi4··on Glazes induced degradation of tea catechins
Has anyone looked into the plastic lining on the inside of disposable coffee cups? I feel there could be significant health implications, both in terms of scale and toxicity...
budgi4··on CT scans of coffee-making equipment
Heating plastics can release not just BPA but also phthalates, dioxins, and other harmful compounds which are linked to lots of nasty heath issues like hormone disruption, cancer and reproductive problems.

Polypropylene is generally considered one of the safer plastics with it's high heat tolerance meaning doesn't leach harmful chemicals. While pure polypropylene may be considered safe, additives used in the manufacturing such as colourants or fillers could have their own health risks.

Personally avoid mixing food or drinks with any heated plastics, including my coffee. I use French press for my coffee but if Aeropress is your thing and want to avoid plastic I've heard good things about the Cafelat Robot which is made almost entirely out of aluminium and stainless steel.

budgi4··on Ice core scientists in East Greenland reach bedrock
How significant a climate change factor is waste heat energy across all sources currently?
budgi4··on TeamTopologies
What does federated mean in this case
budgi4··on DevEx: What Drives Productivity
Good call out. Depending on how you're organised, product own the 'what' and 'why'. Engineering own the 'how'.
budgi4··on End-of-Life Dreams
Similar thought about religion being established around these experiences rather than these experiences being a result of religion as the direction of cause and effect.

The symbolic significance of boats in ancient Egyptian religion mirrors the river theme in a lot of the accounts with the sun god Ra travelling through the underworld at night.

budgi4··on Paul McCartney's Freakish Memory
It's more likely that he felt it was inappropriate to link the song to the grave which the song title derived from for his own personal reasons.
budgi4··on Show HN: Doxx Me – See how doxxable your phone number is
Have you prevented any sim swap attempts?
budgi4··on How to let go of a lifelong dream
Can you elaborate on what you mean by "time is a flat circle" please?
budgi4··on Your brain runs your body using something like a budget
Do you not believe that feelings come from thoughts and that your thoughts are not your own? Or do you believe in a more connected and behaviour based approach?
budgi4··on Diego Maradona has died
Because it's human
budgi4··on Show HN: I reverse engineered my cable modem and turned it into an SDR
Or try measuring mankind's productivity wasted in trying to insert a USB cable the correct side up.
budgi4··on The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple
Beats a pineapple
budgi4··on Spotify CEO: musicians can no longer release music only “once every 3-4 years”
Can I ask why do you wish it was bigger? By it being bigger would that make it a better offerring for you?
budgi4··on Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
Just to calibrate that with some prices elsewhere:

1 US gallon = 3.8 litres

$7.84 per gallon = $2.06/€1.75 per litre

Russia €0.55/$0.65 per litre

China €0.80/$0.94

Spain €1.66/$1.95

Germany €1.29/$1.51

UK €1.21/$1.42

Netherlands €1.67/$1.96

budgi4··on Userdir URLs like https://example.org/~username/ are dangerous
No, but you could redirect your root requests to example.com/home and serve from there with relevant cookies restricted to the /home path.
budgi4··on Platform capitalism devalued the music industry
I think the decline is in the term 'EDM' as a blanket reference as the audience matures into the nuances of electronic music.
budgi4··on Generating More of My Favorite Aphex Twin Track
The story can only come from understanding the piece. The understanding requires a deeper knowledge. Interesting that it lacks 'emotional intelligence' - is that something which can also be learnt?
budgi4··on Stripe Home
As I read it I presumed there would be a github link at the end...
budgi4··on How to Know When a Child’s Flu Turns Serious
Sorry to hear that.
budgi4··on 94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid State Battery
Good enough