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cntrmmbrpsswrdon China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal

I was in China around that time and I don't remember the incident leading to Twitter being blocked. In fact, I think Twitter was blocked earlier than pollution incident. I do remember everyone getting pissed off that the US Embassy reading was so different than the local one: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/sensing-our-planet/craz...

cntrmmbrpsswrdon The upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis is the loss of community

I see the way US cities are designed, with sprawling suburbs and lack of shared spaces as a key contributor. Where I'm at the parks are filled with people throughout the day. The density of the city also means people tend to know their neighbors and watch out for each other much more that I've seen in the burbs.

cntrmmbrpsswrdon Show HN: Horizon – Private alternative to Imgur

This is quote nice.

One of the things I've always liked about imgur is the ability to paste images from the clipboard as well as drag and drop onto the page.

cntrmmbrpsswrdon Student uses black soldier flies to grow pea plants in simulated Martian soil

Daffodils or dandelions?

https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/di...

cntrmmbrpsswrdon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2024)

Location: Taipei, Taiwan

Remote: Yes, but the office is good as well.

Willing to relocate: Yes.

Technologies: I have been primarily working in TypeScript with Node, Svelte and Vue recently, but have experience with Python, Rust, and C.

Resume: https://thespatula.io/resume/resume-software-reworked.html

Site: https://www.thespatula.io & repo: https://github.com/kilroyjones/

Despite being overseas, my hours are flexible and I can work a mostly US schedule is desired. Willing to come in at the ground floor and work my up.

cntrmmbrpsswrdon Show HN: gpudeploy.com – "Airbnb" for GPUs

And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI@home. I suppose this is different, since I'd wager it'll end up being used primarily by for-profit projects.

cntrmmbrpsswrdon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2024)

  Location: Taipei (US citizen with Taiwan permanent residency)
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Not at this time
  Technologies: JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Svelte/SvelteKit, Python, Rust, Java, SQL, and a mix of others.
  Résumé/CV: http://thespatula.io/resume/resume-software.html
  Email: tsbach@fastmail.com
  Projects: https://www.thespatula.io/project-list/

Software developer turned high school CS teacher turned developer. I've been with a small Taipei startup working on a Node Express backend (TypeScript, Postgres with Kysely) for the last year and am looking for a change. Something at the intersection of tech and education would be desirable, but not required.

cntrmmbrpsswrdon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2024)

SEEKING WORK

Location: Taipei

Looking for remote or local (US Citizen)

Experienced with: JavaScript/Typescript (Node, Express), Svelte/SvelteKit, Rust, Python (Flask, FastAPI)

Open to fullstack work, technical writing and any sort of gig work.

Site: https://www.thespatula.io/project-list/

cntrmmbrpsswrdon Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood?

The idea that not having kids is a selfish act is ridiculous and needs to end.

cntrmmbrpsswrdon I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

I like this simple solution, but it makes it difficult to see all your clothes and which article you want.

cntrmmbrpsswrdon Privacy is priceless, but Signal is expensive

I know they have a Paypal account but I can't find a link via their site. I found https://www.paypal.com/US/fundraiser/charity/3675786 on Paypal, but I'm not sure it's legit.

cntrmmbrpsswrdon Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education

The reality of the Catholic Church and its history is far and away divorced from the teachings of Jesus. Like the OP, I was also raised in a devout Catholic household, and while, yes, there is plenty of talk of love, there is, and traditionally has been plenty of fear-mongering.

You need to constantly be on the look out for Satan and his temptations. There's a laundry list of things you shouldn't do or think about. If you do, you should feel guilty and repent. God is always watching, so be good.

Every individual church is different, and your mileage will vary, but I found them to be similar to office spaces in the level of bickering and gossip as their best, and deeply dysfunctional institutions at worse.

I would also disagree that Christianity was the first major religion of purely love when Buddhism had been around for centuries and had the practice of forsaking one's own enlightenment in order to save all being from suffering.

cntrmmbrpsswrdon Amazon Web Services In Plain English (2019)

I think everything you said just pointed out how bad it really is in the field. You either have an acronym, which people assume you know, or nonsense words.

Boring descriptive names are better, but don't look as good when marketing the product (I'd assume).

cntrmmbrpsswrdon Google turned me into a serial killer

This is not true. While the content may initially be auto-generated, the Google KG is worked on extensively by real people. There are regional teams which work to verify and source the information that is out there. My sister works on the traditional Chinese team (mostly out of Taiwan or Taiwanese ABCs). These teams, as far as I know, are WFH contract workers.

cntrmmbrpsswrdon HK's Apple Daily raided by 500 officers over national security law

The British tried to hold democratic elections during that time, but it was the Communist Party that pressured them not to. The riots you're talking about were Hong Kong Communist going against the British.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Hong_Kong_riots