ddoran

Previous discussion 1 year ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17606748

Anyone who wants to learn more about the history of pedestrianism, long-distance walking and latterly ultrarunning should check out Davy Crockett's Ultra Running History website and podcast [1]. He covers George Wilson in a two-part episode about 1,000 mile attempts [2].

[1] - http://ultrarunninghistory.com/ [2] - http://ultrarunninghistory.com/1000-milers-1/

Congrats on the launch. How can I see whether you are in my neighborhood without first installing the app, accepting the t&c's, creating an account (and in the process giving you my email address)?

I've started to see quite a few electric moped/scooters by Revel [1,2] parked around Brooklyn.

[1] https://gorevel.com/ [2] https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/shared-mini-motorcycl...

Not making a comment on the veracity of the article, but the source is "Animal Frontiers", the journal of "The American Society of Animal Science (ASAS)" which is "a non-profit professional organization for the advancement of livestock, companion animals, exotic animals and meat science" [1]. They are not agnostic in the meat vs vegetarian debate.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Society_of_Animal_Sci...

Can you give some examples by name? I'd like to know more. Thanks

I happen to be staying at a b&b at a organic French vineyard right now. We stayed here because the owner has written three books about the experience [1] and it was in an area we wanted to visit (between Bordeaux and Bergerac) rather than because it was organic. As we have walked around this area, I've been horrified by the contrast between organic vineyards and those which are not. The non-organic vineyards have scorched dead brown grass a foot either side of every row of vines, from insecticide which is applied every 6 weeks. The organic vines are surrounded by green grass and wildflowers. 94% of Bordeaux wine is not organic. There is a lot of scorched dead grass.

Before this "organic" to me meant: expensive, nice idea, faddish and definitely not something I sought out.

This trip has been life-changing. I've become an organic convert overnight. I do not want to eat fruit or plant byproducts from roots which are constantly exposed to weedkiller or insecticide so strong that it kills all around it (except the root itself).

[1]- https://www.amazon.com/s?k=caro+feely&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Today's NY Post had fun with this. The cover headline:

"Bezos exposes Pecker"

[1] https://nypost.com/cover/covers-for-friday-february-8-2019/

What do you use to heat/cool the bus? What range have you covered since you started living in it? Do you stay within a given city, State, or beyond? Thanks

This article seems to focus on top 1% by income. Very few of the top 1% earners in any developed country are also in the top 1% of wealthy people. The truly wealthy tend to be so because of their capital/assets. Salary is an utterly tax inefficient way to convert your life's work into personal wealth, versus other forms of income/compensation.

"he's been largely forgotten by time"

Perhaps he himself is not well known, but the eponymous company he started in 1759 was the watchword for high-end ceramics for more than two centuries and is still sold to this day.

Towards the end of the 20th century, consumer tastes changed and the company faced stiff competition from cheaper imports. Wedgwood merged with another luxury goods company Waterford Crystal in 1987, to become Waterford Wedgwood. The combined companies fared no better as a unit and went into administration in 2009 though the Wedgwood brand survives after being purchased by a private equity company and now a Finnish consumer goods company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford_Wedgwood

I strongly recommend "The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why" by Amanda Ripley [1]. It is a terrific look of the character traits and behavior of people who survive life-threatening circumstances and those who don't.

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2706211-the-unthinkable

In the early years or Ireland's national lottery, a syndicate was opportunistically assembled (1992) to guarantee a lottery win and positive return on investment. They succeeded [1].

[1] https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/how-a-secret-syndicate...

As a kid in the early 80s, I used to love going to the cockpit. British Airways had a "Junior Jet Club" [1,2] for children, figureheaded by Captain Leo Budd, a Concorde pilot (amazing the names/things that stay in memory after 35 years!). Club members had a logbook [3] and on each flight you'd give the book to a flight attendant who would have the Captain complete and sign it. There were awards after you travelled so many miles. Every single time we'd get an invite to the flight deck mid-flight, usually over the alps, on the way to/from the Mediterranean.

I've been fortunate enough to fly first class on many top tier airlines since then but nothing will ever beat the thrill of those early flights being led to the cockpit by a flight attendant, bursting with anticipation, ready to meet the pilots and see where in the world we were flying, through the front window of the plane.

[1] - https://www.boeing.com/boeing100/stories/2016/march/junior-j... [2] - https://www.adventuresinfamilyland.com/blast-from-the-past-b... [3] - http://www.danzfamily.com/archives/2005/02/boac_junior_jet.p...

DE = Germany/Deutschland, not Delaware. (The original article title specified Germany. The abbreviation may be read differently by Americans).

Looks great,I am about to order. From the intro on Amazon: "Twenty-five years ago, it didn't exist. Today <1998!> 20 million people worldwide are surfing the Net."

+1 for the movie. It used to be on youtube but I can't find it right now. Perhaps the BBC had it removed. This is the finest moment in the movie, for me, when Wiles describes the moment when everything clicked. The whole movie is well worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SccDUpIPXM0

Customers have options, scramble or not. My sympathy is with the staff, sorry "teammates" (per the webpage). It's a lousy time of year to be out of work.

Men At Lunch [1] is an interesting documentary about the skyscraper photo, and an attempt to identify the men in it.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZEvNYKEnVw

You might get a kick out of how archaeologists "discovered" the oldest street in Dublin

http://irisharchaeology.ie/2013/04/dublins-oldest-street/

Sign up for the New York Road Runners NYC Half (March 17th - St Patricks Day!) As of 2018 the new course starts in Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, down Flatbush Avenue and run across the (closed to traffic) Manhattan Bridge, along the FDR, through Times Square and finish in Central Park (lottery and charity only though).

Spend a half day around Brooklyn Bridge Park, Dumbo and the Brooklyn Heights Promenade - especially the latter given the area is about to go through a major upheaval as the BQE cantilevered section is due to go through some major renovations lasting 6+ years.

A half day in Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, Botanical Gardens, Prospect Park.

Checkout the breweries and coffee shops of Gowanus and Carroll Gardens.

Do the Made in Red Hook tour and check out some really interesting local makers. [1]

Visit one of the oldest buildings in the city [2]

Take a Brooklyn Pizza / Chocolate / Neighborhood tour [3]

[1] http://www.madeinbrooklyntours.com [2] https://wyckoffmuseum.org [3] https://www.asliceofbrooklyn.com/

As soon as I grab my dog's lead, he does a full deep body stretch. This, more than anything else, convinces me that stretching is important. If only I'd do something about it.

Semantics. I respectfully disagree. Being alive, and living at a place are two completely different things. By your definition, I've lived in 12 countries this year. I haven't.

> I typically only live in NYC for 3-10 days at a time

That's not living somewhere. That's visiting.

"The European Union fined the company $5.1 billion this summer in an antitrust case over the dominance of Google’s Android mobile operating system."

Damn, that's sloppy reporting. The EU didn't fine Google because of its dominance, rather it was accused of using that dominance in an abusive manner to advance the search/ad business [1].

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-to-be-fined-5-billion-by...

Amazon does not have an Irish store either. Amazon.ie redirects to the UK store where all prices are in GBP, though they happily deliver to Ireland.

We already pay tolls to access Manhattan on some bridges and all tunnels. With a congestion charge added, a return journey from Long Island City, Queens to Jersey, about 3 miles, would involve three tolls.

The F train is horrendous. Problems almost every day.

As all winners are once again male, it brings Maryam Mirzakhani's achievements [1, 2], and tragic passing to mind once again [3].

I'm not suggesting that these winners are not deserving, nor suggesting there is bias. I am looking forward to the day a second woman wins the prize.

[1] https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/maryam-mirzakhanis-p... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14793217 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14776357

Mentorship?

Da Vinci wasn't looking for mentorship from Messer Fazio, Brera Friar, Giannino the Bombardier, Benedetto Potinari, Maestro Antonio, master of hydraulics or Maestro Giovanni Francese.

For each one he had a very specific topic on which he wanted to download their expertise: "how to repair a lock, canal and mill in the Lombard manner", "the means by which the tower of Ferrara is walled without loopholes" etc

That's what I've seen in practice. Find the expert. Be respectful of their time. Be specific. Do the same when it's your turn.