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diab0licon Show HN: Minimal, no-JS web forum software

It is possible the gp post just feels neutral about it. There are a whole range of emotions between love and hate.

diab0licon Prenatal cannabis exposure associated with mental disorders in children

Let me be very clear, I am not disagreeing with your point. Nor am I agreeing. I’m simply stating that your conclusion does not follow for the form of your argument, and providing an alternative example.

diab0licon Prenatal cannabis exposure associated with mental disorders in children

Alcohol has been in use for ~7000 years yet society only began broadly recognizing it as harmful during pregnancy in the 1970s. [0] I don’t think the form of your argument holds any weight. Would you make the same claim regarding the use of alcohol during pregnancy?

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26137906/

diab0licon Judge rules Facebook parent Meta intentionally violated campaign finance laws

It could be favoring one over the other if they biased to display to specific demographics.

diab0licon Serving Netflix Video Traffic at 800Gb/s and Beyond [pdf]

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https://strangerthings-experience.com/

diab0licon $9.99/month

I’ve had this thought a few times, but am pretty entrenched in 1Password with hundreds of logins. I’m curious if you know about a good migration tool to get these into the Apple password manager?

diab0licon Chestnut Tools Universal Sharpener – Popular Woodworking Magazine (2016)

There are plenty of angle guides that’ll help you set a specific angle. They tend to be object specific though because they typically involve clamping the blade to hold it in a fixed position. For example the Lansky and Worksharp Precision Adjust work for knives but not chisels. The Veritas Mk ii works for chisels and planes.

diab0licon Chestnut Tools Universal Sharpener – Popular Woodworking Magazine (2016)

I find the best way to think about a honing steel is that you’re micro beveling the edge. [0] The images there help develop an intuition of what angle will work well. That said it may be irrelevant if your universal sharpener is doing the trick. :)

[0] https://scienceofsharp.com/2018/08/22/what-does-steeling-do-...

diab0licon My First Impressions of Web3

I see no reason they couldn’t change the content rather than just delete it. In fact the article shows an example of exactly that in practice.

Sure you can back up an image, but the backup is worth the same as a copy of the NFT: zip. You now own a pointer on the blockchain to nothing and a jpeg on your disk. I’ve got a lot of that going on already with zero expenditure.

diab0licon My First Impressions of Web3

They can change the content, you’ll just know they did it. Much like if my watch gets stolen I’ll know, but I still don’t have a watch anymore.

diab0licon Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

I think what they were trying to say was that buying them off chain would be extremely unfavorable as the buyer gains zero of the protections that a blockchain claims to offer in this case.

diab0licon IMF, 10 countries simulate cyber attack on global financial system

> However, if a cyber attack does happen a few years from now that takes out the global financial system... it'll definitely make me a little queasy.

Both global pandemics and cyberattacks are plausible events. This is the true cause of both the simulations and the events occurring. It is incredibly improbable that the IMF thinking of them and simulating them had anything to do with them happening.

diab0licon Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes, Kickbacks from Vendors

That makes sense, haha. That probably is the word I would have removed as well in that case. :)

diab0licon Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes, Kickbacks from Vendors

The actual title is "Former Netflix Executive Sentenced To 30 Months For Bribes And Kickbacks From Netflix Vendors ". Mike left Netflix in 2014 and joined Yahoo and CIO for a moment before this all came out and Meyer put him on leave.

diab0licon India seeks to block most cryptocurrencies in new bill, government says

Two major issues with this;

1) I'm not familiar with tax laws in India (or Brazil) but in many places this would trigger gift taxes, imposing a large financial overhead to this transaction.

2) The regulatory bodies monitoring for illegal transactions will see right through this one.

diab0licon Overloaded: Is there simply too much culture?

What happens when the chain devotes from reality? Let’s take the house title. I stop paying but refuse to sign a transaction giving up ownership. I get a divorce and destroy the key out of spite. I sell the house but have lost the key, can I never transact with my property again?

The chain will drift from reality, in an uncorrectable way, reducing its usefulness over time.

diab0licon Goodbye CSS Modules, Hello TailwindCSS

> It’s a choice that—in hindsight—I would make again.

It is always truly satisfying when you land in this spot on past technical decisions.

diab0licon Investing in Startups by Passing the Series 65

They do admit that mistake and adjusted their viewpoint in the article.

diab0licon Apple threatened Facebook ban over slavery posts on Instagram

> The paper also quoted a 2019 internal report from Facebook, suggesting that the social media giant knew about, and had been investigating, the online slave trade before the BBC got in contact.

The article seems to conflict itself on this subject.

diab0licon Student Loans. Medical Debt. Criminal Justice Fees. Cancel It All.

I think you’re right that they just have to stop asking for payment but I assume those payments were included in the budget. The shortfall will need to be made up somewhere. Either higher taxes or fewer services.

diab0licon Canada: Hundreds of unmarked graves found at residential school

I hesitate to even comment given the divisive nature of the thread but…

Hummers cost north of $100k USD. Assuming the mayor of Vancouver’s salary is listed in CAD it isn’t enough to buy one after tax. Furthermore on that salary it probably wouldn’t be prudent to buy one at all.

diab0licon I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

The lawyer involved costs a lot more, and is likely what GP post is asking about.

diab0licon Negotiating ransoms: when to play and when to fold

Does the bill’s involvement in a ransom reduce the value of the bill or implicate me in any way? I’ve never considered someone morally responsible for the provenance of their money outside their control. Maybe I’m missing the point.

diab0licon HN “Why Not Simply”

I’ve always used the term trivialization to describe this. I once gave a manager feedback to stop doing it, granted theirs could be characterized as being overly optimistic in their report’s capabilities.

In response they bought a shock bracelet to negatively reinforce the behavior. They adjusted really quickly. Haha. I really miss that manager.

diab0licon A first lesson in meta-rationality

This ex post facto explanation is referred to as rationalization and is ironically irrational. If you’ve already made a decision you’ve forfeited the option to do so rationally.

I do agree that most of what gets labeled rational is in fact ex post facto rationalization. I do it myself all the time, haha.

diab0licon Bitcoin’s reliance on stablecoins harks back to the Wild West of finance

A large company going bust doesn't imply that demand for other public companies was somehow fabricated.

The more apt comparison here would be something along the lines of the recent run up in TSLA being the result of purchasing from the infinite margin bug from Robinhood a while back. It would turn out the demand wasn't real, only there because it was free.

The implications for Bitcoin and other crypto also purchased with Tether, or with Bitcoin are a lot bigger than you'd imagine.

diab0licon Amazon Nears Deal to Buy Hollywood Studio MGM

I don’t think subsubzero was disagreeing with you. Their comment reads like it is supporting you.

diab0licon Watches from the Soviet Union

Right now being in contrast to the 18th and 19th century mentioned in the quote I was responding to from the article. Between quartz and the spring drive hybridization I would argue that great innovation has come since the 18th and 19th century and watchmakers from Japan have “matched them”.

That said I do agree with you that in today’s world innovation in high precision independent time keeping has stopped. A radio controlled relatively accurate quartz watch will keep excellent time with no user intervention over many years.

diab0licon Watches from the Soviet Union

I’ve got a Poljot de luxe that was made for export (English text on the dial) from the 70s. I am pretty impressed with it on the overall - for the time it’s very thin, reasonably accurate and has an elegant timeless look to it.

> He believes that mechanical watches were created by the best minds of 18th and 19th centuries. "Many modern watchmakers admit that we will never match them," he adds

I think there is some pretty innovative stuff coming out of Japan right now. The high accuracy quartz models from Seiko (under the Grand Seiko brand) and Citizen have insane accuracy measured in seconds per year.

Of course if you want to limit the discussion to the mechanical realm the Spring Drive is for all intents and purposes a mechanical watch with an electromagnetic quartz feedback loop slowing the unwinding to the correct pace to keep time. Not as accurate as the full quartz but very impressive and it truly glides (instead of ticking).

diab0licon The IRS Is Coming for Crypto Investors Who Haven’t Paid Their Taxes

The issue with a sales tax is that it taxes on consumption instead of income. Consumption needs (as opposed to wants) stop increasing somewhere at around ~100k/yr (adjust for location). A high earner is incentivized to save most of their money and become wealthy to avoid tax.

Assuming 15% sales tax, no income tax collection.

Someone who makes 100k per year and spends nearly all pays ~15k via this sales tax or 15%.

Someone who makes 500k per year and spends 100k pays ~15k via this sales tax or 3%.

Someone who makes 10mm per year and spends 1mm pays $150k via this sales tax or 1.5%.

The lower income person pays a much higher rate, because they have to.