jborichevskiy

Eh, there's also popcorn lung to worry about. Think the research is still out on this one.

Also more transparency and a more limited toxic ingredient list in a typical joint than a cigarette. But yes, smoking weed isn't harmless.

FWIW Mexico does attempt to label sugary snacks with warning labels, more than in the US at least

Been reading up on DAOs and asnyc collaboration models and learning a little Solidity too.

Feels like there is potential for something interesting to emerge in the knowledge + social graph layer/squad/studio operating models.

Particularly with everyone moving around now and the increasingly fine lines between legal corporate entities, co-living, creative work, and intellectual property.

Open to any recommended readings on the topic, or just to chat about tangential spaces!

Oh yeah I guess I worded it wrong; I wasn't imagining free energy.

Framing it as an efficiency question is more clear, thanks. In other words, this way of converting $natural_resource to Tesla battery level is less efficient than say, plugging into a power grid as there's an extra conversion step (ground to brakes/ambient friction).

Isn't this just transferring energy from the car towing to the Tesla itself? My understanding is this production of power induces some friction, that otherwise would've been closer to neutral.

In other words, if the wheels were completely free to spin, would not the towing car require less power to tow?

Or is my understanding of this off? Physics was a long time ago

Google I/O 2021: A peek into 3D video chat booth Project Starline

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-gives-peek-into-3d-vide...

Awesome show; looking forward to the next season. Explores parenting, "religion" vs "science", desolation, and growing up.

Yep: I've met/dated/worked/traveled/written with people from there. It's a magical people-finder if you avoid the incendiary accounts and just approach it with good faith and open curiosity.

I was very pleasantly surprised staying in Oceanside, CA. Small town, amazing surfing and ocean access, biking, very walkable for groceries/food/coffee/bars, felt safe at night, and close enough to San Diego/LA for the crazier stuff.

Great to see some development on these products.

Looks like they're taking some of the design elements from Notion and Coda. I can imagine eventually they get merged into a single infinite canvas.

> Stephen King had this to say on the art of writing in his book On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: “Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-does-it-mean-to-ki...

> Why not simply donate the money?

Tax deductible email receipts are nice, but an exclusive digital asset that says "I donated to this cause" gets people's emotional and social gears working in ways a "share with Twitter" button does not.

Ah, that explains the fuel lines as well. Very interesting!

That makes sense, thanks. Clever!

> "What? The fuel tank capacity can't have an inflated basketball in it that springs a leak during the race, leaving us with more fuel capacity?"

Pardon my ignorance- what is the motivation for temporarily reducing the fuel capacity in this example? And why was it disallowed?

Still better are the two-person crews in full gear spraying this fine mist over airport lobby chairs and furniture (and people sitting nearby) while wearing enough PPO to look like late stage Chernobyl responders.

Security performance theater.

I was originally thinking of WHOI.edu - I was unfamiliar with Woodwell Climate Center.

Appreciate the links though - will definitely keep an eye on the websites next time I'm the area!

Would a curious, wannabe scientist be welcome at the Research Center as a visitor? Is there anything I could actually help with/volunteer on while there?

Almost Everything About Goodreads is Broken

https://onezero.medium.com/almost-everything-about-goodreads...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20904549

What a wonderful collection. Thank you!

Hah, that's awesome.

> Now whether you could actually correlate that to an increase in errors for a particular component, no so much ;)

Yep, makes sense. I was picturing a broad "Something Bad Happened, Go Investigate" notification. But I imagine the sensitivity would have to be tuned, especially to account for massive traffic increases from places like HN.

> Even worse, some applications would return a shared error page but internally, I believe it was logged as a 301 redirect until someone spotted it :)

Yikes!

I wonder if they track Github Status traffic volume as some sort of meta-indicator? Is it even viable?

I was futzing around with the description for a PR and hitting save wouldn't update it, yet clicking edit would show the text I expected to see.

Suspecting something was up I checked Github Status but it was green across the board. Assuming enough other people hit the same chain of events, could it provide a reliable enough indicator of an issue?

That genuinely sounds like hell - hoping you get a calm environment soon.

Indeed. I understand it's a multi-faceted issue given the economic development the airport has provided (and continues to provide), but it seems health and wellness externalities were not priced in fully. Now that the airport is built and housing density only continues to increase - where does this lead?

From the wikipedia article:

> SAN is in a populated area. To appease the concerns of the airport's neighbors regarding noise and possible ensuing lawsuits, a curfew was put in place in 1979. Takeoffs are allowed between 6:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Outside those hours, they are subject to a large fine. Arrivals are permitted 24 hours per day.[47] While several flights have scheduled departure times before 6:30 a.m., these times are pushback times; the first takeoff roll is at 6:30 a.m.

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

Yes, one of the things that blew me away about luxury apartments in NYC is the level of soundproofing - both in the windows as well as the thickness between floors/ceiling (a foot plus, iirc).

> Lately I've come to the conclusion that peace and quiet really is a luxury to have. Most people I don't think get to experience it.

It absolutely is. I got the chance to live in a quiet neighborhood near the ocean for a few months and I think back fondly to the level of calm during evening walks there. It felt downright _nourishing_ to my psyche.

This is contrast to living within line of sight to San Diego Airport with the first airplane taking off at 6:31a. In addition to waking me up it would also trigger a significant amount of stress - not a great way to start the day.

Cities are not designed for anything resembling healthy living currently. I hope this changes soon.

The Atlantic also wrote "Why is the World so Loud?" in 2019, a great read into the psychological effects of noise pollution and the legal means by which people try and fight back.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/11/the-end...

They do exist and seem to work reasonably well, from the few I've seen used around my neighborhoods.