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lightyrson FDA to Ban Juul, Flavored E-Cigarettes If Industry Doesn't Change

As a former smoker who was only able to quit using Juul, this is disappointing to me. As a father of a one year old, I understand the reasoning behind this.

I think perhaps the answer is to make the Juul and similar products less appealing to youth. How? Of course this is a complex topic but less flashy hardware and marketing could be a small start.

lightyrson Endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure in US: disease burden and cost analysis

Regardless of whether or not one agrees with your position (that our society could benefit from even more X in the water/air/food supply), it would need to be the stated purpose of distributing X in order for it to be acceptable. If the increased distribution of X is simply a side-effect, then it is unacceptable (even if the end result is viewed positively by some).

lightyrson Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

The federation aspect is very interesting to me. Can you describe in more detail?

lightyrson The Twitter Rules

Twitter's lawyers are probably out celebrating this weekend.

lightyrson Facebook Is Shutting Down VR Content Division Oculus Story Studio

It’s a VR play. That’s the frothiest space in the Valley right now. Nobody understands it but everyone wants in. Any idiot could walk into a fucking room, utter the letters ‘v’ and ‘r’, and VC’s would hurl bricks of cash at them.

By the time they find out it’s vaporware, it’s too late. I’ve got to get into this.

— Erlich Bachman

lightyrson Google Posts

Happy searchers _and_ AdWords.

lightyrson Why Go solves so many problems for web developers

This was one of the more accessible Go articles I've found through hn but it would really help me if these types of examples included well-written implementations in other languages and frameworks (including third-party library implementations, if required). Does anyone have a link to an article or tutorial like that?

Thanks.

lightyrson A woman who can smell Parkinson's disease

That is a great point. Treatment is often the nail in the coffin; Sepsis, for example.

lightyrson Show HN: Free Company Logo API

Great API, thank you!

I made a little hubot script for this: https://www.npmjs.com/package/hubot-logo

Use it like this: hubot logo stripe.com

lightyrson On Time-Lapse Rocket Ride to Trade Center’s Top, Glimpse of Doomed Tower

I think this a really cool concept, in general, but the sight of the doomed WTC tower would give me the creeps. All I can think of when I see it in the promo video is 9/11 and the jumpers. Maybe it's my fault for watching too many 9/11 videos but it would definitely affect my psyche en route to the 102nd floor.

lightyrson How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

I was using the AeroPress Inverted Method for about two years with varying degrees of success, however, I finally soured on the clunkiness, mess-making potential, lack of easy containment/storage, and lack of body to the coffee it produced so I sold out and got a Nespresso VertuoLine. It's such a refreshing experience to just push a button and have espresso (actual espresso) or coffee. The only downside was the lack of bean choice, however, a clever YouTuber put me on to a method of reusing the pods with your own grind. So when I get tired of the Nespresso flavors, I brew my own (although this is pretty rare since the Nespresso varieties are pretty damn rich and tasty).

I still keep the AeroPress around though — who knows why — affectation maybe.

lightyrson Why animals eat psychoactive plants

The naturalistic fallacy should not be confused with a fallacious appeal to nature, a mistaken claim that something is good or right because it is natural (or bad or wrong because it is unnatural).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature

lightyrson Magnus Carlsen – “I am chaotic and lazy” (2010)

I enjoyed this quote. Thank you for exposing me to this man.

lightyrson At Burning Man, the Tech Elite One-Up One Another

I've only been to Burning Man once but based on my limited experience, you can have whatever experience you're looking to have there. It's different for every attendee. Some go for drugs, some for yoga, some for music, some for the art (which was incredible and completely exceeded my expectations), some for the community, and some for many more varied reasons.

If you want your Burning Man experience free of techies, models, celebs, and billionaires — I assure you it won't be a hard feat to accomplish. There are myriad subcultures within the culture of Burning Man.

lightyrson Getting rid of burnout permanently

There are doors that let you in

And out but never open

But there are trapdoors

That you can't come back from

lightyrson The Curse of Smart People

Cures are often unenjoyable — it doesn't make them less effective. Think of chemotherapy for example.

lightyrson The Curse of Smart People

tldr; Imposter syndrome is not the problem — it's the cure.

I loved this article. Thanks for posting.

lightyrson Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics

Novick's Law: Nobody understands Godwin's law.

lightyrson The Internet With A Human Face

Ditto the kudos on the formatting. This piece really resonated with me. As for solutions, I have none. Hopefully someone smarter and more resourceful than me will be inspired by this talk.

lightyrson HN User Scams Facebook for Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

Sent $35,104.11 USD to CoinBase. Never received Bitcoins.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6929705

lightyrson HN User Scams Facebook for Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

Yes, that was it! Thank you.

lightyrson HN User Scams Facebook for Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

I can't find his handle but this guy had some very scandalous comments on here about a year ago. I'm trying to remember/find them.

lightyrson Surface Pro 3

Hyperbole is what's known as a "rhetorical device" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_device) — a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards considering a topic from a different perspective, using sentences designed to encourage or provoke a rational argument from an emotional display of a given perspective or action.

lightyrson Ask HN: Can someone explain the console for me?

I think you'll have more luck if you start researching "Terminal Emulators" instead of the more generic, "consoles".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_emulator

Your confusions are well-founded. This is a very vast topic.

lightyrson Google Search Results: Dictator Not Found

Where did you get the implication that I'm adverse to references to the 1940s? As for who has the right to be forgotten, that's for the EU courts to determine (as far as EU citizens go).

lightyrson Google Search Results: Dictator Not Found

Just wait until the first Facebook-generation presidential candidate — the right to be forgotten will be considered a 'human right'.

lightyrson Google Search Results: Dictator Not Found

Godwin

Edit: There is a huge gulf between Hitler and a juvenile crime or since-paid debt.

lightyrson Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?

I find anything by https://github.com/jashkenas to be transparent and enlightening.

lightyrson Raising a moral child

There's a difference between 'experimenting' and experimenting. The explicit variation is what I'm referring to — and I don't think it's a matter of semantics. It's the intention that I'm taking issue with.

lightyrson Raising a moral child

Because a child cannot give consent.