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mchanson··on Roll Your Own All-Sky, Raspberry Pi Camera
Throw desiccant in there if it’s pretty airtight.
mchanson··on Movie piracy is strongly linked to box office revenue
Certainly mainstream cinema is not so great for challenging and interesting movies, but there are plenty of great international and "independent" movies being made. As well as quite a number of interesting and challenging TV projects.

I've got someone in my family that surfaces this stuff for me which is lucky. Since I don't go out of my way to dig it up.

mchanson··on Lego axes plan to make bricks from recycled bottles
It is imperative to make progress. The more progress we make the more we can pressure the rest of the world. This is true for all countries.

There is theater around the environment and individual and collection action, but reducing carbon release into the atmosphere is imperative. We should not strive for net zero. We should strive for net -10x.

mchanson··on TikTok fined €345M for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts
This is pretty interesting time with the social media / data companies. Will this be the new normal? Where, like clock work, another fine gets announced? Or will we transition through this period into one where they know how to, and also do, comply and the regulations don't change a ton?
mchanson··on Painting wind turbine blades black help birds avoid deadly collisions (2020)
Golden Eagles are 'Least Concern' according to wikipedia.
mchanson··on Painting wind turbine blades black help birds avoid deadly collisions (2020)
No we don't.
mchanson··on The curious case of hybrids in watchmaking
If you were stranded on the desert island, what would you need to watch for?
mchanson··on Bali rice experiment cuts greenhouse gas emissions and increases yields
I’m up for making this person dictator of earth.

Wish we could just do these things. It’s too bad, sometimes, that it’s so hard to generate political will and societal action.

mchanson··on Pornhub Sues Texas over Age Verification Law
Bro that is a super messed up stand point.
mchanson··on Daring Fireball, John Gruber, and Threads
Unfriendly, simple, and cynical take cloaked in adding 79 quotes where Gruber critiqued Facebook.
mchanson··on I am drowning in mutes: The current Threads experience
I don't think it's fair to call it getting into bed. More like trying out the new ice cream place that everyone is trying.
mchanson··on France set to allow police to spy through phones
Does this mean they will mandate a back door?
mchanson··on Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)
Most people stove top pop in a 8 or 10 qt pot. These are typically for making pasta, boiling potatoes, soups, or stews. Usually bare metal or enameled cast iron. No PFAs.
mchanson··on Ask HN: Examples of desktop software with 20+ years of longevity?
I think a lot of b2b ERP software gets to be this old. I know of multiple.
mchanson··on My friends who cheated in interviews are getting promoted (2022)
Actually its over 70% of kids in USA grow up with two parents still. 50 years ago it was 85%, but that would have been with a lot of unhappy and abusive marriages that now with no-fault divorce are able to be dissolved.

Also child sexual and physical abuse has reduced during this same time frame. "According to David Finkelhor who tracked Child Maltreatment Report (NCANDS) data from 1990 to 2010, sexual abuse had declined 62% from 1992 to 2009 and the long-term trend for physical abuse was also down by 56% since 1992." from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse

We have a lot of problems, but your understand of the issues are poor.

mchanson··on James Niehues Ski Map Artist
I saw a Killington map from the mid 80s that looked like a subway map.

https://www.newenglandskihistory.com/maps/

mchanson··on James Niehues Ski Map Artist
I kinda hate this guy. Has turned American ski resort maps into a monoculture. I guess it’s not his fault, but it is a bummer.

Back before him resort maps had a lot more variety.

mchanson··on Brazilian researchers find plastic rocks on remote island
We are talking about plastic in the environment. Your personal choices will make no difference in this problem.

There are other problems where personal action on an individual level can make positive change, but this isn't one of them.

mchanson··on Brazilian researchers find plastic rocks on remote island
It's not pretend there is nothing you can do unless you are participating in mass action not individual action.

Focusing on personal consumption is an illness of upper middle class Americans that keeps you from focusing your efforts on activity that might lead the actual change.

mchanson··on Police say GPS tag darts can eliminate need for dangerous high-speed chases
Or they could just let some people go. Police are obsessed with domination and not with safety.
mchanson··on Mercedes-Benz workforce to receive record profit-sharing bonus
Bernie Sanders has plans on making that kind of stuff law of the land. (Not that it is likely to happen).

At https://berniesanders.com/issues/corporate-accountability-an... the section labeled: "Democratize Corporate Boards".

Worth reading to think about nuts and bolts of something like this being normal and required.

mchanson··on Tell HN: We Need Robots.txt but for AI
Ridiculing a reasonable position that is worthy of discussion and debate isn't a good way to bring people to your side.
mchanson··on Power substations vandalized in Washington state
Far right folks have been talking about the power grid as something to attack and working to do it. (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-men-plead-guilty-conspi...)

Conservatives, currently, have a significant problem with folks doing violence and domestic terrorism. Left wing had it in the 1970s (although to be fair the data has shown the right tends to kills more folks even going back to then).

mchanson··on Association between ADHD medication and depression: A 10-year follow-up
This comment is BS and showing ugly judgement of others. Really old school thinking like how they used to blame mothers for autism.
mchanson··on The dangers of high status, low wage jobs
Everyone is always delaying the inevitable. It is the only thing anyone can do. None of us (or our companies) are getting out of this alive.
mchanson··on How to grow monosodium glutamate (MSG) crystals
I use MSG in almost all of my savory cooking at home. Highly underrated flavor enhancer.
mchanson··on Blame Cronyism, Not Capitalism
Why not blame both?
mchanson··on The pandemic has deepened an epidemic of loneliness
You don't need to know how to look after yourself. This is perfect is the enemy of the good type situation.

Not being a fully realized person doesn't stop you from making connections. Even deep great friendships. You and your friends can grow together over time. You can cut out friends that are not a good fit over time if they are bad for you (abusive, etc.).

mchanson··on McKinsey taught Big Pharma how to price-gouge
It seems that if you use the AITA way of looking at things you can just assign it to ESH (Everyone sucks here).

McKinsey is awful for helping enable an immoral business practice. The pharma companies engaging in it are also practicing an immoral business practice. And Congress is failing in its duties to reign in the excesses of American capitalism.

mchanson··on Altitude and child development
I only hire devs that were born within 200m of sea level. Best devs are those born below sea level.
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