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mfb··on Why is simple decoration so rare in recent work?
Yes, I've seen some brand new ornate/decorative lighting, usually on pedestrian- and bicycle-focused construction projects with grant funding, as it's expensive.

Without those grants from regional/state agencies, a cash-strapped town could otherwise use the cheapest available option for lighting..

mfb··on American politics has infected investing
So-called socially-responsible investing has been around at least since the 1970s, when anti-Apartheid mutual funds were launched. It seems like the main change with ESG is that larger firms have adopted the concept, with lower fees/expense ratios.
mfb··on Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
ACE (Altamont Corridor Express) appears to be missing as well?
mfb··on Wildfire Smoke in Northeastern US Visible on GOES East Images
I'd be interested to see the data re: "processing imported lumber mostly". Statewide back in 2016, California timber harvest was 1,572 MMBF; wood processing facilities received 1,483 MMBF; 11.5 MMBF flowed into California from other states; 99.7 MMBF flowed out of California for processing out of state or export according to https://www.bber.umt.edu/pubs/forest/fidacs/CA2016%20Fact%20...
mfb··on Wildfire Smoke in Northeastern US Visible on GOES East Images
"no saw mills left in Northern California" - eh? This is just one company's sawmills (they are hiring): https://www.spi-ind.com/Operations/SawmillOperations
mfb··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2016)
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | San Francisco, CA | Front-End Developer | ONSITE

We're building web applications that keep the Internet free, open and awesome.

We want you to help: https://www.eff.org/opportunities/jobs/front-end-web-develop...

mfb··on West Virginia Engineer Proves to Be a David to VW's Goliath
The device for measuring particulate concentration is called an aethalometer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethalometer
mfb··on 28 Days After Drupal Exploit
I heard a story of the vulnerability being exploited on several sites, a new backdoor created, and then the hax0r applied the drupal update to close the door behind them. So, don't just check if the site was updated, check if the site maintainer applied the update.
mfb··on EFF Relaunches Surveillance Self-Defense Guide
note to self, check if site is on hacker news front page before purging stale caches!
mfb··on Cell Phone Guide For US Protesters, Updated 2014 Edition
In the US it's not uncommon for protesters to have a lawyer, in the form of organizations like the National Lawyers Guild which offer legal support at demonstrations. Protesters typically scrawl the phone number for the NLG legal hotline on their arm, so they are able to call from jail.
mfb··on FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report, January-March 2014
I'd be interested to see some benchmarks comparing Linux and FreeBSD power usage. Personally I've been impressed w/ power management on FreeBSD 10 using recent hardware - once I enabled powerd and set the powerd_flags - but I haven't installed Linux on the same hardware.
mfb··on Occupy the Web Hackathon (in San Francisco this Weekend)
We invite you to join Hackmeet, a hacktivism unconference Oct. 15th and 16th at Noisebridge. Many folks who've been involved with #occupysf and #occupyoakland will be participating. More info: https://hackmeet.org