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spraak··on Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks
Thanks for sharing that; I hadn't heard about it before, but I've been wondering what I can actively do. Browsing r/collapse has had me thinking about at least joining/creating a community and growing food.
spraak··on Do It Yurtself
If you're sincere, it's likely cost and sustainability — it's much cheaper to make a composting toilet than install a septic system; and a composting toilet is environmentally beneficial compared to a septic tank.

Edit: I just noticed that you also specify off grid. That as a foundational principle would lead one to simpler choices. A composting toilet is much simpler than a septic system.

spraak··on Git Blame-Someone-Else
Check out `git reflog` to go back to before the mistake
spraak··on The wearable LEX chair lets you sit where you want – but will it catch on?
Actually yeah, I showed this to my wife. She has EDS so her knees, ankles and hips can without warning dislocate when walking. She said she'd enjoy this — if a dislocation happens she can sit to recover. Otherwise she currently must risk a dislocation and potentially fall or use a wheelchair.
spraak··on Caesarean babies have different gut bacteria, microbiome study finds
> This discovery will likely lead to a surge of people intentionally shitting on newborns.

I am doubtful you really believe that, and it's an untasteful joke.

spraak··on Binance.us opens for US customers today
Huh, why is that? I am in one of the affected states
spraak··on Reddit was down for over two hours
Whoa, that is orders of magnitude faster than the default mobile site. Thank you for sharing, I didn't know about it
spraak··on Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers
The second page is more likely to be a traditional style resume with the same information as the first page
spraak··on The Å-Machine
Yes. And you, horse fish? :D
spraak··on The Å-Machine
Åh where was that?
spraak··on The Å-Machine
My HN username should be språk but I couldn't register it that way.
spraak··on Neovim v0.4.0
Yes, I wasn't trying to say it's only possible to use with coc.vim, and neither was I trying to say that LSP is unique to coc.vim. But I would not recommend Deoplete.
spraak··on Neovim v0.4.0
> nvim_open_win: create floating windows (and external, for supporting UIs)

I've been running 0.4.0 since it came out for this feature.

Also I recommend you check out coc.vim for the best completer. It uses the same language server protocol that VS Code uses (and many of the plugins for coc.vim are forked fr VS Code plugins)

spraak··on HP printers try to send data back to HP about your devices and what you print
What does the syringe refill cost? I also have the instant ink service and I want out
spraak··on ICE Fails to Redact Document, Reveals Location of 'Urban Warfare' Facility
I am wondering the same thing
spraak··on Spotify Crack Chrome App 2020
Wow, the implementation is just a few lines of code [1]. I expected it would need to be much more complicated.

[1] https://github.com/sooxiaotong/spotify-crack-chrome-app/blob...

spraak··on Ask HN: What's the fastest way to get updated on what's trending on Hacker News?
I've been thinking of trying to hook up a neural network for this that could send me summaries of what I tell it I'm interested in but also what it 'thinks' that I might be interested in.
spraak··on Immer is a library of persistent and immutable data structures written in C++
For some perspective on why the name was probably chosen: 'immer' means 'forever' or 'always' in German
spraak··on In the Netherlands, a group of scientists is working on feeding 11 billion
Small bit of anecdata - the times when I've been most poor has been when I've eaten the most whole foods (and plant based, as I'm vegan). At those times I would nearly every day put rice and a type of bean (or variety of lentil) into the pressure cooker as my staple throughout the day. Alongside that I would have fresh fruits and steam some frozen or fresh vegetables. The biggest upfront investment was a B12 supplement, but spread over time it's cheaper than most foods.

Since I didn't have the budget for highly processed things, I inadvertently ate super clean.

So this has me thinking, there are already complex distribution channels for medicine for places in need; to that could be added a few key supplements like B12. As long as they are getting otherwise the main macronutrients met, it becomes easier for more people to eat WFPB, which in fact like me in times of poverty many people already do.

spraak··on In the Netherlands, a group of scientists is working on feeding 11 billion
I was under the impression that there already exists enough food in the world to feed everyone, and that it is actually a distribution (inequalities and economic) problem?
spraak··on The Government Won’t Let Me Watch Them Kill Bison, so I’m Suing (2015)
> I think that if the public knew what was being done to the Yellowstone herd, people might demand a change in policy.

I feel the same way about all animals unnecessarily slaughtered. "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian." [1] I would take it further and say that if dairy farms had (metaphorical) glass walls [2], everyone would be vegan.

It's tragic what is happening to the Bison, but it's not significantly different than what happened to most people's meals.

[1] https://youtu.be/HjqOTtJYXX0

[2] https://youtu.be/iL9QJEm_SJY

spraak··on British Airways pilots ground planes in unprecedented 48-hour strike
> Obviously, flying planes is a valuable skill. But without the enormous support system that the airline itself provides, pilots would have little opportunity to realize that value.

Then you're over-identifying what the value of their labor is. If what they need to do requires the support of others, don't factor the input of others into "the full value of their labor".

I.e. if the total value of the airline is X, and the value the pilots provides is P, and the value that all the other employees provide is N, where N + P = X, then the full value of the pilots labor is still P, not X. So I take it to mean they're wanting to get 100% of P.

spraak··on Eyewitnesses describe brutal beatings by HK police
I'm left wondering the same thing, and increasingly frustrated that these kind of questions about HN's transparency never get answered
spraak··on Goodreads Is Broken
Yeah, I can't even read the article because Medium says I've used up my free quota already
spraak··on Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
It's hard to read your position here. I agree that many people would let greed overcome them, but you seem to actually be saying that's not a problem, and even going as far as saying that allegations of rape are being manufactured for drama. Not good
spraak··on Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
[retracted]
spraak··on M.I.T. Media Lab concealed its relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
> The lack of transparency around things like this is my least favorite part of HN.

Yeah, it's very frustrating. I wouldn't feel such resistance to the mods actions if it were known what exactly those actions were. HN is a curated space but not explicitly so.

spraak··on Jeffrey Epstein’s Donations Create a Schism at M.I.T.’s Media Lab
Sorry, yes I checked the tweet. I was trying to point out that it's not clear what the "earthier" term is, in disagreement with the parent post.
spraak··on Jeffrey Epstein’s Donations Create a Schism at M.I.T.’s Media Lab
I'm left wondering what the term is

Edit: I did check the tweet. I was trying to point out that it's not clear what the "earthier" term is, in disagreement with the parent post.

spraak··on Static TypeScript: A Static Compiler for the TypeScript Language
Don't do gradual typing, is what I'm saying. Start a project with the compiler and linter tuned strict and you'll do well. But if you have to go gradually and you have a goal of typing an untyped codebase, then just introduce a rule at a time from a list of rules you'd like in the end. Each rule should be a single commit or single PR (or Epic, or whatever granularity required)

> Because sitting around and typing tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of lines of code is not super productive?

Your project either doesn't benefit from static types or you're not seeing the benefits. I agree it's annoying to convert a JS project to TS, but TS in the end has been a huge boon to our overall velocity (long term) considering bugs, refactoring, and service to service edges.

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