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swampthinker

1,673 karma · joined February 24, 2015

(Currently) R&D @ Dandy (Former) Community @ Accomplice (Former) Co-founder @ EnerScore
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swampthinker··on Tencent replaces PUBG with a Chinese government-friendly alternative
Ah, sorry I missed that. Typing on mobile.
swampthinker··on Tencent replaces PUBG with a Chinese government-friendly alternative
There hasn't been a game that was banned in the US until it had altercations made to be Pro-US. That's the difference.

PUBG is a simple battle royale game with no concept of nations in-game, and the Chinese government banned it until there was pro-Chinese content in game. Wh

swampthinker··on Tencent replaces PUBG with a Chinese government-friendly alternative
Because the altercations included pro-Chinese language.
swampthinker··on What No One Is Reporting About Caster Semenya: She Has XY Chromosomes
No, the article very explicitly states that she is intersex. She has both female and male features.
swampthinker··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)
We're always looking for good talent! Feel free to shoot your resume to daniel@orthly.com
swampthinker··on Old emotions remain salient in insomnia disorder
@dang
swampthinker··on Amazon's Digital Freight Brokerage Platform Goes Live
This is a Flexport competitor, correct?
swampthinker··on For some startups, there’s no buzz needed – Poll Everywhere (YC S08)
Good lord the Boston Globe has one of the most annoying paywalls. I can't even use incognito mode to read this article.
swampthinker··on The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be Most Disruptive Yet
I would recommend checking out the guidance and tips pages from the Building Science Corporation [0]

[0]https://www.buildingscience.com/

swampthinker··on The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be Most Disruptive Yet
Sure! Email is in my profile. Happy to nerd out over building efficiency and help out.
swampthinker··on Your Speech, Their Rules: People Who Guard the Internet
That log is painful to read. I definitely sympathize with moot and the mod team, but that was not the way to handle that.
swampthinker··on The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be Most Disruptive Yet
Speaking as someone who spent a good part of my life renovating homes, I can tell you that there is not much of an "upper limit" to the energy efficiency of an older home. If you're already planning on renovating a home, there is an incremental $25-$50k energy efficiency improvements that you can make to turn the house into a nearly net-zero energy home.

The issue is that the young couple who do renovate their home have a far better ROI on updating the kitchen + bathroom than the efficiency of the house.

swampthinker··on The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be Most Disruptive Yet
Building science has been stonewalled and ignored by regulators who work closely with property developers. The efficiency of US buildings/homes is abysmal, and because energy is relatively cheap, there is little economic pressure to invest in efficiency upgrades.
swampthinker··on Pinterest S-1
Facebook has the same trend. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=f...
swampthinker··on Robot gripper looks like a wilted flower, but can lift 100 times its weight
Takeoff tech is one of the startups working on it.

https://www.takeoff.com/

swampthinker··on Associations of Cognitive Function with Carbon Dioxide and Ventilation (2016)
Only CO detectors are mandatory in buildings.
swampthinker··on Launch HN: Bottomless (YC W19) – Coffee Restocked with a Smart Scale
It's so simple it's kind of stupid. Don't have the camera face the inside of the fridge, point it out and watch the I/O instead.

My email is in my bio, happy to show you what was initially built out and lessons learned! Could be useful for you.

swampthinker··on Launch HN: Bottomless (YC W19) – Coffee Restocked with a Smart Scale
In a different life, I was working on a device that could turn any fridge into a smart fridge. Using computer vision to auto restock food when you ran low. The prototype felt pretty magical for the few food items it could recognize.

Maybe some day later down the line :)

swampthinker··on Let’s Destroy Robocalls
Not my company, just know where he works.
swampthinker··on Let’s Destroy Robocalls
Hustle https://www.hustle.com/
swampthinker··on “Facebook are going to monetize encrypted messaging by consolidating metadata”
"We don't know what you're writing, but we know who you're talking to! We love encryption now!"
swampthinker··on Hottest places in the world in the past 24 hours are all in Australia
It's shocking how damaging Gore has been to the climate change image to deniers.
swampthinker··on Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
Most of my logins have been syncd via Chrome. Makes logging into a new computer a breeze, or if I need to borrow someone else's stuff really quick.
swampthinker··on Big Cities No Longer Deliver for Low-Skill Workers
My tinfoil hat theory is that this is being caused by the increasing concentration of wealth. Which is being enabled by increasing levels of automation and efficiency.
swampthinker··on $1.2T in risky corporate debt showing similar warning signs to subprime crisis
How would one go about shorting this debt?
swampthinker··on Kubernetes Failure Stories
If it was easy, there would be dozens of courses out there already! Sounds like you've found a pain point you can solve.
swampthinker··on Facebook employees caught leaving 5-star Amazon reviews for Portal
3 employees were, after being explicitly told by Facebook not to do so.
swampthinker··on Facebook manager quit after being 'harassed' over views on diversity
There are hundreds, if not thousands of posts and comments on this very website about under qualified individuals working various positions in tech. This community preaches looking past impostor syndrome and recognizing that most people are technically underqualified, and that is the job of the company/superiors to nurture talent.

All of a sudden we don't want to extend this same treatment to people who face structural problems that inhibit participation?

swampthinker··on What high school teachers never tell their students
For weeks I've been trying to find a good, simple explanation of Wittgenstein's Ladder (I'm not the greatest at understanding philosophy). Appreciate this.
swampthinker··on Millions of College Students Are Going Hungry
I find 2nd generation immigrants in the US have cooking skills passed down from their parents, but most other students I wouldn't trust to boil water.
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