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taylorlapeyre

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taylorlapeyre··on Making Figma better for developers with Dev Mode
It's free for all paid plans even after 2023. The only pricing change is that you can add "developer" role users who have access only to dev mode for a cheaper price than an editor.
taylorlapeyre··on The regenerating power of Big Basin’s redwoods
> A full regenerative process and outcome, along with reformed canopies, will likely take 200 years according to the Sempervirens Fund, an organization that helped create the park and is exclusively dedicated to protecting to redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Ecological and geological time is always a reminder of how brief the human lifespan truly is. 200 years is the blink of an eye for an ecosystem, but lifetimes for us. It's inspiring to see people work on restorations that they will never be able to appreciate in their own lives.

taylorlapeyre··on Apple passwords deserve an app
Apple makes a iCloud Passwords chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/icloud-passwords/p...
taylorlapeyre··on GPT 4 coming next week
I will point out that human Hacker News commenters also commonly spout "facts" that are complete nonsense; in fact, it is us that trained it to do so.
taylorlapeyre··on GPT 4 coming next week
It seems silly to claim that we should all just stop publishing our thoughts simply because some process could come along and combine them with others in order to produce something unique. That is, of course, the story of all human history.
taylorlapeyre··on CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards
The physics of Onewheels are actually super interesting, and Future Motion published an extremely well-made video recently which explains the issue that the CPSC is referring to. It goes into detail about why "nosedives" happen, and how to prevent them. Really interesting stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGn7iPN07XI

taylorlapeyre··on EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
What happens when USB-D comes out? Will legislation decide if the port is acceptable for consumers?
taylorlapeyre··on Aristotle influenced the computer (2017)
Confusing piece. By its logic, Aristotle also “influenced” quantum physics. We all of course stand on the shoulders of giants, but given the rate of development of computing in the last 100 years, claiming that its ideas originated 2,300 years ago doesn’t contribute much to understanding of what is going on.
taylorlapeyre··on Netflix lays off about 150 employees
We’ll run, small, efficient startups that raised significant capital right before the crash.
taylorlapeyre··on Fly.io: The reclaimer of Heroku's magic
Yeah, totally get that.

> I think there's a chance that emulating Heroku that closely is a path to failure in the 2020s.

I'm not sure I agree, considering that a different platform emulating this exact setup with ~zero configuration is basically everything we want! GitHub actions is (I agree) really great and very versatile, but I'll take Heroku's UI over digging through actions plugin documentation for hours any day.

taylorlapeyre··on Fly.io: The reclaimer of Heroku's magic
Any plans for a chatops extension for Slack? The best think about Heroku is being able to say "/deploy [app]/[branch] to [environment]", and have it Just Work, all with inline threads that convey status updates about the deployment. Does Render plan to build something like that?
taylorlapeyre··on Fly.io: The reclaimer of Heroku's magic
The main thing I want is pipelines - review apps, staging apps, and promotion to production, all integrated closely with GitHub, along with a slack integration that lets me do all of it in a public chatroom.

Until another service has all of this, we’re sticking with Heroku.

taylorlapeyre··on California's Vanished Dream, by the Numbers
Here is a more nuanced, data-oriented analysis which concludes that Walgreens probably left SF for normal corporate planning reasons: https://applieddivinitystudies.com/sf-crime-2/

> Overall, it doesn’t look like Walgreens’ 2021 closure rate requires explanation beyond pandemic effects, their own 2019 cost management program, and broader economic trends. Additionally, it appears their 2020 closure rate was below, or at best on par with, their 2019 closure rate, indicating that the new DA, who took office at the start of 2020, did not accelerate the decline of Walgreens in San Francisco.

taylorlapeyre··on Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/03/apple-delays-controversial-p...
taylorlapeyre··on Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
>> Apple’s stated intents to actively incriminate you by scanning your photos on a personal device

You do realize that Google also scans your images for CP, and furthermore that Google's current business model is literally surveillance advertisement, right?

taylorlapeyre··on Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
Additionally, the while the publicity of that announcement was terrible PR for apple, it was really a request for comment. They got comments from security professionals, and then they acknowledged the problems, retracted the announcement, and are working with those professionals on a system that will be better from a privacy perspective.

Try getting that behavior from Google, a company who's existence is dependent on surveillance advertising.

taylorlapeyre··on Super Follows
Depends on what the tweets are. For a photographer, the tweets could be your entire work. For some scientists, their tweets are some of the most influential things that they write. And for an indie game developer, the tweets might be the medium for links to exclusive add-ons, etc.
taylorlapeyre··on Super Follows
Your comment implies that paying money to hear the thoughts & opinions of smart people is some sort of new concept that should be considered with skepticism. And yes, Twitter does contain more than just political shouting matches by random people.

Here's a few examples:

1. I follow a few photographers that I greatly admire. Some of their best work is on Twitter. With super-follows, I can support these artists and get exclusive posts for things like gear reviews, etc.

2. I follow a lot of economists/scientists that often have really interesting insights. Noah Smith, Tyler Cowen, Ezra Klein, Scott Manley, to name a few. I'd happily pay a couple dollars a month for more in-depth content by them on Twitter.

3. I also follow some interesting writers and creators, like Craig Mod, Hundred Rabbits, and Kyle Chakya. I could see myself paying them a couple bucks a month if enough of their content was offered that way. They are also people I really respect, so I'd be happy to support them.

taylorlapeyre··on Super Follows
There's also a really active community of really smart people posting takes and interesting viewpoints on Twitter. Most of them seem to have Substacks these days, so this makes sense from my perspective. If Substack is monetized long-form think pieces, then "super follows" could be monetized "smart people thoughts."
taylorlapeyre··on Hurricane Ida could be close to Cat 4, dump up to 20“ of rain in S.E. Louisiana
I lived in New Orleans for 24 years and personally went through Katrina - so I actually consider one of the people in the know. I still think New Orleans has done its share of preparation. Enough? Not sure. But it's not like New Orleans is ignorant of how to prepare their city for a hurricane.
taylorlapeyre··on Hurricane Ida could be close to Cat 4, dump up to 20“ of rain in S.E. Louisiana
I think this is a little bit unfair. New Orleans has an incredible amount of infrastructure to prevent flooding compared to pretty much any other coastal city. Spillways, levees, giant pumps, etc. Even if it fails, you can't really claim that they are "entirely unprepared for a hurricane". At this particular moment, though, some of that infrastructure is weaker than normal.

They definitely have corrupt politicians though, no doubt about that.

taylorlapeyre··on Hurricane Ida could be close to Cat 4, dump up to 20“ of rain in S.E. Louisiana
What some might not know is that New Orleans is currently extremely unprepared for a major hurricane. Some water pumps are offline, and the city is currently in the middle of a huge amount of road and infrastructure work. Flooding will likely be much worse for this storm than normal.

If you're in New Orleans, I recommend considering an evacuation if you have somewhere to go.

taylorlapeyre··on Ask HN: Companies of one, what is your tech stack?
https://www.wren.co

Postgres

Redis

Express + knexjs (TS on backend)

Heroku

Create React App front end.

Simple, boring technologies.

taylorlapeyre··on Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco
I see them in my neighborhood at least twice a day. They don't bother me, to be honest. Just like any other car.
taylorlapeyre··on Why Covid-19 Is Here to Stay, and Why You Shouldn't Worry About It
This doesn't mention long covid, which is still a huge open question with worrying results: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5...

> People who had recovered from COVID-19, including those no longer reporting symptoms, exhibited significant cognitive deficits versus controls when controlling for age, gender, education level, income, racial-ethnic group, pre-existing medical disorders, tiredness, depression and anxiety. The deficits were of substantial effect size for people who had been hospitalised (N = 192), but also for non-hospitalised cases who had biological confirmation of COVID-19 infection (N = 326). Analysing markers of premorbid intelligence did not support these differences being present prior to infection. Finer grained analysis of performance across sub-tests supported the hypothesis that COVID-19 has a multi-domain impact on human cognition.

taylorlapeyre··on Figmage: I don't mess with images (2020)
Imgix is a cdn!
taylorlapeyre··on Figmage: I don't mess with images (2020)
Great idea! I wish I could provide an imgix api key and use it with this, because we need to use our own CDN for images. But this would take a lot of hassle out!
taylorlapeyre··on SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocket last night
Very few make or believe that argument. There's absolutely nothing wrong with wishing that things had gone a little better than they did at the time. We can still believe in a more humane world while still greatly appreciating the benefits that modern society has given us.
taylorlapeyre··on The Imaginarium of a Solarpunk Architect
> There needs to be an aspect of dystopia to use that word

I disagree, "punk" is not about dystopia, it's about rebelling against the status-quo. Solarpunk, at its core, is about rejecting our current way of life. That's where the punk comes from.

taylorlapeyre··on Why North America's killer heat scares me
If you want to stand behind the science, then you must also stand behind the fact that our climate models are faulty and inaccurate. I say that as a climate activist myself.
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