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3solarmasses

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Founder @ Level Frames (https://www.levelframes.com)
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3solarmasses··on Don't make me think, or why I switched to Rails from JavaScript SPAs
Rails is the reason Level Frames has been written and maintained by 1 developer for 7 years. https://www.levelframes.com/

Along with our artist platform, Dot Press: https://www.level.press/ (same developer, me :)

3solarmasses··on Crypto enthusiasts want to buy an NBA team, after not purchasing US Constitution
If we're going to parrot outdated legislation, let's also force all automobiles to be classified as horses & carriages, so they can be taxed in accordance to the carriage act of 1794.
3solarmasses··on Bats and the Origin of Outbreaks
I often wonder if it's in the best interest of humans to exterminate bats. Seems like it's only a matter of time until the next horrendous virus, created by bats, wreaks havoc.
3solarmasses··on Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in the future
It's because 98% of the people on here haven't actually used DeFi. The most they've done is bought and sold a little btc or eth on coinbase. The ah-ha moments come from real use.
3solarmasses··on How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body
Anything that overruns the body will kill in diverse ways.

Cancer does the same thing. This isn't something new and terrifying...

A supercomputer probably couldn't model the exact way a terminal cancer patient will die.

3solarmasses··on The San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place order is being extended through May
It's only immoral to question the validity of a good cause on the pretense that there's something worse happening out there somewhere...
3solarmasses··on An international comparison of the second derivative of Covid-19 deaths [pdf]
yep. My first thought was why the hell they didn't they use the word acceleration for better readability.
3solarmasses··on MakerDAO gets stress tested as ETH price plummets
Sorry but please try to use something in an ecosystem before you bash it. Little of what you're saying is true in the least.

CDP owners the only buyers of DAI?! DAI is on every dex, with pairs for a ton of assets. Try out Uniswap...

3solarmasses··on Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth where humans could live
Exactly. Very few people get this. Fahrenheit is better for communicating temperatures in daily life.

Plus we can be more precise in our language due to the expanded scale. e.g. We can say 62 degrees F, rather than 16.6667 degrees C.

3solarmasses··on One Tether Trader Didn't Cause the Bitcoin Bubble
Thank you for bringing some basic logic back to the table.

People love to imagine that odd phenomenon have simple solutions. This whole "tether was the sole cause of the bitcoin bubble" theory is completely ridiculous.

Go into a random bar in December of 2017 and you would hear people talking about btc and altcoins...

3solarmasses··on Sierra Leone government denies the role of blockchain in its recent election
Look up zero-knowledge proofs. Solves this problem. Blockchain is the only legitimate way to carry out voting, imo.
3solarmasses··on MakerDAO’s “DAI” stablecoin is breaking, as predicted
How is this mud slinging article so high on hacker news? This guy is just like every other troll who attempts to forge a name for themselves by tearing down other people's hard work.
3solarmasses··on 'Picasso', the Painter on GDAX?
Just because seemingly rational humans wouldn't buy at such a price isn't the same as "no human would buy." I remember reading tweets of someone angry at coinbase because they bought a ton at $8000 and tried to sell at $9000 but was unable to. Bitfinexed makes a lot of outrageous leaps in logic.
3solarmasses··on Ask HN: What makes a Senior Dev
That was beautiful.
3solarmasses··on Why do we work so hard?
A slower pace of life allows a person to focus more, in my opinion. I've lived in SV but I live in Tahoe now and get way more done programming from the mountains.
3solarmasses··on Visions of the Future
Level Frames is printing and framing these now! (Disclosure: I'm a founder) https://www.levelframes.com/collections/visions-of-the-futur...
3solarmasses··on Ask HN: What book that you read in 2015 significantly affected how you think?
I agree with you about Shogun. I think the transformative properties of that book relate to the Samurai mindset.
3solarmasses··on The Most Mysterious Star in Our Galaxy
I wanted to know this as well and looked up the research paper. It's called "KIC 8462852"
3solarmasses··on El Niño weather event is biggest since 1997, may trigger soaking winter storms
Indeed. I'm also interested in learning about these mythical non-california places.
3solarmasses··on Interoperable CSS
This seems like a step in the right direction. I think we all intuitively know that the current global nature of CSS is plain wrong.

A system like this would make it much easier to swap in new ui elements to an app without worrying about breaking styles elsewhere.

3solarmasses··on The NASA Collection
Good point. If you want to have other NASA photos printed and framed, we have a great tool to do this: https://www.levelframes.com/photos

Just upload the photo and we will provide you with a suitable size range to choose from for a great print quality (based on resolution of your upload). We then print, frame and ship it to your door in a week.

3solarmasses··on The No CAPTCHA problem
I created all sorts of honeypots (time based, hidden fields) and they quickly became worthless. As soon as the Russian bot networks target you, honeypots won't do anything to stop them.

Captcha has been the only thing that actually works. I will never use honeypots ever again. The headaches caused by those Friday night attacks aren't worth it.

3solarmasses··on Ghost Acquires Roon.io
Congrats to Roon and Ghost! Looks like a good match. I hope to see some Roon inspired features in Ghost in the near future :)
3solarmasses··on The Neanderthal correlation (2008)
I don't understand the appeal of that show. I almost cringe every time I see a clip, and the popularity suggests that the world actually thinks nerds are like that.
3solarmasses··on Entitlement issues (2009)
I'd recommend Hyperion Cantos. I recently discovered this gem and I'm blown away by how good it is. Has all of the elements of a good sci-fi world: AI, interconnected worlds via a farcaster network, and a mythical creature called the Shrike.
3solarmasses··on Ask HN: What does your home office look like?
You guys both work at home and you are still married? Congrats. That usually strains a lot of relationships.