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bearhall··on ChatGPT terms disallow its use in providing legal and medical advice to others
I think it actually changed. I have a broken bone and have been consulting with ChatGPT (along with my doctor of course) for the last week. Last night it refused to give an opinion saying “ While I can’t give a medical opinion or formally interpret it”. First time I’d seen it object.

I understand the change but it’s also a shame. It’s been a fantastically useful tool for talking through things and educating myself.

bearhall··on Why has Japan been hit with rice shortages despite normal crops?
I personally find the idea of water being important to be overstated. It’s frequently repeated as fact but I don’t see it quantified.

The only experiment I have found that attempts to measure this is by Kenji with pizza. In his test, the water did not matter.

https://www.seriouseats.com/does-nyc-water-make-a-difference...

bearhall··on McKinsey Starts Eliminating 1,400 Roles This Week in a Rare Round of Job Cuts
King of the Hill is an American treasure
bearhall··on Expect mass layoffs later today, Monday at latest
Looks like a friend of Rahul Ligma
bearhall··on United Flight 1722 came within 775 feet of plunging into Pacific Ocean
but they flew on from Maui instead of turning around. if they’d turned around then the cockpit voice recorders would capture the incident. instead they had 5 hours to get their story straight and no actual recording of the incident.
bearhall··on Ask HN: Is it a good time to buy a house?
if prices go down you can’t just refinance and pay less. refinancing requires paying out the old mortgage. so that doesn’t check out if prices are down.

if interest rates go down you can refinance.

it’s not a zero risk purchase. the price going down means you’ve lost value but your loan value stays the same.

bearhall··on Big water cutbacks ordered amid Colorado River shortage
tell us you didn’t really read the parent without telling us you didn’t really read the parent
bearhall··on Why are cars killing more pedestrians?
It indicates they’re not using it for work.
bearhall··on RSI as a Developer
I had a battle with tendinitis for about a year and it was terrible. I was icing my hands multiple times a day at work just to get by and it really destroyed my productivity.

One thing I noticed that’s not in this article (and from my perception is commonly missing from resources about RSI) is cortisone shots. In my case I tried for a long time to get by with better ergonomics, stretching, NSAIDs, and ice but getting cortisone shots in both my hands made the pain stop for long enough that I could actually rehab my hands properly and function at work.

After the shots I started lifting weights and focused on my ergonomics and it never came back. I’d highly recommend asking about them if you have an inflammation issue. In my case it bought me the time and space to really fix the underlying problems.

bearhall··on RSI as a Developer
Lifting weights was the long term fix for me when I had a RSI.
bearhall··on The Functional Programmer – Keeping Repetitive Strain Injury at Bay [video]
This is a great list. One thing I want to add is that when I was suffering from tendinitis, I wasn’t able to really start building strength until I got cortisone shots. They’re a temporary solution but they can buy you the time to be able to function and start exercising. It’s a very powerful tool.
bearhall··on Java is still available at zero-cost
Same for us for Go. The releases have never caused any trouble and the performance improvements are nice to have. For us it’s just changing one base containers version.

That being said we still use mostly Python 2 for our Python services.

bearhall··on Ask HN: What are the best SAAS options to set up an online store?
If she already has a Squarespace site or wants one, you can set up a store there https://www.squarespace.com/ecommerce-website/
bearhall··on Should function arguments be reassignable or mutable?
Yes. Erlang has tail recursion which helps prevent that http://learnyousomeerlang.com/recursion