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comrh··on A 15-year-old weightlifting prodigy
Snoop!
comrh··on A 15-year-old weightlifting prodigy
I thought I remember reading that lifting can hurt young, growing bones but I would also imagine this kid's couches and parents are educated on it.
comrh··on Here’s what Ashley Madison members have told me
Can't you agree with both? The cheaters had their personal information stolen and leaked on the internet, and while they're engaging in unethical behavior (imho) that doesn't absolve the hackers.
comrh··on 'Suicides' over Ashley Madison hack
Even if they aren't directly related, I hope some people will at least take pause about the spread and analysis of people's private, leaked information. Sure they're kinda scummy but it is their private lives.
comrh··on Crowdfunding Is Driving a Board Game Renaissance
Board games really had a renaissance in my life once I discovered "German-style board games". Their rules always seem to be similar to what I find the most fun.
comrh··on Cameron's World
Not enough tables in the HTML though.
comrh··on Facebook Should Pay All of Us
Have you tried a non-API reliant way? Like Selenium?
comrh··on Altitude has become the defining characteristic of roller coasters
I remember messing up my math in high school physics and accidentally designing one of these of my own.
comrh··on Jeff Bezos Says Amazon Won’t Tolerate ‘Callous’ Management Practices
I just think they shouldn't act like such jerks and treat employees like human beings who are on your team. Sure they have the ability to leave, I'm just trying to support better behavior though.
comrh··on Edward Snowden at IETF 93
I feel like this isn't a bad point. Anyone have a response because the whistlerblower tag gets used a lot but he did release a lot that seemed to be normal spying.
comrh··on NYC Mesh is trying to get around the big ISPs one node at a time
I hope these aren't enthusiast-only. The idea of a 311 type service for a community with craigslist type services, job postings, city info and social aspects would be great for low income people. You could put all of wikipedia on it and partner with Khan Academy to give free access to learning to every kid in the city.
comrh··on Julian Assange 'disappointed' as sex assault case dropped
No, it is made up of anglophone countries (Canada, UK, US, New Zealand, Australia)
comrh··on An explosion in Tianjin, China [video]
via reddit: It was picked up on the Japanese Himawari 8 weather satellite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfgS3C7PblA

comrh··on A Blank, 4-Minute Video Receives Over 100,000 Views on YouTube
I wonder how long until someone submits a DMCA request against it for 4′33″ by John Cage.
comrh··on An explosion in Tianjin, China [video]
Jesus, that is massive. I hope people are safe.
comrh··on University Students are Afraid of Everything
As a data point to support that college is indeed a very stressful environment and deserving of a lot of counseling resources.
comrh··on University Students are Afraid of Everything
I'm talking about mental health, with one of the most tragic outcomes being suicide.

> in many cases no degree of counseling would help

In many cases? Really?

> for counseling to help it needs to address the root causes of the problem for that person,

That just isn't true. There are cognitive, behavioral and a combination of both that help people all the time. Therapy that focuses on changing behavior patterns (ie CBT) and not on your root causes are often most effective. Many therapists also use therapy dogs because they're so effective, something this guy railed against like it was turning students into children.

> I'm more concerned over the suicide rates of soldiers.

How is that related?

comrh··on University Students are Afraid of Everything
I said "this guy is going to criticize the addition of resources to help handle stress". Not "this guy wants to stop suicide counseling!!!".
comrh··on University Students are Afraid of Everything
He repeats the phase that college is not trauma but ignores that during the college phase of young adult lives many mental health issues arise in an environment without the only support system a child usually knows, their family.

Suicide is the leading cause of death[1] for college students and this guy is going to criticize the addition of resources to help handle stress? It just reads like ignorance.

1: http://news.virginia.edu/content/more-us-college-students-di...

comrh··on Tabula: Extract Tables from PDFs
Ah thanks, missed that. They gave me half text based and half scans, gotta love the government.
comrh··on Tabula: Extract Tables from PDFs
I have a bunch of scanned PDFs from an open data request I'm looking forward to trying when I'm home. My own solution with pytesser was pretty effective but required a ton of tweaking.
comrh··on Monkey the Cat Hunts for Dinner
I was thinking all that for dry food, what a con.
comrh··on How an Australian team won the robot soccer world championships
What sensors are on these things? Is there an API for the whole robot?
comrh··on How the Hiroshima bombing is taught around the world
Wow thanks for that link. It is really begging for a visualization with the US city comparisons.
comrh··on Automakers Trying to Prevent Hackers from Commandeering Cars
I had this same thought but someone in another hn thread had a good point about how a lot of features still use the core systems. Remote starting your car (a common aftermarket feature for the last 20 years) from an app now obviously needs access to the engine. Even if you disconnect the "core systems" they're still probably going to be connected to the internet.
comrh··on “I have already used the name for my programming language” (2009)
Not sure if kidding... Swift's logo is a bird[1]

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift

comrh··on Thirteen Months of Working, Eating, and Sleeping at the Googleplex
That article was overwhelmingly depressing. Living in a van is a better life then remote work?
comrh··on Answering “Why Do I Feel Bad?”, by HN MFT (1K Followers on Medium)
I think before seeing a counselor reading this article and stopping to think about some of these questions would really improve the first appointment (which is often extremely hard on some people).
comrh··on Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM vehicles
Also Evercookie and a drone that seeks and hacks other drones. His output is seriously impressive.
comrh··on Open Code of Conduct
Don't forget to uninstall Python.
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