HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

gardnerbickford

21 karma · joined February 28, 2019

submissionscomments
gardnerbickford··on Threads Are a Bad Idea for Most Purposes (1995) [pdf]
A snapshot doesn't show the shared memory changes that may have caused the panic. There needs to be a synchronous log of all changes to shared memory to debug an issue.

Similar to having a snapshot of network traffic vs a recording of network traffic.

gardnerbickford··on The new Microsoft Edge is out of preview
I like the idea of Google Developer Supper.
gardnerbickford··on Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results
Or install uMatrix, by the author of uBlock. It spoofs your referrer all the time, unless you trust a site explicitly.
gardnerbickford··on Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results
This used to be a feature of Google search. They removed it and published a Chrome add-on that does the same, client-side. I have switched back to Firefox and there are similar add-ons there too.
gardnerbickford··on PG&E Says It Could Impose Blackouts in California for a Decade
The redox flow batteries exhibit promising attributes for grid storage applications. These types of batteries don't suffer from thermal runaway in the same way lithium-ion do. Check out what RedFlow and ESS are doing in the market.
gardnerbickford··on Two California hikers found a family's message in a bottle and helped save them
I don't mean to be rude but: why is this here? It would be a neat project to map out the changes in the types of stories and comments on HN over time. Over the years, HN has grown more and more in the direction of reddit front page and become less and less like an irc channel where people talk about technology.
gardnerbickford··on GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud
OP was talking SF, not the wider SV. That is a good rent though. That's 2009 SF prices. We were paying $4100 for four bedroom apartment back in 2009. That same apartment is going for double that now.

SF totally jumped the shark.

gardnerbickford··on A systematic study of microdosing psychedelics
What is a good way to measure productivity?
gardnerbickford··on A Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1k
How often have you tried in non-emergency situations? I got 50% of at UCSF seeing a specialist there.
gardnerbickford··on Uyghurs in Xinjiang – Onward to the Inevitable
To prevent many such bothers you can enable Fanboy's Annoyances list in uBlock Origin.

Please don't miss the irony of you complaining about full screen modals on an article discussing xenophobic genocide. You may experience some down votes for venting your first world problems at a poorly chosen time.