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hfourm··on Can we wean Elon Musk off government support already?
Probably would conflict with the massive agri/farming industry lobbies
hfourm··on Take Naps at Work
a nice comfy couch could do
hfourm··on To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software
Yea but to his previous point, the auditability of a digital system could be much more sophisticated then paper
hfourm··on Ask HN: What is your CSS setup in 2017?
pretty much 99% JS styles (react, radium, aphrodite css)
hfourm··on Ask HN: Why am I so unhappy in spite of material success?
This is the only real answer
hfourm··on 9 great mechanical keyboards for coders
Brown + dampening rings should be plenty for an office environment

Edit: another thing that helps is having the keyboard on a oversized mousepad, to dampen the vibrations from keyboard -> desk

hfourm··on Consumer expenditure survey illustrating the income divide
Yea I think this is borderline offensive.

But your point is true, one of the bigger problems is people try to live way outside their means. This is also a cultural problem even outside of the lower class, with middle class individuals living paycheck to paycheck -- or in a lot of bad debt.

hfourm··on Show HN: Quilt – manage data like code
Hey, website did a good job of explaining what you are within like 2 seconds. I like
hfourm··on Why Single-Payer Health Care Saves Money
Yea, I am all for more government cost controls, and maybe a public option for a more tiered system. But it seems like universal single payer is not really realistic for the US.
hfourm··on How To Go Viral By Using Fake Reddit Likes
Just the nature of a growing community. Generally the larger the population gets, the lower the average discourse gets, where reddit in many places is no better then a Facebook comment thread. It is a bi-partisan issue for sure.
hfourm··on How To Go Viral By Using Fake Reddit Likes
I would say world_news isn't as bad as politics. Specifically, world_news seems to be full of more the_donald people jumping on any and every thread.

They are still there in politics as well, but they are usually way at the bottom of the thread. It is sad though, even if you assume that it isn't as "controlled" as it is -- pretty much the front page is all anti donald trump / republican stuff these days. While some of that is fair and is news, what is worse is that at least in the old days, there would be nice constructive discussion/counter points, usually as the top voted post in the comments. Now its mostly just circle jerking there.

hfourm··on Launch HN: Guilded (YC S17) – Power-Ups for Gaming Teams
Honestly, I imagine recreating the IRC community of CS is never going to happen again -- also there are a bit of rose colored glasses here.

While it was obviously great, the majority of it was just idling in team channels and looking for group/pug/team channels. It was very centralized to IRC and needed then, but better "services" have come along and handle these problems much better, ie: ESEA, reddit, etc. A lot of these communities have come full circle now with discord being popular, and for many games you can find discord servers that emulate some of the CS IRC experiences of the past.

hfourm··on How Strength Training Changes Your Body for Good
Yes, I am all about the calisthenics.

I don't have the best set up now. But my Walmart style iron gym pull up bar for my door, with gymnastic rings hanging on it, goes a long way. Sure, if I needed to progress further in the future, I would probably need more space for the rings, but it suits my workouts.

Hiking up mountains is for the leg workouts.

hfourm··on NASA Revives Plan to Put Nuclear Reactors on Mars
The universe is full of planet destroying events, why single ourselves out and say we are a virus?

Sure, we need to be better stewards of our environment, but I fail to see how our species is inherently worse then a meteor destroying a planet.

hfourm··on Learning React? Start small
I will offer my own anecdote. I started learning react "the idiot way". Made my own state/stores, wired them up with little functions that my components called, directly included react file as a script tag, and made our first React project -- an analytics dashboard.

Now we have refactored everything and re built a large portion of our front end stack using react/redux/es6, but that first "react for idiots" project I think was an important learning step.

hfourm··on Ask HN: Non-developers: What brings you to HN?
Yea.. 4 years ago Reddit was much more like HN in this regard. It is a shame how bad it has become
hfourm··on Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Climbing World Reels
I don't see how it is any different then something like back country skiers, or base jumping. There are is a wide spectrum of risk in a lot of "extreme" sports.

Not trying to make this an attack either, I just see a lot of parallels elsewhere in other sports -- and it seems a little hypocritical to me that the climbing community would even be divided over this.

Furthermore, sticking with the BC skiing example, many people (resort skiers) would see it as irresponsibly risky. But we know that BC skiers take all the preparations they can, from monitoring avalanche reports and forecasts, taking training classes, learning how to probe and escape avalanches with partners. Similarly, Alex very much spends a lot of time preparing for his free-solos, in all aspects of planning -- which makes it much more calculated then "irresponsibly" risky to me.

hfourm··on Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Climbing World Reels
Of course it is, but that is also why it IS widely publicized. It is an incredible feat. I get the perspective of not wanting to encourage others to do X or Y, but everyone ultimately is responsible for their own safety with these types of things.
hfourm··on Let employees work from home
Deadlines, deliverables, and results

Deadlines being flexible roadmap deadlines of course

hfourm··on Ask HN: What's the best way to relearn math?
Khan academy and youtube in combination are probably better then any of the schooling I originally recieved
hfourm··on Nearly 1 in 3 drugs have a significant safety issue after FDA approval
Further, try to take only what medicine you need, maybe just a Sudafed instead of a SUDAFED DM X + PAIN
hfourm··on Minecraft arrives on the Nintendo Switch
Cool, maybe they can make some more so people can actually get them
hfourm··on Why manufacturing jobs aren't coming back to the U.S
Yep, it is scary that many people don't know that US manufacturing is at all time highs.
hfourm··on Why do we love chilli?
Yea, when I get my own place that is easier for growing (we do a little now but not as much as I would like) I definitely want to grow my own ingredients for hot sauces/salsas.

Do you have any reading or anything you would recommend for getting into that type of thing? I was also interested in the viability of like an indoor greenhouse/hydroponics setup for growing chilis and things.

hfourm··on Why do we love chilli?
No, a lot are local, some aren't. I don't know the names directly off hand. I try a lot of hot sauces without really much brand loyalty. I just have noticed a lot more lately (last few years) that have maybe 1-2% sodium as opposed to 7-9% on traditional hot sauces at big brand stores.
hfourm··on Why do we love chilli?
I absolutely love all things hot. I am especially fond of a growing number of hot sauces I can find that don't come with 10% of your daily sodium allowance in a single serving.
hfourm··on The Boring Company [video]
I dunno man, spending 2 hours in traffic versus 15 minutes is probably a pretty easy choice for most people. I get the sentiment, but if we are being honest, sitting in traffic is ALREADY a depressing way to live for most people.
hfourm··on China talking with European Space Agency about moon outpost
I tried listening to the audio book while on a cross country road trip.

Almost killed us putting us to sleep

hfourm··on A Beginner's Hip Hop Playlist
Post edit:

black thought is the GOAT though, how many rappers got a salaried day job on a talk show

hfourm··on A Beginner's Hip Hop Playlist
People being over critical here. Hip hop is great in all forms from underground to more popular artists, mumble to conscious.

Not sure what your goal of putting this together and posting on HN was though.

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