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madeuptempacct··on Ford Buying San Francisco-Area E-Scooter Startup Spin
I am - the ones that aren't legal on the sidewalk. I don't see why you would get the little scooters. There didn't seem to be that much price difference.
madeuptempacct··on Utah man dies from rabies, the first in the state since 1944
I was told you could avoid shots by bringing the animal in, but I am not in the field, so I don't know if that's generally true.
madeuptempacct··on Utah man dies from rabies, the first in the state since 1944
"Rabies shots costs thousands of dollars"

I assume you mean in the US. Really? I had no clue. They are like $5 in Eastern Europe.

Edit: I am referring to the post-exposure shots.

Edit 2: All of this reads like a bad joke - if our numbers are representative, rabies treatment is 20-2000x the cost of other countries in the US. Would be interesting to see someone play devil's advocate on this.

madeuptempacct··on Utah man dies from rabies, the first in the state since 1944
Rabies is one of the scariest diseases to me, because most aren't vaccinated, it's virtually 100% lethal, and most of the time, doctors will tell you that you don't need to be vaccinated "just in case", because the incidence is so rare.

If you can, bring in the animal that bit you; you don't want to go through the shots unless they are necessary, but you also don't want to die.

madeuptempacct··on Ford Buying San Francisco-Area E-Scooter Startup Spin
"Scoot" is absolutely fine on hills. Drove it from Pier 1 to Golden Gate park on California and back with zero problems on hills. Of course, BMWs will make it a point to shoot by you to show their superiority, but you won't be holding up traffic up hills.

I do wonder what would have happened if my phone died before I parked the Scoot. Seems like it would be a pain in the ass.

madeuptempacct··on Ford Buying San Francisco-Area E-Scooter Startup Spin
"Scoot" is where it's at anyway.
madeuptempacct··on The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe, say researchers
I don't really understand any practical consequences of this.
madeuptempacct··on Ask HN: How do you bear job which have no exitement, no learning, pays good?
Enjoy the pay, learn on the side.
madeuptempacct··on Researchers “see” through walls using ambient Wi-Fi signals and a smartphone
So, is "magnetic paint" actually a thing, or do we need drywall with Faraday cages?
madeuptempacct··on What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick?
I don't think pain can be measured reliably at all, nor can it be reliably communicated.
madeuptempacct··on Children's screen time has little effect on sleep, says study
Interested in your top 3. For me it seems to be:

1. Sufficient exercise.

2. Calm, non-screen activity before (reading for 30 mins)

3. Good environment (dark, quiet/constant background noise, good temp)

4. Not moving at all when trying to fall asleep.

madeuptempacct··on SF fines two landords $2.25M for illegal Airbnb rentals
I actually understand it. Ironically, a San Francisco resident Uber driver explained it to me. She said something like "People like the small city feel without over-population, people like the view from almost anywhere in the city - we don't want to to be another new your.

And while the skeptic in me sees "Property owners don't want prices to go down," I also see the other side now. San Fran wouldn't be San Fran even if we dug deep to have a ton of housing without ruining the view.

There is something to be said for not seeing a single police car until going South at night (or getting pulled over for going South on some street starting with an S "after 9"). There is also something to be said for living around people who can afford to live there (I can't, so don't take this as some elitist techie failing to check his privilige).

madeuptempacct··on Quest for Glory III and IV
JamStack Conf by any chance?
madeuptempacct··on Quest for Glory III and IV
QFG would be the best game of all time if it wasn't for Planescape Torment.
madeuptempacct··on Why almost everyone was wrong about Tesla’s cash flow situation
"Why does anyone spend $35,000 - $50,000 on a car? It just feels like a number that is at least 5x too high."

If someone makes $250,000+ a year, it's not unreasonable.

"My 2005 Ford Focus sedan was $3,000 and should last me about 3 years before I need to make a decision about major repairs, so that's less than $100 a month in ammortized costs."

That's completely unrealistic. You have some sort of competitive advantage (REALLY know someone trustworthy), or you are delusional. $3000 cars are generally very high mileage, unreliable, in poor condition, etc. Timing belts, suspension components, drive belts, starters, ac compressors, minor electronics, etc tend to start going on these cars.

"Are there really hundreds of thousands of people who are making $5,000+ a month necessary to justify the purchase of such an expensive vehicle? I'm not far from that number and most of my money still goes to food and rent."

I believe a car should be 3 months income at most. So no, I can't justify anything past a $10,000 car.

What I can say for sure is that unless you are a decent mechanic with tools or have GOOD friends / relatives that are, you shouldn't walk around espousing 3k cars. They just cost way too much in time.

madeuptempacct··on Google paid Andy Rubin $90M while keeping silent about a misconduct claim
Sounds like a great feeling though.
madeuptempacct··on Why might reading make people myopic?
I am a 99% sure that "some people are just immune." I have friends my age who played games way more with perfect eyes. I also have a friend who drank soda at work all day and never had a single cavity.
madeuptempacct··on Why might reading make people myopic?
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/02/05/3837653...

There was a study that followed Chinese kids who stayed in China vs Chinese kids who moved to Australia. There was a marked difference.

Not sure if its about sunlight or near/far focus though.

madeuptempacct··on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket seems to be a hit with satellite companies
>cylinders

You mean capacitors. Ba dum tshhh.

madeuptempacct··on Build a 100% Serverless Website with AWS in 7 Easy Steps
This is my experience. We will use Azure functions occasionally if all we need is to get data from a third party (with auth, when they can't set up CORS properly), but that's about it.
madeuptempacct··on Former CIA Chief of Disguise Explains How Spies Use Disguises [video]
haha, I guess I am not. My "knowledge" comes from history books about the USSR, so I guess I expected them not to be total xxxx ups.
madeuptempacct··on Former CIA Chief of Disguise Explains How Spies Use Disguises [video]
Cool, thanks for the link.
madeuptempacct··on Former CIA Chief of Disguise Explains How Spies Use Disguises [video]
What are you talking about? Active GRU agents don't get designated as GRU and get embedded in other units.

Even on the direct action level, they aren't listed as GRU anywhere, wear the uniform of some regular unit in the area, and have paperwork saying they are a regular soldier.

madeuptempacct··on Google Earth didn't update its image of a military installation for eight years
What's your career path?
madeuptempacct··on Ask HN: Did universities forget how to teach science/engineering?
I went to the best school in the state (not saying much), and my professors didn't know what we covered in the previous classes. Or assumed we covered things which we didn't. Over the 4 years there, the same topic must have been repeated at least 4-5 times over. As in, long, fundamental topics. There was no steady progression of material, etc. When I went to take professional exams later on, I realized my education was a joke. Boohoo, but it really was a waste.
madeuptempacct··on Are Web Components a thing?
No, except for public libraries (e.g. a datepicker that works in native, angular, react, etc)

1. You CANNOT pass stylesheets to a web component from the parent. CSS isolation might seem cool, but when you realize you have to load your stylesheets into, say, a shared login page, it's suddenly a lot less appealing.

2. You have to import a bunch of scripts, and then conditionally load them with custom-logic (as of now) if the element actually appears on the page. Or you load a bunch of crap.

3. Polyfills, polyfills everywhere - yes, I read the article and I know it said they are working on support for Edge.

4. Managing your source code and deciding where to host the components is icky.

madeuptempacct··on Crime is a Family Affair
The interesting thing about felons is that a lot of them start businesses since they can't really have a normal job.
madeuptempacct··on Spent – Poverty Simulator (2011)
One thing I noticed immediately is that this person has a lot of luxuries: 1. Child. 2. Pet (went to the shelter)
madeuptempacct··on Jepsen: MongoDB 3.6.4
db.webhooks.find({ "events": { $exists: true, $ne: [], $elemMatch: { "links.cancelInvoice": {$exists: true}} } })

What is this, I don't even. Mongo is a huge pain when it comes to searching nested arrays. And above is just an array in an object, not multiple levels of nesting. I have to re-learn the syntax every time I pick it up.

Other than that, it worked great for allowing users to build completely custom forms.

madeuptempacct··on Things an architect should know
I thought it was basically impossible to get a decent architecture job without being exceptional/connected. That's what turned me off from the field.
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