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meigwilym

519 karma · joined December 4, 2012

Front and Back end web developer. Mainly PHP and JS.

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meigwilym··on Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot
Locally, a two year old managed to kill himself by getting tangled in window-blind string. All toddlers are clueless, and no one wants theirs to be the outlier.
meigwilym··on Keeping Up Appearances – The women taking over the funeral industry
>The women taking over the funeral industry

"More women enter the funeral industry" may be a better way of putting it but without the male insecurity.

meigwilym··on ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)
40s but no diagnosis of ADHD. I have a mask for summer time as I'm the same when the light peeks in. I bought a pair of cheap ones off amazon. I usually wake at dawn and put them on, then sleep hog-like.
meigwilym··on Astra for Law
Funny how they wait until the sixth paragraph to specify that this is for US law.
meigwilym··on Carmakers Have a New Idea to Boost EV Range: Add a Gas Engine
Also the Nazi's Maus tank/armoured vehicle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus

meigwilym··on My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes
It just occurred to me that Trump is an excellent example of a cult leader.

He demands loyalty, acts as he wills and humiliates anyone who leaves.

meigwilym··on Ford AI hiccups push carmaker to rehire ‘gray beard’ inspectors
Conversely, why do you jump to their defence? Large companies treat employees as a cost centre, and if a cheaper alternative becomes available then they're let go. It's not a huge leap of faith to assume so in this case.
meigwilym··on Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
I believe it's for people who want to design enclosures, stands etc for their controllers
meigwilym··on 3D-Knitting: The Ultimate Guide
Then perhaps the poster is drawing attention to the clever marketing, rather than the machine itself?
meigwilym··on Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out
It's difficult to think of a worse way to waste electricity and water.
meigwilym··on You can make up HTML tags
You have me in tears...
meigwilym··on Gurus of 90s Web Design: Zeldman, Siegel, Nielsen
Also Molly.com
meigwilym··on Cows get GPS collars to stop them falling in river
This is a great idea. A drone would also work, but would need favourable weather.
meigwilym··on Iceland approved 4-day workweek in 2019; six years later, predictions came true
Thanks!
meigwilym··on Iceland approved 4-day workweek in 2019; six years later, predictions came true
I would love for this to be true, but who is the Farmingdale Observer to make these claims? A quick search suggests it's a small town American newspaper.

No sources cited in the text, a quote from an "activist". It's not much to go on.

meigwilym··on U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter
Was he the guy who claimed if the USA stripped out gun crime from it's crime stats, it was lower than all the other countries?
meigwilym··on Careless People
The banality of evil.
meigwilym··on How the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg Got Added to the White House Signal Chat
Probably to stop the personality. Coups are often driven by "soldiers loyal to...". Having a civilian in the role would pre-empt that.

OTOH a waiver undoes all of that. It shows how much of democracy depends on people following conventions and traditions.

meigwilym··on US Marines to get high-speed, radar-evading electric seagliders for rescue ops
> This will not primarily be for rescue ops.

The "radar-evading" rather gives the game away.

meigwilym··on Coding Isn't Programming
I understand your point, but having an engineering degree is not just the possession of a certificate. It's a piece of paper that testifies that the holder has the skill and knowledge, and has passed exams designed by experts in the field.

The response given to Heaviside does suggest that snobbery was a more likely reason for refusing his membership, but that's just my impression.

meigwilym··on OpenAI asks White House for relief from state AI rules
The market doesn't protect all those kids who were maimed or died trying out your regulation-free skateboard.

A basic level of safety might mean that your skateboards sell faster, now that parents don't have to risk the health of their offspring.

meigwilym··on Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture
What is the purpose of culture? It's a way of life. Arguably no culture has purpose, so do we force people to live in a different way?

Cultures and languages die out because they're slowly (or revolutionarily quickly!) replaced by another. It's not like there are people out there speaking no language because their mother tongue has died out.

And who gets to decide that a language has no purpose?

I don't like the way this argument goes.

meigwilym··on Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong
> If the SMT components are manufactured domestically say for military purposes it's going to be spread out all over the US because politicians pork barrel contracts for their districts and states.

Or possibly politicians attracting investment to their districts for the benefit their voters. What's the alternative here, a centrally planned economy?

meigwilym··on Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?
I think the point is to remove the adversarial aspect and therefore see how they react when not under pressure. I wouldn't be surprised if OP does warn their candidates about it.
meigwilym··on Ask HN: Why buy domains and 301 redirect them to me?
I think the first one is pretty likely.

OP, you can search for "site:getexample.com" which will list you any pages that have been indexed for that domain. They might have just redirected the homepage. Worth a shot.

meigwilym··on Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things
The Big Short is an excellent book about failures. Really shows how, despite huge institutions and government regulation, human hype and bluster still was the main culprit.
meigwilym··on U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions
The BBC made a good podcast about the busting of Enchrochat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v9ds

Possibly/probably only available to UK IP addresses.

meigwilym··on What we know about CEO shooting suspect
I've seen enough of American politics to consider that copying a better system and lying your ass off that it's American made would work (tbh this would work for most modern democracies).
meigwilym··on I spent a year building an Android course for the elderly
FREE SEMINAR ON SMARTPHONES!

Come along for a coffee (free!) and a showing of a film that will teach you how to use your smartphone.

Your grandkids will be bowled over by your new tech abilities!

All we ask is for you to answer an anonymous questionnaire at the end. No need to give any personal details.

===

Or something like that...?

meigwilym··on I spent a year building an Android course for the elderly
But isn't the cookie banner for asking permission to use third party cookies? I don't think I ever have seen a cookie banner asking if I agree to my data being sold.
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