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"We software developers, don't do things that are easy. We do things because we thought they would be easy." - akerro (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12479640)

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sosuke··on U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from 'Ultra-Processed' Foods
Is there a way to make pizza that wouldn't be considered junk food? Bread, cheese, tomato sauce. I am hoping that the "junk food" of pizza is because of the stuff added for longer shelf lives or added ... something. Frozen pizza should be the same as bread, cheese and tomato sauce. But I'm guessing it isn't the same.
sosuke··on U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from 'Ultra-Processed' Foods
Good healthy food costs more money. We've done a great job about putting the most amount of calories and flavor into cheaper than dirt forms. I think a breakfast of oats and lunch of a tuna sandwich would work. Most lunch meats are probably considered Ultra-Processed.

I think the only ways out of this are as you said fixing everything yourself. Most things you can eat raw that isn't packaged would probably be safe. Then cooking your own meats.

But pasta is considered Ultra-Processed, packaged bread is ultra-processed. I thought those were some of the most basic foods with the smallest number of ingredients. Maybe home made versions as you suggested are not considered Ultra-Processed.

sosuke··on Life before smartphones (2020)
Just a random thought you inspired. If any "collective consciousness" ideas are grounded at all in reality does missing the shared episode experience negatively change it?

I remember that the Game of Thrones red wedding event still seemed to happen at the same time even though it was re-watchable on demand.

sosuke··on Japan's cherry blossom: as indisputable as climate change evidence gets
I always assumed our blight on the world started with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution
sosuke··on Deurbanising the Web [pdf]
I've spent entirely too much time "printing" sites and articles to PDF to save them to read or reference later. Your PDF style was perfect! No need to fuss with anything just save it!
sosuke··on The Amazon 'Personal Games' Policy
Yes it quite the fantasy but also feels reasonable to me. I don't think an employer would feel the same way.
sosuke··on The Amazon 'Personal Games' Policy
More of a thought experiment. What would satisfy me to accept an agreement where every thought I have while employed is owned by my employer.

Trying to come up with some compromise that would justify them giving a yearly full-time salary (2087 hours) while at the same time they expect to cash in on all of my non-work hours.

sosuke··on The Amazon 'Personal Games' Policy
Let's say you get this offer with a yearly salary of $104,350. With 2087 hours as the full-time expectation that would be $50 an hour.

However since they want to own all of your creations that might happen while not at work I wonder if they would accept a counter offer. Would you accept this counter offer?

At $50 an hour, 8760 hours in the year, my expected full-time salary would be $438,000. Before you suggest I cut out sleep time what if the idea or solution comes to me in a dream?

I think that is a good compromise. I have the expectation of being "in office" 2087 hours out of the year while also collecting on all of the chance ideas that happen the rest of the time.

Edit: I like this idea. A clause. I collect $104,350 a year. But if Amazon claims ownership over a personal project I create then the rest of the hours uncollected over my employment are owed retroactively. So I work there for 5 years before I have a successful personal project that Amazon wants. They then owe me $1,668,250. Pennies to them but a good chunk of change to me.

sosuke··on Near, the emulator developer of bsnes, higan, and more, has died
Rest in peace byuu.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255

sosuke··on A walk in nature is better than microdosing
So ... if we combine the two would we get even more benefit? Could it be compounding like alcohol and central nervous system depressants?
sosuke··on Bitcoin extends losses after U.S. seizes most of Colonial ransom
I'm still doubtful the things are causally correlated. Wouldn't privacy coins then increase in price immediately as well?
sosuke··on Bitcoin extends losses after U.S. seizes most of Colonial ransom
Indeed. $2.3 million dollars of BTC isn't too much.
sosuke··on Should Perl die gracefully?
This might seem like a stretch. But could hiring people to work on Really Important Things be interpreted as a form of support?
sosuke··on The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server
Thanks that did the trick!
sosuke··on The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server
I feel like I'm missing most of the story. I only get the hero image and one paragraph of content.
sosuke··on Physical Warp Drives
Baby steps! Every step is worth it. I know the math and science doesn't support me but I'm convinced FTL is possible and that the universe won't die a heat death.

The universe heat death theory makes me think of comics where people extrapolate the data they have while lacking other critical data. https://xkcd.com/605/

sosuke··on Bitcoin has few attributes of money but all the attributes of a collectible
I agree with you; getting that out of the way.

But if I have BTC, there is a specific BTC that is mine. That is how I've understood it. The IRS tax guide for crypto says as much talking about buying and selling two coins bought from two different years.

sosuke··on Show HN: React Flow – library for creating node based editors and apps
React Pathfinder!
sosuke··on Coinbase from YC to DPO
Crazy I missed another boat there. More will come down the river and I'll jump on the right one eventually.
sosuke··on Coinbase from YC to DPO
Dividends to HN users? Joking aside congrats! I'm planning on picking up a share or two as I did with Digital Ocean.
sosuke··on Donation page "not compliant with Google Play Policies"
You can make a service then provide the android agent for free. But you can't use that app to then drive signups for your service without paying Google's fee.
sosuke··on Cosmic rays causing 30k network malfunctions in Japan each year
This is a great place to ask. Are our brains susceptible to this kind of interference and if so do you think the structure evolved to handle some corruption of this kind?
sosuke··on Show HN: My personal website is a shell

  guest@sif ~ % vi about.txt
  Command not found : 'vi'. Type 'help' for available commands.
Very cool site. Looks great! It felt so much like a console that I tried to tab for auto-complete! (^_^)b
sosuke··on Penny Stocks Are Booming, Which Is Good News for Swindlers
I'm not actually thinking anything about your comment or the parent comment. But I wanted to share that the characterization of the "elitism of center-left liberal elites" makes my gut reaction to dismiss your comment. The same thing happens with I see something like "right extremist Q" or whatever the vernacular is.

Is there a better, perhaps more clinical, way to more narrowly describe these kinds of groups? Or is that the right way to say it and my own bias is being applied?

sosuke··on New study detects lottery-like behavior in cryptocurrency markets
Wow that Peter Schiff's April fools joke was perfectly timed for me clicking your links.

https://twitter.com/PeterSchiff/status/1377626254619328524 "I was wrong about Bitcoin"

sosuke··on New study detects lottery-like behavior in cryptocurrency markets
Because when you bet on the those lotteries with millions or billions of dollars it somehow transcends gambling into doing business.
sosuke··on New study detects lottery-like behavior in cryptocurrency markets
I spent $25 sending a $300 wire transfer from my bank to a different bank. It was easy. But that is not at all cheap.

The only service around that allowed a Canadian friend to send me money was PayPal. His bank and mine didn't feel like talking to each other.

sosuke··on Ask HN: I've realized I'm a bad software engineer and I'm over 30, what's next?
Don't phrase the conversation like that. If you want to get better start there. Say you'd like to improve. That your first attempt here was rough and didn't work out but pairing up with a more experienced developer would give you some rails to keep you on the right path.

Either way. Keep your head up! Asking for help is the first step of an endless journey.

sosuke··on Super Resolution
I enjoyed this review https://stephenbayphotography.com/blog/adobe-super-resolutio...

Both of the options had winners.

sosuke··on Super Resolution
Ansel Adams answering a similar question https://youtu.be/Ml__B0l9GIs?t=1514
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