test1235

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test1235on Goodhart’s law isn’t as useful as you might think (2023)

Betteridge's Law would say, "no"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

test1235on Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?

I've probably read certain Discworld books more than a few times, if they fit under this category of 'junky'

test1235on Australian employees now have the right to ignore work emails, calls after hours

>I work for FAANG and have had one page

literally a page? with a pager?

test1235on Okay, I Like WezTerm

I've been using wezterm on windows for a while and still not managed to work out how to close a split pane. Is this a bug?

test1235on 300-Year-Old House Transported Piecemeal Japan to California, Then Reconstructed

This article is about the history and cultural significance of the house - nothing of the transportation or reconstruction.

test1235on How fast can a human possibly run 100 meters?

I think we should be considering the weakest link in the chain here, the femur arguably being the strongest.

test1235on Serious Sam handled massive amounts of enemies on 56k modem connections

noone's mentioned the gargantuan size of the bosses!

playing co-op, running with your mates across the plains, blasting rocket trails into the distant horizon across the gorgeous clear blue skies at the biggest boss you've ever seen, with the pumping music thumping the whole way through, while you're trying to fend off what feels like hundreds of mobs ... I don't think I've experienced anything of that scale and intensity since ... one of my greatest of all time

test1235on Shein set to boost London with IPO

waterproof clothing?

test1235on Simplicity is an advantage but sadly complexity sells better (2022)

with that analogy, I'd say code is more like the annotations of the manuscript before the reader sees the final print of the book

test1235on The dumbphone boom is real

https://archive.ph/B9pgO

test1235on Roll-Invert-Unroll: An easier way to replace a duvet cover

Here in scotland, uk, in winter, the interior temp of my house will drop to 16 or 17°C overnight, from its regular temp of 20/21°C during the day when the heating is on.

Outside temperature range round here is maybe -6°C to 24°C

I don't know what standards the RoW uses, but we have a TOG rating here for our duvets ... we have a 4 for summer, and 13 for winter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tog_(unit)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Scotland#Temperatur...

test1235on U.S. No Longer Ranks Among 20 Happiest Countries

Same news from CNN:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/worlds-happiest-countries-202...

1. Finland

2. Denmark

3. Iceland

4. Sweden

5. Israel

6. Netherlands

7. Norway

8. Luxembourg

9. Switzerland

10. Australia

11. New Zealand

12. Costa Rica

13. Kuwait

14. Austria

15. Canada

16. Belgium

17. Ireland

18. Czechia

19. Lithuania

20. United Kingdom

test1235on U.S. No Longer Ranks Among 20 Happiest Countries

>https://archive.is/VRaEO

that doesn't work? I only see half a page there.

test1235on Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial

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

"Heterorhabditis bacteriophora is a species of entomopathogenic nematode known commonly as beneficial nematodes. They are microscopic and are used in gardening as a form of biological pest control."

That's fascinating. Have you noticed any knock-on effects? E.g. fall in the number of other wildlife which might normally feed on those insects?

test1235on Leaving LinkedIn

>The big problem most tech management everywhere keeps repeating is that the next big system will be built the least-experienced.

Most places I've worked at, this ends up being the case because the most experienced are needed to fire fight and to keep things running.

test1235on The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

are we sharing pages of random links here?

https://industrialnation.co.uk/

test1235on The Naz.API Credential Stuffing List

I also found this. My email address/username/name doesn't appear at all in the 0t search.

test1235on IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired

can apps see what other apps are installed?

test1235on Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

we see it as asterisks ... you see it as hunter2 and not **** 'cos it's your password

test1235on How Australia’s ‘Bluey’ conquered children’s entertainment

>2. It tells simple stories without pushing political messages.

I did wonder if there'd be any outcry over the DIY episode which is about evolution. Certain cultures seem to have serious issues with that. It did also hint at afterlife, however.

test1235on I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer

google translate: Whoever teaches me a letter, I become his slave

test1235on What's lost when we photograph life instead of experiencing it? (2016)

firework displays are definitely something better appreciated in person. Music gigs are probably another.

test1235on Ethernet Is Still Going Strong After 50 Years

> He had suggested having his words printed on a very large cake

I guess that would just be eating cake, so not really any form of penance

test1235on How Git cherry-pick and revert use 3-way merge

    /*
     * There's probably some smart way to do this, but I'll leave
     * that to the smart and beautiful people. I'm simple and stupid.
     */

I love that this sort of thing still exists in enterprise software

test1235on The slow death of authenticity in an attention economy

There's some quote somewhere along the lines of "classical books being the ones you want to have already read" which is basically saying you want the kudos of having reading war and peace, pride and prejudice, les miserables, great expectations, etc, even though you may hate the experience, or have no interest.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1035168-a-classic-is-someth...

test1235on My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

I think that keychron is the one I woulda got if I hadn't gone for a filco convertible tkl

https://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard/filco-convertible-2-tenk...

test1235on John Romero on his book “Doom Guy” and developing games at a small scale

>There's one particular storyline that is never mentioned at all... to me it's very clear the person involved likely asked not to be mentioned because they've moved on.

who's that then, and what's the storyline?

test1235on Why SQLite does not use Git (2018)

So it looks like you're ready for a change ... What's next on the horizon?

test1235on What my musical instruments have taught me

That was a lovely comment to read - thanks for that. I've been trying to get into learning music lately, as a change from programming. I'd love to be as familiar with an instrument to be able to work as instinctively as you describe.

test1235on The man who broke bowling

Xtra Slow Motion - Jason Belmonte's Bowling Release

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEI69YFm9uo