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thomas··on I pre-ordered my new Apple headphones at Home Depot today
You can buy all sorts of things at Home Depot! I bought a garbage disposal even (one of these https://helpatmyhome.com/best-garbage-disposals/ )
thomas··on The Man Who Invented More Than 800 Toys -- from Ker-Plunk to Chattering Teeth
Eddy Goldfarb! A legend.
thomas··on SF Bay Delta Dilemma: Fishing or Fresh Water?
I always thought that SF water was pretty good! Had good news from https://mytapwater.org and others
thomas··on From an Airtable to $9.2k in Side Income
It’s turtles all the way down
thomas··on Split Keyboard for Professionals
Yes, exactly right. If you are going to make the jump it's smart to do it all the way. Intermittent steps will help some people, but won't always solve the RSI problem fully.
thomas··on Google Services Experiencing Disruptions
twitter too is good for this, especially international
thomas··on SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating Vitamin D levels
How did you arrive at 25mcg (1000 IU)?
thomas··on I suspect many task deadlines are designed to force engineers to work for free
Well put and fully agreed. I don’t think engineers are in any way a special case here. In fact it can be much worse for people whose skillset is easier to replace.
thomas··on Worries grow over a K-shaped economic recovery that favors the wealthy
I’m here for the same question so thank you. I’ve seen this “k” shape referred to a number of times now, as if it’s an obvious thing. I guess it’s a headline thing where the limitations cause all kinds of craziness and shorthand.
thomas··on Thoughts on user growth and product
For me, the real growth question with Pinterest is how come they rank so well on Google? They dominate result for many image-related queries despite being a content aggregator. Everything on Pinterest inherently lives someplace else on the web, no? How come those aren’t what I’m seeing? The site seems to have become an SEO powerhouse despite - at least for me - never being the result I want.
thomas··on Chat Bubble Blindness
Just want to say, I'm happy to hear this. That chat bubble is beyond annoying and many people abuse it to the point where it simply drives me away from the website. It can block screen elements and sometimes it bounces and/or updates the page title so that your browser tab titles changes in an incredibly frustrating way.
thomas··on Things to know before starting a Patreon page
Regarding most of this: I think this is why they built (bought?) Memberful.
thomas··on Fountain pen ink properties
This is a strange blog post, almost like a Wikipedia page with more references than information. Also no images. Is there a name for this style? Is it very popular?
thomas··on Review: Lamy Safari (2008)
If anyone is curious the clear version is known as the Vista.

I’d recommend checking out the Preppy from Platinum. It’s a great pen and a good deal cheaper than the Safari. https://unsharpen.com/pen/platinum-preppy-fountain-pen/ The Safari is a lot of fun but it’s less fun to experiment with a $25 pen than a few $3 ones!

thomas··on Review: Lamy Safari (2008)
I have cracked multiple Twsbi pens but never a Safari. Weird.
thomas··on The Atlantic lays off almost 20% of staff
Giving them the benefit of the doubt. Great meta comment. Next time add an archive.is link too.
thomas··on Tiny websites are great
They are great but they are very bad for seo, so they are vastly underutilized.
thomas··on Ask HN: What interesting stuff are you browsing?
Most professional sites I see are cranking at maximum pace while smaller sites and blogs are very slow. Need to keep up with lowered at spend.
thomas··on Ask HN: What interesting stuff are you browsing?
I’ve been researching and looking high and low for some kettlebells! It’s crazy how hard it is to find some hunks of cast iron right now.

Stuff like: https://helpatmyhome.com/best-kettlebells/

thomas··on Ask HN: What interesting stuff are you browsing?
Great link, thank you!
thomas··on Ask HN: What interesting stuff are you browsing?
Always Wikipedia. Click a link. Any link. Click a link inside that article. Repeat 3-5x and you will be at something fascinating and obscure.
thomas··on An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles
It’ll eat everything inside!
thomas··on The Thinnest Paper in the World
Reminds me of Tomoe River Paper [0]. They originally made paper for industrial purposes but now sell it to fountain pen users. It’s made in japan as well, and unlike any paper I’ve seen produced elsewhere.

[0] https://unsharpen.com/company/tomoe-river/

thomas··on Show HN: An interactive map of countries by tap water quality
Try https://MyTapWater.org or https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/ for better info in the US
thomas··on XB-1's wings are officially closed out
All so true. The actual flight time is a non issue for me given the hassle of the airport. But I’m guessing this is for higher end travel, where skipping lines is the norm.
thomas··on How to Run Wordpress on AWS
Exactly. Would recommend people investigate this route for most cases.
thomas··on Show HN: Get notified when grocery pickup slots are available
Agreed. Not opening up location.
thomas··on Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?
Relevant article with many related updates and context: https://cloudconfusing.com/2020/02/07/e-ink-monitors-ready-f...
thomas··on How SEO Ruined the Internet
A Pinterest ban would greatly improve google results.
thomas··on Ask HN: What are you learning?
Been spending a lot of my time geeking out about fountain pens. Shocking amounts of information out there! Like this cartridge guide https://unsharpen.com/fountain-pen-cartridge-guide/

Also learning about email parsing. Not something I had thought about before but there is a lot to learn and lots of edge cases.

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