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veezbo··on Show HN: Kommit – Web app to help you follow through with NY's resolutions
Have you considered reframing this as positive reinforcement instead of negative? It may require more trust in the system, but one example would be to have the user set aside a larger amount of money (in "escrow") that is paid out over time after successful completions of the kommitment.
veezbo··on Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of homeless encampments
LA is the city that's voiding the citations.
veezbo··on A Code Glitch May Have Caused Errors in More Than a Hundred Published Studies
I've always felt like there should be a way to connect experienced software developers with research groups- something like this, for example, should have been never happened with code review.

For example, one could imagine a program that connects developers with with research groups to help develop good code, or with conferences to test submitted code.

Does anyone know if there already exists a program like that?

veezbo··on Why are cars killing more pedestrians?
Did you read the article? The claim is that focusing on driver and pedestrian distraction is beside the point:

“All this talk about pedestrian distraction, driver distraction? It’s such a distraction,” says Ben Welle of the World Resource Institute for Sustainable Cities. “It puts all the responsibility on individuals, and none on the environment they operate in.”

veezbo··on Learning Haskell is no harder than learning any other programming language
For me, the reason is rather simple- every single program I wrote in Haskell, once successfully compiled, ran correctly.
veezbo··on I Can Eat Glass
in casual japanese:

ガラスは食える。俺に傷つけないから

veezbo··on Kheiron raises $22M for AI that helps radiologists detect cancer earlier
If you don't mind me asking, what did your startup to achieve an exit? Curious, since you're arguing that AI outdoing one radiologist but not an ensemble of radiologists does not create sufficient business value.
veezbo··on Fossil fuel divestment has ‘zero’ climate impact, says Bill Gates
This seems like a great idea in theory- potentially better than the so-called luxury ETFs that only invest in what the fund manager deems as socially-responsible companies. If your expense ratios are low, and you allow me to have a meaningful say in how I or the fund as a whole votes for better climate outcomes, I would be personally interested.

I'd love see how you guys do it, and will be following your progress.

veezbo··on Counter Service Tipping: Who Gives?
One question I've really been wanting answered is- how do I even know my tips are going to the workers? In the worst case, the tips are going straight to the owner.

This is why I typically tip with cash only, and view these credit card-based counter service tips as a form of price segmentation, where I can pay more if I want to support the business.