mmariani | 5 years ago | on: KolibriOS – operating system written entirely in assembly language
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mmariani | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Covid-19 is it unreasonable for my wife to ask
Would she do it too if she had to do the shopping on her own once a week? If so, do it or your marriage will suffer. If she can’t reason you have deeper problems than being caught naked by a neighbor.
mmariani | 6 years ago | on: Toronto is gathering cellphone location data to find people congregating
In this context is easy to understand that one can’t enjoy neither of those rights when dead. In a perfect world everyone would relate to that fact, respect the quarantine for a dozen weeks, and get back to work rebuilding everything as quickly as possible. Some people can’t reason and that’s why we all can’t have nice things.
mmariani | 6 years ago | on: Tiny electric car looks like a washing machine and costs just $6,600
I think the Renault Twizy [0] looks more like a lawn mower. At least this has real doors and windows.
mmariani | 6 years ago | on: Do Not Trust Journalists – A Mormon Example
> Italy still doesn’t have same sex marriage.
Not really. The opposite has been true for almost four years.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unio...
mmariani | 6 years ago | on: Building a new Windows 3.1 app in 2019: A Slack Client
Beeware [0] does it too, natively in python. The architecture and code base are very nice as well. [1]
[0] http://www.beeware.org [1] https://dan.yeaw.me/posts/gui-widget-for-beeware/
mmariani | 6 years ago | on: Boeing falsified records for 787 jet that developed a fuel leak
There’s also this one too.
mmariani | 6 years ago | on: Flying-V: Flying long distances energy-efficiently
> All airplanes are aerodynamic.
There are exceptions.
https://www.spangdahlem.af.mil/News/Commentaries/Display/Art...
mmariani | 7 years ago | on: In Chile, border collies are sowing seeds, bringing life back to forests (2017)
Those same people could shoot down drones to steal the packages. When you have humans in the equation things tend to get messy, it’s just a matter of time.
mmariani | 8 years ago | on: The Subway Is So Late, It’s Making New Yorkers Early
Spinning is winning. Instead of using high torque shift to easier gears and spin as fast as you can while seating on the saddle. You’re going to get there with fresher legs though a bit hotter in general—it’s a nice cardio—but that shouldn’t be a problem because you’re steps away from your shower.
mmariani | 8 years ago | on: Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your Phone's Mic
It’s really too easy to tap the “I’m not driving” button. We have a global cell-phone-use-while-driving epidemic going on that’s taking way too many innocent lives. I wish tech companies would start sharing phone use data while driving. That’s when people will start to care about the lives of others and the rule of law, the moment they see their premiums going up things will get better rather quickly.
mmariani | 8 years ago | on: Goodyear Hid Evidence of 'The Worst Tire in History' Linked to at Least 9 Deaths
My car runs on 2 bar, a little less than half of your example of 60 psi, completely feasible as a plan B.
mmariani | 8 years ago | on: Goodyear Hid Evidence of 'The Worst Tire in History' Linked to at Least 9 Deaths
You just gave me a great idea. My car has a smat electric pump that I don’t trust. I’m going to store in the car a compact track pump in case I have to use the patch kit. Thanks for the insight on the lateral thinking.
mmariani | 8 years ago | on: Goodyear Hid Evidence of 'The Worst Tire in History' Linked to at Least 9 Deaths
Any decent track pump can easily get to an order of magnitude higher. I routinely pump bike tires to 125 psi. Back to the point, tires are the most important piece of kit in regards to driving/riding handling quality, and usually one of the most underestimated. I wish people in general paid more attention to the state and quality of their tires.
mmariani | 8 years ago | on: Orcas have learned how to drown great white sharks
My best guess would be that orcas love eating fatty things like shark livers.
mmariani | 8 years ago | on: What happens if you turn off the traffic lights?
Get a ebike. I live on a street with a 8% climb and that on a ebike is just a stroll. My wife loves it. Most of my cyclist neighbors have one too. I occasionally “steal” her bike, but most of the time I love doing my climbing by myself. Though things may get hairy above 12% and definitely painful above 16%. However, with a ebike even those gradients would be fine.
mmariani | 8 years ago | on: Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers
mmariani | 8 years ago | on: Swift 4.0 Released
Do you have homebrew installed? If so...
brew install swiftenvmmariani | 8 years ago | on: Swift 4.0 Released
I've bought an iPad Mini specifically to read ePubs. What do you think is broken on iBooks?
mmariani | 8 years ago | on: What it feels like to be in the zone as a programmer
Oh yeah! Cycling fast gets me there too. It's weird, just put your brain in a position of risk and your get pretty quickly to focus zen. I wish I had a a simple formula like this to get in the zone more often when programming.
“Have you ever dreamed of a system that boots in less than 10 seconds from power-on to working GUI, on $100 PC?”