USAnum1's comments

I keep a series of basic setup scripts for Ubuntu on my github[0]. I do wget and pipe them to bash, which I'm not tremendously proud of...

[0]: https://github.com/cjjeakle/devbox-setup

Panamax ships are the absolute maximum size of ship the Panama Canal can handle (eg: PANAma canal MAXimum). [0]

Edit: Obviously, the canal is now larger. So Panamax in this case refers to ships that maxed out the old maximum size.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamax

I get these options on the desktop web version of Facebook:

Video Default Quality

Default

You can still change the quality of a video you are watching by clicking the HD icon in the video player.

Auto-Play Videos

Default

These settings only apply when you use the Facebook website. [Follow this guide](https://www.facebook.com/help/633446180035470) to change auto-play videos in your Facebook app.

I opened it side-by-side with my other tabs (using win + left arrow, win + right arrorw) after pulling the tab out. That way I can continue browsing without actually putting the other tab in the background.

It is a silly restriction!

edit: mootothemax's suggestion is even better, I didn't realize the tab can go in the background after being split out.

To give them the benefit of the doubt, it's possible they've made a new account (45 days old isn't too much tenure).

Heck, I've done it, since it's probably not the best to create a digital repository of all my opinions!

If you're interested, here's a simple bookmarklet I made. It opens the title link at the top of an HN comments page via archive.org:

javascript:window.open('https://web.archive.org/web/' + document.getElementsByClassName('athing')[0].getElementsByTagName('a')[1].href);

Another thing I thought of was using the <table> tag for layout.

It's austere, as well as an anti-pattern when used exclusively. Despite this, it just plain gets the job done. It has also proven quite sturdy/reliable, even on popular sites like this one.

Cool idea!

Any plans to share your experience creating the app or to show off the code itself?

Anything worth working on for 6 months is likely interesting to learn more about. Plus, it's always nice to find out how others tackle ambitious personal projects.

Very cool site!

Some quick feedback: changing pages (eg: navigating from 'new' to 'inspiration', 'sources', etc...) while in night mode switches the user back to day mode, which can be quite jarring.

>"About 80% of small business loan applications in the US are denied."

Wow, I thought 80% was an overstatement. You are very much correct with regards to the "big" banks.

See: "big banks – that is, banks with $10 billion or more in assets – approved of 21.3 percent of small business loan applications in January 2015, up from 21.1 percent the month prior" [0]

Not the world's greatest source, but informative none the less: [0]: http://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2015/big-bank-backed...

Most homes built before 1960 contain heavily leaded paint[0]. My assertion isn't that lead wasn't believed to be dangerous, rather that no one saw it as "seriously" dangerous.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead-based_paint_in_the_Unit...

Not only that, up to the late 20th century many products other than pipes contained lead. Lead paint, leaded gasoline, etc. The jury was out on lead in everyday use until quite recently.

I doubt the poisonous nature of lead was well known when these cities were built.

Your inflation point is something I had not considered.

The cost of negative interest is likely less regressive than than the existing system of inflation.

It will be interesting to see how this untested financial environment will settle to equilibrium, and what our world will look like as a consequence (like you mention, more VAT? Or fewer taxes as borrowing grows cheaper?).

Although true, there really is no substitute for money (cash or a deposit account) in terms of liquidity and fungibility.

You need at least some liquid capital, and those with the least money will always be 100% liquid (or very close to it), and are hence the worst off under negative interest.

>"Savers might stomach a modest fee for making bank deposits, but as rates go deeper into negative territory, they will find ways to avoid charges. Switching to cash is the obvious solution, which is why some have suggested getting rid of banknotes altogether"

This is an incredibly troubling aspect of the push toward a cashless economy. Not only does it marginalize the unbanked (those who can't bank due to illegal immigrant status, or other mitigating circumstances), but it's also an incredibly powerful tool for population control.

It removes the agency a modest savings give us, by concentrating all wealth under the control of a select few anointed conglomerates. It also allows onerous policies like negative interest to be a new, truly inescapable regressive tax regime.

Edit: notahacker makes a compelling point that negative interest is likely less regressive than inflation. I thought it was something worth bringing to the root of the thread.

I thought the small gap that appears at 125% zoom was quite nice looking, actually!

(After some messing around, it only appears at multiples of 75% zoom for me. I am using chrome 'Version 48.0.2564.97 m' on Windows with a 1080p screen.)

Hi HN,

I created this tool after getting frustrated with the excel sheet I was using to track and re-balance my retirement investments (something Mint, Personal Capital, and others don't handle that well). Since it's re-balancing season for many people, I felt it would be worthwhile to share my work.

Any feedback is very appreciated, thanks!

Cool features:

* The site is entirely client-side, so you can download the source from github and run it as just files if you'd like

* The save button generates a URL containing any data entered, so you can restore your work by simply loading from a bookmark

Although it's a bit of a hack, you could simulate property or a business in your assets by setting the rough percentage of your portfolio it makes up, putting it at the top of "Foreign assets" and create an account for that same value and putting it under taxable accounts.

Also, feel free to extend the existing calculator with an additional asset class and account type (for business/property). The code is fairly easy to extend with new account and asset vectors.

I tried to stray away from physical property in the calculator's design and stay focused on the bogleheads investing philosophy of using buy-and-hold index funds. The tool's use cases are a bit cookie-cutter as a consequence, unfortunately.

I'm a huge fan of Eddie Bauer's medium-tall shirts. They usually don't sell them in store, but you can get one online if you are looking for an option to try out.

It took me forever to find a fairly athletic fit (slim but not skin tight) in my height (6'2" with a long torso) that also doesn't have logos or random graphics (solid colors and maybe a pocket is all I want).

If you have a favorite choice it'd be great to know it and have more options.

*Full disclosure: I worked at an Eddie Bauer in college.

At Microsoft I can use [Azure Authenticator](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/azure-authenticator/id983156...) as a second factor to my password for company resources. It's got touch ID support, so frankly I find the added security super pain-free.

Full disclosure: I work at Microsoft, but not on Azure Auth.