billyt555
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2 years ago
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on: For Brilliant Color: Packaging the First LSD Blotter
I think it was inside based on this excerpt: “Opening Ghost’s package, purchasers would discover a handy information sheet that today gives us a sense of how some underground purveyors understood and promoted their wares.”
billyt555
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2 years ago
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on: Losing my son
I appreciate you sharing this
billyt555
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2 years ago
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on: Ask HN: What do you use to replace incandescent lights?
I use the 40 watt “appliance bulb” incandescents that you can still get when feasible - like in my small office. But they only work for certain situations- hard to fully light a room on 40 watt bulbs, but for accent lighting they are great.
billyt555
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2 years ago
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on: Apple reveals Vision Pro, a AR/VR headset unlike any other
I dont think display is transparent, the eyes are an outward facing video of wearers eyes.
billyt555
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2 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2023)
billyt555
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3 years ago
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on: Low and moderate alcohol consumption not associated with increased mortality
billyt555
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3 years ago
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on: The Counterintuitive Physics of Turning a Bike (2015) [video]
billyt555
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3 years ago
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on: An Event Apart – Farewell
Just attended what I guess was the last conference a couple of weeks ago in SF. Attendance was about 250. It was a solid group of speakers, and yes, front end/ux centric, but not limited to that. Unfortunately I got covid on the trip, and then gave it to my wife and 7 year old, which essentially took us all out for the holiday.
billyt555
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3 years ago
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on: Mandatory helmet laws make cyclists less safe
Not sure I follow you, are you suggesting bicyclists should wear motorcycle helmets?
billyt555
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3 years ago
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on: Mandatory helmet laws make cyclists less safe
Right - good point. And obviously my larger point is where do you draw the line with mandates? The arguments here are largely about preventing head injuries - so how far is too far?
billyt555
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3 years ago
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on: Mandatory helmet laws make cyclists less safe
Maybe so, but auto accidents still result in lots of head injuries even with the existing safety systems.
billyt555
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3 years ago
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on: Mandatory helmet laws make cyclists less safe
I'm talking about a bicycle helmet.
billyt555
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3 years ago
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on: Mandatory helmet laws make cyclists less safe
According to the CDC, 30% of injury related deaths are TBI-related, and 14% of those TBIs are from car accidents. Why not have mandatory helmets for auto drivers too?
billyt555
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3 years ago
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on: How to sell tickets fairly
Ticketmaster could have done everyone a huge favor by simply staggering the sales for separate dates a bit and not trying to sell tix for every show all at once.
billyt555
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3 years ago
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on: Pushing back against contract demands is scary but please try anyway
I once had a business owner put forth a similar contract after they had purchased the company where I was employed for a few years. I refused to sign (I was only one out of 60 or so employees that did so). The "accountant" told me I would never work in California again as all companies were moving in this direction. I'm still employed in CA, however, that company no longer exists. :).
billyt555
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4 years ago
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on: Launch HN: Requestly (YC W22) – Network debugging proxy for web and mobile
I found requestly organically a few months back and love it, great tool.
billyt555
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4 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Have you found a good desk chair?
Embody + Aeron and alternate between them. Always amazes me people will spend incredible amounts on a car, but will skimp on something they spend 8+ hours a day sitting in.
billyt555
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4 years ago
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on: Why did bar ends go away from mountain bikes?
Totally anecdotal but I had a friend in the 90s who fell, landed on his bar end, and had to have an emergency appendectomy.
billyt555
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5 years ago
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on: Where Am I? NYTimes or Google?
Turned this in a few weeks ago - so much better.
billyt555
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5 years ago
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on: Five-year-old boy stopped on highway driving from Utah to California
