coconutrandom's comments

coconutrandom | 6 years ago | on: What is energy, actually? (2011)

#4 is super important once you notice that "investors" includes pension plans.

coconutrandom | 6 years ago | on: Gfycat stops Archive.org volunteers from archiving content

Looks less menacing than it sounds. https://mobile.twitter.com/mceleney/status/11925194405181071...

coconutrandom | 6 years ago | on: ShareDrop – P2P File Transfer Using WebRTC

Just shows "Loading" and the warning "firebase.js:39 FIREBASE WARNING: The Firebase database 'sharedrop' has reached its peak connections limit."

But if this is interesting, checkout https://instant.io which uses the webtorrent protocol.

coconutrandom | 6 years ago | on: Hellvetica.ttf – Kern in Hell

Ah yes, ".ttf" will work just the same.

coconutrandom | 6 years ago | on: Hellvetica.ttf – Kern in Hell

If anyone is interested in automating it, I wrote up quick howto in Python a few days ago. https://readevalprint.com/Schmelvetica.html

coconutrandom | 6 years ago | on: Email tracking pixel support

If you want to Smelvetisize other fonts, I wrote up a quick script and how-to do it with python. https://readevalprint.com/Schmelvetica.html

coconutrandom | 6 years ago | on: What Happens to the Body on No Sleep

Wow, I thought that only happened to me. There was only one specific project I was on where I would have the not so practical fantasy solution like you described. Others were like the parent, a good sleep discovers solutions, I wonder what my subconscious was saying about all of this.

coconutrandom | 6 years ago | on: Pilotwings demos act differently depending on when the cartridge was made

One or two people have mentioned it to him before. https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1127083480674750465

coconutrandom | 7 years ago | on: A new fast hash table in response to Google’s new fast hash table

meta: classic HN, top post is a Negative Nancy regardless of how impressive the new thing is. Is there a name for this phenomena yet?

coconutrandom | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: When is federation a better solution than decentralization?

Look up [Delegated] Proof of Stake

coconutrandom | 7 years ago | on: Docker is a dangerous gamble

Keep an eye on rkt: https://coreos.com/rkt/docs/latest/using-rkt-with-kubernetes...

coconutrandom | 7 years ago | on: Searching for a Future Beyond Facebook

They make money on hosting and compete on price and UI.

But to be blunt, nothing can stop users from re-centralizing to the cheapest/fastest/easiest system regardless of how decentralized the protocol.

coconutrandom | 8 years ago | on: Iceland Takes Hard Look at Tech Boom Sparked by Its Cheap, Bountiful Power

Not sure why they downvoted this. This is an accurate comment.

coconutrandom | 8 years ago | on: Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering

Money can influence but won't guarantee success. They still need to execute on something. And surely at some point in describing process for us, there could be is a nugget of knowledge that triggers some insight in someone else.

coconutrandom | 8 years ago | on: Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering

In the past we would poke holes in the start-up idea or the weekend hacking project, but in good fun and there would be solid feedback generally. Having someone execute their idea, and then go out of their way to explain the process to the rest of us should be a source of encouragement. It makes me sad just how personal the dismissiveness on HN has become.

coconutrandom | 8 years ago | on: What is Money? (1913)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102

"..forbade the hoarding 'of gold or silver coin or bullion or currency', under penalty of $10,000 and/or up to five to ten years imprisonment. The main rationale behind the order was actually to remove the constraint on the Federal Reserve which prevented it from increasing the money supply during the depression"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gold_(Control)_Act,_1968

"Desai finally introduced the Gold Control Act, on 24 August 1968, which prohibited citizens from owning gold in the form of bars and coins. All existing holding of gold coins and bars had to be converted to jewellery and declared to the authorities. Goldsmiths were not allowed to own more than 100 gms of gold."

coconutrandom | 8 years ago | on: In a society obsessed with success, how do we come to terms with failure?

I'm impressed, being content is as difficult as it is laudable. Do you contribute back to society in some other ways?

coconutrandom | 8 years ago | on: The Evolving Economics of Bitcoin, Gold and Fiat Currencies

> never heard one good argument to backup the claims that Bitcoin can became a mainstream p2p fiat replacement

There are many reasons Bitcoin will not be the currency for daily transactions. Some of them are even technical. But, that is ok because it will be used as a store of value filling a need similar to gold. So I guess I'm agreeing with you. But it's taking people awhile to come to understand this subtle difference.

coconutrandom | 8 years ago | on: Why is value flowing to ICOs? It's diversification of Bitcoin

This is mostly inaccurate, the code behind the token creation and distribution is public. And while it's technically possible, in practice most token contracts do not give the creators the ability to mint to tokens on a whim.

coconutrandom | 8 years ago | on: Let me introduce: __slots__

A few years ago I had read about Python performance gains and some built in attributes, but couldn't find the reference when I looked. Well it was `__slots__`, thanks for posting!