deadA1ias
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4 years ago
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on: Apple’s app review prevents developer from submitting fix to game for the blind
Actually, I think it would be rather straightforward. I'm a bit embarrassed for HN that they're still using tables and spacer gifs and see it as an intentional pushback on "caving" to modern web techniques. Despite CSS being 20 years old at this point.
deadA1ias
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4 years ago
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on: The Fierce Legal Battle at the Heart of the Fight over Reclining Airline Seats
Just because something is legally available to you does not mean it is the right thing to do. A good example of this is one's right not to wear a mask; or ride your unmuffled motorcycle around the neighborhood at 2am. The list goes on...
deadA1ias
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4 years ago
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on: The argument for switching off lights at night
Presumably there is perceived safety, both from crime and when operating a vehicle. Whether the data confirms this or not is unknown (to me).
deadA1ias
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4 years ago
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on: America forgot how to make proper pie. Can we remember before it’s too late?
Wait. Americans invented pie?
deadA1ias
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4 years ago
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on: Experts Weigh in on Pentagon UFO Report
I think Occam's razor leads me to the same conclusion. The only part that still has me questioning are the large number of reported visual sightings by the very same pilots reporting radar contact.
deadA1ias
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4 years ago
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on: Medium sees employee exits after CEO publishes ‘culture memo’
Thank you! I now know what this phenomenon is called. I went through "diversity training" when I worked at a university, and was appalled at the presentation. The Kafkatrap was _exactly_ the trick used throughout the entire "Q&A". It was so insidious, bit I didn't have a name for it -- now I do.
deadA1ias
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4 years ago
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on: Does NMN improve metabolic health in humans?
Take a look at Modafinil. Not a traditional stimulant. I've been taking it routinely at the start of the workday for focus with great success. No "come down".
deadA1ias
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4 years ago
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on: Apple Watch Likely to Gain BP, Blood Glucose, and Blood Alcohol Monitoring
I hold/held the opinion. I've asked several of my doctor friends what they think of a future like this. They are all resoundingly pessimistic, due to the false positives they think would result and a general sense that it would result in unnecessary interventions.
It made some sense to me, but ultimately considered it would work out for the greater good.
deadA1ias
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4 years ago
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on: Amazon CloudFront Announces CloudFront Functions
I wonder how this is different from Lambda@Edge.
deadA1ias
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4 years ago
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on: Thoughts on Using Deno
It's good, but still has some work to do. Still no support for JSDOM (or equivalent).
deadA1ias
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4 years ago
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on: Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Breeding in Brazil, Despite Biotech Assurances
This is straight out of Jurassic Park: "Life will find a way".
deadA1ias
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5 years ago
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on: Auth0 Has been down for almost 4 hours now
To extend the OP's line of thinking does it really matter. Exams can be rescheduled, extenuating circumstances taken into account. As someone that has fallen ill quite suddenly through examination periods due to chronic illness I never appreciated the dogmatic approach taken when administering tests. I'm a human being, things happen, systems go down...
deadA1ias
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5 years ago
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on: Pentagon Confirms 'Pyramid-Shaped' UFO Video Footage Is Authentic
How is this not just a triangular bokeh?
deadA1ias
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5 years ago
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on: Move Slow and Make Things
Disappointed this was an April fool's. I think I might use this slogan anyway.
deadA1ias
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5 years ago
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on: Aurora woman charged $5,700 for cup of coffee at Gaylord Rockies
I paid $2,000 for a haircut once. It was meant to be $10 but the hairdresser didn't know how the machine worked (it was new) and entered the '00' for the cents. Two transactions in a row.
Five minutes later my credit card had reversed the charges.
I still had to pay $10 for the haircut.
deadA1ias
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5 years ago
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on: Fear of white space
Because they're greatly prioritizing function over form.
deadA1ias
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6 years ago
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on: Economists Are Obsessed with Job Creation – How About Less Work? (2017)
This effect is particular prevalent in the US. As someone who moved here from the UK it was quite a cultural shock to realise that being "idle" was, for some reason, considered "bad".
deadA1ias
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6 years ago
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on: Economists Are Obsessed with Job Creation – How About Less Work? (2017)
This is exactly right, and I wish I could have put it as succinctly as you. I fear it will take longer than expected for society to adapt to this dynamic.
deadA1ias
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7 years ago
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on: Making SetInterval Declarative with React Hooks
Dan Abramov claims that React hooks haven't jumped the shark. All I'm seeing in this article is exactly that.
deadA1ias
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8 years ago
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on: Self-driving car on Moscow streets after snowfall [video]
In much of Europe, and I would assume Russia as well, that's a pretty typical scenario. I suspect the car is set up to handle the situation much like a native driver.
