michaelje | 2 months ago | on: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
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michaelje | 1 year ago | on: Why conventional wisdom on health care is wrong (a primer) (2020)
Every other country appears to have the “bread” at a reasonable price. Ironically, it’s the US which has the same bread for 100x the cost.
michaelje | 2 years ago | on: U.S. is said to open criminal inquiry into Boeing
Not sure medicine is the best example given the same profit seeking culture is driving decisions where care takes a back seat
michaelje | 2 years ago | on: 100 Years of Rent Control in Sweden
>> critics argue that it reduces the supply of rental apartments and creates housing shortages
I don’t follow the logic. It doesn’t destroy the property or take it out of supply, it just means someone might not purchase it specifically to rent it out. Which in turn means less demand buying houses overall, which means more opportunities for people to buy (if they want?)
michaelje | 2 years ago | on: 2013 Airbus A380 for sale in Rolling Hills Estates, California
I assume the people in the market for an a380 already know what it looks like
michaelje | 2 years ago | on: Canada's population is booming – access to family doctors hasn't kept pace
More consumers to consume
michaelje | 2 years ago | on: You do need a technical co-founder [video]
Or a technical audience is not the market
michaelje | 2 years ago | on: Canada has fewer entrepreneurs today than it did 20 years ago
Wrt who is happy to exploit TFWs: is it Canadians, or the Canadian government at the request of Canadian big business?
Who stands to gain? Without TFWs the minimum wage (or the amount actually paid for workers) would have to rise - supply and demand.
michaelje | 2 years ago | on: Canada has fewer entrepreneurs today than it did 20 years ago
Or maybe the issue is regulatory capture of government, not government itself?
‘Government intervention’ isn’t the same as a government who works to support the needs of citizens.
michaelje | 2 years ago | on: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
Agree - I’ve been using a set of Eve (from memory) power plugs that are thread enabled - my understanding is it doesn’t connect directly to the internet (ie you don’t connect it to your wifi) but you connect to a border hub (ie an Apple TV, or maybe now an iPhone 15.)
So I guess if you trust apple, you can sorta trust these devices as their access to the outside world would be through an apple device.
michaelje | 2 years ago | on: Wall Street scooped up a third of Texas single family homes sold last year (2022)
It doesn’t have to be a good or bad investment. It can be something you pay for and use, and it provides actual utility. We could make owner occupiers first class citizens in our own society, having housing as primarily for housing people, with investment purposes secondary.
michaelje | 2 years ago | on: Wall Street scooped up a third of Texas single family homes sold last year (2022)
Increasing mortgage rates is a poor mechanism for countering inflation. It only directly impacts a minority of the economy and private companies (banks) earn the profit.
michaelje | 3 years ago | on: Banks as collateral damage in a class war
Why should controlling inflation be used to transfer wealth from individuals to a for-profit third party (banks)?
Also, it doesn’t target the entire population fairly - surely there is a better way?
I found this a thought provoking starting place: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/abc-news-daily/id13495...
michaelje | 3 years ago | on: Maybe treating housing as an investment was a mistake
This was a thoughtful read - but found the conclusion avoided the biggest challenge of all - that housing is not *just* a financial decision - but rather, people require housing to live their lives.
michaelje | 3 years ago | on: Maybe treating housing as an investment was a mistake
This was a thoughtful read - but found the conclusion avoided the biggest challenge of all - that housing is not just a financial decision - but rather, people require housing to live their lives.
michaelje | 3 years ago | on: Introducing ChatGPT and Whisper APIs
I can’t wait to hire Stephen Colbert to write prompts then
michaelje | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment
I just got back from the Banff Film Festival, where I saw Fire of Love[1]. It’s the story of French scientists Maurice and Katia Krafft, who become fully devoted to each other and the study of Volcanos for the rest of their lives.
Created using hours of their archival footage, it’s a story driven by a singular shared passion, amazingly found by two people born only 20km apart.
michaelje | 3 years ago | on: Valve Employee Handbook (2012) [pdf]
This needs a solid [2012] in front of it
michaelje | 3 years ago | on: Analysis of Apple Watch running data
I’ve just completed a 6 month self comparison of the Whoop v4 and Watch S6 for cycling. I found for long endurance efforts they were surprisingly accurate to each other - but during intervals of intense exertion (eg a KOM/hill climb) often the Whoop would read my HR as ~40-60BPM lower while the watch would reflect an expected reading (160-180bpm). Sometimes after 1-2 mins the whoop would “catch up” but it would leave a giant drop in HR graphing for that interval.
This also lowered the avg HR for the workout on the whoop, as you noted. Happy to share an example comparison graph if you’re interested, just reach out.
For what it’s worth, I ended up cancelling the Whoop this month after trying twice to engage with their data team.
michaelje | 3 years ago | on: Microsoft Clipchamp
Founded in Brisbane. Acquired by MS about a year ago.
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A fresh PWA to log / improve your coffee brewing process. We use it to see what we are all drinking, find new coffees, explore new cafes, and understand what we like / don’t like.
It’s primarily used by our group of friends, so if you see a rough edge somewhere please reach out!