I will over-simplify, but it works!
Why those 3 countries in particular? Wouldn’t this work anywhere (provided it’s not in a war zone or a volcano zone etc)?
Readit News2143 commented on How to Build a Thousand-Year-Old Tree noemamag.com/how-to-build... · Posted by u/matthewjpo
2143 commented on Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel Photos · Posted by u/nomad86
Hotel rooms are simply not designed to be places to do work in. They are places for you to sleep in, so of course, the bed is the centerpiece.
I took a look at business hotels in Japan. These are hotels explicitly designed for work travel and nothing more. Small rooms, bed, shower, but not much to actually work. And it actually makes sense. If you are on a work trip, why would you want to work in your hotel room? The whole point of a work trip is to visit a work place, that's where you are going to work, not your hotel room. In fact, from my limited experience of work travel, doing more work is the last thing I want to do when I am back at the hotel, it is often an exhausting day, and there is a good chance I have to get up early the next day, so the hotel room is for relaxation and sleep.
If you really want to work in your hotel room, or do anything other than using the bed and shower for that matter, you are probably better off with "apartment hotels" and short term rentals. If available, student residence rooms can be a minimal option for working and sleeping, that's what they are designed for. Note that there are also hotels with co-working spaces.
Maybe what you want, that is essentially a short-stay student room for grownups will happen one day, but I see many obstacles in making it a "get rich quick" investment. It may not be a great hotel for those who just want to sleep (or have other kind of fun). And if you want to eat in there, you will lack the amenities an appartement offers. And if you are not alone, a co-working space may be a better option.
I was going to say what I’m about to say as a reply to the parent, but then I saw your comment mentioning Japan.
The rooms in Clayton Bay Hotel in Hiroshima absolutely has a nice proper work desk and a work chair. So if anybody here is ever in Hiroshima Japan, you now know where to stay :)
Not sure if this applies to all room types though.
Disclaimer: I’m not related to that hotel in any way other than having stayed there one night some years ago.
2143 commented on A particle physics course for high-school students ppc.web.cern.ch/... · Posted by u/treetalker
That is brilliant and beautiful, I just wished that they would not default to English.
Sure that’s what you use to talk about particle physics, but this is targeted towards kids and by doing this the “Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire” makes it harder for French, Swiss, German etc. kids to follow.
It should not be hard to do a voiceover, at 4h I’d even volunteer.
What should they have defaulted to?
I mean, wouldn't any language they choose exclude others?
I read it more as a comment on the library itself, not the UIs that you can create with it.
But, in any case, I find this beautiful because not a single line is wasted on anything that isn't text, yet I can easily see what is what without it hurting my eyes.
Isn't that what's meant by "functional"?
Deleted Comment
2143 commented on Postbox has been acquired by eM Client support.postbox-inc.com/h... · Posted by u/yabatopia
I remember when they originally launched. Happened around the same time I was looking for an email client. Postbox felt the slickest back in the day, yet I ended up not using it due to some reason which I have forgotten.
Slightly sad to see them go, even though I never really used it. Maybe it's because I remember them starting and it was somewhat long time ago (I guess). Usually things that shut down did so relatively quickly, from my perspective.
2143 commented on Ask HN: What books should I read to improve as a software engineer? · Posted by u/hopa
2143 commented on Ask HN: What books should I read to improve as a software engineer? · Posted by u/hopa
2143 commented on Ask HN: What books should I read to improve as a software engineer? · Posted by u/hopa
[Off-topic]
I'm getting an eerie sense of Deja Vu.
I remember reading this exact thread (exact question, exact replies) a few days ago.
But right now it says this question was posted just 6 hours ago (right now the time is 2:35 pm 1st September UTC).
Either I'm going crazy or there's a bug with the time here.
@dang please tell me that I'm not going crazy, or at least that it's just a simple glitch in the matrix.
2143 commented on Californians can now add their mobile driver's license to Google Wallet gov.ca.gov/2024/08/23/cal... · Posted by u/smlacy
Why is this even news?! I don't know about USA but in India you can store licenses, vehicle ID cards, school certificates, insurance and hundreds of other state or federal issued documents in an app -Digilocker for years now.
For those who don't know, Digilocker is a govt initiative.
Also, it is opt-in and not mandatory. If you don't want to use it then don't bother. Nobody will force you to install the app or attach it with any of your docs.