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DeBraid commented on Wall of stones found beneath Baltic Sea may have helped humans hunt reindeer   science.org/content/artic... · Posted by u/diodorus
Jensson · 2 years ago
Caribou are herded like sheep, not sure why you would make a wall to hunt them when they are so easy to manage.
DeBraid · 2 years ago
> Caribou are herded

This is literally the purpose of a stone wall: herding the animals in a specific direction, to a specific location.

> not sure why you would make a wall to hunt them

Because 8500 years ago hunting tools were primitive (stone tips on spears) so stacking the odds in their favour was smart.

DeBraid commented on Wall of stones found beneath Baltic Sea may have helped humans hunt reindeer   science.org/content/artic... · Posted by u/diodorus
DeBraid · 2 years ago
> A prehistoric structure reminiscent of England’s iconic Stonehenge has been uncovered in Grand Traverse Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan on the western shore of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

> ... discovered what appears to be a dry land corridor that once connected northeast Michigan and southern Ontario. Scientists say the main feature, known as Drop 45 Drive Lane, is the most complex hunting structure discovered beneath the Great Lakes to date. The 9,000-year-old limestone structure consists of two parallel lines of stones that lead to a cul-de-sac lined with natural cobblestones. If the findings are correct, the hunting complex would be twice as old as Stonehenge.

Source: https://arkeonews.net/the-mysterious-prehistoric-underwater-...

DeBraid commented on Ask HN: Why is TSMC so competitive in semiconductor fabrication?    · Posted by u/YourDadVPN
DeBraid · 3 years ago
Strongly recommend this deep dive podcast from Acquired https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/tsmc
DeBraid commented on How a dangerous stew of air pollution is choking the United States   nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/rntn
daVe23hu · 3 years ago
I used to work in China 2005-2017 off and on.... Air quality index in winter could hit ~800 in Changzhou - That experience was unreal.
DeBraid · 3 years ago
Friend who spent time there 2008-10 has a great line: "the air is a prison".
DeBraid commented on Books to read to understand financial crime   economist.com/the-economi... · Posted by u/pseudolus
DeBraid · 4 years ago
Wilful Blindness: How a Criminal Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated the West by Sam Cooper

https://www.cbc.ca/books/wilful-blindness-1.6136088

DeBraid commented on Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safety reasons   bikebiz.com/pedal-me-bans... · Posted by u/tejohnso
throwawayhelmet · 4 years ago
Okay, true story. Years ago I struggled with this exact logic regarding skiing with helmet. After serious consideration I decided to start skiing so carefully that I do not need a helmet. As you may guess at this point, The very first day I left my helmet home, I got into an accident and got a skull fracture.

I started using my helmet again after that.

(But another safety related thing I have started to really doubt. Skiing alone is supposed to be risky. I do ski alone, quite a lot actually. I have gotten into my share of accidents of various seriousness. And not a single of them has been when I have been alone.)

DeBraid · 4 years ago
I have the exact opposite experience.

My first time ever wearing a helmet on the slopes I slammed head-first into a tree. Got up, laughed it off, and rode away. Better lucky than good.

DeBraid commented on Dog digs up haul of medieval coins in Poland   notesfrompoland.com/2022/... · Posted by u/diodorus
firecall · 4 years ago
"For now, however, they do not want to reveal the precise location of the discovery, to discourage amateur metal detectors from arriving, reports Gazeta Wyborcza."

Detectorists. It's Detectorists.

DeBraid · 4 years ago
For anyone missing context, joke refers to the fabulous TV show `Detectorists`. Well worth your time to watch.

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

DeBraid commented on Ask HN: Which tech stack is the most fun?    · Posted by u/chickenWing
aledalgrande · 4 years ago
NextJS + Tailwind + Prisma + Vercel has been a nice discovery after Rails + Heroku. A bit more complex, but really fun and the community around Next/Vercel is super active.
DeBraid · 4 years ago
This. Nextjs / Vercel is amazing. React + Typescript for building (Nextjs), Vercel for devops (hosting, dns, CI/CD). Excellent DX and customer service (the CEO/devrel will reply to your tweets for goodness sake).
DeBraid commented on Ask HN: What are the best books for professional effectiveness?    · Posted by u/arikr
DeBraid · 4 years ago
High Output Management by Andy Grove (Operations, people mgmt)

Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive by Harvey Mackay

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jerry I. Porras and Jim Collins

DeBraid commented on Tiny   tinycapital.com/... · Posted by u/omarfarooq
padolsey · 4 years ago
Is there a story behind the cruel-sounding "Cap table cleanup" heading? It says:

  > You've got early employees, investors, or a co-founder
  > who wants to leave or cash out. You want to swap them
  > for a friendly new face who can add value and help you
  > grow the business.
It feels like they're insinuating that there's usually a painful process in enabling people to cash-out and leave? Is this because of the whole "golden handcuff" thing and the risk of everyone just wanting to leave immediately? To me that's always seemed like a larger problem in how we arrange early equity. Incentives are malformed.

DeBraid · 4 years ago
pg and others commonly cite founder divorce as reason startups fail. If Tiny et al can workaround for this (liquidity + recruiting network), they can unlock value that would otherwise get destroyed by shutting down a nascent startup prematurely due to human conflicts.

u/DeBraid

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