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Duhck commented on What does Palantir actually do? wired.com/story/palantir-... · Posted by u/mudil

qaq · 10 days ago

Palantir is a consulting shop that positions itself as a tech company

Duhck · 10 days ago

Yes, but...

They also have one of the most profitable business models the world has ever seen. Their RPE (revenue per employee) is roughly $1mm and growing at a 50% YoY rate...

They heavily use technology as leverage for insane margin growth. 90% rule of 40 as well.

Duhck commented on Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood supernuclear.substack.com... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

polalavik · 5 months ago

Are you an owner? the hoa is not the board - it’s the entirety of the home owners who can vote and amend any rules at any time with enough momentum and support.

Duhck · 5 months ago

Yea totally. I am an owner and I've been fighting with the board for 3 years over failure to hold elections, and inconsistent treatment of members / rules.

I have a lawyer, have won my first battle already but it cost me $6k out of pocket (and the HOA $25k) for something that should have never happened.

Next step is to expose the board and get people to turn out to vote, sadly there are unelected members on the board since 1995, and not enough turn out for a quorum so I am a bit hamstrung

Duhck commented on Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood supernuclear.substack.com... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

Duhck · 5 months ago

This is so endearing. I've been at odds with my HOA [board] since I moved in and its a decades long tale of my community where everyone is treated poorly by our HOA.

I've asked the board for block parties annually, and events semi annually and theyve rejected it over and over again. Meanwhile I miss this type of community that I had in every building I lived in around NYC before moving to the mountains

Duhck commented on 3dfx: So powerful, it's kind of ridiculous (2023) abortretry.fail/p/so-powe... · Posted by u/kristianp

superkuh · 5 months ago

Ah, a fellow Tribesplayer. Just so you know, we still play tribes. Join us! http://playt1.com/ - the community mantains the master server and clients these days. There are good pick-up games on fri+weekends.

Duhck · 5 months ago

Man I have to pick this up again. I was a top CTF, Arena, and duel player. I played through college competitively (2008)

Duhck commented on GLP-1 pills are coming, and they could revolutionize weight-loss treatment cnn.com/2024/09/17/health... · Posted by u/paulpauper

WesolyKubeczek · a year ago

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Duhck · a year ago

as an american who avoids sugar and processed foods (like seed oils) its virtually impossible to eat out or buy anything beyond whole foods. Everything is contaminated.

Combine that with forever chemical use in packaging, pesticides in non-organic produce, our food supply chain is killing us.

I buy eggs from reputable regenerative free range, non-vegetarian fed chickens. I order my poultry and beef from regenerative farms across the country who are verified organic + grass fed + grass finished.

I bake my own bread and cook 95% of the meals I eat at home.

It costs an arm and a leg and isnt convenient but I feel much better.

Duhck commented on Starliner crew reports hearing "sonar like noises" arstechnica.com/space/202... · Posted by u/areoform

JCM9 · a year ago

Billions of dollars has been reduced to a piece of space junk stuck on the ISS making annoying strange noises.

Duhck · a year ago

Is this true? I know we all want to hate on Boeing for obvious reasons, but they did get a manned crew to space, without blowing anyone up...

Duhck commented on Why is it so hard to build an airport? construction-physics.com/... · Posted by u/gmays

TylerE · a year ago

Has anyone ever tried to build an airport where the terminals and actual flight ops area was miles away (noise, etc).

Basically I'm picturing something like an urban train station (plus TSA, and customs) that would be located downtown. This is where you'd have check-in, security, baggage claim, etc. After clearing security, you'd get on some sort of rail transit (monorail, maglev, subway, whatever, doesn't matter THAT much as long as it can get out to the flight area in 10-15 minutes.

Basically put the people bits where it's convenient, and the noisy stuff where it isn't.

Duhck · a year ago

I love this idea. Hong Kong has something kinda like this with bag check in town, and then a train to the airport. It's extremely convenient

Duhck commented on Ask HN: Where do you live? What's good or bad about it? · Posted by u/michaelteter

Duhck · 2 years ago

Aspen, CO

Pros:

- Can be outside all year round (provided you love snow like everyone else here).

- Tons of activities, culture, and interesting people.

- I get to play hockey and snowboard / mountain bike in the same day, with maybe 20 minutes of time in my car.

- The weather is impeccable (again if you like winter).

- Small town airport is amazing. Get there 15 minutes before boarding and walk right onto your plane.

Cons:

- Small town. 10k people means you run into people all the time, people build reputations, etc.

- Airport can be unreliable in weather.

- Cost prohibitive for most friends or family to visit easily.

- Everyone is white, and mostly rich. Lack of real diversity.

- Eating out is prohibitively expensive and feels extravagant. (Pro to this is I spend more time with my fiancé at home cooking together and eating healthier)

I lived in NYC for nearly 20 years, and I visit for 3-6 weeks a year. I love NYC more than anything, but also for now really love my life I've built here, even if it gets lonely sometimes -- I always remind myself that I was lonely sometimes in NYC too.

Its been really nice to get out of the day to day commute to work, get coffee at [insert favorite local coffee shot], get lunch, commute home, go out to dinner or order in, go to bed, rinse repeat.

I get to snowboard daily in the winter, ride my mountain bike in the summer, see gorgeous scenery on every ride or drive, and really have mother nature as my playground. I am physically and mentally healthier than I've ever been.

But I miss NYC

Duhck commented on Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds monash.edu/news/articles/... · Posted by u/clouddrover

avalys · 2 years ago

Do you have any complaints about your sleeping other than being unhappy about this metric some app is reporting?

Duhck · 2 years ago

Not really. I feel tired during the day sometimes but way less than when I used to work in an office every day. Usually a quick walk shakes it off if I have no cardio planned.

I think I’m mostly trying to understand what I can and cannot control in my life as I age

Duhck commented on Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds monash.edu/news/articles/... · Posted by u/clouddrover

dota_fanatic · 2 years ago

As another poster linked, you may be a slow caffeine metabolizer. I am and avoiding caffeine entirely makes a big difference.

Another thing that might be making a difference is what you do in the hour to two hours before sleep. If I do anything exciting, like sports, suspenseful media & games, or anything analytical, then that will delay how quickly my body relaxes into later in the night, which messes up the beginning of the night when deep sleep mostly occurs.

Lastly, if you're measuring your deep sleep based off of a device that isn't on your head, then take that data with a huge grain of salt. I compared sleep data from an Oura ring with the Dreem 2 headband and the ring was consistently so wrong as to be useless for driving better sleep behavior.

Duhck · 2 years ago

This is a great recommendation -- I dont really need caffeine but its a ritual I adore. I can definitely give it up so I think its where I can start. Thank you!