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Readit NewsJormundir commented on Do Things That Don't Scale (2013) paulgraham.com/ds.html... · Posted by u/bschne
Jormundir commented on Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more? · Posted by u/orbOfOrthanc
Designs for residential houses and appliances that ensure waste heat goes outdoors in the summer, and stays indoors in the winter. (And vice versa: refrigerators and freezers that take advantage of cold outdoor air in the winter, rather than using electricity to run compressors.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_recovery_ventilation
This already exists and is starting to gain popularity for new builds. It’s also not that expensive to retrofit, but is most effective when a home is sealed well.
Jormundir commented on SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit nasa.gov/press-release/na... · Posted by u/tosh
It's raining on the launch pad right now. We'll be lucky if the launch happens, but likely postponed to tomorrow's launch window.
Jormundir commented on Ask HN: What have you done to improve your desk ergonomics? · Posted by u/varrock
I went down this road towards the beginning of my career. I tried split keyboards, ergo mice, keyboard tray, new chair, etc. There are a couple things that matter in ergonomics, mainly that your chair is at a height where you can set your feet flat on the floor comfortably, and that your forearms are the same height as the desk.
All the products made around ergonomics are total BS, full stop. Your body is not built to sit at a desk all day, and you can't fix that with an overpriced keyboard. Take breaks from time to time and go walk around a bit.
Get yourself setup so there's no pressure on your arms and legs and call it good. Don't waste your money on ergo BS.
Jormundir commented on How to implement a multi-CDN strategy blog.streamroot.io/how-to... · Posted by u/jlouazel
This is a nicely written article, however it's worth noting that the performance/reliability/availability differences across CDNs at a particular moment in time are pretty much non existent. These providers share the same backbone networks, same IX PoPs etc and thereby have little diversification benefit.
See https://blog.edgemesh.com/understanding-diversification-netw... )
Where multi-CDN really shines is helping with regional specific solutions (e.g. China , India, Brazil, Argentina etc). It's probably worth nothing that the team at Streamroot helps do this client side and their p2p style option helps localize traffic as well. The former is certainly the way to go and the latter really helps add network level diversification. Of course - I'm biased as we offer similar lower level solutions.
This statement is not even close to true. At a particular point in time, different CDNs can have very different performance even for the same ISP in the same region.
That has got to be one of the most poorly designed websites I've ever seen. I'm on a wired desktop and it's barely loading. Why are there like 5-10 physical inch gaps between sections? Why is there a full page picture at the top with no text or anything?
Jormundir commented on The Places in America Where Most Income Goes to Rent priceonomics.com/the-plac... · Posted by u/aberoham
I'm genuinely curious why they bothered publishing this in its current state. They don't make tax calculations, so they assume you're paying rent with untaxed income, which makes the comparison all but meaningless.
Jormundir commented on How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind sbnation.com/platform/amp... · Posted by u/Tomte
They are responsible though. Unless you want to take away decision making power from a person.
This realization does not have to incur any sort of "well you deserve this outcome and sucks to be you" sort of logic, however. It is the parent's fault for creating the situation, but society can choose to bail one out for poor decision making.
Are you trying to bury your head in the sand?
My situation is probably drastically determined by some stranger 200 years ago who decided hopping in a pile of potatoes on barge headed for the US was a good idea. Thank you distant relative, that was a genius idea!
The point isn't to act like people aren't responsible for their own actions, of course they are. The point is to be realistic about how much of our situations are attributable to our personal decision making. People don't exist in small vacuums where they control everything.
- Don't build some automated support system until you get enough customers
- Don't build a fully automated provisioning system until it becomes a problem
- Don't build some fancy multi-region failover setup
- Don't worry about designing for some future feature that may or may not be needed
This doesn't mean write bad code though.