Readit NewsMinimalAction commented on Why poor countries stopped catching up davidoks.blog/p/why-poor-... · Posted by u/j-bos
Nice article! The upshot is that the boom of Chinese commodity prices in the mid-2010s is what stopped poor countries from catching up. That's a high level answer, but there's more nuance to it. In many places, I firmly believe the poor governance added with unnecessary bureaucracy is how half the countries lose sight on development. The prime example is India and to some extent Brazil.
The oil used for shipping from Shenzhen to Long Beach is completely trivial compared to what the truck used getting it from Long Beach to Pasadena.
I'd love a napkin math calculation at this.
I liked the new guidelines given here [1]. However, I disagree with the protein target recommendation. Feels way too much for a normal healthy adult with reasonable activity.
> Protein target: 1.2–1.6 grams per kilogram of body weight per day.
Trying not to be too negative but this is quite a long blog post for what effectively just comes down to using a piece of paper to measure something, which I imagine lots of us have done in a pinch. Also, nit: one of the calculations on paper size seems duplicated due to a typo.
But this is also quite cool! These kind of articles are what makes HN interesting and fun.
If you have a Pro or Pro Max model of iPhone from the last several years, it has a LiDAR that allows the pre-installed Measure app to measure lengths/heights, etc., using the camera. Several higher end Android phones may also have the same.
> "Hold on. I think I hear another heckle. What is that? There are mobile phone apps that can measure things now? Really? Right. Security. Where's security?"
Just quoting the author here, haha.
MinimalAction commented on Lessons from 14 years at Google addyosmani.com/blog/21-le... · Posted by u/cdrnsf
> If you win every debate, you’re probably accumulating silent resistance.
This is very true in personal lives as well.
I think you're missing August 13th. As the other commenter pointed out, 13*28 = 264.
Thanks, you found it! I was going nuts.