SnaggyJoker (u/SnaggyJoker)

SnaggyJoker commented on The birth and death of search engine optimization xeiaso.net/blog/birth-dea... · Posted by u/xena

merelysounds · 2 years ago

> Even though yt-dlp is probably actually what you want for a tool to download video from YouTube.

Is it though? My guess would be that a web app - one that doesn’t require visiting a github project page or downloading anything - would be more user friendly and more appealing for most users. As of now that seems to be the top result.

SnaggyJoker · 2 years ago

I'm fairly certain the author is speaking to the functionality of the application.

SnaggyJoker commented on Early human ancestors turned stones into spheres on purpose, study suggests theguardian.com/science/2... · Posted by u/c420

JoeAltmaier · 2 years ago

Interesting point - population density when such spheres were being manufactured was low. Which leads to the next idea: when population density increased, spheres were no longer manufactured. Why? Something replaced them. Arrowheads?

We can start to unpick the mystery with insights like that.

SnaggyJoker · 2 years ago

Kind of makes you wonder if the first arrow heads were formed when someone was trying to make a sphere and struck the rock with flint (or one of the other suitable stones) and accidentally cut themselves on the sharp resulting shard.

SnaggyJoker commented on Insomnia Coach: Manage and overcome insomnia, free app by US Govt mobile.va.gov/app/insomni... · Posted by u/yarapavan

n8henrie · 2 years ago

I wonder if one could make a FOIA request for the source code?

SnaggyJoker · 2 years ago

Successfully? Probably not.

SnaggyJoker commented on U.S. Approves the Sale of Lab-Grown Chicken nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us... · Posted by u/karaokeyoga

Clamchop · 3 years ago

It's a little euphemistic but I'm not sure it's deceptive. We'll see how many feel duped, in any case.

I don't think "lab-grown" was ever going to work as a marketable moniker but something will settle as the conventional label when this becomes common.

SnaggyJoker · 3 years ago

Lab grown meat would work for it's supposed target market.

Anything else is an attempt to dupe the dullards.

SnaggyJoker commented on U.S. Approves the Sale of Lab-Grown Chicken nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us... · Posted by u/karaokeyoga

SnaggyJoker · 3 years ago

Interesting how they call it cultivated meat instead of lab grown meat. It's almost like the idea of artificially constructed meat products is unpalatable to the masses and to increase the likelihood of accidental ingestion it is being deceptively labeled.

SnaggyJoker commented on High prices make textbook ‘piracy’ acceptable to most students torrentfreak.com/high-pri... · Posted by u/andrew-ld

i_am_jl · 3 years ago

>Today, clever students can share books, buy used, share electronic copies, or skip the book entirely if they don't think it's necessary.

I went back to college in the early 2010s. Even then it wasn't uncommon for a text book to come with a license code for an online learning module that was both required for classwork and non-transferable.

So yes, I could share the book, buy a used copy, or rip a PDF from an ebook, but that doesn't get me into the online class module that my professor is requiring for class, because that's hosted by the textbook's publisher and I don't get access unless I buy the book new.

SnaggyJoker · 3 years ago

I ran into this issue in the most unexpected of classes.

I took some vehicle repair courses as electives and there was an online module despite the majority of class time being spent in a shop environment doing actual work on vehicles.

It was ridiculous.

SnaggyJoker commented on The U.S. Military Relies on One Louisiana Factory. It Blew Up wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-... · Posted by u/vwoolf

simonh · 3 years ago

In the west almost all but a small fraction of military procurement is satisfied by private industry. That was just as true in WW2 as it is today. The question is how you manage that.

SnaggyJoker · 3 years ago

That's one of the major unspoken reasons of why "too big to fail" corporations are bailed out.

They're also often used to supply things the government wants such as n95 masks during the pandemic.

SnaggyJoker commented on Fastbook: Listen to audiobooks faster (2020) davidbieber.com/snippets/... · Posted by u/dbieber

loveparade · 3 years ago

I love listening to audiobooks at 1.5x-2x speed while I'm walking outside. I can get through 100 books a year this way. Of course I don't take notes or think deeply about the content. Who needs that? In fact, I have no idea which books I've read this year! Or last year! All I want is cross stuff off my vanity to-do list consisting of books collected from HN and get a feeling of accomplishment. And I can tell others about it! 100 books a year! /s

SnaggyJoker · 3 years ago

I have found that listening to audiobooks at 1.35X speed is the "best value" speed. It shortens the amount of time wasted on silence and is still comprehensible. Going any faster than that leads to some incomprehension and strange audio distortions.

I find that reading rather than listening to an audiobook is the superior form of consumption for knowledge retention however.

I assume this will be different for each individual.

SnaggyJoker commented on Amazon is no longer allowing downloading Kindle Unlimited titles via USB goodereader.com/blog/kind... · Posted by u/dodgermax

brador · 3 years ago

Screenshots + OCR will always be possible.

SnaggyJoker · 3 years ago

You could always use a quill and ink too.

SnaggyJoker commented on Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Programming seems harder. · Posted by u/Buttons840

MuffinFlavored · 3 years ago

> As we age, we usually end up with more and more life responsibilities

As somebody who far away from 40, how is one supposed to "look forward" to getting older given this likelihood?

SnaggyJoker · 3 years ago

Pretty sure nobody looks forward to getting older except for the young.

People plan towards retirement which is usually just looking forwards to not having to work anymore.

People look forward to having children and grand children.

I don't know anyone who looks forward to getting older except for the young.

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