Looks like a nice tool, but failed for me when reading a geoparquet file created using duckdb.
Readit Newsbanga commented on Show HN: Parqeye – A CLI tool to visualize and inspect Parquet files github.com/kaushiksrini/p... · Posted by u/kaushiksrini
banga commented on A classic graphic reveals nature's most efficient traveler scientificamerican.com/ar... · Posted by u/ako
What about a bear on a bike?
banga commented on Why are so many pedestrians killed by cars in the US? construction-physics.com/... · Posted by u/thelastgallon
This morning while jogging in the US I came to an intersection. Green lights and walk on in my direction. A car approaching from my left had a red light, the driver glanced to his left and without stopping or looking in my direction, turned right across my path. I expected this of course, so avoided being run over. If I wasn't watching for this, it likely would be a different outcome.
So why do so many pedestrians get killed in the US? The two main reasons to me are: 1. Drivers don't look for pedestrians, and 2. pedestrians expect drivers to follow rules.
Another contributing factor is of course the huge vehicles that crush people with drivers barely noticing...
How long before they realize just ditch the life support apparatus and plug into human brains.
banga commented on Beyond Text: On-Demand UI Generation for Better Conversational Experiences blog.fka.dev/blog/2025-05... · Posted by u/fka
Semantic clarity of written prose is hard, but this approach seems like making it easier for the machines rather than the other way around.
banga commented on Herb: Powerful and seamless HTML-aware ERB parsing and tooling herb-tools.dev/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
Excellent, I was looking for a Educational Records Bureau parser.
Oh, wait...
banga commented on Only About 40% of the Cruz "Woke Science" Database Is Woke Science astralcodexten.com/p/only... · Posted by u/impish9208
What value is a contract if it can be cancelled on a whim?
It's astounding to me that such ignorance is even acknowledged.
I was once dragged to a hospital by police because they were looking for a drug smuggler that was not me. They told hospital staff I was a druggie criminal with drugs up my ass, as I sat there in cuffs.
It is incredibly hard to overcome such accusation by someone in authority. Nurses cursed me, touched me without consent, and several doctors examined me. They ultimately found nothing, and noted no intoxication, but noted in my medical record that they think i am a smuggler anyway, with no explanation as to why.
I am now in medical debt for a non-existent 'overdose' bill that notes no intoxication...
I imagine as soon as some official person insists the identity isn't yours, just as multiple doctors wouldn't believe despite all evidence to contrary, they won't believe you.
Authority bias is very real, very problematic, and very well documented. As a consequence, those in authority must always be held to a high standard. Always doubt an assertion by authority unless accompanied with sufficient evidence.
banga commented on Spotted hyena found in Egypt for the first time in 5k years phys.org/news/2025-01-hye... · Posted by u/wglb
And then it was killed. FFS