Mars' gravity is 0.39 of Earth's. I don't understand how anyone thinks that can support a permanant colony of humans.
The gravity difference is probably the least problematic issue with living on Mars.
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didgetmaster commented on Ask HN: Why Is My Happiness Tied to My Productivity? · Posted by u/hnquestion12345
Our minds thrive on the little dopamine hits we get from accomplishing something worthwhile. It can be something simple like cleaning your bedroom or losing 5 pounds. It can be coding a new feature or fixing a perplexing bug.
If your day is full of little victories, you can live a happy, fulfilling life; even if you don't do something grandiose like curing cancer or setting a world record.
didgetmaster commented on Funding Open Source like public infrastructure dri.es/funding-open-sourc... · Posted by u/pabs3
Like already mentioned, this is not in any way unique to open source software.
On the contrary, being open source adds the opportunity to understand what the software does on a deeper level, and you can always fork (Librewolf is one of many examples that comes to mind).
Do you have any examples where large entities taking over open source project having lead to the project's total demise? This sort of thing happens all the time the in the commercial space.
It of course also happens to some extent to open source projects, but usually that results in forks if the demand is high enough. For commercial software, you don't have many options - especially for subscription based licensing, which is pretty much the norm nowadays.
I was not suggesting that demands from those paying the bills does not happen in proprietary software or that big companies don't do the same for open source projects today.
The article was written as if there are no downsides to government supported open source projects. I just wanted to point one out.
didgetmaster commented on Funding Open Source like public infrastructure dri.es/funding-open-sourc... · Posted by u/pabs3
Careful what you wish for. Government funding almost always comes with strings attached. Once a project becomes dependent on government, they will call the shots. Do what they want or get your funds yanked! This could include stuff like coding back doors for the NSA or implementing spyware.
didgetmaster commented on Tell HN: I underestimated how lonely building solo can be · Posted by u/paulwilsonn
Like many people who go into programming, I am a bit of an introvert. I can program for days without interacting with other developers and feel very comfortable.
But I am not a total hermit. I want to get with others occasionally to bounce ideas off or to show what I have built. A solo project can get lonely after awhile.
didgetmaster commented on Ask HN: What change enabled you to consistently finish your side projects? · Posted by u/pillefitz
No project, especially side projects, is ever 'done'. There are only projects that are in various stages of usefulness.
Don't focus on what is still missing. Instead, focus on one or two features that can be made more useful.
Anyone can feel like a failure if they have lofty goals. The #5 golfer in the world can feel like they failed if they never won a major. The NBA MVP can feel like a failure if they never got a championship ring. An EVP of the biggest company in the world can feel like a failure if they were never a CEO.
There are plenty of people in the richest 1% who feel like they failed even though the other 99% might want to trade places with them.
Set realistic goals and work towards them. Don't base your success or failure on meeting every one of them 100% before you turn 30.
didgetmaster commented on Why doctors hate their computers (2018) newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/mitchbob
> Something my doctor friends remind me of from time to time is how disconnected their actual workflows are from whatever system the money folks decided to buy.
There are two ways EMRs get made. They start from the money side and grow into clinical, or they start in clinical and grow into finance. This means however they started, that's what it'll be strong in.
I would absolutely love to get to help design an EMR. A huge part of my job is finding ways to help our clinical staff spend less time in the EMR and more with patients. There's so much room for improvement, but it's a hard market to crack.
You are absolutely correct about it being a hard market to crack.
My wife, who is a doctor, often complains that the various systems she has to deal with are often unusable.
When I was designing my new, general-purpose data management system that handles both structured and unstructured data well; she begged me to try to come up with a better system to manage medical data.
While I think my system has the potential to make a much better EMR; the work and money needed to break into that market felt beyond my reach.
A little startup with a superior architecture, but without all the political influence and domain knowledge to navigate the medical world; has little chance of gaining a foothold.
It is one thing for a company to discontinue offering a service that they used to provide for free; but it is completely different to take steps to brick a device that would otherwise continue to work, if the user does not buy something not discussed in the original transaction (e.g. a subscription).
didgetmaster commented on Instant responsiveness in user interfaces is annoying · Posted by u/zero-sharp
Is the feature to disable a 'submit' button after you press it ever used anymore? I hate it when you click a button to complete a transaction and nothing happens for a long time. You think the button missed the mouse click so you press it again, only to find your order just doubled!