jorgen123 (u/jorgen123)

jorgen123 commented on Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep sciencealert.com/tinnitus... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

eszed · 6 days ago

Really? I asked my last ophthalmologist if there was anything to be done about my severe floaters, and he said "no", and that I'd just have to live with them. What's the name of the procedure you had, and what are the downside risks?

jorgen123 · 5 days ago

There are probably high risks of damaging the retina, and there is an increased risk of cataracts, if I remember correctly. Both my eyes had a vitrectomy during retinal surgery and it is really great to live without floaters. But I can imagine doctors will not want to do it just by itself.

jorgen123 commented on In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad buttondown.com/suchbadtec... · Posted by u/rfarley04

jorgen123 · 5 days ago

Interesting to see this statement at the top of the article. Long live the web fighting back. Not sure I have seen many (any?) sites with this. Calls for some sort of acronym or logo that others can adopt without having a long sentence at the beginning of many pages:

"This newsletter does not contain ads, sponsored posts, or affiliate links. Open and click tracking are disabled. And there is no paid upgrade or AI generated content. Enjoy!"

jorgen123 commented on Show HN: A map of historical movies by narrative location and time period historical-moviemap.inneu... · Posted by u/Ldorigo

jorgen123 · a month ago

It is an interesting idea.

For me, somewhat older with iffy eyesight it is hard to use. The fonts are really small. The map could use more real estate on the screen. Right now it sits inside a container that only uses a portion of the screen.

What is confusing is why I see science fiction movies depicting recent history periods but not movies made in the period this SF movies claim to show. E.g. why include Resident Evil on Alcatraz island, but not Dirty Harry (the 2nd)? Time period movies such as Dirty Harry are precious time capsules of what San Francisco and Marin looked like at the time.

jorgen123 commented on How a Colorado psychologist proved being gay isn't a mental illness cpr.org/2023/06/20/how-co... · Posted by u/binning

jorgen123 · 4 months ago

Title should mention this was in 1950. We are not talking about new work. Like others have mentioned, you don't need to prove this today. But back then was different. It still took till 1973 to get the diagnosis removed from the official psychology handbook, per the article.

jorgen123 commented on · Posted by u/stopbulying

stopbulying · 5 months ago

This isn't about me. It's a generic moral question:

A verbed B

C suggested the Law of Reciprocity: that D should verb A (because A verbed B without due process, and A is sponsoring verbing of thousands of people)

C was banned by A for discussing such offense. I.e. A is bullying C about discussing A's verbing of B with intent to censor obstructively.

If just discussing verbing is wrong, isn't actually verbing wrong and furthermore more wrong than suggesting the Golden Rule at cruel and unusual punishment without due process?

jorgen123 · 5 months ago

If I understand the example correctly, it seems a misinterpretation of the Golden Rule?

The rule says to treat others the way you wish to be treated by them. It does not say do onto others as they did to you or to others. I.e. if verbing is wrong, you should not verb A or suggest to verb A.

jorgen123 commented on 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal tribuneindia.com/news/wor... · Posted by u/whatsupdog

Quarrelsome · 6 months ago

I think tax cuts are possibly a decent enough proxy for this subject? While there's certainly a case to be made for tax cuts in very specific use-cases (e.g. where they're strangling demand/innovation/living costs/government-corruption/etc); a general belief in tax cuts is a constraint that makes it very hard to believe in society.

If you believe in tax cuts as a principle (i.e. 0% is a goal), then generally its hard to support government spending, which means its hard to support solving problems within your society, because doing so makes it harder to cut taxes. So with that in mind, I personally think people who believe in the Von Mises model of taxation (i.e. "all taxation is theft") are ideologically incompatible with any sort of society that tries to solve its own problems.

jorgen123 · 6 months ago

I think you are downvoted because your first sentence is misinterpreted, or the rest of your argument is not being read?

You are giving an example of a position and later on discussing the people who have this position as their first and main principle. Seems like a valid example to me, but perhaps people can explain why not.

jorgen123 commented on For all that's holy, can you just leverage the web, please? blog.tomayac.com/2025/09/... · Posted by u/tomayac

hn_throw_250903 · 6 months ago

As someone who just replaced the bearings on a washing machine motor (carbon-commutator), I uhh… agree?

The old machines are absolute workhorse beasts and they can work indefinitely as brand new with some maintenance here and there.

However my expectation of people doing this are basically zero. So this is an anomalous post. By the time you write a blog post complaining about how a machine has a required IoT thing, you could have fixed a handful of issues short of soldering in new relays or triacs on the control board.

jorgen123 · 6 months ago

No need to go anonymous. I fondly remember my achievement of taking apart my washing machine to replace the drum bearing. Thanks to the interweb gods for making blogs and videos that helped me.

jorgen123 commented on US attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices cnbc.com/2025/08/24/solar... · Posted by u/rntn

softwaredoug · 7 months ago

A lot of people on this thread don’t seem to realize that solar and wind now work fine without government subsidies. The Biden-era subsidies have been about accelerating decarbonization, not about propping up the market.

If you let the market choose, it would choose a lot of wind and solar.

> Despite facing macro challenges and headwinds, utility-scale solar and onshore wind remain the most cost-effective forms of new-build energy generation on an unsubsidized basis (i.e., without tax subsidies).

So the admin just needs to get out of the alway and let the market solve this problem. Not try to centrally manage the economy like the Soviet Union.

1 - https://www.lazard.com/news-announcements/lazard-releases-20...

jorgen123 · 7 months ago

And remember that you all are part of the market. In my area you can choose what power generation your electricity comes from. Most customers do not bother, unfortunately (less than 10% of Marin Clean Energy customers).

I know, not real-time. Renewable energy credit trading, and such. But you become the demand for clean generation if you choose to do so. It is easy. If you are in Marin, Contra Costa, Napa, or Solano go to https://mcecleanenergy.org/opt-up/

Similar CCA's are all over California and probably beyond.

jorgen123 commented on Coffee-shop pitch change helped founder unlock traction for laptop campers iwantproductmarketfit.sub... · Posted by u/walterbell

JSR_FDED · 7 months ago

Stingy or frugal? Very different things.

jorgen123 · 7 months ago

My (American) brother in law calls me cheap. Which is what frugal sounds like to me. As a native Dutch I call myself cheaper than the Scottish. When I go out shopping, I will spend hours looking and not buying anything.

I don't think stingy fits the bill per se since that would be saving money at the expense of others. Almost like the coffee shop customers who are not buying anything?