martneumann (u/martneumann)

martneumann commented on Finding Waldo in π kundor.github.io/Finding-... · Posted by u/Pxtl

bjarneh · 3 years ago

Another victory for PIFS:

martneumann · 3 years ago

>Yeah, but what happens if lose my file locations?

>No problem, the locations are just metadata! Your files are still there, sitting in π - they're never going away, are they?

martneumann commented on Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco blog.waymo.com/2022/03/ta... · Posted by u/ra7

bitsoda · 3 years ago

Do you live in a place with weather? I think we'll get there eventually, but my timeline is closer to 20 years. I just don't see AVs nailing that last 1% for true peace of mind in places like the Eastern USA with torrential downpours in South Florida or snow and icy conditions in New England.

I hope I'm wrong though, I would prefer it if my kids and other road users didn't have to drive.

martneumann · 3 years ago

Apart from weather, a big issue outside the USA is also car infrastructure. The US is extremely car centric with large, straight, easy-to-maneuver roads everywhere. Here in Germany, it's different. We have rather narrow, chaotic roads, unclear signage, "right car has right of way" traffic rules which sometimes get resolved via hand signs, no jaywalking laws, etc.

I am still hoping for fewer cars on the road overall. The car itself is inefficient and hopefully on its way out.

martneumann commented on What Le Corbusier got wrong and right in his design of Chandigarh scroll.in/magazine/101947... · Posted by u/efface

lqet · 3 years ago

Le Corbusier is a mystery to me. I would very much like to understand the intellectual bending of his esthetic instincts that lead him going from this [0, 1, 2] to this [3, 4, 5] and his ideas of "machines for living" [6]. With good intentions, he invented the modern ghetto.

[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Maison_b...

[1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/CF05.jpg

[2] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/VillaSavoye.j...

[3] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marie_de_la_Tourette#/m...

[4] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Corbusie...

[5] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Ch...

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit%C3%A9_d%27habitation

martneumann · 3 years ago

The first few are single family villas, the last four are multi family housing complexes.

For some reason, people in Europe back in the 60s believed that creating dense housing only units with no sense of scale, long commutes and walks and 100% car dependence was the way forward.

That experiment backfired almost everywhere. Some of these homes, both in Eastern and Western Europe are well connected via public transport, integrate commercial and residential zones and are fairly nice to live in. Most, however, are simply unhealthy for both the planet and the residents.

It's great to live in dense places; but its benefits are countered by huge, empty plazas that take 15 minutes to cross if I just want to walk to the next corner store.

martneumann commented on Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes · Posted by u/tomxor

martneumann · 3 years ago

Love this.

Posting to see what I got.

martneumann commented on Show HN: Terminal Based Wikipedia github.com/yashsinghcodes... · Posted by u/darksoul1011

octoberfranklin · 4 years ago

Website APIs tend to sprout "API key" requirements with little or no notice, which seem like a terrible idea. This kind of breakage is far less likely to happen to the HTML endpoint, because it gets about a zillion times more usage.

It is actually sensible to stick to the interface that the majority of users are using, because that interface is the least likely to break. Spontaneous API key hoop-jumping is a form of breakage.

martneumann · 4 years ago

Are you saying that it's more likely API key requirements appear at some point than the interface changing?

I'm not that informed, but intuitively, I'd doubt that.

martneumann commented on Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness sloanreview.mit.edu/artic... · Posted by u/pella

vbezhenar · 4 years ago

That’s questionable. Germany is social state. It has great protections for ordinary people. It’s really hard to lose everything because of bad work. Sounds more like US where you could be fired any minute without warnings.

martneumann · 4 years ago

You're right. It's a societal, imagined instability.

In the US, if you lose your job, you're "between jobs". In Germany, you're "arbeitslos" (jobless), which some people use as an insult. There are entire TV channels that make fun of jobless people - think TLC type shows, but strictly about poverty and joblessness.

martneumann commented on Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness sloanreview.mit.edu/artic... · Posted by u/pella

MaxHoppersGhost · 4 years ago

I think Americans are more optimistic and thus are happier. Someone somewhere said it was America’s super power, that we believe things will always get better and it creates a self fulfilling prophecy.

martneumann · 4 years ago

I once heard that Americans motivate themselves positively:

If I manage to finish this work today, great things will happen!

... while Germans motivate themselves negatively:

If I don't finish this work today, I'll lose my job, home, family and cat.

martneumann commented on A 13-year-old used my artificial nose to diagnose pneumonia blog.benjamin-cabe.com/20... · Posted by u/kartben_

Brajeshwar · 4 years ago

Cool. And, I have a 13-year and she is still, literally, crying over spilt milk, hacked Roblox merchandize, how done the steak is, why her monitor is tilted wrong, and why I din't warned her before rebooting the primary router.

martneumann · 4 years ago

"Daaad, are you complaining about me on the Internet again?!" ;)

martneumann commented on Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project? · Posted by u/JNRowe

thom · 4 years ago

I just vaguely worked it out after getting addicted.

martneumann · 4 years ago

Haha, I had an addiction phase as well. It drives me crazy how the beginning is hard, then it gets very easy, and suddenly, you lose.

martneumann commented on Airbnb wants to GPS track you also when not using the app · Posted by u/xchip

ISL · 4 years ago

Please submit your property taxes through our convenient online filing portal.

martneumann · 4 years ago

Just because many privately owned apps are bad, does not mean the concept of apps is bad. If the government in theory can offer a "secure" open source channel for me to do my business with them without having to go there or pay for postage, why not use it?

And why do we still believe that paper docs are secure? Someone needs to look at them and can just as easily "lose" them, too.