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nether commented on I told a cat food company how much they’d save by using taller cans (2020) twitter.com/mathematicspr... · Posted by u/Tomte

dekhn · 5 years ago

I don't want a tall cat food can. we feed the cat out of the can, it can't reach the bottom of a tall can. Also, if you don't feed out of the can, now you have to store half a can of wet food in your fridge (ew).

nether · 5 years ago

Get a lid: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0746MLFB7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_...

nether commented on Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo, but got laughed out of the room engadget.com/microsoft-wa... · Posted by u/alexrustic

nether · 5 years ago

Fun fact: Nintendo of America and MSFT are both headquartered in Redmond.

nether commented on Show HN: Thruhikes – A list of long distance hikes around the world thruhikes.net/... · Posted by u/oguzcanhuner

ssl232 · 5 years ago

Looks nice, but why the separate database? This seems like the sort of thing that should be using OpenStreetMap's database as a backend. Most long distance walks will be in there already, so the site could just pipe that data and add some more photos.

This could be another "special interest" map backed by OSM, like OpenInfraMap [1], OpenRailwayMap [2], OpenTopoMap [3], etc.

(Edit to add, because otherwise this comment might come across as unintentionally negative: this is still cool and could become really useful with some more categories and sorting tools. Good work!)

[1] https://openinframap.org/

[2] https://www.openrailwaymap.org/

[3] https://opentopomap.org/

nether · 5 years ago

It's much easier to repackage data from Reddit/Wikipedia in a nicer format than to generate your own.