reynhaim (u/reynhaim)

reynhaim commented on Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract more money johnwhiles.com/posts/shav... · Posted by u/jwhiles

jchw · 3 years ago

Add dishwasher pods to the list. It’s literally just smoke and mirrors for nearly the same formula as powder, only less of it per package. All those fancy colors? It’s die. It’s the same formula across the entire pod. So… Yep: more cost, more waste, and it has some reasonable downsides. For “convenience,” since I guess deciding how much to put into the tray is just too much work.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6-eGDpimU

reynhaim · 3 years ago

I ditched pods some time ago and use powder now. I had an issue that occurred almost every time I used the dishwasher (with pods), it left things slightly smelly. Nothing major, other people didn’t really notice it but for me it was a major source of frustration. Powder got rid of the smell, and now I am a happy man. I can pick a glass from the cabin and it doesn’t smell like anything. Wish I had learned this 10 years ago when we got our first dishwasher, and it’s cheaper too!

reynhaim commented on Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10 years (2020) turriate.com/articles/mod... · Posted by u/EntICOnc

rthomas6 · 4 years ago

I do embedded also, and FPGAs. Do you have any suggestions for how to start learning web stuff? Every time I try, I get overwhelmed by all the frameworks, libraries, package managers, build pipelines, etc. There doesn't seem to be a set of best practices for what to do, or even what is needed and what isn't. What is the best way to get started?

reynhaim · 4 years ago

https://fullstackopen.com/en/

This is a good resource that will walk you through the cutting edge web development technologies, starting from the very basics and progressing to the more complex matters in the end. Highly recommended.

reynhaim commented on The compiler will optimize that away blog.royalsloth.eu/posts/... · Posted by u/0-_-0

29athrowaway · 4 years ago

Shit is slower than it was in the 90s.

Spotify is slower than Winamp, Slack is slower than IRC, Webmail is slower than my e-mail client, VS Code is slower than Visual C++ 6.0.

reynhaim · 4 years ago

Spotify runs on all of my devices. In the morning I can ask my smart speaker to play songs that Spotify presumes I like, continue from my car with a voice command, see what my friends are playing or play their playlists. I'll gladly wait for the ~5 seconds it takes for an app to start if it delivers all this.

Of course IRC is much faster, it's also few orders of magnitude simpler than Slack. For work related communications I prefer Slack to IRC, but for chatting with friends IRC does just fine. One simple protocol vs hundreds of APIs that provide extremely rich content. Once again, Slack takes few seconds to launch on a modern machine, it's not that bad considering it does so much.

Yeah shit is slower, shit is also way more connected and complex than in the 90s.

reynhaim commented on Mars’ underground brine could be a good source of oxygen arstechnica.com/science/2... · Posted by u/rbanffy

gambiting · 5 years ago

Seriously, it would be a lot easier to build a colony on the bottom of the ocean or even on the moon - without the incredibly harsh penalty of many months of travel back and forth. There literally doesn't seem to be any benefit to living on Mars except for the romantic notions of it being another planet.

reynhaim · 5 years ago

Mankind undertakes numerous endeavours where the benefits might be non-existent or very indirect. I would argue that when it comes to colonising Mars, we're looking at the latter case.

First rather obvious thing is that building the colony requires a great deal of technological advancement, which in turn creates employment throughout society from research positions to supply chain vacancies. These advancements might also lead to commercial successes which in turn create even more employment and likely an increase in the quality of life.

Second it is a huge inspiration for a lot of people. The very idea that we can conquer space is something that makes me feel shivers. At the same time it is art, testament of the good parts of our species. That romantic notion might end up inspiring many young folk to take careers in fields that contribute to the betterment of mankind.

reynhaim commented on Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service helsinkibusinesshub.fi/90... · Posted by u/mannylopez

reynhaim · 5 years ago

One thing I would like to address when it comes to higher taxes and lower pay than what you might get in the US is that to some degree, it's making the society a better place for the 90% who are not enjoying top salaries.

Consider the situation of me and my wife, we got monetary aid for attending the free high quality universities. This had nothing to do with the wealth of our families, it's available for everyone. Just like all the education before that.

We had our first child and bought a house in our 20s, easily done since one can get into work life without any debt. Oh, and we both had a year off work to spend with the said child. Expecting a second and planning to do the very same with her.

We reside ~30 minutes from the city center that's accessible via affordable public transportation and even walking / cycling roads where cars are not allowed. The air is clean and these roads go through small forests and parks.

When it comes to income, we're well off nowadays, probably in the 5% of top earning households (in our early 30s). But despite that, due to sensible city planning and good social policies, we have a lot of friends from different income brackets living next to us, having pretty similar quality of life as we do, who also bought their own apartments in their 20s and had kids. Our children go to the same kindergarten, will end up in the same schools, and they will do so with other kids from all walks of life. That's a real treasure in my opinion. Compared to the rest of the world, they are also quite safe in here. Some US cities look like warzones (statistically speaking) compared to our roughest neighbourhoods.

I have an idea what the SV top earner life without kids looks like, it's pretty sweet I can admit that. Would I trade my life to have that? Never, if it means that my friends without jobs have to live on the street without healthcare. Life is just so much better when everyone has a decent standard of living.