dennisgorelik's comments

On: What the Hell Is Up with Dilbert?

[dennisgorelik]

This article looks like a covert advertising of Dilbert.

On: FTC acts against private equity firm’s acquisition...

[dennisgorelik]

If some consumers want to demand certification from their veterinarian - they are free to demand veterinarian certification [with their own dollars].

But why should all consumers be forced to overpay for licensed veterinarians?

On: Talent Cooling (2020)

[dennisgorelik]

What did you do with that failing refactoring project?

On: Psychedelics and mental illness

[dennisgorelik]

> I’ve linked you to recent ones in other comments.

I could not find any "placebo"-related links in your last 3 months of comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=criticaltinker

Why didn't you include an actual link into your comment instead of referring to your unspecified past comment?

On: Alphabet's Calico has begun trials on a molecule f...

[dennisgorelik]

How did you learn it was a blood disorder?

On: Afghanistan’s military collapse: Illicit deals and...

[dennisgorelik]

That Afghan corruption makes me wonder how much corruption was inside the US military that spent billions on Afghan personnel training that resulted in the immediate collapse.

My guess is that US military administration was over 90% corrupt in Afghanistan.

On: Programmers, teach non-geeks the true cost of inte...

[dennisgorelik]

> We don't want to debate the relative importance of these two tasks. If we do then the interrupter wins

You, probably, meant that "you lose [your current task mental context]".

The interrupter will not necessarily win from your loss.

On: Best performing assets against inflation

[dennisgorelik]

> lumber prices are up

Lumber futures fell 2x from $1670.9 peak (in 2021-05-07) down to $884.3 (2021-06-23):

https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/CME-LBSN2021/

On: Myths in cycling: wider tires are slower

[dennisgorelik]

> One extra MPH means a lot when you’re doing a multiple hour ride at an average of 10-15MPH.

Why spend your effort on optimizing your bike performance by 8% if you can instead simply shorten the distance by 8%?

[PragmaticPulp → dennisgorelik]

Recreational riding is about going places.

You could shorten your distance to zero by not leaving the house at all, but that's missing the point. I like to go places, and the further I can go on the same amount of energy the better.

[dennisgorelik → PragmaticPulp]

1) You may "go places" by driving your car (that goes 50mph) closer to your target place. Then use your "unoptimized" bike to reach your target at shorter distance.

2) "shorten your distance to zero" is too extreme, because we need some physical exercise and want some enjoyable experience.

[GavinMcG → dennisgorelik]

How exactly do you shorten trails, or race courses?

[dennisgorelik → GavinMcG]

> How exactly do you shorten trails

You do not go all the way in.

Or pick shorter trails.

Or allow more time.

> race courses?

You may do less lapses.

Or pick a different (shorter) race.

On: Microsoft says mandatory password changing is “anc...

[dennisgorelik]

"Actual actual reality: nobody cares about his secrets."