mlongval's comments

On: Luce: First Electric Ferrari

[mlongval]

Yawn.

On: Earl Grey Tea Intoxication

[mlongval]

TLDR: The Lancet and Elsevier are dič&$ for being behind a paywall for a 20 year old article.

Bottom line: Earl Grey tea gets its flavor from Bergamot oil. Don’t OD on it. It’s toxic.

On: Get fancy ls output with LSD and this script

[mlongval]

Ok. So I wanted a fancy ls -l command that would show NerdFont icons but NOT the long pointers to symlinks (just the colors), so I got this.

On: Musk gives random petition signer a $1M check

[mlongval]

1 million to his personal worth is the same as 50 cents to the average American household yearly income.

So he is giving away pocket change.

Big deal.

On: Your showerhead and toothbrush are teeming with viruses

[mlongval]

Folks these types of articles on CNN and others are just clickbait.

On: Obesity is driven by a build-up of molecular mesh around hunger neurons

[mlongval]

YC/HN should actively discourage referencing articles that are behind paywalls like "Nature"

Despite the fact they don't show the full article, they are getting your traffic and profiting by it.

"Nature" and other such publishers are simply pimping the article author's hard work.

Unfortunately SciHub does not seem to have this article.

On: Omnivore: A free and open source read-it-later app

[mlongval]

This is a great alternative to Pocket or other read it later type program. Would be great if HackerNews had a save to Omnivore button next to each story.

[KenHV → mlongval]

It can be self-hosted as well, makes it that much more appealing

On: First water car is already a reality: 1000km of autonomy and the end of gasoline

[mlongval]

I concur. Seems too good to be true.

My guess is that “membrane” used to facilitate hydrogen extraction is going to a bitch to maintain. Probably any kind of impurity with render the system FUBAR.

On: Trump found guilty on all charges related to the hush money case

[mlongval]

34 > 45

The new math.

On: Blaming Food for Obesity Is Like Blaming Water for Drowning

[mlongval]

Another simplistic take on a complex multifaceted problem. ”… it’s not that you eat too much, it’s that you’re lazy…” I’ve spent 30 years caring for diabetics and obese patients. Yes food is a contributing factor, yes exercise (lack of) is a contributing factor. So are hereditary factors, gut microbiota and societal stressors. My message is not that there is no hope, it’s just not easy and simple.