trevordixon's comments

On: It might be possible to detect gravitons after all

[trevordixon]

My naive understanding is that forceless spacetime distortion predicts somewhat different things than the old model. That's how general relativity finally explained the procession of Mercury's orbit for example.

[cryptonector → trevordixon]

GP means that you can take the Einstein field equations (and their solutions) and use the metric tensors to map between flat and curved spacetime, with either way being equivalent. GP did not mean that those tools map from Newtonian flat spacetime to curved.

On: Ask HN: Suggest features my Ngrok alternative that...

[trevordixon]

Ssh can do TUN/TAP tunneling. There might be some cool lightweight VPN features you could enable using that. I do serveo.net by the way!

On: Best Ngrok Alternatives in 2023

[trevordixon]

I run another alternative serveo.net. As far as I can tell, it was the first or second to use SSH for the client/transport. It was down for a couple years but is running again since March.

[ghoshbishakh → trevordixon]

Good to know that it is up again.

On: The toll of dating app burnout

[trevordixon]

Are you satisfied with your friendships? I daresay it's more important to have abundant friendship than any romance, besides the fact that friendship leads to love.

[ChuckNorris89 → trevordixon]

Friendships are not enough for most people. We also need sex and physical intimacy with a partner.

That's why dating is a multi billion dollar industry.

On: Show HN: This website is valid JSON

[trevordixon]

My resume is an XML document and a stylesheet I feed to Prince (https://www.princexml.com/), which is an amazing piece of software. I also used it once to generate a book I had printed by some on-demand printing company. I got great output out of it.

On: Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves ...

[trevordixon]

Because a few hundred people upvoted it over the last few hours. That I know for sure, though I can't speak to their reasons for visiting HN in the first place.

On: This Artwork Does Not Exist

[trevordixon]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pedernorrby/sets/7215763227711...

[spiralganglion → trevordixon]

These are vastly more artistically satisfying than the OP, and most other GAN images that are presented as art. That's a great statement about process mattering as much as result (or is that just my POMO talking?)

Thanks for sharing this.

On: Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which n...

[trevordixon]

Security and simplicity. Such a low-maintenance system. When I sign in to any Chromebook, my wallpaper, shortcuts, and settings are just as I left them. For example, I may never have to find the setting to maps caps lock to escape ever again if I stick to ChromeOS.

[SmellyGeekBoy → trevordixon]

To be fair, Windows 10 does this.

[riku_iki → SmellyGeekBoy]

Somehow I have troubles finding lightweight win10 laptop with comparable price.

On: The Ketamine Chronicles, April 2019

[trevordixon]

Certain placebos only work when administered by a doctor in a clinic (heard it on some podcast once). Seems like ketamine could have different effects in different environments.

[empath75 → trevordixon]

Ketamine is probably the one drug where the environment doesn’t make a lick of difference because once you drop into the hole, you are on another planet. The outside world may as well not exist.

[kaikai → empath75]

Only if you take very large doses. Maintenance doses for medical use are tiny; barely enough to feel any effect at all.

On: TypeScript 3.7

[trevordixon]

Could do something like this:

    async function test() {
        const promise = Math.random() < 0.5 ?
                        Promise.resolve('wow') :
                        Promise.reject('oops');
        try {
            await promise;
        } catch (e) {
            console.log('caught');
            return;
        }
        const result = await promise;
        console.log('result', result);
    }
    test();