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Re: Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

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Post by bombcar »

TZubiri wrote: post #268
bombcar wrote: post #265

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Latin isn't terribly hard to learn, and it is surprisingly easy to read "technical" documents in Latin; because once you learn the terms the other parts are relatively basic.

Declensions seem very extensive and unintuitive to learn, like they had a completely different structure than modern languages (verbs adjective noun articles)

Getting declensions right is a pain when trying to write Latin, but of reading it you can often just ignore them entirely and work it out from context.

Of course you have to basically memorize the common things but those are all non-standard anyway.

Re: Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

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Post by eightys3v3n »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #80

My home office gets up to about 1500ppm of CO2 by the end of the workday, which explains a lot about why I often feel exhausted after the end of a long, uninterrupted session in there (especially when I’m on back to back zoom calls). I now have several plants in there that are supposed to be especially good at sucking up CO2, and my sensor reports that the current level is slightly below atmospheric ambient CO2 level…

Ikea makes a reasonably priced CO2 and 2.5 micrometer particle air quality monitor. https://www.ikea.com/global/en/newsroom/retail/the-new-smart...

ALPSTUGA

My house stays around 800-1000ppm CO2 all the time The HVAC is poorly designed in my opinion.

Re: Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

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Post by footy »

sjw987 wrote: post #117
aaronbrethorst wrote: post #80

My home office gets up to about 1500ppm of CO2 by the end of the workday, which explains a lot about why I often feel exhausted after the end of a long, uninterrupted session in there (especially when I’m on back to back zoom calls). I now have several plants in there that are supposed to be especially good at sucking up CO2, and my sensor reports that the current level is slightly below atmospheric ambient CO2 level…

Interesting. What hardware do you use to measure this? I have a Netatmo home device that measures PPM and have been observing the trend lines throughout the day. At some points my flat gets up to about 1400, which the device says is bad, and sometimes it goes down as low as 500. I've noticed a pattern but can't quite connect that pattern to my activity or the surroundings. It starts going up around 4pm, which could b…

Atmospheric CO2 is currently around 430 ppm. It's minimally variable based on seasonality, think a 15 ppm difference between the lowest and highest points.

It's been a long time since University for me but the standard measurement location is the Mauna (sp?) Loa Observatory in Hawaii, if I recall correctly due to it being the longest-running continuous measurement site.

Re: Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

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Post by eightys3v3n »

Syncthing-Fork, the primary Android app for Syncthing, isn't exactly reliable anymore. TLDR a new completely unknown dev has taken over maintenance and doesn't communicate well; it's probably not reliable without checking if someone has recently audited the source code.

https://forum.syncthing.net/t/does-anyone-know-why-syncthing...

Re: Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

eightys3v3n wrote: post #272
aaronbrethorst wrote: post #80

My home office gets up to about 1500ppm of CO2 by the end of the workday, which explains a lot about why I often feel exhausted after the end of a long, uninterrupted session in there (especially when I’m on back to back zoom calls). I now have several plants in there that are supposed to be especially good at sucking up CO2, and my sensor reports that the current level is slightly below atmospheric ambient CO2 level…

Ikea makes a reasonably priced CO2 and 2.5 micrometer particle air quality monitor. https://www.ikea.com/global/en/newsroom/retail/the-new-smart... ALPSTUGA My house stays around 800-1000ppm CO2 all the time The HVAC is poorly designed in my opinion.

That’s exactly the CO2 monitor I have ;)

Actually, the entire new line of Ikea smart home devices are really fantastic. They're all equipped with Thread radios and use Matter, which means they integrate directly into Apple's Home app without needing a separate hub.

And they're dirt cheap. I haven't been able to find another Thread/Matter button for less than $20, but Ikea's is like $6.

Re: Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

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Post by sowbug »

morley wrote: post #261
sowbug wrote: post #245

On a recent trip to Costa Rica, I discovered "Rice and Beans," which is not Gallo Pinto, but a Caribbean-influenced dish made principally of white rice, red kidney beans, coconut milk, and thyme. The dish name is in quotes because it's really the English words "Rice and Beans." It's marvelous, and I couldn't wait to try making it myself at home. Unfortunately, so far, it's been a mushy flavorless mess. I'll try a thi…

I really miss gallo pinto. I went to Costa Rica in 2009, and since then, nothing has been the same (in NYC). It's mind-boggling that such a simple recipe can be so good in CR but so bad over here! I hear there are some Costa Rican restaurants in Paterson, NJ, but I haven't had the chance to check yet.

Good luck on your quest. Part of the issue might be lack of good ingredients. I watched a depressing YouTube video the other day about why US restaurant prices are so high but the food is uniform and uniformly bleh (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RsJ5a_QVVA). The TL;DR is (1) Sysco and US Foods control most of the supply chain to restaurants, (2) they've raised prices aggressively since the pandemic, and (3) listeria and salmonella outbreaks have caused chains like Chipotle to stop sourcing ingredients locally, preferring factory-prepped food from Sysco et al, further increasing their dominance. This means it's increasingly difficult for even your neighborhood hole-in-the-wall restaurant to find local, fresh, authentic ingredients.

Re: Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

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Post by svilen_dobrev »

frm88 wrote: post #176
zote wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it easier for other sizes, or equally as difficult.

Equally as difficult, except for very small ones that go on a table - these are more of a decorative item than a bucket. Enamel in general has gotten somewhat rare. I found one (!) factory in Germany that does these. One. Edit: I just checked:10l is max. There are no bigger ones and now I wonder why :)

searching for "емайлирани съдове" in bulgarian..

https://elcishop.com/product-category/емайлирани-съдове/

https://www.mira-n.net/emailirani_rom_black.html

https://zana-bg.com/kuhnya/sdove-za-gotvene/emajlirani/kupro...

so 16L - and 50L - pots do exist.. but you have to find some importer around you. Manufacturers Seems russian, romanian, bulgarian..

Re: Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

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Post by sowbug »

eightys3v3n wrote: post #274

Syncthing-Fork, the primary Android app for Syncthing, isn't exactly reliable anymore. TLDR a new completely unknown dev has taken over maintenance and doesn't communicate well; it's probably not reliable without checking if someone has recently audited the source code. https://forum.syncthing.net/t/does-anyone-know-why-syncthing...

That's unfortunate; thanks for letting us know. I only recently moved to Syncthing-Fork after giving up on the other Syncthing version I'd used for years, which seemed to do anything except actually sync on Android.

Re: Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

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Post by andoando »

TZubiri wrote: post #268
bombcar wrote: post #265

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Latin isn't terribly hard to learn, and it is surprisingly easy to read "technical" documents in Latin; because once you learn the terms the other parts are relatively basic.

Declensions seem very extensive and unintuitive to learn, like they had a completely different structure than modern languages (verbs adjective noun articles)

Not sure what you mean, all the Romance languages are derived from Latin. German, Russian and a lot of languages have cases.

The tough part is having to memorize feminine/masculine/neutral genders + the million cases for how they transform. Genders seem completely useless, Im curious as to why they developed so extensively in language at all.

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