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Re: Ask HN: What annoys you?

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Post by fragmede » Fri, Jul 30, 2010, 3:24 PM UTC

sanderjd wrote: post #84

tricky wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want a global movement to make the acceleration pedal actually affect acceleration, not horsepower as it does now. Imagine a pedal with a dead spot in the middle that represents 0 acceleration. Pushing down on the pedal increases the rate of acceleration. When you get to speed, ease back to the dead spot to maintain. Lift past the dead spot to decel. Think of it as a hybrid cruise control. I'm convinced it would so…

How do you solve this problem for those of us in Colorado (or other non-flatlands) where nearly every drive involves mountains and hills. Would the idea be that in the dead zone, the car is smart enough to increase or decrease horsepower to adapt to these conditions and retain 0 acceleration or...? I think you would run into the same problem that cruise control runs into in the mountains - we don't have variable rati…

I can't speak for tricky, but variable ratio transmissions do exist. They're called CVTs and while they're not super popular (there were some issues w/ them in the 80's), they're slowly being reintroduced to the market.

Re: Ask HN: What annoys you?

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Post by rxever » Fri, Jul 30, 2010, 3:26 PM UTC

it annoys me that staring at a computer screen kills my eyes.

Re: Ask HN: What annoys you?

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Post by username3 » Fri, Jul 30, 2010, 3:27 PM UTC

sanderjd wrote: post #84

tricky wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want a global movement to make the acceleration pedal actually affect acceleration, not horsepower as it does now. Imagine a pedal with a dead spot in the middle that represents 0 acceleration. Pushing down on the pedal increases the rate of acceleration. When you get to speed, ease back to the dead spot to maintain. Lift past the dead spot to decel. Think of it as a hybrid cruise control. I'm convinced it would so…

How do you solve this problem for those of us in Colorado (or other non-flatlands) where nearly every drive involves mountains and hills. Would the idea be that in the dead zone, the car is smart enough to increase or decrease horsepower to adapt to these conditions and retain 0 acceleration or...? I think you would run into the same problem that cruise control runs into in the mountains - we don't have variable rati…

Accelerometers or gyroscopes.

Re: Ask HN: What annoys you?

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Post by daleharvey » Fri, Jul 30, 2010, 3:27 PM UTC

brown9-2 wrote: post #93

daleharvey wrote: post #5

Banking - My bank has a website that the 90's would be proud of, it gives me little to no information about my spending habits, transferring money is a nightmare, and using kublax (similiarly mint) had my account banned for security purposes.

Can I ask why you would even keep an account at such a bank then?

I have had accounts with 3 banks and they have all had similarly terrible experiences, if anyone has suggestions (UK based) more than welcome (halifax, lloyds and natwest are the 3 I have tried)

Re: Ask HN: What annoys you?

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Post by fragmede » Fri, Jul 30, 2010, 3:29 PM UTC

seiwyn wrote: post #75

People writing "loose", when they really mean "lose".

Also: "payed" vs. "paid"; in grammar, "well" vs "good".

Re: Ask HN: What annoys you?

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Post by eel » Fri, Jul 30, 2010, 3:29 PM UTC

The lack of people (or my inability to find them) who want to do the same thing as me. This goes for almost anything from playing board games to finding help for a side project.

Re: Ask HN: What annoys you?

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Post by rdouble » Fri, Jul 30, 2010, 3:30 PM UTC

SandB0x wrote: post #89

Food. I miss the healthy, affordable, sociable dining halls from university. There are people who cook better than I do, and who should be able to make great food at a reasonable price by buying fresh ingredients in bulk. My options for eating are * Cook it myself [1]. Cheap but takes time and effort to make good food. * Restaurant. Good food but expensive and takes time. I don't always want table service and small p…

I would love an urban cafeteria serving a handful of healthy, cheap, fresh meal options.

There are hundreds of delis like this in midtown Manhattan, they just don't have much seating.

Re: Ask HN: What annoys you?

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Post by macms » Fri, Jul 30, 2010, 3:31 PM UTC

rperkins wrote: post #15

Naggers

first thing i thought of too

Re: Ask HN: What annoys you?

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Post by bemmu » Fri, Jul 30, 2010, 3:32 PM UTC

daleharvey wrote: post #3

Payments - I am tired of entering 20 things every time I want to pay for something, paypal has been problematic with cancelling accounts and generally being untrustworthy.

Also I'd love to get email notifications from my bank when someone pays me, so I don't have to constantly poll their clunky website.

Re: Ask HN: What annoys you?

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Post by petercooper » Fri, Jul 30, 2010, 3:33 PM UTC

mynameishere wrote: post #66

The fact that 100s of years of art and music are available, but people still gravitate towards whatever is being promoted--typically something recent and inferior. This is partly a function of marketing, partly of herding--both poor selectors of quality.

And 100, 200 or 300 years ago, some people were undoubtedly saying the same. It might be intellectually trendy to slam modern things, but it doesn't necessary make such criticisms universally true.