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Re: Owls in Towels

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Post by wierd-eye-loser »

imposterr wrote: post #14
roughly wrote: post #3

This is a delight! This site is a great reminder that almost everyone visiting Hacker News has a set of skills which can be put to beneficial use for causes you care about - this is a small, simple, cheap site (and I mean that in a good way!) that attracts attention, awareness, and donations to something the author cares about. It’s easy for us, but it’s magic for most people. Don’t let your tech industry imposter sy…

I've stopped using the word "cheap" to describe situations like this as the word has too many negative connotations. I tend towards "inexpensive", "cost-effective", or "low-cost". I find it better describes my intent to describe something as not costing much but not speaking to poor quality which I feel like the word "cheap" has come to imply.

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Re: Owls in Towels

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Post by rob74 »

Cute! But they should add a feature so you can use the images via an API, similar to PlaceKitten (which seems to be defunct now).

Re: Owls in Towels

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Post by thyristan »

mkesper wrote: post #47
thyristan wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.newhall.co.uk/media/7440_msds.pdf The H412 comes from sodium laureth sulfate (SLES) which is contained (in large amounts, like 20 to 70% by weight) in practically every kind of liquid soapy detergent, shampoo, liquid hand soap and what not. The only reason you know of that one product is that they seem to sell to professionals as well, which is why they need a material safety data sheet. Your shampoo does…

So use solid soap / shampoo for outdoors (check usability first, naturally).

Solid soap isn't any better. All of those work by making fats water-soluble. This destroys mucous membranes and skin slime layer of fish and other animals and breaks down lipid barriers of algae and bacteria.

The real takeaway is that concentration matters a lot: one person washing up for the morning won't kill a pond, but a hundred people or prolonged exposition will.

Re: Owls in Towels

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Post by gsck »

imposterr wrote: post #14
roughly wrote: post #3

This is a delight! This site is a great reminder that almost everyone visiting Hacker News has a set of skills which can be put to beneficial use for causes you care about - this is a small, simple, cheap site (and I mean that in a good way!) that attracts attention, awareness, and donations to something the author cares about. It’s easy for us, but it’s magic for most people. Don’t let your tech industry imposter sy…

I've stopped using the word "cheap" to describe situations like this as the word has too many negative connotations. I tend towards "inexpensive", "cost-effective", or "low-cost". I find it better describes my intent to describe something as not costing much but not speaking to poor quality which I feel like the word "cheap" has come to imply.

Theres a phrase in the UK that is "Cheap and cheerful" which I think is perfectly apt for this

Re: Owls in Towels

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Post by rajnathani »

abstractbill wrote: post #15
ttoinou wrote: post #9

Do you think this kind of internet nuggets will still exist in our soon to be post-AI world ? We won't be able to know who sent a real vs. a fake picture

Honestly my first reaction to seeing these photos was to wonder if they were AI-generated (I'm not suggesting they are, I just have that response quite often now).

Exact same, my first reaction to the photos were to think they are AI-generated (which amazingly, they aren't).
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