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Care to provide more details? Why is it wrong?

What wrong with the UI in your view?

Wow, congrats and well done. Looks like you don't have to apply to jobs anymore ;)

- What was your initial investment? - And did you have any trading experience to come up with those strategies or learned on the go?

You should feature Signal in your app section.

Who designed this site? Readability is very poor. 8px font size for the 'pre-order' button, really?

And the contrast ratio is pretty low too.

Please, don't hire designers who just care about the graphic design aspect and making it look beautiful, but a pain to use, i.e. totally neglect usability.

Erik Spiekermann said it best (enable english captions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw0syzCeH4Q

I was hoping for a bit more in-depth material - allowing the experts to explore their topics a bit more and potentially talking about potential solutions? Where is the call to action for the viewer? What now?

It's good for non-technical folks to watch, but nothing really new since the 'Humans need not apply' 15 min documentary [0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU (2014)

Edit: added link to humans need not apply

You can edit Sketch files on Windows, using the Lunacy app[0]. It's not full featured yet.

https://icons8.com/lunacy

What libraries do you use for building web stuff?

Over on Reddit[0] one of the problems for newbies to Clojure is not knowing what to use for web development.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Clojure/comments/858g9z/what_clojur...

Hey thanks for explaining and like I said - I get it's early stage - was just curious what was missing in FF.

Anyway, will try out the Electron version and definitely be keeping an eye on this one...

I'm a designer, so definitely interested in this. But I got a 'Sorry, our editor is optimised for Chrome' message.

I'm using the latest version of Firefox... what features does Chrome have that FF hasn't?

I get it's early stage, so you might have just done a blanket 'If not Chrome show message' check.

If the latest version of FF can support, I would do a more fine grained check.

Will check with Chrome later...

So you seem really successful and financially sorted, but yet 'life has become hell' and you feel you have to fight to survive? Do you mean financially?

Sorry to hear that. Your story just made it more real how bad the health care system is in the US. It's hard to believe that the most powerful nation in the world has this kind of exploitative and greedy health care system.

Did you follow up on the advise in the other thread[1], i.e. going to ER to at least get a diagnosis? Or speak to a social worker?

Did they reject you?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15889552

Hey, thanks for chiming in, not offended at all, these discussions are good.

In terms of what happens on animal farms and slaughter houses, you should check out the 'Earthlings' documentary I posted. Most meat that is consumed comes from factory farms. Those places are hell holes.

In terms of humanely killing, I think it's an oxymoron, the same way that 'humane oppression' is an oxymoron. Animals don't want to be killed. Humans don't need meat anymore to survive, so why are we continuing to oppress and exploit these beings? Could you kill and slaughter an animal? If not, why demand that others do it for you?

I see more and more people waking up to this fact and researching this and finding out that everything they believed was misguided, e.g. needing meat to be strong etc. One of the strongest person (Patrick Baboumian) on the planet is vegan, and more athletes are also becoming vegan.

If we create more demand for plant based foods, we will see more options in stores. Here in Europe, even Aldi and Lidl have vegan products now.

If you multiply that glass of water times a million - it will have an impact. Every Little Helps so they say here.

Also, what is the point of having a moral high ground? It doesn't accomplish anything. Even if some people's motivation for not eating meat is to feel morally superior, it shouldn't be a deciding factor for others to not eat meat.

For me personally it's about values[1]. I remember watching Star Trek as a kid and I think Riker said something along the lines that humanity doesn't enslave animals anymore[3]. We need a vision for the future and not oppressing and exploiting other beings for our own culinary pleasures is a good value to have I think.

We don't have to wait until the 24th century either. The future is already here, it's easier now than ever to choose not to kill animals, there are so many other delicious recipes[2] out there - if one would invest the time to research this.

And in terms of having kids - I think it was Hans Rosling who said that birth rates seem to fall in the developed countries. Also, imagine we would show a toddler how his sausages etc are made - from beginning to end. How do you think small kids would react if they knew what actually happens to peppa pig and friends? Why don't we show our kids the process of producing meat?

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[1] Best quote on this is from Dr Alex Hershaft. Holocaust survivor and FARM founder. He drew many similarities between what the Nazis did and what we do to farm animals. His story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7dZv43A0g0

His quote:

"[...]It's about us. It's about who we are, how we treat the least defensible, the most oppressed, the weakest in our society. What does it say about us?"

[2] http://annajones.co.uk/books

[3] EDIT: found that Riker quote from TNG: https://youtu.be/sS7NRtEJBcA?t=31s

RE: I feel work to better communicate is worth it. When I make investments in animals, they get close, like people do. I can feel the bond, and that little spark that is "them", it's a'll just simpler, smaller, and quite often much faster.

I like the way you put this and I had similar experiences.

If we'd just take some time to get to know those type animals we regard as food, maybe we wouldn't put them in the 'They're just dumb animals' box.

Thanks for that link. I'll have a look.

But why can't we act on multiple fronts? We can do many things to reduce our carbon foot print, and choosing not to eat meat or reducing it is one of those things.

Our meat consumption is a big problem environmentally - see https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meat-and-environm...

Also, the way we farm animals now a days is completely different to when your grand parents farmed them. Using factory farming to feed the world is just not sustainable.

Look, I get it - most people can't give up meat, we're addicted to it and it's also cultural. But what we can do is giving a signal to the market that we demand better, by choosing to buy alternatives that are better on many fronts, like Beyond Meat etc.

That's why I really admire the work by Ethan Brown, he's trying to create meat using plant protein. You should watch the presentation by him I posted earlier - you might find it interesting.

Why does it have to be black or white? It's a spectrum. Or as pmoriarty greatly put it further down:

'If one can't save everything, one must save nothing?'

You should watch the presentation by Ethan Brown, he talks about creating meat using plant protein.

He's a great entrepreneur and 'hacker'. You might enjoy it.

Good question. Imagine plants feel pain like other animals and like we do. If our objective is to avoid suffering and environmental damage as much as possible, which one would you choose:

1) Eat animals and plants. Remember the animals you eat also eat plants. This creates maximum suffering and damage.

2) Eat plants only. This creates less suffering and damage than option 1.

To answer your question though, if it's scientifically proven that plants are sentient and feel pain like we do (i.e. suffer) then I would only eat what plants produce (e.g. nuts, legumes, apples, etc) rather than the plant itself (e.g. carrots).

You are right, farming could be more sustainable and less destructive (see vertical farm, aeroponics etc).

But it's been proven that producing meat requires more resources than producing plant based foods. So if we truly care about feeding 7+ billion people, then we would reduce our meat consumption or move to a plant based diet completely. This is one thing each of us can directly do something about - by simply buying different foods. You should watch that presentation by Beyond Meat founder Ethan Brown.

Also, when talking about moral reasons, this is not just about minimising the suffering of animals. What do you think seeing animals being killed, sliced open alive etc day in day out does to the human psyche - you can find out here: http://scholar.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2157... - also see this quote [1].

If you couldn't get any other job other than working in a slaughterhouse or food prep shop and they both pay the same - which job would you pick? Would you want to kill animals every day or rather wash, cut, peel fruits and veg every day?

Our buying choices do matter.

[1] "The worst thing, worse than the physical danger is the emotional toll. If you work in that stick pit for any period of time, you develop an attitude that lets you kill things, but doesn’t let you care. You may look a hog in the eye that’s walking around down in the blood pit with you and think, God, that really isn’t a badlooking animal. You may want to pet it. Pigs down on the kill floor have come up and nuzzled me like a puppy. Two minutes later I had to kill them-beat them to death with a pipe. I can’t care (Dillard, p. 398, 2008). "

A few things:

* Veganism isn't about health[1]. It's about avoiding exploitation of other sentient and intelligent beings and reducing suffering on many levels.

* The difference between us and other animals is that we have the ability of critical thinking. We can change our attitude and mind when presented with new information. A lion can't do this (also, a lion needs meat to survive, modern humans don't).

There is a great quote by Aaron Swartz[2] and in that vein I encourage you to watch the videos that were posted in this thread - you might be surprised.

[1] "Veganism is a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose.[...]"

[2] “Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think.”

I think it will be. People of the future will look at this time the same way we look back to when it was accepted to have human slaves.

Medicine (and millions of other people) has already proven that we don't need meat to survive. We have plenty of alternatives now.

But we are addicted to meat - because it gives us pleasure. But then you have to ask yourself, is it OK for sentient beings to horribly suffer for us[1], so we can experience some pleasure that could be easily achieved by consuming alternative foods[2] and shifting our perception. Consuming meat is also not the best way to efficiently feed the world.

Here is what Dr Neil Barnard says about bacon:

Power Foods for the Brain (17min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ONFix_e4k

[1] Earthlings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc2oizSsmUs (I challenge you to watch this and not think 'WTF')

[2] Beyond Meat - great presentation by Ethan Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x8jfiaLCPY

Clickable link: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/26/what-is-on-...

Thanks for explaining - that makes sense.

Also did some research online before I saw your answer and found an answer after watching a video about Bitwig Studio's unified modulations system [0].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_mQUV2iwiI

I only dabbled in Ableton Live a little bit many years ago, so I'm not familiar with some of the terms you mentioned.

Can you describe what a modulation system is - what's your understanding?

Also any examples out there that illustrate this, other apps that do it well?

It's not like a node based shader system like in Houdini or like Fusion's compositing system?

Check out this site:

http://www.fuelforthefighter.com/the-fighter/

The following story is for anyone who thinks you can't get strong or be a body builder on a plant-based only diet:

Jim Morris - 78 year old vegan body builder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUtv4slpm-U

You find out by studying what other athletes with a plant based diet eat.

Here are a few to get you started

What Frank Medrano eats (vegan calisthenics athlete)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9sfVsBbS8

What Patrick Baboumian eats (vegan strongman)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz9H7MMuKjY

Body building advice - plant based diet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr4LIOq3grw

And there are plenty of vegan or vegetarian body builder communities out there, like this one

http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/

B12 isn't made by animals nor plants. The safest way to consume B12 is via supplements and fortified foods.

Watch this video by Dr. Greger for more info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA3XjalOkXM

First time I saw this it was awesome - still is - real-time water effects in the browser.

Didn't know Evan is co-founder of figma.com - maybe that's why the app feels quite snappy in the browser.

STAR TREK

Gene Roddenberry was inspired by Fresco's ideas. A world where people could focus on personal development and nobody would have to be in this rat race anymore, enabling a higher standard of living for all people.

Jacque was a great visionary, inventor and systems thinker - he will be missed.

You should watch his documentary Future by Design [0]. He was talking about 3D printed houses, holistic transportation systems, smart cities, etc

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1IXWnS6vwk