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headsupernova··on Show HN: farseer.space – fly anywhere in the universe in your browser
No gravity modeled here! Closest to simulating physics it gets is showing orbits.

You're probably right about swinging by a planetarium!

headsupernova··on Eddie Bauer declares bankruptcy
I'll miss their medium-tall size if they're truly gone! Kind of the holy grail for tall skinny people. Anyone have recommendations of brands with similar fits?
headsupernova··on Instagram Addiction
Yeah I've been this and it's great. saves me probably tens of hours of wasted time per week and I can still get DMs and see what my friends send me.
headsupernova··on The most famous carbon dioxide absorber
I've found the same. And thinking it through, I can't come up with a mechanism for how a few more CO2 molecules bopping around in a sea of nitrogen and oxygen changes anything about how my lungs exchange the CO2 in my body with air around me. These counts are ppm, nothing!
headsupernova··on Vibe Coding is not an excuse for low-quality work
So much of this now and so much more coming.
headsupernova··on Jumping Spiders
Three times, while photographing these little critters, I've had them jump straight onto the camera lens. A startling experience!
headsupernova··on 20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says
Seems 1:1?
headsupernova··on Nobody cares
Not true, they're just defective and degraded quickly, resulting in the odd color.
headsupernova··on Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated
How do you expect them to implement that?
headsupernova··on Is Tor still safe to use?
Ah yes, 'spread democracy around the world'
headsupernova··on Cardio fitness is a strong, consistent predictor of morbidity and mortality
Ha I had to stop tracking my bike commutes because I was going way too hard for Strava times on them. It got to the point where it was sorta dangerous... Love the app for my fun rides tho!
headsupernova··on Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
Only to be clawed back in bankruptcy court. The donations did more harm than good because of that
headsupernova··on Nine US states are teaming up to accelerate the adoption of heat pumps
This isn't true, the latest models work at temps far below that. There are still thresholds where you'd want another source, but they're very functional even in the upper Midwest.
headsupernova··on What Happened to David Graeber?
These are not about the book Debt...
headsupernova··on China is building nuclear reactors faster than any other country
Incomprehensible to want to slow china on this front... climate collapse doesn't stop at country borders.
headsupernova··on Arc browser built-in AI features [video]
you can also 'pin' it as the first extension and it'll open with cmd+e then return.
headsupernova··on Arc Browser 1.0
yeah the shortcuts for Sigma are a total dealbreaker
headsupernova··on Rapid Covid tests miss 90% of asymptomatic cases
These are exceedingly rare, like almost never happen.
headsupernova··on Global heat in ‘uncharted territory’: 2023 could be the hottest year on record
Can you explain the cardboard part?
headsupernova··on Why Roses Smell Nice
Covid!
headsupernova··on Fairbuds XL review: noise-cancelling headphones you can fix
My 3s do this as well but it's quite intermittent
headsupernova··on IPCC climate crisis report delivers ‘final warning on 1.5C’
Our descendants will rightfully conclude that we were a generation of comfortable cowards. Truly unforgivable. Yet we understandably don't know what to do as individuals. The scale of the tragedy is almost inconceivable.
headsupernova··on LED lighting badly suppresses human melatonin production at night
Probably quite bad unfortunately. Look into NO2 exposure from stoves.
headsupernova··on Ask HN: DarkSky Alternatives?
So glad to see the FlowX mention. I've been obsessed with that app since back when it was called WeatherBomb. The premium data is well worth the cost imo, and the customizable widgets are so useful once you dial them in for what you're interested in!
headsupernova··on The number input is the worst input
a fun one I've found is that the Samsung keyboard on Android won't let you input negative numbers... they just omitted (-) entirely from the layout.
headsupernova··on I hacked my car
Amazing stuff here folks - this big brained developer just generalized a literal continent of billions of individual people and is the top comment on smart people site hacker news dot com
headsupernova··on Ask HN: Where to work to combat climate change?
Yes, politics is the arena now. The science is done, and I can personally attest to the hollowness of working to refine the precision of our understanding at this late stage in the fight. There are tech jobs in offset accounting, but that field is generally doing math on scams that justify continued emissions.

Politics and propaganda are the buttons to push right now. Hopefully those will unlock other meaningful fields soon enough.

headsupernova··on The Upper Middle Class Is Getting Squeezed
I think they'll be fine.

A squeezed upper middle class is good for the climate. Squeeze away, I say.

headsupernova··on Crypto miners aren't honest about power use – time for a crackdown
This bs is debunked in every crypto thread... We're facing climate collapse and need to immediately ramp down nonessential energy use. Crypto mining facilities simply do not make the cut. That said, the mainstream financial system requires a haircut too, no doubt, but at least it provides some basic use to normal people.
headsupernova··on In defense of cryptocurrency
Those things produce joy, dry clothes, and steel. Crypto produces... scams? We're facing climate collapse and need to choose what we burn electricity on very very wisely.
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