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saboot··on Proposal to move 11 Oregon counties to Idaho
"Half of Oregon" By what, land? How many people does that represent, I'd guess a much smaller fraction

Same thing in California with the State of Jefferson movement. A vocal minority of people that want an outsized say in state politics.

saboot··on Nuclear explosion impact on humans indoors (2022)
This will likely lead to a worse situation, by creating one giant projectile travelling through the air

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eCd3qYCC6E

With the bomb curtain I mentioned, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKiig392a3I

There are bomb films similar to what you described, but they need to be added with a blast resistant window frame

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

I presented these videos during a class discussing the effects of nuclear weapons and explosions

saboot··on Nuclear explosion impact on humans indoors (2022)
Where did you read this? It's something I haven't heard before
saboot··on Nuclear explosion impact on humans indoors (2022)
Stay away from windows, shards of glass flying at high speeds are a big factor in indoor deaths from blasts. Many embassies have breathable curtains with weights on the bottom, to catch any glass while letting air pass through
saboot··on US Supreme Court releases leak investigation report
I left it unspecified as I thought it was obvious it was to distract from allowing states to make it a crime to terminate a pregnancy in all cases.
saboot··on US Supreme Court releases leak investigation report
Because he's done it before

https://www.axios.com/2022/11/29/supreme-court-alito-ethics-...

saboot··on US Supreme Court releases leak investigation report
I remain convinced Alito leaked it himself to create a distraction
saboot··on Ask HN: Books that teach programming by building a series of small projects?
This was just released, I haven't picked it up yet but it's definitely on my wish list

https://www.manning.com/books/tiny-c-projects

saboot··on Hubble finds black hole twisting captured star into donut shape
PBS has lots of other similar channels, I liked the math one but it's been discontinued
saboot··on Four thousand weeks
Man this was hard to read. My parents moved across the country a few years ago, went from seeing them every two weeks to twice a year. I'll be lucky to see them more than a couple dozen times total for the rest of our lives.
saboot··on DIY Spacecraft Models
For papercraft, canon's Creative Park has many space models of their own to build as well
saboot··on The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early galaxies
For me, it's been learning about the topic of last year's nobel prize in physics. Shedding light on Einstein's famous "God does not play dice" through, literally college algebra and a somewhat mundane experimental setup. The only thing stopping people from doing it sooner was obscurity and a comfortable attitude towards to status quo!

Now I'm convinced we can understand really fundamental things about our reality, and that is so so interesting.

I'm dreaming of going back, getting a math master's, then a physics PhD ... Maybe

saboot··on Extreme 'rogue wave' in the North Pacific confirmed as most extreme on record
Wave dynamics, specifically ones which have interactions with the ground, are some of the few systems that need derivatives higher than two to describe them. Lots of interesting stuff going on
saboot··on Grayscale on 1-bit LCDs (2022)
I'm trying to think of examples that used it on the gameboy.

The Gameboy Camera obviously did, any games though?

saboot··on Untraceable 3D-printed guns on the rise in Canada
The costs aren't the issue, it's circumventing export control laws, allowing one to make precison parts on their own.

This report details real world examples of 3d printing being used in several weapon systems https://nonproliferation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NDS_...

saboot··on Untraceable 3D-printed guns on the rise in Canada
I've said it before, but this isn't stopping with guns. One fallout of the availability of 3D printing is the ability of anyone to construct high precision parts, specifically ones needed for weapons. If AQ Khan was still operating today I'm certain this would have been a large component of his operation.
saboot··on Modern C for C++ peeps (2019)
I'd like to ask HN for references explaining how to layout a large program in C, for someone used to thinking with OOP. For example for a moderately complex arcade game, how would I manage all the states, entities, and interactions? I can write any simple C program but this always trips me up.
saboot··on Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022
Are these the ones they bake? If so, would I ask them or are they in the frozen section
saboot··on Pornhub users in Louisiana now have to submit government ID to access the site
That's a pretty bold way to describe the state of Louisiana
saboot··on C++ at the End of 2022
ctrl+f "reflection" no results found.

maybe next year ..

saboot··on Lamina1: Neal Stephenson’s Anti-Commercial Metaverse
I agree
saboot··on Lamina1: Neal Stephenson’s Anti-Commercial Metaverse
The entire topic of crypto is scams and that's not a lie.
saboot··on Ask HN: Who else is working/on call over Christmas?
Finishing my PhD ... Have a job lined up for February and I've got so much writing left
saboot··on Lamina1: Neal Stephenson’s Anti-Commercial Metaverse
I don't like this topic, when this topic is scamming people.
saboot··on Lamina1: Neal Stephenson’s Anti-Commercial Metaverse
"Connection denied by IP2Location Country Blocker"

Is this the anti-commercial metaverse?

saboot··on Signed distance functions in 46 lines of Python
Oh man, this is great. I'm a nuclear engineer and an old but widely used program called MCNP relies on a constructive solid geometry approach (first intended for punch cards). I've been wishing for a way to go between a Python approach and MCNP for constructing geometry and this will make it very easy!
saboot··on Atari Hotels
Doesn't look like there's any updates in the past 9 months, assuming it's vaporware
saboot··on Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
Is he afraid of a stalker following him in a plane? He uses this as an excuse, then discredits himself by going on to threaten legal action against Sweeney. Wants it both ways.
saboot··on ElonJet Is Now Suspended
This is what I'm referring to. I am expecting Elon to go after him the same as he did with Yoel Roth, now that Jack has publicly told him he's wrong.
saboot··on Ask HN: Why is news about fusion ignition not a bigger deal in popular media?
My very non scientific and conservative parents asked me about it yesterday after watching fox news, they seemed excited by it. Just an anecdote but the news was in fact reaching people
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