HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

supahfly_remix

761 karma · joined March 28, 2007

1 2 3 4
submissionscomments
supahfly_remix··on Europe's "Less" Is Doing More Than Anyone Gives It Credit For
> The EU now runs on roughly 44 percent less energy per euro of output than it did in 1995, and more than a third of that improvement has landed since 2019 alone.

Is this really a de-industrialization story? Is manufacturing much more efficient since that time, or has the economy moved onto other less energy intensive tasks, say through outsourcing them to Asia?

supahfly_remix··on Strait of Hormuz Live Traffic Tracking
What data sources does it use? Some ships turn off AIS when transiting the strait and cannot be easily tracked.
supahfly_remix··on Toyota unintended acceleration and the big bowl of "spaghetti" code (2013)
lol, thanks for the reply. Yes, I was thinking of looking at it, but your comment dissuaded me. Out of curiosity, did you try running ECU code through an LLM and asking questions of it, and, if so, how did that work out?
supahfly_remix··on Toyota unintended acceleration and the big bowl of "spaghetti" code (2013)
Does anyone know where one could obtain the firmware for this? It might be interesting to reverse engineer.
supahfly_remix··on You might not need WebSockets
Do CDN, such as Cloudflare, support SSE? The last time I looked, they didn't, but maybe things have changed.
supahfly_remix··on DigiKey's Tariff Resources
Out of curiosity, can you tell me more about your hobby that involves ship to shore cranes? Or, is this an indirect way of saying that your hobby involves transoceanic shipping? This is Hackernews, so it could plausibly be either.
supahfly_remix··on Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)
> Get a CGM for two weeks and find out what foods spike your blood sugar the most

Are you in the US, and is it possible to obtain a CGM without a prescription?

supahfly_remix··on Ask HN: Solopreneurs, how did you come up with your idea?
Try talking to prospective customers. Understand what challenges they have and how you can address them.
supahfly_remix··on Legalizing sports gambling was a mistake
Thanks! Yes, I was looking for recommended papers/info.
supahfly_remix··on Legalizing sports gambling was a mistake
Thanks for the link. I wonder if this journal is constrained to observing gambling rather than doing experiments to trying to exacerbate it as Harrah's is doing: "The Journal of Gambling Studies is an interdisciplinary forum for research and discussion of the many and varied aspects of gambling behavior, both controlled and pathological. Coverage extends to the wide range of attendant and resultant problems, including alcoholism, suicide, crime, and a number of other mental health concerns."
supahfly_remix··on Legalizing sports gambling was a mistake
This class sounds interesting. Where can I learn more about these techniques? (I'm curious, not planning on using them!)
supahfly_remix··on I won't be renewing my Pinboard subscription
FWIW, Pinboard's founder is still actively commenting (https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=idlewords) on HN as of 7 days ago.
supahfly_remix··on Ethernet History Deepdive – Why Do We Have Different Frame Types?
> I wish we could have another and bump the packet size.

The clock precision (100s of ppm) of the NIC oscillators on either side of a network connection gives a physical upper limit on the Ethernet packet size. The space between the packets lets the slower side "catch up". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpacket_gap for more info.

We could use more precise oscillators to have longer packets but at a more expensive cost.

supahfly_remix··on I was a 20-something dethroned dotcom ceo that went to work at mcdonald's (2000)
He went on to found meetup.com (see his bio at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Heiferman).
supahfly_remix··on Why many studies wrongly claim it's healthy to drink a little alcohol
Have there been studies of nominally non-drinking sub-populations, such as Mormons or Muslims, to understand the effects of alcohol?
supahfly_remix··on Why not just do simple C++ RAII in C?
I know you're joking, but I'm talking about legal responsibility like this: https://insideevs.com/news/575160/mercedes-accepts-legal-res.... In this case, Mercedes, not the the developer, is assuming liability, but that responsibility will trickle down.
supahfly_remix··on Why not just do simple C++ RAII in C?
Developers will become engineers as soon as the legal liability for mistakes falls on them.
supahfly_remix··on Testcontainers
This looks pretty useful! Question on the nginx container. For my tests, this container is only useful when files are mounted into the container. For example, it needs an nginx.conf passed in. How do I do this with NginxContainer?
supahfly_remix··on Inflation in December was even lower than first reported, the government says
Maybe the influx of newcomers and their income is driving inflation near you.
supahfly_remix··on Inflation in December was even lower than first reported, the government says
out of curiosity, does the part of Nevada where you live receive a lot of tourists? Is it within driving distance of LA or the SF Bay Area?
supahfly_remix··on 23andMe's Fall
All of the rest of the quotation makes sense to me, but I'm wondering about this part:

> "We should never measure an entrepreneur by the standards of a rock-solid businessman".

Is the author saying that a rock-solid businessman follows a higher code of ethics?

supahfly_remix··on Royal Navy forced to recruit for tob job on social media
To fill a position as "director of submarines and [who] would be responsible for 'elite operations' and the nation’s nuclear deterrent" requires intimate knowledge of the workings of the Royal Navy. It would almost certainly be a promotion from within or for someone who had as least previously worked for the Royal Navy and risen to a high level. Wouldn't hiring a headhunter to do a targeted search work better than using Linkedin?
supahfly_remix··on Two interesting XOR circuits inside the Intel 386 processor
Pass transistor logic doesn't have as robust outputs as the usual complementary circuits because the pass transistors have a diode voltage drop across them (VDD - Vt vs. just VDD). See [this paper](https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~mhanis/ece637/lecture11.pdf) for more info. The designers must have simulated this circuit to ensure that it meets the required specifications.
supahfly_remix··on The planning of U.S. physician shortages (2020)
> Physician salaries are the only ones that do not grow relative to inflation and have decreased year-on-year relative to inflation for decades.

Medical insurance has been increasing faster than inflation for a while now. Are only insurance companies getting this extra money? Are at least some medical professionals getting a cut?

supahfly_remix··on Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
That's cool! What library/software did you get the instance to email?
supahfly_remix··on My high-flying life as a corporate spy who lied his way to the top
Was this person ever found out?
supahfly_remix··on The Baumol effect
If the Baumol Effect is true for college tuition, are college professors receiving better than inflation pay raises commensurate with the increases in tuition?
supahfly_remix··on Ask HN: Proxy Browser for Older iPads?
Gave it a try, no luck, but I'll try again later -- thanks!
supahfly_remix··on Ask HN: Proxy Browser for Older iPads?
Thank you for the research. I didn't know that the mac's screen sharing was VNC, but that makes sense.
supahfly_remix··on Ask HN: Proxy Browser for Older iPads?
Great suggestion. I'll check it out.
Page 1 of 11Next →