Hacker News: Devthrowaway80

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "The quiet rebellion of a little life"

Devthrowaway80 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 19:51:57 +0000

The rest of this persons feed is jam-packed with ludicrously pretentious photos of people posing in expensive clothing in ways clearly carefully chosen to appear spontaneous, uploaded to the internet for attention. The irony.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Ask HN: Looking back, what have you wasted lots of time on?"

Devthrowaway80 — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 20:03:52 +0000

Alcoholism.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Open source firmware is important for security"

Devthrowaway80 — Thu, 09 May 2019 21:18:11 +0000

> from cars, to baby monitors, to buttplugs

Would highly recommend a penetration test for these.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Formula 1: The secret aerodynamicist reveals design concepts"

Devthrowaway80 — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 07:20:53 +0000

No changes have been made to the intake, it's the aero package. From the horse's mouth:

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.f1-rules-and-regu...

"What’s the change: A wider, higher – and much simplified – front wing

Why has it been made: To help chasing drivers follow the car in front more closely - and in turn increase the possibility of overtaking."

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Formula 1: The secret aerodynamicist reveals design concepts"

Devthrowaway80 — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 03:29:26 +0000

My understanding is that the wash from old designs would reduce downforce for cars that follow, which in turn would slow them down and make it harder to overtake. This made for less interesting racing.

The new regulations are intended to promote overtaking. Teams of course are trying to maximize downforce within the new regulations.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Tesla Roadster"

Devthrowaway80 — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:34:17 +0000

You may very well be right. The Mission E is closer to a Panamera than a 911.

Regardless, very interesting to watch the competition heat up.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Tesla Roadster"

Devthrowaway80 — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:13:02 +0000

I await Tesla's foray into serious racing with bated breath. I'm sure Porsche and Audi are terrified.

If they gave a shit about developing actual performance EVs, I'd expect them to be in Formula E, but they're not. BMW, Audi, Mercedes and Porsche are.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Tesla Roadster"

Devthrowaway80 — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:03:33 +0000

F1 cars accelerate faster than the Roadster's advertised numbers and the drivers don't wander around constantly concussed.

I am curious how you managed to get a concussion in a heavy sedan that can only maintain 0.87g of lateral grip. Were you in a collision?

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Tesla Roadster"

Devthrowaway80 — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:00:15 +0000

Porsche has already pulled out of WEC (Le Mans, Rolex 24 Hours) in favour of Formula E and is planning to release a electric vehicle by 2019. My bet is that they're going to get an electric performance vehicle on the road way before Tesla.

Moreover, what does this mean to Tesla? Competitors with decades of manufacturing experience cranking out reliable, fast electric vehicles with likely better build quality might pose an interesting problem.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Tesla Roadster"

Devthrowaway80 — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 07:56:01 +0000

I think he's referring to the fact that Model S's are known to overheat and go into limp mode when pushed hard at the track.

Not necessarily applicable to this particular vehicle.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Tesla Roadster"

Devthrowaway80 — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 07:54:37 +0000

Porsche has hundreds of millions of dollars of R&D poured into the 919 hybrid Le Mans Prototype, which I imagine will translate to the Mission E. Tesla has no such experience.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "A Chicago Newspaper That Bought a Bar"

Devthrowaway80 — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:14:57 +0000

Same way you tell a rectal thermometer from an oral thermometer - by the taste.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Juicero Is Shutting Down"

Devthrowaway80 — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:04:15 +0000

Likewise. That channel might be the most Canadian thing ever to exist - got a little homesick just watching it.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "It's Never Too Late to Learn Guitar"

Devthrowaway80 — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:30:03 +0000

The best "app" I've tried is a digital recorder and a metronome.

My process: Play slowly until you think you've nailed it. Listen to the recording, realize you didn't. Fix the parts that sound bad. Repeat until you actually nail it. Increase the metronome by 10%. Repeat until you're slightly faster than performance speed. Back off and playing at performance speed will sbe easy.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills"

Devthrowaway80 — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:25:45 +0000

Yes, I am aware. One of the benefits of single-payer is the reduction in cost of administration.

There are other effects as well - nobody is getting away with billing $600 for a 5 minute visit, for instance.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills"

Devthrowaway80 — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:55:47 +0000

Yeah, it won't work. It works in every other developed nation in the world, and they all pay less money for better healthcare outcomes, but hey, the US is Totally Special.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Comma.ai launches an $88 universal car interface called Panda"

Devthrowaway80 — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 05:37:23 +0000

Nope! Was unaware of the project before you mentioned it. Looks like it might have similar goals.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Comma.ai launches an $88 universal car interface called Panda"

Devthrowaway80 — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 15:48:56 +0000

Not sure if you're interested in such things, but I've written a Python data acquisition framework (and a shitty GUI for my RaspPi) that works with those cheapo $10 dongles that I'll be releasing under the MIT license as soon as I can be bothered.

Main reason I haven't released it yet is that the connection management, while quite resilient, is so hackish that I am bit embarrassed by it.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World"

Devthrowaway80 — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 05:27:03 +0000

Single-payer seems like it'd incentivize preventative medicine.

New comment by Devthrowaway80 in "Hack the Kernel – Learn about operating systems online"

Devthrowaway80 — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 19:45:30 +0000

I'm currently working on the Eudyptula Challenge, which has been interesting so far and is Linux-specific.

The creatively-named book Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love is also good.