Hacker News: FlyingBears

New comment by FlyingBears in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

FlyingBears — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:13:28 +0000

we have likely moved on from this to satellite as a stop gap.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair"

FlyingBears — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:30:49 +0000

Don’t worry, we can get our lead from spices and every food that includes them. Lead is cheaper to get than cinnamon and even cocoa, so it ends up being favored adulterant to increase weight at sale.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Self Driving Car Insurance"

FlyingBears — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:00:02 +0000

Lemonade purchased Metromile and significantly increased prices. 2.5x if I recall correctly. This has forced me to move to Geico. Now, since prices have increased and new self driving car insurance is giving a discount, are you effectively paying same old rate?

New comment by FlyingBears in "Sugar industry influenced researchers and blamed fat for CVD (2016)"

FlyingBears — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:34:21 +0000

I avoid sugar pretty thoroughly, but my cholesterol is high because I can't walk past a breakfast sandwich. This an n=1 observation.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial"

FlyingBears — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:04:54 +0000

If we just admit to it and do it anyway, we won't have to masquerade with democracy theatrics.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial"

FlyingBears — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:54:14 +0000

I would pick tyranny over "democracy" import any day. Neither US or UK have a great track record here.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Canadian bill would strip internet access from 'specified persons', no warrant"

FlyingBears — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 22:15:57 +0000

C11 and this bill makes me think about what situations does the government need this sort of "weaponry"? I think the plausible answer is war.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears"

FlyingBears — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:54:52 +0000

So did everyone else ...

New comment by FlyingBears in "After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes"

FlyingBears — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 18:17:41 +0000

Then you can prove collusion to circumvent whatever legislation is there.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Milwaukee M18 Battery Reverse Engineering"

FlyingBears — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 02:08:32 +0000

Drug dealers give out feelers to get customers started.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers"

FlyingBears — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:27:57 +0000

Jam resistant comms are critical for drones, and other precision weapons and their infrastructure. Even if line of sight is interrupted modern drones can return to signal nowadays, relay information, and return to target with corrections. You may not need optical cable anymore

New comment by FlyingBears in "State Farm seeks 22% emergency rate hike"

FlyingBears — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:37:47 +0000

Re-pricing insurance seems to be the most effective way to reduce property values right now.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round"

FlyingBears — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:10:42 +0000

I am getting 1989 flashbacks, but this time this is a coupe that subverts institution to its purpose.

New comment by FlyingBears in "After USA Ban: Google Kicks Kaspersky Out of Play Store"

FlyingBears — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 20:46:17 +0000

Well, with enthusiasm like that it is no wonder China and Russia banned all western social media and are actively trying to replace these services with homegrown. China was first, Russia late to the party, but working on it.

New comment by FlyingBears in "China Is Rapidly Becoming a Leading Innovator in Advanced Industries"

FlyingBears — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:22:59 +0000

I am afraid we might be too late for maglev party with self driving on the horizon. Non-functioning last mile transportation and ruined cities (as in for pedestrians and density) are another shadow.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Signal messenger blocked in Russia, says Roskomnadzor"

FlyingBears — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:51:15 +0000

Russia is trying to follow China's example to shed dependence on West controlled services and grow domestic alternatives. Which is long overdue since they don't have equitable access to these services.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Who makes the most reliable new cars?"

FlyingBears — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:07:59 +0000

Mini is hot garbage on wheels comparable to VW. I am really surprised to see this.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Oregon decriminalized hard drugs – it isn't working"

FlyingBears — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 04:52:26 +0000

The horror of the current approach is the concentrated influx of drug users from other states that magnified the issue in California and Oregon. I am resigned to the fact that everyone waits around for the current wave of users to simply die off. If the decriminalization was distributed evenly among the states, there would be a chance for somewhat orderly transition.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Quadcopters can now visually track targets more effectively"

FlyingBears — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:23:58 +0000

Easy to defeat with automatic target recognition and tracking. You only need to get in the general vicinity and let the drone figure it out, which is what I suspect new Lancet is doing.

New comment by FlyingBears in "Quadcopters can now visually track targets more effectively"

FlyingBears — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:19:28 +0000

Russian Lancet new generation already uses target locking. I suspect if it is possible to clone a piece of equipment, the only answer is an economy of scale because neither side will have technological advantage.