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New comment by Helithumper in "Midnight train from GA: A view of America from the tracks as airports struggle"

Helithumper — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:43:55 +0000

Like other commenters I was also confused at the "~$800" comment.

I tried this myself, picking a time a few weeks in the future (round trip April 15th to 22nd). Round trip as I'm assuming you'll want to go there and come home.

All of the following info is for ATL to Washington-Area airports (BWI, DCA, IAD). Amtrak is for Atlanta to Washington Union Station

Delta (20+ nonstop a day every 30min or so, ~2hrs flight time):

- ~$244->$304 Main

- ~$444->$504 Comfort+

- ~$769-$974 First

Amtrak (11:29PM->1:47PM, 14h18m):

- $356 Coach

- $1107 Private Room (Roomette)

I'm sure that a more accurate analysis would include a spread of days.

In general, this means that with the train you'd increase your travel time by ~26 hours round trip (over a whole day) while also paying ~$112 more.

(Note that the Amtrak website prices each leg independently while Delta prices round trip, I made sure to go all the way to the cart to gather the end pricing)

I was curious so I also did a trip much sooner (March 30th to April 6th):

Delta:

- $616-$665 Main

- $785-$800 Comfort Plus

- $1065 First (they were all priced the same)

Amtrak:

- $517 Main

- $1369 Private Room (Roomette)

So for a much sooner trip you do save ~$100 for the tradeoff of ~26 hours more time spent.

It's also worth noting that this route's travel occurs primarily at night, in the dark. This means both trying to sleep on a train as well as not being able to see much outside as it'll be dark most of the ride.

New comment by Helithumper in "US Customs destroys rare floppy disk"

Helithumper — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:58:21 +0000

I'm confused...

> I brought a foil wrapped breakfast burrito through security

> This was years before 9/11

Given that Airport security wasn't implemented until after (and because of) 9/11, how would you have passed through security with a burrito before 9/11?

New comment by Helithumper in "The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal"

Helithumper — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:29:21 +0000

“New” Real ID is 21yrs old at this point.

New comment by Helithumper in "LM Studio 0.4"

Helithumper — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:24:32 +0000

For context, LMStudio has had a CLI for a while it just required the desktop app to be open already. This makes it where you can run LMStudio properly headless and not just from a terminal while the desktop app is open.

`lms chat` has existed, `lms daemon up` / "llmster" is the new command.

New comment by Helithumper in "Amazon One palm authentication discontinued"

Helithumper — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:00:42 +0000

I found the palm payment at Whole Foods to be very convenient for the same reason as others in this thread.

The steps without using Amazon One were

* open the amazon app

* open the checkout thing

* click the QR code button

* click the amazon QR code

* Scan it

* Open Apple Wallet

* Pay

I hope that they will at least add the amazon QR code to apple wallet to make payment faster in store. That or something to make payment (with Amazon Prime link) as fast as with Amazon One even while not continuing Amazon One itself.

I wonder if they could use a NFC tag or something to quickly open the amazon app on your phone to pay or something?

New comment by Helithumper in "Captive Wi-Fi"

Helithumper — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:59:32 +0000

also http://captive.apple.com and sometimes I'll do http://lobste.rs.

I used to use neverssl, but it's very different for .org and .com and I kept forgetting which was which.

This post reminded me to make a siri shortcut that just opens safari to http://captive.apple.com to trigger the captive portal.

Introducing Galaxy Z TriFold

Helithumper — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:43:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.samsungmobilepress.com/press-releases/introducing-galaxy-z-trifold-the-shape-of-whats-next-in-mobile-innovation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46117628

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by Helithumper in "Virgin and Qantas to ban use of portable power banks after string of fires"

Helithumper — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 03:15:29 +0000

Title should be updated to Virgin Australia. The article doesn't reference Virgin Atlantic or any other Virgin brands.

New comment by Helithumper in "Learn to play Go"

Helithumper — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:24:17 +0000

Can confirm. Visited a Go Salon once. It makes a retirement home look young. Wouldn't be surprised if average age was 80+.

New comment by Helithumper in "Cache of devices capable of crashing cell network is found in NYC"

Helithumper — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:32:49 +0000

https://www.reuters.com/legal/republican-operatives-pay-125-...

https://www.nysenate.gov/sites/default/files/admin/structure...

New comment by Helithumper in "Matterport walkthrough of the original Microsoft Building 3"

Helithumper — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 04:30:05 +0000

Relevant Blogpost: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250708-00/?p=11...

New comment by Helithumper in "Pico.sh – SSH powered services for developers"

Helithumper — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:45:18 +0000

Could be useful to have a tool similar to https://git.0x0.st/mia/0x0#moderation-ui

GitHub has gone – long live Forgejo

Helithumper — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:04:59 +0000

Article URL: https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114233788700982882

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509388

Points: 12

# Comments: 2

Framework (2nd Gen) Event – 2025 Launch Event

Helithumper — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:46:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8k7jTF_JCg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43175708

Points: 15

# Comments: 9

New comment by Helithumper in "Kevin Mitnik FOIA Final"

Helithumper — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:01:59 +0000

Surprised that personal info such as Kevin’s SSN wasn’t removed prior to release.

New comment by Helithumper in "Using an 8K TV as a Monitor"

Helithumper — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:44:44 +0000

Reminds me of Michael Stapelberg's 8k Monitor Setup:

https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2017-12-11-dell-up3218k

https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2020-05-23-desk-setup

New comment by Helithumper in "Gut microbiota markers for autism spectrum disorder"

Helithumper — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:59:59 +0000

Is it just me or has there been an article trying to deduce the cause of Autism at least once a week for a while now?

New comment by Helithumper in "Qualcomm AI/Copilot PCs don't live up to the hype"

Helithumper — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 03:27:21 +0000

Got mine in today (Surface Pro 11th Gen). Overall a big meh. Performance was okay, Battery life was okay. Returning mine due to Microsoft's lackluster Surface line being the actual worst machine I've used in years. Most things ran aside from Persona 5 for some reason.

New comment by Helithumper in "They make USB-C cables with displays now"

Helithumper — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 05:29:41 +0000

You're not alone, this is the only type of USB cable i've had that has smoked out. Loud noise, little plume.

New comment by Helithumper in "Cost of self hosting Llama-3 8B-Instruct"

Helithumper — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 20:56:28 +0000

You can also just directly connect to containers using Tailscale if it's just for internal use. That is, having an internally addressable `https://container_name` on your tailnet per-container if you want. This way I can setup Immich for example and it's just on my tailnet at `https://immich` without the need for a reverse proxy, etc...

https://tailscale.com/blog/docker-tailscale-guide