Hacker News: JshWright

New comment by JshWright in "Khamenei Dead"

JshWright — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 03:44:15 +0000

They why haven't they done that in any previous round of attacks? The risk of loosing credibility and giving Iran the opportunity for a propaganda win significantly outweighs any benefit to lying about this.

New comment by JshWright in "Khamenei Dead"

JshWright — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:21:58 +0000

There is no benefit, and significant risk, in lying about that (it's an easily disproven claim if they're lying).

I don't trust them because I like them. I trust them because being truthful is in their best interest (and I trust they will always act in their own interest).

New comment by JshWright in "Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth"

JshWright — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:50:55 +0000

This letter is a public part of the negotiation process. It shouldn't be surprising that they are primarily using arguments that are, at least on the face, "patriotic".

New comment by JshWright in "We Will Not Be Divided"

JshWright — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:48:29 +0000

The legal name of the department is still the Department of Defense. The "Department of War" is a preferred name by the administration.

New comment by JshWright in "Radar footage shows Hellfire missile fired by US Military bounce off UFO"

JshWright — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:20:18 +0000

They are capable of hitting aerial targets as well. They have recently been deployed by the US Navy as a cheaper way to counter cheap aerial drones launched by Iranian proxies (~$100k Hellfire vs a ~$1m SM2).

https://www.twz.com/sea/littoral-combat-ship-can-now-rapidly...

New comment by JshWright in "The Gentle Singularity"

JshWright — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 02:02:40 +0000

TB killed even more than those two combined and is also on the list of “things we know how to treat, but as a society have decided not to”.

New comment by JshWright in "Athena landed in a dark crater where the temperature was -280° F / -173° C"

JshWright — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:45:58 +0000

The top-heavy design didn't help things either. I'll be shocked if they don't go three-for-three on landing sideways given IM3 has the same tall design.

New comment by JshWright in "Boom XB-1 First Supersonic Flight [video]"

JshWright — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:27:22 +0000

Scott Manley posted an interesting video including some interviews and technical details on XB-1 (as well as some time in the XB-1 simulator near the end of the video).

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

New comment by JshWright in "Gukesh becomes the youngest chess world champion in history"

JshWright — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:02:15 +0000

> After 14 games of 4+ hours each It had gone from being a dead draw with him a big favourite in tie breaks to all over in a few seconds.

_Very_ casual chess follower here. Why was Ding a big favorite in the tie breaks? My takeaway from the match was that Ding seemed to always be worse on time, so wouldn't a shorter time control favor Gukesh?

New comment by JshWright in "Healthcare companies are yanking info from their leadership pages"

JshWright — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:30:32 +0000

UHG had $22B in profits last year. They did it in part by having the highest claim denial rate of any major insurer, and things like (allegedly) using an AI based claim evaluation tool with a 90% error rate. UHG also includes other "middleman" companies that are purely extractive, like Optum.

"Profiteering" doesn't seem like that tough a claim to make here...

New comment by JshWright in "Honeycrisp apples went from marvel to mediocre"

JshWright — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:28:18 +0000

Yeah, as a resident of NY apple country (I'm ~20 minutes from Beak & Skiff, frequently voted one of the best orchards in the country), SnapDragon is the way to go.

New comment by JshWright in "France high-speed rail traffic disrupted by 'malicious acts' on Olympic ceremony"

JshWright — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 18:26:19 +0000

How do you know that this is the only spy that was caught? It seems in the west's best interest from a propaganda perspective to paint the FSB in a poor light (to discourage cooperation), and they are obviously selective about what gets disclosed.

New comment by JshWright in "CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops"

JshWright — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:32:53 +0000

lol, yep, that was my take on this... If you need a computer to run an ACLS algorithm, something has gone seriously wrong.

New comment by JshWright in "UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one installed every 25 minutes"

JshWright — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:01:33 +0000

Wow, with that amount of driving you're going to be stuck with ICE cars for a while. I suspect you're a significant outlier though in terms of long trips per month.

New comment by JshWright in "UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one installed every 25 minutes"

JshWright — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:58:55 +0000

There are a bunch of reasons why it wouldn't be worth implementing, but it would be cool if you could tell it how long you thought you would be in the store and it could adjust the charging time to be a bit gentler on the battery.

I'm sure it wouldn't get used much (unless the UI was very front and center, and maybe recommended a time based on your previous stops at that charger), and Tesla would be somewhat disincentivized to build it anyway as their goal is to get as many unique cars through the charger as possible, but it would still be neat...

New comment by JshWright in "UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one installed every 25 minutes"

JshWright — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:54:25 +0000

> We had the car in winter, perhaps didn’t help.

Yeah, especially if it wasn't the higher end model with a heat pump. Winter is definitely the biggest challenge for EV range at the moment (if you live in a place where heating is necessary for any significant part of the year a heat pump is pretty much a requirement).

New comment by JshWright in "UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one installed every 25 minutes"

JshWright — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:45:16 +0000

Which is plenty for most folks (I originally planned on installing a Level 2 charger in my garage, but found it was completely unnecessary and just charge off a standard outlet)

New comment by JshWright in "UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one installed every 25 minutes"

JshWright — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:41:58 +0000

240V/13A is significantly more power than the standard outlets in the US (120V/15A), but even here in the US I find a level 1 charger is more than sufficient to cover my daily driving by charging overnight.

New comment by JshWright in "UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one installed every 25 minutes"

JshWright — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:40:32 +0000

You probably don't need fast charging for charging overnight. I charge my EV off a standard 120V/15A outlet and that's more than enough to keep the battery topped up.

A level 1 charger will add 3-4 miles of range every hour it's plugged in. Assuming you don't have some wildly long commute, that's easily enough to cover most people's daily driving in 8-10 hours of charging overnight.

New comment by JshWright in "Boeing's starliner docks at ISS after five thrusters unexpectedly shut off"

JshWright — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:03:18 +0000

NASA is just the customer. Starliner is built by Boeing.