<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: TotempaaltJ</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=TotempaaltJ</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:50:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=TotempaaltJ" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Boom announces successful flight of XB-1 demonstrator aircraft"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If it ain't broke...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:11:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39793224</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39793224</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39793224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sure, but they clearly haven't "scrubbed all references" of their open weights from their site.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 22:19:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39567465</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39567465</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39567465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There's a "Download" button for their open models literally two clicks away from the homepage.<p>Click "Learn more" under the big "Committing to open models" heading on the homepage. Then, because their deeplinking is bad, click "Open" in the toggle at the top. There's your download link.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:11:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39566246</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39566246</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39566246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Starlink terminal revision 4: overview and tests"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You could try the EU small claims court: <a href="https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/dealing-with-customers/solving-disputes/european-small-claims-procedure/index_en.htm" rel="nofollow">https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/dealing-with-customers...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:01:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39548287</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39548287</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39548287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Marilyn vos Savant and the Monty Hall Problem (2015)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Vos Savant mentions this, and she's kept track of who did and didn't understand the conditions:<p>> And a very small percentage of readers feel convinced that the furor is resulting from people not realizing that the host is opening a losing door on purpose. (But they haven’t read my mail! The great majority of people understand the conditions perfectly.)<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181118225305/http://marilynvossavant.com/game-show-problem/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20181118225305/http://marilynvos...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:14:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39514834</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39514834</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39514834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Marilyn vos Savant and the Monty Hall Problem (2015)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've read through this thread, and for anyone criticising the Monty Hall problem, the article, or Vos Savant herself, I recommend reading the original responses by Vos Savant, available on her website on te Internet Archive: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181118225305/http://marilynvossavant.com/game-show-problem/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20181118225305/http://marilynvos...</a><p>They address every single (meta) concern I've read here.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:08:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39514741</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39514741</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39514741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Marilyn vos Savant and the Monty Hall Problem (2015)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Little bit off-topic, but I love how probability gets you into phrasing like "the goat isn't distributed over those two doors"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:01:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39514628</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39514628</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39514628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "28-ton, 1.2-megawatt tidal kite is now exporting power to the grid"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> The current national average (through Q2 2022) of homes powered by a MW of solar is 173.<p><a href="https://www.seia.org/initiatives/whats-megawatt" rel="nofollow">https://www.seia.org/initiatives/whats-megawatt</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:31:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39344529</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39344529</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39344529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My guess is that this is still acquiring the email tech, but Notion has no interest in end-to-end encryption. They don't care for the customer base, since those are all with Skiff (partially) for the E2EE stuff.<p>I'd bet they'll either unravel the E2EE from Skiff's software to relaunch it under their brad, or use their newly acquired expertise to build a Notion Email service from the ground up.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 11:37:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325425</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325425</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "RustConf 2023 – Infrastructure for Rust [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I thought this was a very interesting and accessible talk by the lead of Rust's Infrastructure team about the complexities that come with building a language at the scale of the Rust language. He gives lots of specific numbers, and also reveals some of the plans to deal with future growth.</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luBJvcGg9HQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luBJvcGg9HQ</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325015">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325015</a></p>
<p>Points: 9</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:10:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luBJvcGg9HQ</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325015</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "What happened with the Web Monetization API?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think another interesting development related to this space is GNU Taler[0], which has gotten EU and NLnet grants, and could probably hook into these APIs.<p>[0]: <a href="https://taler.net/en/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://taler.net/en/index.html</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:18:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39275104</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39275104</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39275104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industry"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I googled "plastic harm", immediately hit this Wikipedia page (linked to relevant section):<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_pollution#Effects" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_pollution#Effects</a><p>It's fairly well sourced. Some examples of harm from plastics, mostly on the environment:<p>> Degradation (changes in the ecosystem state) and modifications of marine systems are associated with loss of ecosystem services and values.<p>> in 2019, production and incineration of plastic will contribute greenhouse gases in the equivalent of 850 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere<p>> For example, in Bangkok flood risk increases substantially because of plastic waste clogging the already overburdened sewer system.<p>> Marine wildlife such as seabirds, whales, fish and turtles mistake plastic waste for prey; most then die of starvation as their stomachs become filled with plastic. They also suffer from lacerations, infections, reduced ability to swim, and internal injuries.<p>> When analyzing the effect of polyethylene microbeads (origin: cosmetic exfoliants) on the aquatic macrophyte L. minor, no effect on photosynthetic pigments & productivity was found, but root growth and root cell viability decreased.<p>But this one's about humans:<p>> By affecting the thyroid hormone axis, BPA exposure can lead to hypothyroidism.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2024 21:59:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39245181</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39245181</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39245181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industry"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>To be fair, we don't need it to overtake, or even come close to, the entire plastic industry. It'd already be nice if it, and other sustainable materials, could chip away at different uses of petroplastics.</p>
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<p>Certainly sounds like you're hyper-selecting to your own biases and ignoring real evidence when it doesn't agree with your personal observations.</p>
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<p>I thought that, remapped it, and it turned out to be incredibly easy to swap over. I think it's because it's so much nicer to use.</p>
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<p>> How that can support the R&D or future capital-heavy expansion?<p>I guess if it's showing enough promise to be profitable on its own (workout R&D and expansion costs), Google can probably spare a few more billions.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:33:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38711191</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38711191</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38711191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Mixtral of experts"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> EU budget cut by half<p>I realize this is a joke, but the EU being the EU, it of course <i>does</i> publish[0] information on its translation costs. In 2023, translation in fact is budgeted for only 0.2% of the total EU budget. All costs included, that's €349 million for EU translation services.<p>[0]: <a href="https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/86b29f2e-bc97-11ed-8912-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-298291572" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/86b...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:42:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38600545</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38600545</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38600545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "China is building nuclear reactors faster than any other country"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> justify the removal of regulation<p>Specifically I'd say the "refactoring" of regulation. Plenty of regulation around that has correct intent but bad implementation.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:28:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38487835</link><dc:creator>TotempaaltJ</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38487835</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38487835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TotempaaltJ in "Italy bans cultivated meat products"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> lower quality than real meat<p>Strawman, no one said anything about the quality of the meat.<p>> higher cost<p>Literally the opposite of what GP said?<p>> those who go to sleep hungry(children)<p>Weird appeal to emotion.</p>
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