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New comment by _fs in "The human-in-the-loop is tired"

_fs — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:21:54 +0000

You created a new account for this?

New comment by _fs in "Aerial Photographs (2017)"

_fs — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:35:58 +0000

If you found that interesting, UCSB has a huge free database that covers California and a few areas outside of CA, mostly on the west coast: https://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_indexes/FrameFinder/

New comment by _fs in "Iran requires insurance on ships using Strait of Hormuz, fees likely to follow"

_fs — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 01:14:23 +0000

This is updated weekly. https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/us-naval-update-map-j...

New comment by _fs in "Iran Delays U.S. Peace Talks over Israeli Attacks in Lebanon"

_fs — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:22:19 +0000

I dont think anyone believes Iran is worried about the people of Lebanon. The point people are making is that for some reason Iran has all the power in a supposed cease fire and used that power to add requirements that were not possible to enforce by the US. US was outplayed and outsmarted by a supposed "lesser" nation. Now when the US makes "defensive attacks" on Iran when Iran once again closes the straight due to Israeli violations (even though they were not part of the MoU), it further erodes the US moral high ground.

New comment by _fs in "U.S. pulling ocean sensors a 'shock' for Canadian research as El Niño nears"

_fs — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:28:05 +0000

Cost has nothing to do with it. This was all laid out in the project 2025 manifesto. Burn it all down with no regard to money previously invested. Makes it harder for future administrations to rebuild. Halting the collection of data is not enough. Maintenance is 5% or less of the cost to deploy new. If they destroy it, it makes the cost to rebuild (including having to re-seek congressional approval) that much harder and time consuming.

New comment by _fs in "The desperation of NYTimes"

_fs — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:51:30 +0000

if (and a BIG if) you are california, you can get a library card to any in state library, regardless of where in the state you live. Between San Francisco, LA, and San Diego, I think I have pretty much the full suite of anything I can borrow from the eLibrary system.

New comment by _fs in "Handmade Hawaiian Islands Map"

_fs — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:12:01 +0000

I have a fondness for map making and I enjoy your style regardless of digital or physical media. Have you ever created an article on your process? I'd be interested in reading about your flow.

New comment by _fs in "Handmade Hawaiian Islands Map"

_fs — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:08:01 +0000

I do not think there are any hand drawn maps. From what I can tell, its Adobe fresco with digital watercolor and digital copic pens. Still looks great, but there is a lot of confusion on the process.

New comment by _fs in "The famous O3 "GeoGuessr" prompt did not work"

_fs — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:17:13 +0000

I still return to O3 often. I enjoy metal detecting and O3 has been excellent at identifying unknown finds. It will spend 5-10 minutes in python adjusting the photo, zooming, cropping and manipulating it to get a better understanding of the object. And it's guesses, though not perfect, are often spot on. Newer models will never manipulate the photo and usually give a "guess" within 30 seconds. The guesses coming from the newer models rarely are even in the ballpark of the item.

It will be a sad day when O3 goes away.

New comment by _fs in "r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming"

_fs — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:52:18 +0000

Do you think that this is not happening here?

New comment by _fs in "Our Experience with I-Ready"

_fs — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:00:54 +0000

Thank you for this excellent idea. I tried this today. Plugged in my daughters favorite games, asked claude code to develop some web games based on her own preferences. Coded up 3 web games that she has now been playing for almost 45 minutes, practicing her multiplication tables. I refined them to allow server side stats, so I know which games she is playing, where she is in her practice, and utilizing spaced repetition. She has never been able to sit down and work on i-ready for more then 15-20 minutes at a time at home. Big win. I choose exactly what she is learning and practicing, she gets tailor made games that appeal to her.

New comment by _fs in "US orders 2,200 Marines to Middle East"

_fs — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:23:12 +0000

they are likely going to try to take Kharg island. Trump suddenly started talking about this as a target in the hours preceding the announcement of the deployment. He gives away everything that the US is about to do if you pay attention to his truth social posts.

New comment by _fs in "Old Insurance Maps – Georeferencing Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps on Modern Maps"

_fs — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:19:07 +0000

Funny how this pops up on hacker news today. I have been working on an off and on again project in the same vein. But instead of sanford maps, I have been ripping and downloading GLO surveys. I now have about 3TB worth of 200k+ mid 1800 surveys done by the USGS (GLO at the time). My next step was to create a method of presenting this data. Do you think that your OHMG would help me here?

Its a similar problem that you faced, stripping off the extra image data from the map, then overlaying them on a base map. I might have a slightly easier time, since these surveys mostly line up to existing township/ranges of the PLSS, not at individual house/street level like the sanborn maps. I've manually done the process many times, most in ArcGIS, but have used a few others (like oldmapsonline). Your site was new to me, and the presentation looks great.

Here's an example of the type of survey I'm working with. https://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/maps/06317a09-5426-41e0-aa8...

New comment by _fs in "Greenland Crisis"

_fs — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:17:04 +0000

Its the latest manosphere talking point. Pretty much a repeat of saying all protestors are paid by George Soros and the Clintons.

Man got $2,500 whole-body MRI that found no problems – then had stroke

_fs — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:11:40 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/man-got-2500-whole-body-mri-that-found-no-problems-then-had-massive-stroke/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46619832

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New comment by _fs in "Sora Update #1"

_fs — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 02:26:16 +0000

is it still invite only? I tried downloading the app to give it a whirl, but apparently you need a code to even open the app

New comment by _fs in "US High school students' scores fall in reading and math"

_fs — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:30:54 +0000

A school's budget is tied directly to attendance. Less students = less budget.

New comment by _fs in "Administration will review all 55M visa holders for deportable violations"

_fs — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:50:38 +0000

You say that as if Palantir does not already have all this information ready for AI analysis today.

New comment by _fs in "M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific, tsunami warning issued"

_fs — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 01:19:03 +0000

Air alarms are going off in Hawaii. Still a few hours away, but they are not joking around. Saying it can wrap around all the islands and hit anywhere

New comment by _fs in "Texas has banned talking on college campuses at night. Seriously"

_fs — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:33:10 +0000

This you? What made your stance on this subject change?

  fuzzbazz 10 months ago | parent | context | prev | next  [–] | on: Brazilian court orders suspension of X

  How can you even have democracy without freedom of speech?
  How can you freely choose who to vote without free exchange of information?