Hacker News: a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=a_gnosticHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:28:25 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "Receive push notifications from your rice cooker"]]>My pi won't phone home, Echo constantly does.

]]>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:51:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39912497a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39912497https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39912497<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "A rudimentary simulation of the three-body problem"]]>Not to forget https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com

]]>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:38:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39912425a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39912425https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39912425<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "Mycenaean Warriors and the Sea-Peoples (2013)"]]>That one's good! For an alternate perspective, check episodes 0028 and 0027 of The Dangerous History Podcast (1)

1. https://profcj.org/

]]>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 02:46:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39901895a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39901895https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39901895<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "Self-driving semi-trucks are coming to America's highways"]]>I'd love to watch a truck put on its' own chains, or deal with any number of situations our truckers deal with on a regular basis. Truth is, self-driving vehicles will only be feasible for the last mile, backing, parking, or fair weather interstate cruising.

]]>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 02:04:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39890200a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39890200https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39890200<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "Why quantum entanglement doesn't allow faster-than-light communication (2016)"]]>Did you know, antimatter is just time-reversed matter?

So where did all our antimatter go… ?

Yes, this ties into this.

]]>Sat, 30 Mar 2024 13:59:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39874953a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39874953https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39874953<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "Why quantum entanglement doesn't allow faster-than-light communication (2016)"]]>Hence, "c".

]]>Sat, 30 Mar 2024 13:52:13 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39874888a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39874888https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39874888<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "Why quantum entanglement doesn't allow faster-than-light communication (2016)"]]>The universe is not split, though. You just perceive it that way. Think of it as a wave function, where some of the time, some waves cancel each other out, and are not observed, and some of the time they are amplified and easily observable.

]]>Sat, 30 Mar 2024 10:24:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39873488a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39873488https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39873488<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco"]]>Brother has been pretty good with ink. Even allows 3rd party.

]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 02:05:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39812281a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39812281https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39812281<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco"]]>The cloud is just someone else's computer.

]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 02:04:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39812276a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39812276https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39812276<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "The Future of Electric Vehicles at the Zero Emissions Fleet Event [video]"]]>CanEV Might-E Truck https://canev.com/pages/might-e-truck

Peterbilt 579EV 0-Emission Truck https://www.peterbilt.com/trucks/electric/579EV

Mean Green Electric Mowers https://meangreenproducts.com/

Freightliner eM2 0-Emission Truck https://www.freightliner.com/trucks/em2/

Mobile EV Charging Station https://www.mcharging.com/

HaiSea Wamis Electric Tug Boat https://www.seaspan.com/press-release/haisea-marine-warmly-w...

Edison Motors Hybrid Electric Truck https://www.edisonmotors.ca/

]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:23:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39811777a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39811777https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39811777<![CDATA[The Future of Electric Vehicles at the Zero Emissions Fleet Event [video]]]>Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN-JabsfXUg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39811776

Points: 9

# Comments: 1

]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:23:25 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN-JabsfXUga_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39811776https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39811776<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "The driest place on Earth"]]>Plus Mars' atmosphere has tons of CO2. Think of the carbon credits!

]]>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 00:37:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39804127a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39804127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39804127<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "The driest place on Earth"]]>> Why do people want to go to Mars?

Because cool giant robots and flying cars are more feasible under lower gravity.

]]>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 00:35:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39804113a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39804113https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39804113<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "'Gen X has had to learn or die': Mid-career workers are facing ageism"]]>Unions "represent" employees, and represent the union itself.

]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:00:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39789009a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39789009https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39789009<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "'Gen X has had to learn or die': Mid-career workers are facing ageism"]]>Same. Used to be able to tell old people to go ask a kid to troubleshoot their e-mail software, but it seems to stop at my generation.

]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:58:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39788994a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39788994https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39788994<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "The baffling intelligence of a single cell: The story of E. coli chemotaxis"]]>A gotcha was not intended. I commented in your support, with mild humor implied.

]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:53:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39788969a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39788969https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39788969<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "Users say Glassdoor added real names to user profiles without their consent"]]>Posted previously https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39785815

]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 05:33:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39787716a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39787716https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39787716<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "The baffling intelligence of a single cell: The story of E. coli chemotaxis"]]>Even that is physics.

]]>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:44:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39778433a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39778433https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39778433<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "Space Shuttle teleprinter reverse engineering"]]>Communism is the very definition of failure.

Return, refit, and redeploy to purge the stain of this failure with the peroxide of victory!

]]>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:03:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39766695a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39766695https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39766695<![CDATA[New comment by a_gnostic in "Space Shuttle teleprinter reverse engineering"]]>Inkjets need a gas cartridge.

https://www.spacepen.com/our-story

]]>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:47:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39766437a_gnostichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39766437https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39766437