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New comment by artificialidiot in "BMW Ends Combustion Engine Production in Germany"

artificialidiot — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 08:17:46 +0000

A car is not just four wheels strapped to an engine.

New comment by artificialidiot in "Battery electric vehicles are like Concorde"

artificialidiot — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:36:22 +0000

What's with the constant bad mouthing of EVs that I've been seeing on social media for the last 3 months? They have been on the market for the last decade and there are no unknowns about them.

Is the competition with chinese EVs so hard that only way out is to buy out the public opinion?

New comment by artificialidiot in "UV-emitting nail polish dryers damage DNA and cause mutations in cells"

artificialidiot — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 08:18:39 +0000

They emit UVA which has less energy and body has better defenses for it, but it is not as readily blocked as UVB or UVC, although some would imagine the resin and pigments for this application are designed to absorb UVA more.

I think most risk has to do with manufacturers' lax attitude for safety and consumer expectations and impatience.

Not that it is a particularly healthy thing to radiate oneself with UV but what is life without some color.

New comment by artificialidiot in "PicoCAD – A tiny modeller for tiny models"

artificialidiot — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:06:38 +0000

I never thought I would feel nostalgic about j2me. So cute.

New comment by artificialidiot in "Python multi-level break and continue"

artificialidiot — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 08:06:18 +0000

I think it boils down to "early exit" v.s. "single return" style. More than likely, the average programmer will pick the style they've been taught at school or whichever was preached more.

I think early exit constructs improve readability and python already offers a lot of syntax open to abuse at this point. (things you can write with nested list/dict comprehensions with if conditions/expressions scattered..)

New comment by artificialidiot in "Ask HN: What are the purchases under $300 that have improved your life?"

artificialidiot — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 19:46:59 +0000

1. Air filter 2. Dehumidifier

New comment by artificialidiot in "Lon Lat Lon Lat"

artificialidiot — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 08:41:56 +0000

Yeah, it is actually silly if you don't have a decent DEM, though you can get away with a geoid approximation if you only want to render a pretty picture for someone navigating to the nearest ATM.

New comment by artificialidiot in "'Dutch reach' rule change to Highway Code welcomed"

artificialidiot — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:07:32 +0000

There is a side mirror on the car. Use it.

New comment by artificialidiot in "What’s the jankiest piece of tech you’ve seen a company depend on?"

artificialidiot — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:15:23 +0000

TYPO3 CMS

New comment by artificialidiot in "Nokia XR20 Mobile"

artificialidiot — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:58:14 +0000

I used my E6 for almost ten years (replaced the battery once). 3~4 years is just the life of the lithium battery. Nowadays it is the software's fault that perfectly serviceable devices are out of use. I give about 1½ years before they give up.

New comment by artificialidiot in "Audi abandons combustion engine development"

artificialidiot — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 05:32:51 +0000

you won't be able to pump at a gas station but you'll still be able to buy cans of racing blends.

New comment by artificialidiot in "Google-Free Android Smartphones Are Now Available in the U.S."

artificialidiot — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 17:41:55 +0000

Nokia X worked pretty good without google. Shame it was killed along with Nokia itself.

New comment by artificialidiot in "Many small queries are efficient in SQLite"

artificialidiot — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:22:29 +0000

I am working on an app that needs some GIS features. Spatialite and GDAL cover my use case. You can even eliminate GDAL if you don't retrieve data as binary but it is useful in other places too.

Opera: Phantom of the Turnaround – 70% Downside

artificialidiot — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 02:32:11 +0000

Article URL: https://hindenburgresearch.com/opera-phantom-of-the-turnaround/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25174415

Points: 12

# Comments: 5

New comment by artificialidiot in "The Art of Oatmeal"

artificialidiot — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:45:35 +0000

I like rolled oats with yogurt and spices (pepper, chilli and thyme mostly). Not sweet, not slimy..

New comment by artificialidiot in "Let's Build a Can Stirling Engine (2000)"

artificialidiot — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 04:31:43 +0000

iirc panasonic had one generator. small scale internal combustion engines are popular because power to weight ratio allows the same design to be used in other equipment and it has near instantaneous power regulation.

New comment by artificialidiot in "Why shaving dulls even the sharpest of razors"

artificialidiot — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:32:25 +0000

I think that blue bar is just for lubrication. You can shave just with water if enough of it is there

New comment by artificialidiot in "Relax for the Same Result (2015)"

artificialidiot — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:32:28 +0000

Riding a bike works like that. 2-3 minutes is a huge difference in terms of power output required. Headwinds can sap your power. Going slightly above your average feels like a headwind. A coach potato like me can output about a hundred watts on a good day so if you have money to spare and want to go faster, buy upgrades. 3 watts here, 2 watts there and you are at +10% ;)

New comment by artificialidiot in "Opinions I have formed about the “geospatial industry”"

artificialidiot — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 05:23:37 +0000

I agree to all points. For point 6. Mapbox is a big contender for ESRI's current position.

For 8. Openstreetmap, GDAL and associated open source ecosystem offers a solution to proprietary format and API of the month problem to a degree. It is not surprising that there is no money flowing if mapping is not a core business of the users.

Aerial and satellite imagery is the heavily regulated and lucrative part of any mapping solution. If you are allowed and able to obtain that, you can probably get by just selling the raw imagery without geospatial processing.

New comment by artificialidiot in "Studies show Alzheimer’s occurs more often in people exposed to polluted air"

artificialidiot — Thu, 14 May 2020 09:28:17 +0000

Half the world economy is dedicated to run the automotive industry. Not happening anytime soon sadly..