Hacker News: basicplus2

New comment by basicplus2 in "Self Hosting a Google Maps Alternative with OpenStreetMap"

basicplus2 — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 02:15:30 +0000

High Fidelity.. Pity their road names don't zoom up to some degree.. it is so hard to read the road names, that as an old bugger i need a magnifying glass..

New comment by basicplus2 in "Crypto is the 'commoditisation of populist anger, gambling and crime'"

basicplus2 — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:13:39 +0000

It is absolutely correct to say reversing a transaction is a classic source of fraud.

Errors made should always be reversed by a separate transaction for an audit trail.

New comment by basicplus2 in "Reconstructing images a person sees via non-invasive brain scans"

basicplus2 — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 02:42:20 +0000

looks more like images/ combined images from an AI data base of previously collected images rather than just "reading the brain" outright

New comment by basicplus2 in "‘Out of control’ Tesla Model Y crash in China leaves two dead"

basicplus2 — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 04:40:59 +0000

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DtWdE4ua9Q8

New comment by basicplus2 in "PayPal inactivity fee"

basicplus2 — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 03:37:24 +0000

They may not be a bank but they get the earnings on all that money sitting there.. it is a source of funds for the business.

New comment by basicplus2 in "Money Creation in the Modern Economy – Its a Wonderful Lie"

basicplus2 — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 01:50:37 +0000

Not so.. for example in Australia..

https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/GST/In-detail/Rules-for-spec...

New comment by basicplus2 in "Baking bread with a hot car"

basicplus2 — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:13:59 +0000

There is a group of American Private pilots who go on regular trips in their aircrafts and cook lunch in their aircraft engine bays.

Sorry could not find a link..

New comment by basicplus2 in "Fake account and $8 blue checkmark wipe $20B off Eli Lilly's market cap"

basicplus2 — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:04:59 +0000

I presume they are talking about Eli and who ever pranked them

New comment by basicplus2 in "Save London's Gas Lamps: Campaign Grows to Keep Our Heritage Glowing"

basicplus2 — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 01:37:21 +0000

"They also burn a fossil fuel, which is more detrimental to the environment than low-power LEDs"

True however the true cleverness was that they burn the fumes coming off the sewerage system safely disposing of formally dangerous build ups of the gas while getting brighter at the same time.

So essentially fossil fuel is only a part of what they burn.

New comment by basicplus2 in "Mysterious company with government ties plays key internet role"

basicplus2 — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 23:57:09 +0000

https://web.archive.org/web/20221109141256/https://www.washi...

Police use DNA to create picture of murder suspects face

basicplus2 — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 05:45:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-09/qld-police-cold-case-gold-coast-owen-crabbe-dna-profile/101633810

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33527901

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by basicplus2 in "Research: Disconnection, not teens’ screen time, is the problem"

basicplus2 — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 12:52:13 +0000

Except the screen time is causing the disconnect..

New comment by basicplus2 in "General Mills latest to halt Twitter ads as Musk takeover sparks brand exodus"

basicplus2 — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 12:50:08 +0000

More likely than anything all these companies will realise not advertising makes no difference anyway.

New comment by basicplus2 in "United Airlines Blocking Seats Due to Passenger Weight"

basicplus2 — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 14:21:06 +0000

The logical thing to do is reduce seat numbers on planes and give everyone more room

New comment by basicplus2 in "Ask HN: Have you set up a procedure to disclose your passwords in case of death?"

basicplus2 — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:16:46 +0000

Written down on paper in a safe

New comment by basicplus2 in "Classic 50mm “Normal” Lens"

basicplus2 — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 22:59:32 +0000

"Human normal" is actually 47.5mm

New comment by basicplus2 in "Musk fired Twitter execs in attempt to avoid payouts"

basicplus2 — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:46:26 +0000

and payback for not letting him reneg on buying twitter

Cosco (China Ocean Shipping Company)

basicplus2 — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:18:26 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COSCO

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33324491

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Yevgeny Prigozhin- Vladimir Putin's chef revealed as Wagner Group mercenary boss

basicplus2 — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 13:47:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-23/yevgeny-prigozhin-the-rise-of-vladimir-putins-so-called-chef/101555386