Hacker News: chrisbolt

New comment by chrisbolt in "Amazon to shut down Go and Fresh stores"

chrisbolt — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:21:04 +0000

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46781444

New comment by chrisbolt in "US airlines are pushing to remove protections for passengers and add more fees"

chrisbolt — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:49:10 +0000

Looking at the numbers, for example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines#Business_trend...

United had their highest revenue in 2024, and their profit margin was... 5.5%. Would reducing your ticket price by 5.5% make any difference?

New comment by chrisbolt in "US airlines are pushing to remove protections for passengers and add more fees"

chrisbolt — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:40:56 +0000

Seatguru hasn't been updated in ages, use https://www.aerolopa.com instead

New comment by chrisbolt in "Are electric cars that much cheaper to operate?"

chrisbolt — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:12:48 +0000

> That's why fast chargers cost significantly more.

Utilities also charge higher per-kW rates due to the high demand to be able to charge each car at 250 or more kW.

https://pluginamerica.org/understanding-demand-charges/

New comment by chrisbolt in "LG and Samsung are making TV screens disappear"

chrisbolt — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:06:02 +0000

Note that this is talking about Apple TV+, their streaming service, not the Apple TV device itself.

New comment by chrisbolt in "AI is exhausting the power grid"

chrisbolt — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 21:12:40 +0000

https://xkcd.com/605/

New comment by chrisbolt in "Apple is launching its own password manager app"

chrisbolt — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:41:52 +0000

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40636292

New comment by chrisbolt in "One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence"

chrisbolt — Tue, 21 May 2024 17:30:24 +0000

There are times when the pilots are expecting turbulence, when they are notified by ATC or other planes ahead of them. During that time, the light means passengers shouldn't use the lavatories.

New comment by chrisbolt in "Singapore Airlines flight hits turbulence, 1 dead, 7 critically injured"

chrisbolt — Tue, 21 May 2024 17:24:58 +0000

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40426801

New comment by chrisbolt in "IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4B deal"

chrisbolt — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:02:18 +0000

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149136

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149095

Rumor: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40135303

New comment by chrisbolt in "Meta 'Opening Up' Quest Headset Operating System to Rivals"

chrisbolt — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 03:49:37 +0000

Discussed yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40115554

New comment by chrisbolt in "How Amazon Became the Largest Private EV Charging Operator in the US"

chrisbolt — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:14:09 +0000

Probably ChargePoint: https://www.edmunds.com/electric-car/articles/largest-ev-cha...

New comment by chrisbolt in "Bitcoin Block 840000"

chrisbolt — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:44:48 +0000

That transaction appears to have an image attached: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/2fc565c... (see Ordinals Inscription)

New comment by chrisbolt in "Tesla recalls all cybertrucks for faulty accelerator pedals"

chrisbolt — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:00:34 +0000

If you press both the accelerator and brake in a Tesla, it slows the car down and shows a message in the instrument cluster that both pedals are pressed: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/while-breaking-if-yo...

New comment by chrisbolt in "Amazon ditches 'just walk out' checkouts at its grocery stores"

chrisbolt — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 06:34:32 +0000

EAS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_article_surveillanc...

New comment by chrisbolt in "Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison"

chrisbolt — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:04:37 +0000

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39852953

New comment by chrisbolt in "U.S. bans asbestos, which kills 40k a year"

chrisbolt — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:26:06 +0000

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39746806

New comment by chrisbolt in "Pilot of Boeing flight says he lost control after instrument failure"

chrisbolt — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:20:05 +0000

Reminiscent of AF447[0] which also involved pilots making conflicting inputs.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

New comment by chrisbolt in "FAA Audit of Boeing's 737 MAX Production Found Dozens of Issues"

chrisbolt — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:31:54 +0000

I wonder how that would compare to an audit of other manufacturers like Airbus or Embraer.

New comment by chrisbolt in "[dead]"

chrisbolt — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 22:19:20 +0000

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39621458