<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: darkclouds</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=darkclouds</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:41:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=darkclouds" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darkclouds in "What the damaged Svalbard cable looked like"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_amplifier#Doped_fiber_amplifiers" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_amplifier#Doped_fiber_...</a><p>The crush to the cable could be a number of things but without knowing the terrain, and knowing these cables just lie on the sea floor, it could be caused by  the cable sitting on some jagged rock and has been pulled tight elsewhere (perhaps by fisherman dredging the seabed) resulting in the cable being forced onto the jagged rock and it being crushed onto the rock.<p>Likewise, but unlikely, some heavy object from above has some how landed on the cable, perhaps even a submarine of sorts resting on the seabed.<p>Again knowledge of the terrain of the sea floor where the cable crush took place is key into gaining some idea of what might have happened, but I think its the first scenario, a fisherman dredging the sea floor elsewhere has caught and pulled the cable tight and the cable crush is the damage from it resting on rocks where its snagged and crushed itself from the tautness.<p>Rock climbers and abseilers using ropes will see this with their ropes.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2024 21:35:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40485596</link><dc:creator>darkclouds</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40485596</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40485596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darkclouds in "Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Lets not forget that the British Govt banned Russia Today from broadcasting in the UK a few years back. Such is their planning and manipulation of events on the global stage!<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/18/will-ofcoms-decision-to-ban-rt-stop-kremlin-message-reaching-uk-audiences" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/18/will-ofcoms-de...</a><p>Notice a pattern with the British Govt? They get their "independent" depts and businesses to do their dirty work for deniability!</p>
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<p>Someone who worked for the British Military told me back in the early 00's the US military (but could be any part of the US govt) had the ability to bowl up outside a building and "tune" into any of the pc they could detect. It didnt matter what floor of an office block they were on, how far away from a window they were, they had a special suitcase for remote accessing any and all pc's they wanted.<p>Dont know how true it was or is, but I've seen some of these devices now advertised online. I'd provide a link if only Google & Bing would deliver the results, and were also psychologically engaged in warfare on the population.</p>
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<p>>  the fact that the popups often don't load until all the page views are fetched (I'm assuming because of some rate limiting on Wikipedia's side),<p>Its a nice idea, but the Wiki backend might be the reason why they abandoned their own geolocating website efforts, which might be what you are now experiencing.<p>I think it would be nice for Wiki, to have an option which includes geolocated wiki articles in the surrounding area, just like they have the "see also" at the bottom of the page sometimes.<p>Problem with this though, is this feature might also not exist to prevent article stuffing in tourist areas, or area's where realtors/estate agents might be trying to sell expensive property.<p>Nice effort and article.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:30:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39233068</link><dc:creator>darkclouds</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39233068</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39233068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darkclouds in "Cancer Is Striking More Young People, and Doctors Are Alarmed and Baffled"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wouldnt trust my life with doctors, they are no better than religious academics.<p>The drug companies know more than them!</p>
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<p>So it probably also affects Android phones and SBC like RaspberryPi's?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 03:25:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38801472</link><dc:creator>darkclouds</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38801472</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38801472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darkclouds in "How does a B-tree make queries fast?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> The crux is understanding what data access patterns you will have and what indexes / data structures accelerate that access pattern<p>We have a winner. But when looking at SQL tables/Views/Stored Procedures, the data is also stored in order in memory, in effect have a master database and files on disk, with sorted databases and files in memory for faster access.</p>
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<p>I've witnessed and experienced Police criminality so dont lecture me!<p>Utopia's dont exist, the state like religion or law like medicine is a utopia.</p>
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<p>I wasnt bought up to ask for help. It was beaten in to me by parents and teachers, to work things out myself, today that causes me significant cognitive dissonance which is legal torture and a way to make people self destruct.<p>Besides why should other people know how I'm being done over?</p>
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<p>Some people dont want to validate their existence or the bad laws that also exist on the statute books.</p>
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<p>Isnt this Findom/PayPig thing just a variation of outing GoldDiggers as seen in the link below? The fact the FinDom's are now turning to AI would suggest a level of awareness and subtle education is taking place, namely the ability to use such technology. Its a bit like when people claim to be dyslexic and thus cant read or write, but they text message and DM people on social media platforms no problem at all!<p>Of course, the AI Paypig gives the Central Banks a platform that doesnt need Ex Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernankes helicopter drops and doesnt challenge their authority when people question their methods.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2yCXeMoeyM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2yCXeMoeyM</a></p>
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<p>" We know sun-exposed skin ages versus skin protected by clothing, which doesn't show age nearly as much."<p>Is this why vampires seemed to live longer?<p>So whilst this reinforces the benefits of managing immune system response to reduce inflammation, would an anti-inflammatory diet, vegetables, acetic acid, zinc, magnesium, manganese, omega3's, leucine, lysine, histidine etc etc also have a similar effect, once its been consumed for long enough, whilst being mindful of the fact that things like the bones take a total of 10years to fully remodel?<p>As a cosmetic product it would certainly have its uses in much the same way wallpaper can cover up problem walls in a property and give some smart phone filters a run for their money as well.</p>
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<p>> He's just telling his story. He knows he fucked up. But he also knows the system is fucked.<p>Here in the UK we have something called Joint Enterprise [1] which is controversial for a numnber of reasons, I've read this chaps blog, I can relate to his circumstances in a number of ways having grown up with the rave culture in the 90's, I've seen many people turn a blind eye and escape prosecution, mainly because its too hard to prosecute, demonstrating the laziness of the police as evidence gathers and the judicary.<p>What annoys me is how these so called law abiding people manage to remain in their job. People claim to live in a democracy, none more so that many in the US, and yet AFAIK noone gets taught law as a mandatory subject when growing up. If you are not taught something how can the public even debate it? Is this the legal system applying a form of Darwinism on the population in a dictatorial fashion? Is this a form of intellectual torture being applied on some who want to enjoy themselves in non-alcoholic ways?<p>If I had the money I'd get a Judicial Review to find the reasons why judges dont want people to be taught the law as a mandatory subject for a number of reasons, and for adults to be kept up to date with legal changes in a TLDR fashion, that doesnt rely on the opinion of the state broadcaster and other news outlets.
Some people are too busy to watch/read the news, which is the only en-masse way to keep up to date currently, and there is also the issue of why is legal conformity pushed on people if they are doing no harm? Just what exactly is a democracy and do you really have a say?<p>If Roe v. Wade (1973) can mandate a change across a country like the US, are these judges who shy away from making a countrywide decision to keep people abreast of legal changes, not only undermining the idea of democracy, but also just keeping themselves in a stealth sado masochistic schadenfruede-like position of authority with accompanying lucrative income?<p>Has any scientific study measured the dopamine receptors of judges or serotonin receptors or testostorone levels when they pass a judgement? Has the scientific community shown they derive pleasure from controlling other peoples lives in non scientific ways, because I see the reoffending rate is quite high, and the system is clearly not fit for purpose.<p>To the original poster, just remember there are some people who agree with your actions, enjoy the mental mind games of programming, it can keep you occupied even when not in front of the computer. :)<p>The Law of 'Joint Enterprise': Graham Virgo Cambridge Law Faculty
[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjBwCmwpvMI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjBwCmwpvMI</a></p>
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<p>A gearbox is complex, the gears are not, the gears are complex, the teeth are not. Break things down into smaller chucks.</p>
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<p>I wonder how that C$119M per Km compares to other country's. Anyone know?</p>
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<p>Resource Burn. Meta can throw more money at any court case, so if the judge is bent, which happens, it can become a long drawn out process. Personally though, despite having the trademark for a trademark with the word "threads", note lowercase, its also got a logo filed which might complicate the situation.
<a href="https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00002613458" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00...</a><p>Plus they only have a few catagories selected from Class 9.
<a href="https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/History/1/UK00002613458" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/History/1/UK00...</a><p>Personally I would have filed the logo and word seperately to avoid any confusion, otherwise situations like this court case could present themselves, but maybe that is/was the intention when it was filed.</p>
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<p>Thanks, this appears to be useful for end of life as well.<p>Problem is GP's really dont like being challenged in my experience, and its a case of having to write papers to challenge their theories with more recent (< 30yrs) scientific discoveries and studies. In other words, I'd have to throw more recent expert stuff back at them, which is an exercise I dont have time for, but when banged up the movements are seriously curtailed, and access to the internet is seriously restricted to non existent, making it impossible to fight back once inside. Its a Kobayashi Maru in Star Trek terms!<p>Their medicines are shrouded in secrecy in the main, which also makes their judgements harder to fight.<p>When inside you dont even get a patient information leaflet for the meds they "prescribe", its effing dictatorial, Josef Mengele would be proud of the british state today!<p>Dont get me started on the patronisation by staff either!</p>
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<p>British Mental health hospitals can be like that. Locked up without any jury trial which can be 24/7 solitary with hourly suicide watch checks to keep you awake and sleep deprived, drugs forcible introduced into your system that fuck your mind and health up.<p>If you dont becomes the NHS's compliant puppet physically and mentally aka their idea of a typical model citizen, you never get let out.<p>Its beyond inhumane and healthy, but humans have had thousands of years domesticating different animals, breeding traits in and out, which can be and have been applied to humans.<p>The state, ie police and NHS can totally bypass the legal system and incarcerate people, in effect dissappearing them, unless the legal system allows this?!?</p>
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<p>I make sure they stop before stepping out in front of them. Here in the UK we have zebra black and white crossings, and the rule is (as I've been told) cars dont have to stop until your foot is on the crossing, so I stand by the crossing with one foot on the crossing, one foot on the pavement until they stop.<p>Anyway even crossing on these will see cars driving over them and I've been hit by cars on these crossings. I've been in cars where the driver has ignored the red traffic light at a pedestrian crossing, in fact the same one on the way to watch a film at a cinema and the same one on the way back.<p>The drivers problem was inexperience, and too interested in what the other passengers were saying, they wanted to join in the conversation and not pay attention to the road, and there are a lot of people whose attention dangerously fails when driving when they have passengers, but its not illegal, but using a hands free mobile phone is. Legislators and the Police are hypocrits!<p>That driver who ran two red lights at a pedestrian crossing got away with it because they were son of a British Police officer, Detective iirc, even though the pedestrian had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit.</p>
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<p>The OS developers could say that about the app developers.<p>But I havent seen a fully blown app running a business written by chatgpt.<p>To me, chatgpt is still a next generation wizard, like using a wizard from Lotus Approach.</p>
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