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New comment by dayofthedaleks in "The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers"

dayofthedaleks — Mon, 18 May 2026 20:25:54 +0000

It already goes to your local DHS Fusion Center.

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "Show HN: Hallucinopedia"

dayofthedaleks — Wed, 06 May 2026 17:37:46 +0000

You could also argue that the web has failed and poisoning it into irrelevance is a vital service, motivating humans to collect knowledge into immutable sources. We‘ll call them ‘libraries.’

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "The gay jailbreak technique (2025)"

dayofthedaleks — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:43:35 +0000

Ah yes, Data Queering.

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "Larry McMurtry's Tall Tales"

dayofthedaleks — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:27:54 +0000

https://archive.is/bCMv9

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "North Korean's 100k fake IT workers net $500M a year for Kim"

dayofthedaleks — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:57:11 +0000

Advanced Persistent Coworker

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "Man, 83, tricked by scammers, gets 21 years to life for killing Uber driver"

dayofthedaleks — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 19:02:43 +0000

Getting grifted is no excuse for shooting a stranger.

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants"

dayofthedaleks — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:08:35 +0000

Related HN thread:

ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data (eff.org) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46756117

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations"

dayofthedaleks — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:33:14 +0000

Bubble of protection is 3000 feet laterally and 1000 feet vertically. From the article:

“Unlike traditional Temporary Flight Restrictions, the NOTAM does not provide geographic coordinates, activation times, or public notification when the restriction is in effect near a specific location. Instead, the restricted airspace moves with DHS assets, meaning the no-fly zone can appear wherever ICE or other DHS units operate.”

“In practical terms, a drone operator flying legally in a public area could unknowingly enter restricted airspace if an ICE convoy passes within the protected radius.”

FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations

dayofthedaleks — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:24:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/faa-drone-no-fly-zone-ice-dhs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46755999

Points: 295

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New comment by dayofthedaleks in "AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage"

dayofthedaleks — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:00:36 +0000

Maybe worth noting in the title this is from Cory Doctorow.

https://archive.is/ctuVG

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "Rail travel is booming in America"

dayofthedaleks — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 21:32:49 +0000

The engineering is not stellar either. 96% of the line's crossings are at grade. Those intersections are undersignaled with barriers that are easy to drive around.

If you know anything about Florida drivers you won't be surprised to hear there have been 180 fatalities on Brightline since its inception in 2017.

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "America's Coming Smoke Epidemic"

dayofthedaleks — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 17:53:37 +0000

[0] - https://web.archive.org/web/20250629175151/https://www.theat...

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Trump orders"

dayofthedaleks — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:55:39 +0000

This is functionally equivalent to the Enabling Act of 1933. [0]

[0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "Endometriosis is an interesting disease"

dayofthedaleks — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 16:13:53 +0000

Any AI will most certainly reflect the biases of the bureaucracies responsible for their creation.

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "The Leaning Tower of New York"

dayofthedaleks — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 16:57:16 +0000

Assuming the neighbor to the north gave up air rights, could this be corrected with guy wires planted in the park one block away?

Makes me think a kerbal citybuilder game would be fun.

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed"

dayofthedaleks — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:44:41 +0000

Consider watching Paul Shraeder's _First Reformed_.

We're all nearly powerless but our choices do matter.

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "New forms of steel for stronger, lighter cars"

dayofthedaleks — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:55:11 +0000

My experience is that cars manufactured in the past 10 years can withstand salty rust belt winters with little or no corrosion. I'm sure metallurgy varies between manufacturers but I think you're underestimating how much practices have improved.

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "Nvd.nist.gov cert expired yesterday and uses HSTS"

dayofthedaleks — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:40:31 +0000

Some of the site's infrastructure is using an expired cert referencing letsencrypt R3 and other bits are serving a working cert at letsencrypt R10. Broken ACME updates maybe.

This can be so hard to get right! But I guess an automation oopsie is a step up from the need for spreadsheets, NMS checks, calendar reminders, and still having things expire once turnover erodes institutional knowledge.

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "Probability Estimates of a 21st Century AMOC Collapse"

dayofthedaleks — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 18:41:52 +0000

I appreciate an abstract that doesn't beat about the bush:

The collapse time is estimated between 2037-2064 (10-90% CI) with a mean of 2050 and the probability of an AMOC collapse before the year 2050 is estimated to be 59 +/- 17%.

We'll miss you, Gulf Stream.

New comment by dayofthedaleks in "The Ridgeway: The 5k-year-old pathway that's Britain's oldest road"

dayofthedaleks — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 16:33:00 +0000

Looks great for bikepacking.