Hacker News: detourdog

New comment by detourdog in "Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Chairman, Names Son to Replace Him"

detourdog — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:11:12 +0000

These are jobs with titles we are talking about it says nothing about Buffets assets or will.

New comment by detourdog in "Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Chairman, Names Son to Replace Him"

detourdog — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:00:47 +0000

If it pays a dividend there is income. Buy and hold is a very common approach to investing. Overtime the cost basis of a good stock will decrease. Some could be sold to invest in other things.

Buy and hold is a hedge against inflation as good if goods increases the the stock reflects the relative expansion of the money supply.

New comment by detourdog in "Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Chairman, Names Son to Replace Him"

detourdog — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:16:19 +0000

The grandson was in FFA (Future Farmers of America) in high school. My guess is the Buffett family values environment was not typical suburban USA.

New comment by detourdog in "macOS 27 Golden Gate – Review"

detourdog — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:46:01 +0000

Snow Leopard is right up there with System 7.5.3 for me. I’m happy with their current OS trends compared to the flat OS trend of the past decade. They definitely need detail work and I think they default to turning features on that I would prefer off. Many of the new features I don’t use come off as a spastic GUI.

New comment by detourdog in "Sony's First Computer – The SMC-70 from 1982 [video]"

detourdog — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:15:09 +0000

I also have the documentation and cut sheets. How incredible rare? I’m getting ready to shed all the mass produced computers I have. Didn’t realize this was a gem. I admit I never saw another one.

Where are you located?

http://users.glitchwrks.com/~ahm/smc70/

New comment by detourdog in "Sony's First Computer – The SMC-70 from 1982 [video]"

detourdog — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:19:00 +0000

I have one of these from an interactive exhibit. The exhibit predated my time at the company. I think it was a common form factor based around the s-100 bus.

New comment by detourdog in "Nvidia dismisses "circular financing", says every $1 it invests brings back $100"

detourdog — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:15:25 +0000

Probably not a normie but I pay for Kagi search because it’s a lot like pre-seo google. So far haven’t tried any AI since OpenCYC.

New comment by detourdog in "Nvidia is the central bank of AI"

detourdog — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:58:30 +0000

Using more resources than necessary is actually waste.

New comment by detourdog in "Nvidia is the central bank of AI"

detourdog — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:25:13 +0000

It’s really hard to know when the large tech companies have so many shares owned by a single figure. They can use margin loans and options to create the appearance of demand.

New comment by detourdog in "NTSB issues investigative update on B-767 runway excursion accident in Miami"

detourdog — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:02:08 +0000

Then it’s a real mystery how this could happen. Will the subordinate pilot be consider culpable?

New comment by detourdog in "Keep Our Servers Running"

detourdog — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:26:17 +0000

I have an xserve that could work and the last Mac G5 tower dual processor dual core with multiple graphics card.

New comment by detourdog in "NTSB issues investigative update on B-767 runway excursion accident in Miami"

detourdog — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:05:03 +0000

If there are factors that need to be met it seems like a red indicator light should trigger a go around.

New comment by detourdog in "NTSB issues investigative update on B-767 runway excursion accident in Miami"

detourdog — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:55:24 +0000

This seems like a no win situation for the subordinate pilot. Grabbing the wheel of an aircraft while landing must have its own set of risks. We also only hear about the times when the subordinate pilot didn’t prevent a crash. Never hear about the times they were mistaken and did nothing.

New comment by detourdog in "Carmakers Have a New Idea to Boost EV Range: Add a Gas Engine"

detourdog — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:57:28 +0000

Not malicious. I think you edited your comment after I commented. You mentioned driving an i3, could have been a friends or a test drive, and a mechanics opinion. The opinion did’t match my experience. I commented on my experience which was overwhelmingly positive with no mechanical Issue ever. From my perspective the thread was complete at that point and there was no need for further comment. Anything beyond that was both of our faults and just being argumentative.

New comment by detourdog in "Keep Our Servers Running"

detourdog — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:26:56 +0000

The building is heated by heat pumps my studio is one large room in the building 60’x 30’ 25’ (20m x 10m x 8m). This would be where some oomph is needed.

New comment by detourdog in "Carmakers Have a New Idea to Boost EV Range: Add a Gas Engine"

detourdog — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:22:41 +0000

I rest my case as well. You should have kept your case to first generation.

New comment by detourdog in "Carmakers Have a New Idea to Boost EV Range: Add a Gas Engine"

detourdog — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:37:52 +0000

2018

New comment by detourdog in "Carmakers Have a New Idea to Boost EV Range: Add a Gas Engine"

detourdog — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:01:17 +0000

I have driven the entire east coast on mine. I have put 60k miles in mine. All trouble free. Best car I have ever owned. If I have time on a trip I charge up and if I don’t I just use gas. That mechanic was pulling your leg.

New comment by detourdog in "Keep Our Servers Running"

detourdog — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:30:48 +0000

That’s pretty impressive I’m going to look into it.

New comment by detourdog in "Keep Our Servers Running"

detourdog — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:21:05 +0000

How many BTUs or kJs is that?