Hacker News: elephant81

New comment by elephant81 in "India has paved the way for charging merchants a fee on UPI transactions"

elephant81 — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:10:43 +0000

This is the reality.

New comment by elephant81 in "The privacy problems hidden in your period tracker"

elephant81 — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:17:48 +0000

What is the privacy concern vs a weight loss tracker?

New comment by elephant81 in "How to earn a billion dollars"

elephant81 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:13:39 +0000

I think you'll find its not billionaires stopping that, its elected officials.

New comment by elephant81 in "Iran hit more U.S. military targets than has been reported, satellite images"

elephant81 — Thu, 07 May 2026 01:06:31 +0000

I cant recall a war in my lifetime (45 years) where is has been impossible to have any idea of damage. Very little coming out of Iran, very little out of the US.

The whole conspiracy around the downed airman https://www.afr.com/world/middle-east/a-ruse-to-snatch-urani... only adds to it.

New comment by elephant81 in "Artist who “paints” portraits on glass by hitting it with a hammer"

elephant81 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 04:40:56 +0000

In terms of artistic merit, it reminds me of https://gillieandmarc.com/collections/sesame-street-drop

Technique is undoubtedly interesting, but content....

New comment by elephant81 in "UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16"

elephant81 — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:34:45 +0000

How would you argue that more than one arrest is fair in a modern democracy? Can you even point to an arrest where it passes the pub test?

New comment by elephant81 in "Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands"

elephant81 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 19:55:13 +0000

Yes, the ISS as a sadistic Christof

New comment by elephant81 in "Cormac McCarthy's personal library"

elephant81 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:49:50 +0000

Babies in the tree?

New comment by elephant81 in "Cormac McCarthy's personal library"

elephant81 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:48:49 +0000

I've read it twice. Once as a naive 16-year-old. Once, as a young father. Profoundly upsetting the second time.

New comment by elephant81 in "Quicksort explained IKEA-style"

elephant81 — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 02:52:58 +0000

I've tried to have AI generate these types of visual instructions from text without luck. Perhaps it was the IKEA-style guide I needed.

New comment by elephant81 in "Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big"

elephant81 — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 02:03:07 +0000

I dont see how you couldn't structure this with an offshore licensing deal. Ie Irish company picks up 99% of billing, German company sends Irish company license fees etc and reduce profit of German company to zero for three years.

New comment by elephant81 in "Every satellite orbiting earth and who owns them (2023)"

elephant81 — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 06:36:15 +0000

I would have to suspect there are more US NRO ones that aren't listed. Misty and her descendants would like a word.

New comment by elephant81 in "Panjandrum: The ‘giant firework’ built to break Hitler's Atlantic Wall"

elephant81 — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 22:17:44 +0000

https://www.neilobrien.co.uk/p/the-confluence?utm_medium=ios Tyler Cowen posted this last week, I was completely shocked by it. Worth reading on the state of the UK in general.

New comment by elephant81 in "PrintedLabs – 3D printable optical experiment equipment"

elephant81 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 01:24:04 +0000

what is the best plastic to print these lenses from? I've found over time all of the clear prints I've don't suffer from UV degradation.

New comment by elephant81 in "Show HN: Wireless video streaming on POV bike display"

elephant81 — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 02:33:25 +0000

You should sell this as a kit, really impressive!

New comment by elephant81 in "I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA"

elephant81 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 17:51:56 +0000

Thanks Peter. With an American wife, and an Australian Passport, what would you recommend as the best path to move to the US?

New comment by elephant81 in "The Eleven Laws of Showrunning [pdf]"

elephant81 — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 21:12:49 +0000

Link seems dead?

New comment by elephant81 in "We created a fake delivery company to get a job"

elephant81 — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 19:58:50 +0000

What are they actually selling? Their website, https://www.outstandly.com/, is a single landing page with "Creative solutions for boring problems."

Here is a boring problem, creatively show me your work.

New comment by elephant81 in "Ask HN: Stickers and Barcodes for Hardware?"

elephant81 — Wed, 08 May 2024 00:04:26 +0000

Thanks, I guess I was wondering if there was a specific best in class for the nylon stickers? Same with tracking software?

Ask HN: Stickers and Barcodes for Hardware?

elephant81 — Tue, 07 May 2024 23:48:39 +0000

Developing some hardware that requires physical labels and unique barcoding / tracking. What does everyone use for this?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40292847

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