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New comment by francis_lewis in "Tesla Roadster"

francis_lewis — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:09:07 +0000

That still seems like the kind of safety we should care about

New comment by francis_lewis in "Ask HN: How many of you hold an amateur radio license in your country?"

francis_lewis — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:11:05 +0000

I do in the UK, only foundation though

We All Ended Up in Islington: The Hidden Multi-Dimensionality of UK Segregation

francis_lewis — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:45:22 +0000

Article URL: https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/we-all-ended-up-in-islington-the

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46809446

Points: 1

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New comment by francis_lewis in "How can England possibly be running out of water?"

francis_lewis — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:24:09 +0000

Although Welsh villages have been flooded to suply water to the English.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capel_Celyn

I walked and ran without headphones for a year

francis_lewis — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:29:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/headphones-public-running-earbuds-b2714323.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43651591

Points: 3

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New comment by francis_lewis in "Ask HN: Would you reapply to a company that ghosted you?"

francis_lewis — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:58:28 +0000

That’s a good one. I have a much more basic litmus test on my LinkedIn - adding an emoji before my first name. If they haven’t removed the emoji I know it’s an automated message, and it’s surprising (although not really) how many messages are. I ignore anything with the emoji in, so I know the person messaging has at least minimally engaged in reading my profile.

New comment by francis_lewis in "OpenAI O3-Mini"

francis_lewis — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:03:33 +0000

I think my awareness that this may influence future responses has actually been detrimental to my response rate. The responses are often so similar that I can imagine preferring either in specific circumstances. While I’m sure that can be guided by the prompt, I’m often hesitant to click on a specific response as I can see the value of the other response in a different situation and I don’t want to bias the future responses. Maybe with more specific prompting this wouldn’t be such an issue, or maybe more of an understanding of how inter-chat personalisation is applied (maybe I’m missing some information on this too).

New comment by francis_lewis in "12 years since Saab’s bankruptcy: Secret NEVS electric cars revealed"

francis_lewis — Sat, 27 May 2023 12:34:07 +0000

+1 for the importance of a good Saab mechanic (if you’re not working on it yourself). I think the deciding factor on if I buy another Saab in the future is my proximity to a decently rated Saab specialist.

New comment by francis_lewis in "12 years since Saab’s bankruptcy: Secret NEVS electric cars revealed"

francis_lewis — Fri, 26 May 2023 11:24:17 +0000

While it obviously depends on what other cars you’re considering, Saabs are very safe cars [0]. Could help in convincing your wife!

[0] https://youtu.be/c1Z284Fv0cc

New comment by francis_lewis in "Show HN: Create your own video clips with Stable Diffusion"

francis_lewis — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 16:55:26 +0000

This is very cool! What sort of values are you using for the denoising strength/guidance scale? Each frame is a nice level of similar/different to the last to create flowing video.