Hacker News: helsinkiandrew

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting 'thank-you gifts' from birds [video]"

helsinkiandrew — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:13:36 +0000

If hacker news is a place to post feel good animal videos then my contribution is this live cam of a litter of puppies (mostly sleeping). Click on the "Katso suorana" button

https://areena.yle.fi/1-78104441

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "Tesla Roadster"

helsinkiandrew — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:25:56 +0000

Misdirection

The art of deliberately guiding or diverting an audience's attention away from a secret action (such as sleight of hand) so the trick can happen unnoticed. Instead of forcing the audience to look away crudely, good misdirection makes the audience want to look at something else naturally.

> Tesla Sales Slump in Third Quarter

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-sales-fell-in-third...

Why Is Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen So Mad?

helsinkiandrew — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:46:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-15/how-ai-crypto-and-dei-drove-marc-andreessen-to-maga

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50102313

Points: 6

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New comment by helsinkiandrew in "Donaldson Futuro House in Idyllwild, California, USA"

helsinkiandrew — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:30:28 +0000

This 1968 British Pathe news real amusingly uses the inside for a fashion show:

https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/89082/

Finnish? They've only just started!

You can visit inside House number 1 at the WeeGee exhibition centre near Helsinki (select dates)

https://www.espoo.fi/en/futuro-house

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "Creating a Garmin "MCP""

helsinkiandrew — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:13:23 +0000

Claude (Opus5.5Medium) with "Claude in Chrome" can scan your activities in Strava and Garmin Connect websites and download GPX files without use of an MCP (perhaps not as quick).

I've found it can also give quite good suggestions for what kind of run to do after looking at my previous weeks activities on the Strava website.

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "The United Kingdom generates less electricity per person than in the 1970s"

helsinkiandrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:58:33 +0000

It’s also about using finer grained pricing periods (an hour or 15 minutes) with the market price visible to the user - so people are aware that running their clothes dryer (or charging their car) at one time is cheaper than others.

The UK introduced cheaper nighttime electricity (and storage heaters that could use it) - economy7 at the end of the 70’s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_7

UK maritime agency tells maritime sector to plan for life without GPS

helsinkiandrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:15:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/mca-tells-maritime-sector-to-plan-for-life-without-gps-106566

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50076134

Points: 3

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New comment by helsinkiandrew in "CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades"

helsinkiandrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:35:02 +0000

You can use your own proprietary information (for example knowledge about a coffee blight) to trade, but you can't use information stolen, misapropriated and specifically "non public government information" - The Eddie Murphy rule:

https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/the-eddie-murphy...

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "Apple Unveils $299 HomeView Hub as Part of New Smart Home Push"

helsinkiandrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:06:39 +0000

https://wallhop.io/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2...

Apple Unveils $299 HomeView Hub as Part of New Smart Home Push

helsinkiandrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:06:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-13/apple-unveils-299-homeview-smart-home-hub-new-apple-tv-4k-homepod-mini-2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50071081

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades"

helsinkiandrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:08:09 +0000

https://wallhop.io/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2...

CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades

helsinkiandrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:08:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-13/cftc-staff-told-to-retract-analysis-of-suspicious-oil-trades-on-iran

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50069329

Points: 462

# Comments: 267

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "NYC Restaurants Shut Off Air Conditioning, Close on Sundays as Costs Surge"

helsinkiandrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:04:47 +0000

https://wallhop.io/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2...

NYC Restaurants Shut Off Air Conditioning, Close on Sundays as Costs Surge

helsinkiandrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:04:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-13/nyc-bars-and-restaurants-hike-prices-cut-back-on-ac-to-fight-mounting-costs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50069295

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "Turn a WiFi 7 Router into a 320Msps Software Defined Radio Receiver"

helsinkiandrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:46:58 +0000

> so that every random laptop could be used as an SDR for many fun and useful applications

I guess the problem with these is they are more likely to be tied/tuned for specific (wifi) frequency ranges. Although 2.4GHz gives bluetooth and zigbee in addition to wifi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.4_GHz_radio_use

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe"

helsinkiandrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:35:52 +0000

Turning the lights off or increasing the temp because the doors aren't being opened (or making the PID controller less agressive), when the store closes could save a fair amount of money. Yes you could set the time manually if you change store opening hours but if you have a dozen or a hundred units your underpaid manager isn't going to bother.

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "Scam American companies are using to manipulate ingredient lists"

helsinkiandrew — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:33:12 +0000

Agreed, I googled "Ingredient Splitting" to find a better description and interestingly got pages of pet food related content - it seems a bigger issue with dogs than people

https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-industry-exposed/ing...

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website"

helsinkiandrew — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:57:34 +0000

> The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip.

Surely that’s the lead?

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "OpenAI annualised revenues $20B less than previously signalled"

helsinkiandrew — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:08:14 +0000

They’re raising another $30B:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/openai-targets-3...

New comment by helsinkiandrew in "15-year search for a band that charted once and vanished"

helsinkiandrew — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:52:09 +0000

Reminds me of the hunt for "Subways of your mind" - since found:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subways_of_Your_Mind#Online_se...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22636989 2020 (82 comments)