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New comment by ics in "Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia"

ics — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:12:14 +0000

16 hours is generally not allowed unless there are severe adverse conditions, but it's only recently with ELD (Electronic Logging Device) mandates that these rules are being forced to a degree. Before that, many drivers would simply go as many hours as they humanly could to keep moving.

See: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hours-service/summary-...

New comment by ics in "Postal Arbitrage"

ics — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 02:10:12 +0000

It was like that in NYC at the time as well. I'm not sure when it stopped but have not seen add-on items in a long time and most things seem to ship immediately regardless of price (with Prime).

New comment by ics in "Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief"

ics — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:09:34 +0000

Liquid (Gl)ass

New comment by ics in "Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free"

ics — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:55:56 +0000

Yes but when I tried to switch to liability only it was $20 cheaper. What I pay seems to be the floor, it’s definitely the lowest of anyone I know so far who isn’t claiming to live outside of NYC. Meanwhile my motorcycle insurance, liability only, for an older sport bike was only $400/year with Progressive.

New comment by ics in "Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free"

ics — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:28:23 +0000

In NYC with clean 15+ year driving record my premium is $270 a month after discounts with USAA. Geico, Allstate, Progressive all quote me $400/mo minimum. Have driven everything from old beaters to brand new economy cars with little difference. Friends who also drive are paying around $350/mo on average.

New comment by ics in "In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop in pollution"

ics — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:39:59 +0000

Parking garages: the OG congestion fee.

New comment by ics in "Amp, Inc. – Amp is spinning out of Sourcegraph"

ics — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:19:04 +0000

Is Amp the thing that supplanted Cody (which was either developed or acquired by Sourcegraph, can't remember)?

New comment by ics in "You already have a Git server"

ics — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:28:48 +0000

With bare repos? I was bit by this a few years ago when work switched to "everything on OneDrive" and it seemed fine until one day it wasn't. Following that I did tests with Dropbox and iCloud to find that all could corrupt a regular repo very easily. In the past few months though I've been trying it again with bare repos on iCloud and not had an issue... yet.

PigeonGram – Your Message Carried by a Real Homing Carrier Pigeon

ics — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:23:59 +0000

Article URL: https://pigeongram.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45572306

Points: 1

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New comment by ics in "Björk on nature and technology (2016)"

ics — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:38:44 +0000

I was introduced to Richard Brautigan by a chance encounter with The Tokyo-Montana Express from the used book shelf, highly recommend it as well.

New comment by ics in "Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank"

ics — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 02:29:12 +0000

Probably more health zeitgeist of the '90s than any real concern. Your bed, body type, and sleep style might make one more appealing than the other.

I was a restless sleeper though and had/have extreme difficulty getting to sleep often; learning to sleep on my back helps. Expressed another way, if my brain says I have to be on my side for comfort, and I have to achieve comfort to sleep, then if that comfort isn't achieved no sleep for me. Getting my brain to accept "and now we lie down for sleep" without thinking about comfort let me be actually comfortable in more positions/settings.

New comment by ics in "Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank"

ics — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:23:34 +0000

I started doing it as a kid in order to break my reliance on side sleeping and help general posture. These days I'm less strict but benefit from being able to find a comfortable position anywhere. I'd recommend not resting your head on a pillow but using firm cushioning under your neck; that will very slightly lift and relieve pressure from your head and keep head/neck/shoulders adequately separated. A straw cushion (common in Japan, maybe elsewhere) is nice but a tightly rolled hoodie is almost as good.

New comment by ics in "Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank"

ics — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:15:07 +0000

Setup is just a thin rain mat, tent, sleeping bag, and inside dressed mostly in wool. If traveling with a parka and it's clean/dry, I might wear it inside but suppose it could be laid underneath as a pad. With colder but not sever temperatures coming up I might give that a try and see what difference it makes.

New comment by ics in "Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank"

ics — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 23:42:13 +0000

I’m from the US but a “floor sleeper” and have never camped with a pad like these even in near-freezing temperatures. I’m sure it helps but these days I get the impression from people around that they just like gear, don’t like being uncomfortable, and any other benefit is just a bonus to rationalize spending money. Maybe I’ll try it some day and be a convert, until then…

New comment by ics in "Oxford loses top 3 university ranking in the UK"

ics — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 17:55:03 +0000

Unique Selling Point?

New comment by ics in "‘Overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI"

ics — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:58:06 +0000

This is not going to be as deep/specific as you want but a starting point from one of the companies that handles this sort of work is here: https://humandata.mercor.com/mercors-approach/black-box-vs-o...

New comment by ics in "‘Overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI"

ics — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:54:14 +0000

Look up Mercor, DataAnnotation.tech, and Outlier. You create a profile, upload a resume, and do some required tasks for each job posting they have. It may involve a combination of interviewing with an AI, doing a few trial tasks, and submitting a portfolio or Github profile.

New comment by ics in "‘Overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI"

ics — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:54:24 +0000

I have been a generalist annotator for some of the others you mentioned, due to NDA will not specify which. I would venture to guess that basically all major models use some degree of human feedback if there is money coming in from somewhere.

New comment by ics in "Microsoft PowerToys"

ics — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:19:41 +0000

If only Microsoft could make it part of Windows by default instead of those lucky users who discover what PowerToys needing to submit their request to corporate IT and enduring either incredulity or dumb jokes about the naming.

Gatekeeping as "power user features" is silly, it's 2025 and many of these features have been built-in on other operating systems for a decade or more.

New comment by ics in "All of our lives overlap in the Network Of Time"

ics — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 03:06:49 +0000

Is there an easy way to report inaccuracies?

I tried a connection with John Frusciante (guitarist in Red Hot Chili Peppers) and while he was in the photo, his face was tagged as Chad Smith who was not in the photo and a woman with a mask covering her face was tagged as John. I didn't see an obvious way to identify a unique image except for an attribute in the HTML which was "15552" if that helps.