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New comment by morsch in "Waymo Premier"

morsch — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:48:54 +0000

Officially allowed in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and UK, from what I can tell. Interesting though, I'd have assumed it's permitted nowhere in the EU.

New comment by morsch in "The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid"

morsch — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:18:16 +0000

Probably because the Spanish track isn't delivered in surround...

New comment by morsch in "Letter from the Duke of Wellington to the British Foreign Office (1809)"

morsch — Fri, 29 May 2026 20:55:27 +0000

Thanks, I read through a few pages and found it a more interesting read than the original link.

E.g. here he's complaining to the undersecretary of state:

https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/...

Here (and a few lines on the page before) is a long letter with his advice on how to reconstitute the (allied) government of Spain:

https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/...

New comment by morsch in "Googlebook"

morsch — Wed, 13 May 2026 05:15:57 +0000

Interesting. If Motorola gets away with that, loopholes can be closed.

New comment by morsch in "Googlebook"

morsch — Tue, 12 May 2026 20:20:13 +0000

The increased update timelines by Google, Samsung and others roughly coincided with EU legislation coming into effect that mandates 5 years of updates after end of sales. We'll see.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/From-June-20-EU-gives-smartphon...

New comment by morsch in "Pulitzer Prize Winners 2026"

morsch — Tue, 05 May 2026 05:23:18 +0000

> WAPO's entire nominated work is about Epstein Files

No, it's not. But it is about Trump: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/washington-post-4

New comment by morsch in "The X-Files has made me nostalgic for a time I never experienced"

morsch — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:18:16 +0000

Endtroducing.... (1996)

Second Toughest in the Infants (1996)

In Sides (1996)

Homework (1997)

To name a few. The 90s were great for electronic music.

New comment by morsch in "The Joy of Folding Bikes"

morsch — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:29:26 +0000

Yeah it's ridiculous.

Boomers legislating away a method of transportation they have no use for, combined with a few people using it with little regard or civility, and rental operators so focused on competition that they're unwilling to enforce the rules.

But really, mostly it's the first of the three factors. Thank god they're avid adoptors of ebikes, making those safe for now.

New comment by morsch in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

morsch — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:51:01 +0000

Well, a lot of people got killed this way, too.

New comment by morsch in "Backpacks got worse on purpose"

morsch — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:27:56 +0000

The YKK zipper on my North Face hard shell broke. Got it replaced under warranty. Half a year later, it broke again. Anecdotes, sure, but I'm now buying cheap jackets instead.

New comment by morsch in "40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 cal of feed per 1 cal"

morsch — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:56:12 +0000

The data doesn't prove either point. For all we know, a very low number of cattle are being grazed on those 29%. Or a lot of them. We don't know.

New comment by morsch in "US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional"

morsch — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:40:28 +0000

> From what I understood ethanol and methanol form an azeotrope

I don't think so https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeotrope_tables

New comment by morsch in "Hacking old hardware by renaming to .zip [video]"

morsch — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:24:22 +0000

What a coincidence, I just got an email announcing that Breville intend to orphan my Joule sous vide stick: the existing app will stop working, the new app is only available the US and Canada and in parts of Europe.

Live in another country? You're s.o.l., it wasn't officially sold there. You need a new account as well, hope you like the TOS.

All of this for a device whose core functionality -- setting a target temperature, getting the current temperature and checking for error states -- is both trivial and has no inherent need for internet connectivity.

I suppose I should be grateful they're still supporting a device that's like 10 years old. Caveat emptor (I got it as a gift).

https://community.chefsteps.com/discussion/78615/joule-sous-...

New comment by morsch in "Analysis of Endocrine Disruptors and Hazardous Additives in Headphones"

morsch — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:29:13 +0000

https://arnika.org/en/publications/download/2128_f40ae4eb2e6...

https://www.theverge.com/science/894771/headphones-hormone-d...

Analysis of Endocrine Disruptors and Hazardous Additives in Headphones

morsch — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:28:32 +0000

Article URL: https://arnika.org/en/publications/the-sound-of-contamination

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47375564

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

At Noma, Accusations of Past Physical Abuse

morsch — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:22:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/dining/rene-redzepi-noma-abuse-allegations.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47299634

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Global warming has accelerated significantly

morsch — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:10:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6079807/v1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47275088

Points: 1196

# Comments: 1210

New comment by morsch in "Setting up phones is a nightmare"

morsch — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:36:51 +0000

I had to guess arcane adb permission commands to stop a 2025 Samsung tablet from nagging the user about creating a Samsung account. It just kept showing up multiple times a day. But nice enough hardware with the promise of long updates at a reasonable price.

New comment by morsch in "The Physics and Economics of Moving 44 Tonnes at 56mph"

morsch — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:21:51 +0000

Charge full overnight, top up at 300-350 KW once a day for 45 minutes. 600 kWh lfp battery weighing 4.5t. This seemed to work out fine for a guy on YouTube documenting his experiences. SoC wasn't a big deal in itself, flexibility in (overnight) stops more so, but still less than I expected.

https://www.youtube.com/@elektrotrucker

Measurement of a lithium plume from the uncontrolled re-entry of a Falcon 9

morsch — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:19:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-03154-8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110422

Points: 2

# Comments: 0