Hacker News: nexus6

New comment by nexus6 in "Shattered skeleton is first confirmed death from trebuchet"

nexus6 — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:49:20 +0000

“The breaks indicate a very large area of impact and devastation,” she says. “It’s likely the individual was killed by a siege engine.”

So it’s likely, which means it’s not confirmed as the headline implies.

New comment by nexus6 in "France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls"

nexus6 — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:48:41 +0000

At least it gives a legal framework for prosecution.

New comment by nexus6 in "National Security Determination Threat Posed by Foreign-Produced Robotic Devices [pdf]"

nexus6 — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:49:38 +0000

Very cool, but video looks accelerated and something about the robot shading/lighting gives it a rendered feel.

New comment by nexus6 in "Electric anti-aircraft interceptor drone breaks world air speed record at 434mph"

nexus6 — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:49:09 +0000

Russia has been moving to more use of jet drones, as Ukraine is having a lot of success with these interceptors. Hope they’ll innovate their way to a new inceptor for those, to protect their civilian infrastructure.

New comment by nexus6 in "Organic Maps"

nexus6 — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:50:58 +0000

Looking at the OrganicMaps app on iOS and it seems to be free, with an option for donations in the menu . What does OrganicMap specifically do in order to make profit?

New comment by nexus6 in "UK MPs give ministers powers to restrict Internet for under 18s"

nexus6 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:50:43 +0000

I’m not convinced anymore that we can handle freedom. Many children grow up glued to a phone or tablet watching AI videos and are targets of dis-information from foreign and/or hostile actors.

New comment by nexus6 in "The World of Harmonics – With a Coffee, Guitar and Synth"

nexus6 — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:23:24 +0000

Cool that’s the guy behind MyNoise. The background audio generator. Nature sounds, Synths, Ambient, ETC. Has mobile apps as well.

New comment by nexus6 in "The ADHD body double: A unique tool for getting things done"

nexus6 — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 11:50:49 +0000

MyNoise.Net is also very good.

New comment by nexus6 in "One in four 2020 Tesla Model 3 failed the Danish periodic inspection in 2024"

nexus6 — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:04:59 +0000

They didn’t so was propably misread. Reading the article it doesn’t mention Tesla in the 12 year graph. But it is mentioned in the 5 year category.

New comment by nexus6 in "Starship's Sixth Flight Test"

nexus6 — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:47:18 +0000

Is there such a need for a heavy launch rocket to launch routinely?

New comment by nexus6 in "Humane Recalls Charge Case for AI Pin Due to Lithium Battery Fire Hazard"

nexus6 — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:10:59 +0000

Thought most products with batteries undergo a standard set of test procedures to catch these things. It’s a known risk, increased significantly with toasty wireless charging involved.

New comment by nexus6 in "IT tycoon Mike Lynch, daughter Hannah found dead"

nexus6 — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:33:34 +0000

It also had the world’s tallest aluminium mast, which snapped, upsetting the balance. Windows broke so flooding commenced.

New comment by nexus6 in "IT tycoon Mike Lynch, daughter Hannah found dead"

nexus6 — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:32:32 +0000

Just because it’s unlikely doesn’t mean we should go straight for conspiracies.

His wife gave a statement about the storm and capsizing. The woman who hit the guy in her car stayed at the accident and is cooperating.

New comment by nexus6 in "IT tycoon Mike Lynch, daughter Hannah found dead"

nexus6 — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:28:41 +0000

Did you not read the statement of his wife? So explains in detail the storm.

New comment by nexus6 in "IT tycoon Mike Lynch, daughter Hannah found dead"

nexus6 — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:26:27 +0000

No, statements made set it was anchored far out.

New comment by nexus6 in "IT tycoon Mike Lynch, daughter Hannah found dead"

nexus6 — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:25:21 +0000

His wife mentioned windows breaking. A comment above has her statements.

The mast was the tallest aluminium mast on a yacht, it snapped and fell down which upset the balance of the yacht.

New comment by nexus6 in "Mike Lynch's co-defendant in fraud trial 'fatally struck' by car while jogging"

nexus6 — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 08:54:37 +0000

The yacht had the 2nd tallest mast (tallest aluminium mast). The tornado/waterspout snapped the mast, which made the ship unbalanced and capsize. It sank quickly after that.

Not that out of the ordinary. There was another waterspout photographed in Italy that same day; they’re not that uncommon.

New comment by nexus6 in "Routers cyber security best practices"

nexus6 — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:53:02 +0000

Still makes me sad, that a private company's chat platform is a commonly used comms/support platform.

New comment by nexus6 in "Why I use Firefox"

nexus6 — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:36:01 +0000

There’s addons that can do this.

Sideberry is what I use: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/sidebery

New comment by nexus6 in "China is quietly reducing its reliance on foreign chip technology"

nexus6 — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:33:17 +0000

Further advanced research into atomic weapons would be one worry.