<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: nnevod</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nnevod</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:38:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=nnevod" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nnevod in "Finnish sauna heat exposure induces stronger immune cell than cytokine responses"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Still there are studies that regular sauna does decrease testosterone production. It's not hard to counter though, ice packs applied to testicles ( not direct ice, ice in a cloth) during sauna are effective for that purpose.<p>And maybe Finns don't go to sauna when they plan to conceive? Does Finland have a lower rate of unwanted pregnancies?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:47:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47650602</link><dc:creator>nnevod</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47650602</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47650602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nnevod in "Why don't we use awnings anymore (2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>To fog up, it has to pass water molecules, which are way larger than gas molecules. I've seen only a few IGUs fog up, all of them had clearly visible damage, and they are ubiquitous here, with many 20+ years old. 
And the IGUs themselves aren't very expensive either (unless they're over 1sqm individually), frames indeed are.</p>
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<p>EPROM stored codes for controlling video recorder - the card has IR receiver and blaster, you record t-e codes from remote voa receiver, then the card controls the recorder.</p>
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<p>As far as I know there is no technological problem for BMW system to have whatever desired rate of adjustability and speed of reaction. It uses planetary gearset  with adjuster motor connected to one of the gears - a bot similar to how Toyota Prius's transmission works. So it's more a question of how manufacturer decided it should feel for the user.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 06:58:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38483975</link><dc:creator>nnevod</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38483975</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38483975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nnevod in "Electrolyzer efficiently converts CO2 into renewable propane fuel"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Electricity is way cheaper at the poont of generation than for residential consumer.<p>IIRC, solar now gets to about 3$ per Mwth, so purely energy cost would be about 0.33$ per kg of propane if 100Mj of input energy per kg of propane stands for that electrolyser plus stated 13Mj for Co2 capture for 1 kg of propane.
So, the cost is not negligible, but could be competetive even now, and solar is likely to get cheaper.</p>
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<p>Wigig wasn't fast enough to be useful for wireless HDMI, especially given 4k displays arrived right at that moment, and 2nd gen WiGig it's probably way to expensive.<p>The question is whether it's possible to create a full-rate 224 gbps transciever that is cheap enough to appear in mid range phones, notebooks and TVs and whether it would work without line of sight, but in the same room, with reflected light.</p>
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<p>Screens don't provide stereo image nor focus distance the mirrors do, neither the displayed zone changes in response to moving your head.<p>Afair, reviews of Audi's e-tron's screen mirror were mostly negative and mentioned that it took time to adjust from looking at road to looking at sidemirror screens and back and that you couldn't look "around the corner" with them.</p>
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<p>I suppose that true breakthrough would be a development of a plant or fungus "base" that would be able to create animal cells.<p>So something like bamboo rhizome constantly growing an meat trunk, using either photosynthesis & minerals (plant-based) or  plant mush (fungus-based) as source materials.</p>
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<p>While I tend to agree, there's obviously jobs where familiarity with stack, tools and best practices is more important than engineering ability. 
They may not be interesting, but they do seem to comprise the majority of openly availible jobs.<p>My current job has minimum emphasis on language (C#, targeting original Framework 2.0, no new features) and zero tech stack. On the one hand it is interesting - not enterprise stuff -  and puts the brain to real use often, on the other, I think it doesn't provide anything market worthy to my CV. As most of my collegaues work for over 7 years there, it really seems to be so.</p>
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<p>I too favor the take-home tests for these reasons, however, there's a difference between a 3-hour take home and 300 hour one.</p>
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<p>From a perspective of one once desperate for a job, the take-home test resonates the most.<p>Market and approach to finding a job in IT sector seems to be somewhat different in Russia compared to US, even regarding remote work for non-resident employers, so don't be surprised if something would seem atypical. I'll omit most of the stuff that's not too relevant.<p>I put an CV on a job site, had few calls, but they were clearly not what I did want. Over the course of about 5 months, I've applied for 3 positions that I could be applicable to - I've never had any experience with web - and that were remote.<p>On all three I've done take-home tests. The last one took about one week, most of that just thinking, with maybe two evenings of actual coding. They accepted me, and strangely, told me do make a web app, despite no mentions of that in the job description. Luckily, half a year later, I've been offered an non-web, "mainline" position in team.<p>The one before that didn't go as well. Due to misunderstanging, I've implemented a much more complex solution, and did a mistake in the implementation. Though it was indeed faster than expected solution, after fixing errors.<p>The first one is what burned me. There were two tests, one done in two hours, and another one was "serious". It used some clearly real data - I had to download it from some US buerau, took a month of 3-4 hours of coding everyday for POC implementation, and not much less than that for a more formalised one, where rule set for matching data entries had to be indexed by 4-D array (not sure if I'm correctly using terminology). I haven't got answer for either version, and only got one a week after an reminding email, when I've asked for some clarification. They've told me they decided to drop the vacancy and not hire someone. Still I don't know whether they just wanted someone to do a task for free, or that it had to be done in a fundamentally different way.<p>Given that what I'm currently doing isn't market relevant, most likely I won't be any less desperate when looking for a next job.</p>
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<p>IIRC, cold climate specific (Mitsubishi Zubadan series for example) have COP of about ~2 at -20C. Even cheaper cold climate pumps do function at -30, albeit with COP barely above 1. So resistive heater should also be present, but it won't be used often.</p>
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<p>In my opinion, proper winter-ready BEV should have a heat pump for heating the interior and battery, battery insulation to reduce uncontrollable loss of heat from battery, rotary heat exchanger to further save on heating ventilation air and double-pane windows to reduce losses from interior.<p>Double-pane windows would increase weight by about 5%, while decreasing losses through windows about 5x, iirc.</p>
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