<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: nullhole</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nullhole</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:14:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=nullhole" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nullhole in "Hyperscalers have already outspent most famous US megaprojects"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something" - Mitch Hedberg</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:28:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47812656</link><dc:creator>nullhole</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47812656</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47812656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nullhole in "The Importance of Being Idle"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's hard to escape the tick-tock of time slipping away, even if there's no clock in the room</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:54:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708065</link><dc:creator>nullhole</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708065</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nullhole in "The Importance of Being Idle"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There's a Far Side cartoon in that<p>"Oh boy, look at that all that melting ice cream.. I hope he sits on our anthill!"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:49:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707960</link><dc:creator>nullhole</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707960</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nullhole in "OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Related, mapping of OSM infrastructure data:<p><a href="https://openinframap.org/" rel="nofollow">https://openinframap.org/</a></p>
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<p>That's right. You can also introduce or correct information with a point-of-information, at least as I was taught them.<p>Other types of interjection are point of personal privilege (eg seat is uncomfortable) and point of inquiry (clarification).<p>I came across them in the debating world. Point of information can be pretty effective if you're able to make a statement of fact contradicting something the other side declared.<p>See also: <a href="https://senate.oregonstate.edu/sites/senate.oregonstate.edu/files/2025-01/roberts.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://senate.oregonstate.edu/sites/senate.oregonstate.edu/...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:02:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47463863</link><dc:creator>nullhole</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47463863</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47463863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nullhole in "Astral to Join OpenAI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> As a point of order: Astral did not, in fact, burn through its VC money.<p>That's a point of information, not a point of order.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:58:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47441581</link><dc:creator>nullhole</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47441581</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47441581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nullhole in "Strikes in Middle East since 28th Feb in real time"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"What fools we are to live in a generation for which war is a computer game for our children and just an interesting little Channel 4 news item"<p>- Tony Benn, MP, in the UK parliament, speaking against a resolution authorizing bombing of Iraq in 1998<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXmpJRZPYI" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXmpJRZPYI</a></p>
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<p>Wildfires have to be a big one as well, the time range and geographic range is growing on a seemingly yearly basis.<p>Related, home insurance cost increases (and, in places, unavailability) from wildfires & worsening storms hits the pocketbook directly.</p>
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<p>RIP, thanks for the memories.<p>No sci fi effect has ever given me the same sense of wonder that I got from the shot of the camera slowly travelling over the gigantic ship in the Season 1/2 intro.<p>Btw: @dang : Grant was the co-creator, alongside Doug Naylor, who is still kicking</p>
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<p>Related question, unanswerable except maybe as a rough estimate: how much will it cost, in accountant/bookkeeper time, to do all the administrivia required to process all these refunds?</p>
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<p>Madoff as well</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:42:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062192</link><dc:creator>nullhole</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062192</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nullhole in "News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Can you give a reference for The Guardian blocking IA? I just checked with an article from today - already archived, and a manual re-archive worked.</p>
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<p>> To be counted as proven reserve, you need to show that the mineral is economically extractable at market prices. Specifically, by starting to extract them.<p>You don't need to be actually mining the stuff for it to be considered a reserve, at least in the Canadian (CIM) definitions. You do need at least a pre-feasibility study, and details on market prices & contracts.<p>The general point is right though, "mineral resources" means there's metal in the ground, "mineral reserves" means there's metal in the ground that can be economically mined, with consideration of the mining methods, infrastructure, legal title, environmental impact, metallurgy, market contracts, etc.</p>
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<p>Wired is doing pretty well on that front, too</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:51:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46829709</link><dc:creator>nullhole</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46829709</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46829709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nullhole in "Macron says €300B in EU savings sent to the US every year will be invested in EU"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>EUR/USD increased ~13% in the past year<p><a href="https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=EUR&to=USD&view=1Y" rel="nofollow">https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=EUR&to=USD&view=1Y</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:39:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46723394</link><dc:creator>nullhole</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46723394</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46723394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nullhole in "TeraWave Satellite Communications Network"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You're ignoring the speed they're travelling at.<p>For a given period of time, a single satellite will travel through a vastly larger volume of space than a single plane.</p>
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<p>Where did you get the battery?<p>Lenovo no longer sells T480 batteries afaict, and 3rd party vendors are a (dangerous) crapshoot.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:16:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666843</link><dc:creator>nullhole</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666843</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by nullhole in "Scott Adams has died"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> he also died slowly and painfully of cancer<p>I guess he got the death that he wished, personally and seriously, upon some large fraction of the Earth's population<p><pre><code>  I don't want anyone to misconstrue this post as satire or exaggeration. So I'll reiterate. If you have acted, or plan to act, in a way that keeps doctor-assisted suicide illegal, I see you as an accomplice in torturing my father, and perhaps me as well someday. I want you to die a painful death, and soon. And I'd be happy to tell you the same thing to your face.
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<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003037/http://dilbert.com:80/blog/entry/i_hope_my_father_dies_soon" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003037/http://dilbert.co...</a></p>
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<p>> The Mali trip was notable for random types firing weapons at our aircraft while we were running lines with 80m ground clearance - we had to armour the cockpit bellies and stuff the fuel tanks with mesh.<p>Datums can get dull fast but there's adventure inherent in surveying. You should write a book, or at least a chapter or two. "Nadir Point" has a nice ring to it...</p>
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<p>It's also typically at a wavelength that has lower risk to human eyes (ie near infrared).<p>Laser eye safety risk is very measurable and well classified.</p>
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