Hacker News: ortuna

New comment by ortuna in "Waymo in Portland"

ortuna — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:14:51 +0000

I feel like I've lived in enough places and they're pretty small relatively speaking but whatever, seems like we'll see how it actually plays out.

I'm not saying it's going to randomly speed up to 80mph and crash into a building and explode. Just that I'll finally have a chance to witness those hilarious videos in person

New comment by ortuna in "Waymo in Portland"

ortuna — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:55:30 +0000

So, these streets are so tiny and pedestrians are used to just walking out on crosswalks because most people stop at crosswalks

New comment by ortuna in "Beavers are helping restore wetlands and create buffers against wildfires"

ortuna — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 19:22:12 +0000

So… you didn’t read it? This comment is wild and entertaining!

New comment by ortuna in "Beavers are helping restore wetlands and create buffers against wildfires"

ortuna — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 18:23:27 +0000

Another cool article on beavers’ measured impact in Idaho after they were reintroduced from NASA: https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/our-impact/story/researcher...

New comment by ortuna in "‘Fix My Computer’ Cry Echos on Social Media; Air Force CIO Responds"

ortuna — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:24:39 +0000

They don't buy a laptop but a seat for some amount of years. So they're guaranteed X amount of laptops for Y years.

The selling company is obviously going to min/max this contract as much as they can. You could order a bunch of laptops if you had the authority I guess, but it will not be making on to the network since that is under contract too (probably the same company)

New comment by ortuna in "Tough Turban: an open-source design for turban-wearing motorcyclists"

ortuna — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:40:15 +0000

One of the reasons to not cut your hair and wear a turban is that a Sikh can't hide out in a crowd. You always know who is Sikh. This coupled with the mandate that a Sikh must always help those in need means that you always know where to look and ask for help.

From my perspective (US), this is a much needed belief today since it was born out of the similar circumstances in 1699.

New comment by ortuna in "Shall the West Pass Too? Whispers from Fallen Civilisations"

ortuna — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:37:28 +0000

It's very easy to adapt (as an immigrant). It's not rocket science. I wonder what the argument is going to be since it's way easier with the internet now to be primed already.

New comment by ortuna in "Smokers quit in record numbers amid Covid fears"

ortuna — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:27:53 +0000

I must have tried ~15 or 20 times to quit. I mean really, going at least a week without smoking. I was ~1 pack a day. It stuck the last time, and it's been 5 years I think? People said you'd never stop craving it, which was true for a while. Today, I really don't think about it at all.

New comment by ortuna in "Head injuries, broken bones plague e-scooter users as more data rolls in"

ortuna — Sat, 04 May 2019 14:04:23 +0000

Look again, they are back. City did a trial for 3 or 4 companies and gave a permit to 2 this time around. So they’re back for a while.

New comment by ortuna in "Ask HN: What is an example of a super simple SaaS that is profitable?"

ortuna — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:24:18 +0000

https://commits.io

Pretty simple code poster creator.

New comment by ortuna in "Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti Push the Limit of Gaming Graphics"

ortuna — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 18:31:40 +0000

I believe the miners are buying up the chips not the cards anymore

New comment by ortuna in "Using FOIA Data and Unix to halve major source of parking tickets"

ortuna — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:16:38 +0000

In a lot of states you used to be able to get the address of a license plate with $5 in admin fees. Not sure if that is still allowed.

New comment by ortuna in "Quantifying the impact of the Twitter fake accounts purge – a technical analysis"

ortuna — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 21:01:05 +0000

might be the function of the default follow feature and when they were created

New comment by ortuna in "Dell XPS 13 Kabylake Makes for a Great Linux Laptop"

ortuna — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 18:37:16 +0000

If you want to use NixOs: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Ortuna/b6e95d6baefd2a1683...

-- with the latest kernel, even the webcam is working now (the only thing that didn't).

New comment by ortuna in "Ask HN: What metaphors or analogies did you find really helpful?"

ortuna — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 15:57:45 +0000

Wow! super helpful!

New comment by ortuna in "Ask HN: How did you transition from Mac to Linux?"

ortuna — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:34:37 +0000

none for me on the 2018 model. Pretty much love it. I did have the older one 2 models ago, which did have the whine, but I bought it at a discount because of that.

New comment by ortuna in "Ask HN: How did you transition from Mac to Linux?"

ortuna — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:33:04 +0000

It does drain, maybe 2%/hr but I thought that was normal? That's what I expect to get on a Mac. I did have to `echo XHC > /proc/acpi/wakeup` because I would shut the lid, but something on the USB bus kept turning it back on.

New comment by ortuna in "Ask HN: How did you transition from Mac to Linux?"

ortuna — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:58:45 +0000

Have a Dell XPS 13 (2018) edition, NixOS w/ minimal gnome install works like a charm!

NixOS config: https://gist.github.com/Ortuna/b6e95d6baefd2a1683ddd848f485b...

New comment by ortuna in "Anger Over Tourists Swarming Vacation Hot Spots Sparks Global Backlash"

ortuna — Tue, 22 May 2018 21:33:10 +0000

The article is talking about remote areas (NZ - Lord of the Rings), beaches, camping trails etc. These areas didn't get a lot of traffic. Now they do which is leading to the undesired outcomes. It's not talking about locals vs tourists. It's mainly talking about sudden influx of people coming into an area.

New comment by ortuna in "Ask HN: Are Chromebooks ready for serious development?"

ortuna — Sat, 12 May 2018 14:48:14 +0000

Have he new 9370 with NixOS, no cool whine. Although I had it on the one I had 2 models ago. WiFi and Bluetooth work fine for me. So maybe they’ve worked the kinks out?