Hacker News: pestatije

New comment by pestatije in "AI Models as Commodities"

pestatije — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:46:49 +0000

long-term they should all be open, containerized, in a public repo...this is a fantastic opportunity for a Windows step-up in hardware requirements and M$ is not seeing it

New comment by pestatije in "Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy"

pestatije — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:00:25 +0000

> and my teeth are fine

says the dentist? or says you?

after a check-up i was strongly recommended to stop taking soft drinks...no symptoms whatsoever but the teeth are weakening

New comment by pestatije in "Authorize, don't authenticate"

pestatije — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:53:38 +0000

I have shitty memory and never confused those... something else is amiss here

New comment by pestatije in "Tell HN: Leaving your country is your only real leverage"

pestatije — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:35:18 +0000

> high economic growth is largely caused by low government spending

not true...anybody with such simplistic economic opinions should really just do an 101 on economics

leaving your country? to go where? and once your there, what are you gonna do?

New comment by pestatije in "Km/h and only traffic tickets? What gives?"

pestatije — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:42:59 +0000

The title in the post is:

230 km/h and only traffic tickets? What gives?

New comment by pestatije in "Border Agents Can Search Your Phone by Hand, No Suspicion Needed"

pestatije — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:12:40 +0000

in US's Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina only

New comment by pestatije in "US Blocks SSL Security Certificates for Iran's Fars News Agency"

pestatije — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:04:45 +0000

Netanjahu happy now

New comment by pestatije in "Why a Broken Russia Is Bad for the World"

pestatije — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:12:51 +0000

because the consequences of losing a war are not trivial...russia knows that indeed

New comment by pestatije in "Where Are All the Solar-Powered Cars? (2023)"

pestatije — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:58:31 +0000

2023

New comment by pestatije in "Show HN: For 10 World Cups, my model's 2 favorites had the champion every time"

pestatije — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:51:49 +0000

and how many models did you model?

New comment by pestatije in "Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows"

pestatije — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:12:04 +0000

> mathematics cannot derive physics

thats just at the current state of the art...doesnt mean a complete maths cannot...its arguably debatable why physics follow some maths and why the specific constrains

New comment by pestatije in "Revenue is just an agreement between friends"

pestatije — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:38:46 +0000

VAT?

New comment by pestatije in "Ask HN: Does your website work on Nordstjernen Web Browser?"

pestatije — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:03:15 +0000

does Nordstrejen browser work on _any_ website?

New comment by pestatije in "Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows"

pestatije — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:38:09 +0000

its the same... physics hand-waves the 'why' all the same as chemistry or biology...the gap might be wider but its the same

New comment by pestatije in "Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows"

pestatije — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:06:51 +0000

doesn't that also apply for the maths-> physics layer? id say maths is the bottom layer

New comment by pestatije in "PostgreSQL Benchmark: AWS RDS vs. Self-Hosted on Hetzner (2026)"

pestatije — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:19:41 +0000

its useful cause it gives a baseline

New comment by pestatije in "Why low-latency Java still requires discipline?"

pestatije — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:19:54 +0000

yeah...no, try low latency when running out of memory, or with more CPU-bound threads than cores...discipline vs almost impossible

New comment by pestatije in "Ask HN: When will the stock market crash?"

pestatije — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:15:45 +0000

when the money dries up...or more precisely, when the canary realises money has dried up

New comment by pestatije in "Megawatts by Microwave"

pestatije — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 11:01:10 +0000

its a summary, an explanation of whats in the article that the heading fails to address, as the sibling comment attests... you could call it clickbait busting and wouldnt be too far off

New comment by pestatije in "CATL is building more than 200 battery swap stations every month"

pestatije — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 10:11:20 +0000

to my little mind, it looks way easier to swap batteries... especially if you want to onboard trucks