Hacker News: pinewurst

Is Russia's rival to Starlink failing?

pinewurst — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:01:32 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/rassvet-russias-rival-to-starlink-is-getting-off-to-a-slow-start/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537391

Points: 5

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New comment by pinewurst in "Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them"

pinewurst — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:47:05 +0000

(2018)

New comment by pinewurst in "Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the End"

pinewurst — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 04:33:16 +0000

(2025)

New comment by pinewurst in "Three tough truths about climate – Bill Gates"

pinewurst — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:40:10 +0000

(2025)

New comment by pinewurst in "Z80 – The 1970s Microprocessor Still Alive (2021)"

pinewurst — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:27:52 +0000

(on a 600 Mhz Teensy 4.1)

Successful first‑stage recovery of the Zhuque‑3 rocket

pinewurst — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 03:39:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/1vs6mqr/successful_firststage_recovery_of_the_zhuque3/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49370136

Points: 3

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New comment by pinewurst in "Dario's wife tried to raise money from Epstein for a porn studio"

pinewurst — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:57:05 +0000

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropics-first-lad...

New comment by pinewurst in "Come for ENIAC, Stay for UNIVAC and Skeduflo"

pinewurst — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:26:00 +0000

That’s a really good book!

New comment by pinewurst in "The Bit Player: My Father with Steve Zissou"

pinewurst — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:15:30 +0000

His space books are very good.

New comment by pinewurst in "That time when I failed the Microsoft interview"

pinewurst — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 03:26:43 +0000

I’ve been through the Microsoft loop(s) several times over the years, and (to borrow from Tolstoy) each was unhappy in its own way. There were great people who would have been a pleasure to work with but always at least one joker in the deck. One just had to laugh because it was so obvious it wasn’t me.

I remember speeding through the loop for something closely analogous to my job at the time, only to be suddenly told by the hiring manager (who up to that time was a strong supporter) in a final interview that I wasn’t qualified. Not wanting to invest any more energy, I formally withdrew, only to get a call from him protesting why I’d do such a thing. Or being told to leave at the end of the day only to be called to drive back 20 miles immediately during dinner, and finding out later that was a mistake. Or being literally screamed at (spittle in my face!) that HPC was only MPI and nothing but MPI. Or being yelled at that Windows Server was exactly the same as an enterprise storage system like EMC/HP/Hitachi. The hits go on.