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New comment by pomian in "Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart"

pomian — Fri, 22 May 2026 21:23:06 +0000

Recommend the whole series of books! Starting with Master and Commander. The books are also available in audiobook, read by Simon Vance. An awesome series of books. Beware, when you start... There are over 20 volumes in the series, and it's hard to stop.

New comment by pomian in "Chevrolet Performance eCrate package (400v/200hp)"

pomian — Thu, 07 May 2026 20:35:08 +0000

When you retire... Assuming you do, You can do anything. There is no magic Just practice. There is always a mechanic who needs space to work, and can help.

New comment by pomian in "The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker"

pomian — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:50:25 +0000

Triggered door flaps that activate after a cat eats a treat, opening new section of maze.

New comment by pomian in "The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go from here?"

pomian — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:35:00 +0000

2001 Space Odyssey presents a different scenario

New comment by pomian in "Lunar Flyby"

pomian — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:39:30 +0000

Very cool! Nice work.

New comment by pomian in "People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account"

pomian — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:55:55 +0000

Yes and now win 11 ltsc! It's like the difference between browsing the internet with and without unblock origin.

New comment by pomian in "People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account"

pomian — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:39:18 +0000

Don't feel bad. Even if you noticed, It is likely that during the next "security" update, one drive would be re-enabled, as the default - and possibly everything moved there.

New comment by pomian in "People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account"

pomian — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:30:29 +0000

Second ltsc -look into it once you try you will never go back. Available from various resellers nowadays. It is, what windows should be sold as.

New comment by pomian in "Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs"

pomian — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:21:01 +0000

This sounds familiar. Months after not receiving an order, UPS sent a letter from a pseudo(?) collection agency for a charge added to the order. But there was no way to pay for it - as there was a statement that only the shipper could pay, but still, the order didn't arrive - it was very confusing, the shipment disappeared in paperwork - and no one could figure it out. Customer was out the original purchase fee, producer never could reviver shipment. Complete mess.

New comment by pomian in "British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time"

pomian — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:35:51 +0000

EST = Europe Standard Time

New comment by pomian in "Wood Gas Vehicles: Firewood in the Fuel Tank (2010)"

pomian — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 19:10:24 +0000

Here are some more terms used 'in the day': Coal gas, city gas, wood gas

New comment by pomian in "Wood Gas Vehicles: Firewood in the Fuel Tank (2010)"

pomian — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 19:07:19 +0000

Some of us had the honor of learning about it from WWII vets... But, to your point, everyone in Europe was busy fighting the war, and there was very little 'driving around'. So not much talk about it.

New comment by pomian in "What you need to know before touching a video file"

pomian — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 18:00:09 +0000

Why? Is the most simple test of a valid explanation. If you don't need to ask why any more, you've answered the question. Sometimes it takes 3 or 5 white in a row!

New comment by pomian in "Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?"

pomian — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:11:54 +0000

Obviously, we die hard fans and users agree.

New comment by pomian in "Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo"

pomian — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:40:16 +0000

Nice summation of the tech product world And the political situation at the same time! It is amazing that small schisms on the good side, are so highly beneficial to the dark side.

New comment by pomian in "New Dan Carlin – Common Sense"

pomian — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:48:27 +0000

The issue before this one, is even more interesting and relevant to today's political situation. About Revolution in the USA.

New Dan Carlin – Common Sense

pomian — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:44:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dancarlin.com/product/common-sense-325-whos-the-boss/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46032566

Points: 15

# Comments: 3

New comment by pomian in "I didn't bring my son to a museum to look at screens"

pomian — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:26:29 +0000

On the other hand, an app for your phone, or digital display placed by an artifact, it a bar code: could have as much detail as possible, with more and more in depth lessons that you can investigate depending on your own level of curiosity. (Or age.) A fantastic museum of the world - natural and human history in Ottawa, was great. But imagine, they have a diorama depicting a historical scene... Then there is a display counter in front where you can read what's going on in the diorama. Also a few selected elements from the display, shown behind that glass, but visible up close for us to admire. What is the description of a brass ring, in the display: "A brass ring."! We can see that! WTF? But we want to know: where was it found, what was it's purpose, why is this down here not something else. What era is it from? You could dig deeper: how was it made? Who made it? Where? With what technology? Brass? How did they blend the raw materials? Who wore it? Etc etc etc. A little electronic display could have that, It a link for everyone to follow - bar code for example we could scan. It could even link to a Wikipedia page, whatever. But, something! More than: "A brass ring"

New comment by pomian in "How to make metals from Martian dirt"

pomian — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:10:46 +0000

I just replaced my screen background with a photo from Mars with a big granitic(?)/ granodiorite(?) Boulder, surrounded by volcanic rocks. It is an amazing quandary! Fun to look at, and think - ok, how was this made!? To simplify: the Boulder: is a white rock with black crystals, whereas all the surrounding rocks are dark grey or black(look like lava.) The Boulder is somewhat round(let's say 1 meter across +-100%), has been broken at some of the edges, and rounded at others. How was it broken? Rounded, and the fact it isn't in the Chevy place judging by the surrounding rocks, HOW, did it get there? So we are looking at various igneous processes at work here. Deep and surface. Plus, transport, by water? Ice? Liquid CO2? Unknown.

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New comment by pomian in "Garmin beats Apple to market with satellite-connected smartwatch"

pomian — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:46:43 +0000

Try Suunto. Works over Bluetooth only. Great system... So far.