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New comment by satori99 in "Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU"

satori99 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:03:12 +0000

As an Australian, I am so grateful for compulsory voting.

New comment by satori99 in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

satori99 — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:51:32 +0000

> Should Australians brace themselves ?

Australians are currently paying him billions for 2nd hand nuclear submarines (which are not likely to ever be delivered), so that they can protect themselves from their biggest trading partner.

New comment by satori99 in "Italians celebrate village's first baby in 30 years"

satori99 — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 11:53:21 +0000

My first thought was about Children Of Men

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/

(Which is a harrowing, yet brilliant, film)

New comment by satori99 in "Analysis of Hedy Lamarr's Contribution to Spread-Spectrum Communication"

satori99 — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 01:22:26 +0000

Mel Brooks did not even try to defend against this. He is a huge admirer of her. He thought it was appropriate to pay her and apologise for any offence she may have taken from the gag. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQef9PqjKbG/

New comment by satori99 in "The traffickers are winning the war on drugs"

satori99 — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 05:21:49 +0000

It is wealthy people in highly affluent harbourside suburbs who are the customers for cocaine in Australia. It is not being consumed by 'junkies'. https://au.news.yahoo.com/affluent-suburb-called-drug-issue-...

New comment by satori99 in "The Barbican"

satori99 — Mon, 12 May 2025 23:48:28 +0000

The 'flys' are the enormous curtains and backdrops used in theatre productions. They are raised and lowered to set new scenes in a production. They need a large space to be raised into, above the stage--which is known as a fly tower.

New comment by satori99 in "The Barbican"

satori99 — Mon, 12 May 2025 23:20:50 +0000

I wasn't sure what you were discussing. Like, what is a fly tower? So I went down a barbican rabbit hole and found this part of a video, where one of the theatre fly techs describes the same thing as you!

https://youtu.be/uDdTUBk-qjo?t=140

New comment by satori99 in "Data manipulations alleged in study that paved way for Microsoft's quantum chip"

satori99 — Sat, 10 May 2025 07:30:02 +0000

Indeed

"It turns out that GPS must account for both special relativity and general relativity to deliver position at 1-meter level and time at 100-nanosecond level to its users."

https://www.gpsworld.com/inside-the-box-gps-and-relativity/

New comment by satori99 in "Sailing from Berkeley to Hawaii in a 19ft Sailboat"

satori99 — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:39:02 +0000

I recall reading Kay Cottee's account of her solo unassisted circumnavigation in 1988. She was the first woman to do so.

Part of her preparation was removing the labels from all tinned food, and then re-writing what was in the can with a permanent marker on the lid, before fully immersing each can in laquer. Presumably this was done to help deal with corrosion problems.

New comment by satori99 in "They don't make them like that any more: the Yamaha DX7 keyboard"

satori99 — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:50:48 +0000

> The use of mathematics to produce sounds resembling real instruments quickly became obsolete once we could just go out and sample the real thing. Sampling is a boring, brute-force approach to sound synthesis, but it’s a relatively straightforward one, now we have the computing power and memory.

I guess this is true, but the next thing to come along that made me leave the DX7 at home was an Ensoniq EPS-16+.

https://www.vintagesynth.com/ensoniq/eps-16

New comment by satori99 in "The Physics of Sailing (2003)"

satori99 — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 19:14:18 +0000

The article mentions Sydney harbours 18 foot racing skiffs. These are very light 3 man racing vessels with far more sail than boat. They are very fast and require all 3 crew to be suspended on trapeze wires far from the hull, just to stay upright.

They are fun to watch because they flip and capsize a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UqXaTHG0_M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmKQY0KdKSo

New comment by satori99 in "Fugees Founder Pras Michél Speaks Out: 'I Never Wanted to Be a Spy'"

satori99 — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:42:36 +0000

> A lot of prescience is just paying enough attention

Terry Gilliam said much the same thing when talking about making Brazil in the 1980s.

"People think I am a prophet and that Brazil described the world we’re living in now a few years ago. But we were living in that world then; people just weren’t paying attention the way they do now."

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/magazine/terry-gilliam-is...

New comment by satori99 in "Solo round-the-world sailor Cole Brauer:first two weeks I cried every single day"

satori99 — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 06:22:25 +0000

Jessica Watson's attempt (16yo) was non-stop, but fell just short of the required 21,600nm for an official record.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Watson

New comment by satori99 in "What happens when people with acute psychosis meet the voices in their heads?"

satori99 — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:04:57 +0000

This trial has its own website too.

https://www.avatartherapytrial.com/what-is-avatar-therapy

Avatar Therapy

satori99 — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:01:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.avatartherapytrial.com/what-is-avatar-therapy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41981074

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New comment by satori99 in "Show HN: RF Hunter – Find hidden cameras and other devices"

satori99 — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 05:56:23 +0000

What you really need is a Non-Linear Junction Detector. These can detect an unshielded device with transistors, even if it's off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear_junction_detector

New comment by satori99 in "Please do not write below the line"

satori99 — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:48:54 +0000

This is how Australia's public broadcaster is funded. But it means politicians directly decide its budget, which makes it a political football.

New comment by satori99 in "Why I Write My Own Obituary Every Year"

satori99 — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:54:54 +0000

Typically, they were managed based on level of fame, health, and age.

Any notable persons named in recent news reports for matters of health were kept near the top of the pile.

There was nothing pre-prepared for Princess Diana's death as she was just too young and healthy, despite her incredible fame.

New comment by satori99 in "Why I Write My Own Obituary Every Year"

satori99 — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:20:09 +0000

> draft obituaries ready for all living celebrities, which have to be constantly updated

I was responsible for doing this for a news radio network 30 years ago. Mostly I was able to stay on top of things, but Princess Diana really ruined my weekend. No-one was ready for that one.

New comment by satori99 in "Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon"

satori99 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 01:34:59 +0000

My understanding is that pagers are typically radio Rx-only, and that it is not possible to track their location like a cellular device -- which is likely why Hezbollah chose to use them.

Though it would be possible to add this ability when the hardware was intercepted, a transmitting device is also easy to detect.