Hacker News: seamac3

New comment by seamac3 in "Dechurched America: 40M worshippers no longer attend"

seamac3 — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 04:10:04 +0000

I'd imagine that COVID had something to do with this. Churchgoers started watching mass on the net, and called it going to church.

New comment by seamac3 in "Octopuses used in research could receive same protections as monkeys"

seamac3 — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 04:08:25 +0000

Yes, most definitely Octopuses should receive the same protection as monkeys.

New comment by seamac3 in "DARPA looks to laser to beam power across the world"

seamac3 — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 03:52:18 +0000

Laser satellite weaponry is already here. It wouldn't matter if DARPA undertakes this project or someone else. I think it's still a good idea, if it can deliver energy cheaper than building, maintaining, and running a ground infrastructure. It could potentially lead to greater energy security. I just imagine satellites powering individual city blocks or segments, right along with remote villages. I wonder what the radiation effect is from energy delivered by laser...

New comment by seamac3 in "US Gov geoengineering research plan for reducing solar radiation [pdf]"

seamac3 — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 01:21:02 +0000

How will we know the effects and timing (permanence) of injecting the stratosphere with aerosols that block out solar radiation? Is it localized (how will such gases stay over particular areas such as the poles), because gases expand indefinitely...right? How would we control these aerosols so the earth doesn't get too cold?

I think it seems like a good idea, and I'm sure there are experts that could answer these questions.

I give the Whitehouse kudos for proposing such an initiative, at least through research we will know more about what is possible and the effects of such actions.

The paper provides a great overview of how to achieve a more sustainable earth. Hopefully these actions could be consistent over the long term.

New comment by seamac3 in "Ham radio enthusiasts vs. High-frequency traders: A battle for the airwaves"

seamac3 — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 17:07:34 +0000

Why don't the stock market traders just use satellite? Shouldn't those transmissions be faster than cable transmission? They are only gaining milliseconds right? I wonder who will be affected. It seems like a lot of wattage, but the stock traders antennas are located in the upper US.

Ask HN: Desalination Water Pipeline from California to the Southwest

seamac3 — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 05:48:07 +0000

Could a desalination water pipeline from California to the Southwest US ever work? Let's say the desalination plant is pumping water from the Pacific Ocean near Southern California, to the Colorado River, to the Navajo Nation, to the Rio Grande River and maybe further. Possible? Practical?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37107059

Points: 1

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Producing an Artificial Aurora with Radio

seamac3 — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 03:00:47 +0000

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/scientists-in-alaska-attempt-to-produce-fake-aurora-with-giant-antenna-array

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37106272

Points: 2

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Ionosphere Art

seamac3 — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 02:57:38 +0000

Article URL: https://ghostsintheairglow.space/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37106263

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by seamac3 in "What was the last thing you asked ChatGPT?"

seamac3 — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 02:47:57 +0000

I asked ChatGPT to write a simple code for some software. https://zzzcode.ai/answer-question

New comment by seamac3 in "Welcome to Sligoville: The Story of the Irish in Jamaica"

seamac3 — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 02:38:31 +0000

Is that why Jamaicans say "Ire mon"!?

New comment by seamac3 in "Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage"

seamac3 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 04:59:25 +0000

Amazing application and manifestation of induction (storing electrical energy in a magnetic field)! What happened to the idea? Did it go anywhere?

New comment by seamac3 in "Radio frequency hearing in humans and its effects (2003)"

seamac3 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 04:54:02 +0000

Electrolytes? Better conduction of EMF? Just a guess.

New comment by seamac3 in "Show HN: A simple wireless power demonstration circuit"

seamac3 — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 05:53:57 +0000

Cool! Induction is amazing.

New comment by seamac3 in "Medvedev says Russia could use nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s fightback succeeds"

seamac3 — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 03:03:44 +0000

Let us hope so...

New comment by seamac3 in "Scientists Control Human DNA with Electricity in 'Leap Forward'"

seamac3 — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 02:58:14 +0000

Wow, amazing! Well they say that ultrasonic cured cancer... right?

Twitter's X taken down from rooftop

seamac3 — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 02:50:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/big-x-taken-down-twitter-roof-after-san-francisco-squabble-2023-07-31/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36951752

Points: 12

# Comments: 1

New comment by seamac3 in "Show HN: This Girl Next Door Does Not Exist (NSFW)"

seamac3 — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 02:45:44 +0000

Unbelievable!

New comment by seamac3 in "Former intel officer says 'non-human biologics’ found at alleged UFO crash sites"

seamac3 — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 10:13:29 +0000

Yea, I feel like Aliens is not so far out of a possibility, and the theories are fun to play with... yet something grounds me and says there just are (and have been) some really smart people out there.

New comment by seamac3 in "Ask HN: What is a good financial gift for a 17 y/o"

seamac3 — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 23:04:27 +0000

You could introduce her to stocks. Perhaps Schwab Slices?

New comment by seamac3 in "Former intel officer says 'non-human biologics’ found at alleged UFO crash sites"

seamac3 — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 23:00:35 +0000

farming what?