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New comment by starkparker in "Show HN: Notula – where humans edit the Markdown your AI agents read"

starkparker — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:31:09 +0000

So there are engineers building component CMSs for Markdown to help engineers edit product docs, and there are product people building component CMSs for DITA XML to help product people edit customer docs, and never the twain shall meet because an engineer would rather jump into a burning building than share a repo with DITA XML. Even when there's an interface layer on top of it with features that are fully indistinguishable from this product.

The future is batshit. I hate DITA and I still think this is deeply funny, in the same way as falling into my own grave and realizing they're throwing dirt on me would be funny.

New comment by starkparker in "Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study"

starkparker — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:27:54 +0000

"Gen Z electricians making $240-280k in data centers" was a viral ploy by Mike Rowe on a podcast to promote his trades-training hustle.

> "The electricians that I interviewed and met two months ago in a data center in Plano, Texas, all under 30 years old, all making $240,000 to $280,000 a year, all with as much overtime as they want, none with any debt, all three of whom were poached three times in the prior 18 months," Rowe said ...

Google AI summaries then pick up wealth/finance grifter social media clickbait about it and parrots it as a fact.

There are contract data-center electrical jobs paying $55-65/hr (some with signing bonuses, per-diems, and benefits on top), but they only come close to $200,000 takehome by working 12/7 with generous overtime. And these are 5+ years of experience, OSHA 30, journeyman license, bring-your-own-tools. They're also exceptional; most are still $25-40/hr.

New comment by starkparker in "Fixing a bricked Framework laptop"

starkparker — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:46:24 +0000

My last two ThinkPads (a P40 Yoga and a T14 Gen 2) were absolute shit.

The P40 spent more time in the repair depot than in use before I replaced it with something that didn't ship with a fucked M.2 slot, a touchscreen that failed out of the box and then a month after replacement, and a battery that pillowed within a month after that.

The T14 Gen 2 bricked on a BIOS update. The pinhole reset didn't work, so it went to the repair depot, came back two weeks later with the BIOS updated. Next BIOS update bricked it again.

USS John F. Kennedy Begins Sea Trials in High-Stakes Test of US Naval Power

starkparker — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:56:39 +0000

Article URL: https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/uss-john-f-kennedy-cvn-79-sea-trials-us-navy-supercarrier/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49306052

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Bundesliga's 50+1 ownership rule permissible under antitrust laws

starkparker — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:52:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/bundesligas-501-ownership-rule-permissible-under-antitrust-laws-bundeskartellamt-2026-08-12/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49306012

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by starkparker in "The American sports plutocracy"

starkparker — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:51:25 +0000

My preferred modern (and non-American) model is the German Bundesliga 50+1 rule,[1] which unlike the Packers is actively employed and enforced within both the league and regulatory bodies, with external ownership instead being the legacy, rare, and endangered exception.

> The name of the rule refers to the need for members of a club to hold 50 percent, plus one more vote, of voting rights - i.e. a majority. In short, it means that clubs - and, by extension, the fans - have the ultimate say in how they are run, not an outside influence or investor.

> Under German Football League (DFL) rules, football clubs will not be allowed to play in the Bundesliga (or second division) if outside investors have the greatest say.

> In essence, this means that private or commercial investors cannot take over clubs and potentially push through measures that prioritise profit over the wishes of supporters. The ruling simultaneously protects against reckless owners and safeguards the democratic customs of German clubs.

...

> Using the concrete example of Bayern Munich, the shareholders of the men's first team (FC Bayern München AG) are the members' club (FC Bayern München e.V. - 75%), Adidas (8.3%), Allianz (8.3%) and Audi (8.3%).

> Things are organised differently at Dortmund. The members' club (consisting of 168,163 members as of November 2022) actually only controls 4.61% of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, which oversees the men's first team, reserves and U19s. Signal Iduna hold 5.98% of shares, Bernd Geske 8.24%, Evonik Industries 8.19% and the remaining 72.27% is floated on the stock market. However, the management company in charge of running the football club, Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH, is 100% owned by the members' club, ensuring control of matters and thus compliance with 50+1.

The rule's been challenged or subverted frequently. The most recent ruling on it was two days ago from the German Federal Cartel Office:[2]

> It is intended to stop rich, and often foreign, investors transforming German football in the way the English Premier League has changed while keeping smaller clubs competitive. But the likes of Bayern Munich would like the rule scrapped to boost their own coffers.

> A prerequisite for the 50+1 rule is that it be applied consistently and without differences, a statement from the Federal Cartel Office said following a review.

> The Bundesliga - the new name for the German Football League (DFL) which runs the top two men's divisions - must also ensure fans have a role and there is open access to membership, according to watchdog president Andreas Mundt.

> This could be viewed as a nudge to RB Leipzig - controlled by the Red Bull empire - to open up the club more to members.

1: https://www.bundesliga.com/en/faq/what-are-the-rules-and-reg...

2: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/german-watchdog-permits-fo...

New comment by starkparker in "Chartreuse, a case study in how scarcity and authenticity can drive desirability"

starkparker — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:27:58 +0000

If you want to use it in a Sazerac, swap it in for the Peychaud's and soak a real sugar cube with it instead of using simple syrup. I don't personally like it, but IMO it's the only good entry point for it in terms of texture.

The other option is a Carthusian, which puts a 1/4 oz. in and swaps the Peychaud's with lemon bitters to offset with acid.

After mitigation measures, residents say Aurora data center still creating noise

starkparker — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:42:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/06/after-mitigation-measures-residents-say-aurora-data-center-still-creating-noise-issues/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49213067

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

What Are the Margins of Error in the BLS Monthly Jobs Reports? (2024)

starkparker — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:38:37 +0000

Article URL: https://mishtalk.com/economics/what-are-the-margins-of-error-in-the-bls-monthly-jobs-reports/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49213008

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by starkparker in "Show HN: Pokémon Emerald Ported to Raspberry Pi Pico 2"

starkparker — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:55:14 +0000

One can do that without posting it to a public GitHub repository, and then posting it to HN and wasting everyone else's time with it.

Civilians under siege by Mexican cartel fight back with AK-47s, grenades

starkparker — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:48:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/civilians-that-were-under-siege-by-a-mexican-cartel-fight-back-with-ak-47s-and-grenades

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49202321

Points: 114

# Comments: 96

New comment by starkparker in "Why Were the Dabaos Late?"

starkparker — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 23:34:49 +0000

> Crowd Supply’s fulfillment was the exception. Crowd Supply is now part of Mouser, a billion dollar distribution machine which routinely handles products in tape and reel. The Mouser acquisition of Crowd Supply was supposed to bring them staff, make them more responsive, and improve their sales reach; instead, I’ve encountered the opposite. There’s more process than ever: purchase orders take weeks, fees are higher, service quality has declined, and shipping times are slower. Crowd Supply also takes the largest cut of any vendor in the supply chain – 46% of the cash raised went to them.

_woof_

New comment by starkparker in "RCade: The Arcade Cabinet with CI/CD Deployment, Custom Graphics Card for CRT [video]"

starkparker — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:38:45 +0000

This is a 52m video presentation on the RCade. Blog-post submission from its creator Frank Chiarulli Jr. (fcjr); 5 months ago, 10 points, 2 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46901081

Eva's previous submission of Frank's blog post; 4 months ago, 89 points, 16 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47170599

RCade's website: https://rcade.dev/ (straight to the browser-playable games: https://rcade.dev/games )

Code repo: https://github.com/fcjr/rcade

Downward's detailed blog post on the custom CRT display adapter: https://www.scd31.com/posts/building-an-arcade-display-adapt...

New comment by starkparker in "Libsm64: Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines"

starkparker — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:32:05 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgYx8k428sTnDkWtc8kIv...

New comment by starkparker in "AI companies are shredding rare books"

starkparker — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:25:48 +0000

Dealing with mold in an archival environment is a nightmare, and yeah, the only thing sealing the books in plastic does is make it easier to either throw them away, or to freeze them to try to kill and then manually clean out the mold. https://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/preservation-leaflets/3...

F-14A Central Air Data Computer (CADC) FPGA Reconstruction

starkparker — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:26:03 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ATaylorCEngFIET/f14_CADC/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49065469

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Van freed after two years trapped in automated car park (2025)

starkparker — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:06:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20z46p0p6jo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059509

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by starkparker in "Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code for command and lunar modules"

starkparker — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:42:53 +0000

Happy 10-year anniversary to this repo being shared on HN.

Most significant discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12048945, 652 points, 145 comments on July 7, 2016

All previous submissions: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=github.com/chrislgarr...

New comment by starkparker in "The unreasonable difficulty of time series forecasting"

starkparker — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:26:23 +0000

Can't help but see hurricane-prediction spaghetti plots in those charts.

New comment by starkparker in "My husbands suicide shows theres something very wrong with US insurance industry"

starkparker — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:45:30 +0000

It's wild how differently the press release you linked to frames that.

> WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nearly half (49%) of cancer patients and survivors report being burdened by medical debt alongside some (13%) who report expecting to incur medical debt as part of their treatment plan, according to a new Survivor Views survey by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Interestingly, nearly all (98%) were insured when medical debt occurred.

> Among those with cancer-related medical debt, nearly half (49%) have carried more than $5,000 in debt, a majority (69%) of whom have carried this debt for more than a year. Respondents also reported most commonly owing their medical debt to a hospital (76%).

...

> According to the survey, an individual with cancer-related medical debt was three times more likely to be behind on recommended cancer screenings in comparison to those who have been able to pay for their care without accumulating debt. Nearly half (49%) saw their credit score decrease with 30% having difficulty qualifying for loans.

> Cancer-related medical debt is also not felt equally and further deepens disparities. Black (13%) and Hispanic (14%) patients and survivors with medical debt were twice as likely as White respondents to report being denied care due to their debt. Black respondents were also more likely to report being contacted by collections agencies (66%) and to feel harassed by them (44%).