Hacker News: tc313

New comment by tc313 in "Britain's spies-for-hire are running wild"

tc313 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 01:12:13 +0000

HN is a place where you typically post links to sources that support your claim. We could all Google it (or ChatGPT it), but we may not come out with the same results. Why not post your sources so that we can discuss a common set of evidence?

New comment by tc313 in "Personal aviation is about to get interesting (2023)"

tc313 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 03:30:35 +0000

Yep. The flight training is the same as for a PPL, except there’s no VOR navigation, less instrument time, no night flights, and no (intentional) spin training.

New comment by tc313 in "Personal aviation is about to get interesting (2023)"

tc313 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 03:12:23 +0000

I think it’s more likely that the FAA drops the requirement for a third-class medical certificate to get a PPL than that they significantly loosen the diagnosis restrictions. At least they have discussed dropping the requirement in the past.

New comment by tc313 in "Personal aviation is about to get interesting (2023)"

tc313 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 03:03:44 +0000

I’m a sport pilot with a controlled airspace endorsement. It took just two lessons for my instructor to give me the endorsement. I don’t know why anyone would skip it.

New comment by tc313 in "Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme"

tc313 — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:47:52 +0000

> it is the traveller's responsibility to have valid documents and be familiar with the current entry regulations

This response from the Norwegian foreign office makes it seem like the man lacked proper documentation, which led to the search. However, it’s unclear to me whether the comment is specific to this case or just a general statement.

New comment by tc313 in "Debunking Cloudflare’s recent performance tests (2021)"

tc313 — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 01:18:32 +0000

(2021)

New comment by tc313 in "Pricing Money: A beginner's guide to money, bonds, futures and swaps"

tc313 — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:29:07 +0000

It’s hard to put a date on it, but surely it’s no more recent than (2021).

New comment by tc313 in "An Introduction to Forest Carbon"

tc313 — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 20:04:55 +0000

Judging by its subsequent comments, this is almost certainly AI-produced.

New comment by tc313 in "The Fed smothers capitalism in an attempt to save it"

tc313 — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 19:57:16 +0000

Because interest rates are the overwhelming determinant of general asset prices and bad news for the economy usually leads the Fed to lower/slow the hike in interest rates.

New comment by tc313 in "The Fed smothers capitalism in an attempt to save it"

tc313 — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 19:53:26 +0000

Well, if we’re being nitpicky, balance sheet items such as a large net cash position (a derivative of past success or failure) are also relevant factors in the value of a company.

New comment by tc313 in "MIRC ended its lifetime license agreement with all who purchased it 10 years out"

tc313 — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 14:50:32 +0000

Call it mIRC 2

New comment by tc313 in "TIFU by using Stripe as a payment processor for my small business"

tc313 — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 12:42:02 +0000

Just as a counter-anecdote, my one-person SAAS has used Stripe since 2017 and I’ve had an excellent experience with them, including personal customer support. Of course, YMMV.

New comment by tc313 in "US sentences crypto expert to 5 years after North Korea blockchain presentation"

tc313 — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 03:17:35 +0000

That’s what he’s saying. Sanctions are war without bullets.

New comment by tc313 in "AMD is now worth more than Intel"

tc313 — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:47:03 +0000

“In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run it is a weighing machine.”

New comment by tc313 in "Delta CEO wants U.S. to put unruly passengers on 'no-fly' list"

tc313 — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 05:47:27 +0000

An important element of civil discourse is in limiting conversation to the content of the argument rather than attacking the person making the argument.

A teen built a flight-tracking Twitter bot. Elon Musk tried to pay him to stop

tc313 — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:47:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30087866

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

How Did We Get So ‘Cringe’?

tc313 — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 19:10:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/01/cringe-culture-everywhere/621272/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29958865

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by tc313 in "Bob Saget has died"

tc313 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 04:29:54 +0000

It’s called cognitive dissonance.

> According to this theory, when two actions or ideas are not psychologically consistent with each other, people do all in their power to change them until they become consistent. [0]

In this case, OP didn’t like Saget but admired Macdonald — who DID like Saget. OP resolved this conflict by admiring Saget as well.

[0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

New comment by tc313 in "Number of journalists in jail reaches global high"

tc313 — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:22:27 +0000

Not to notpick, but while Khashoggi was a US resident, he was not a US citizen.

New comment by tc313 in "FB seals off some internal message boards to prevent leaking, immediately leaked"

tc313 — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:49:30 +0000

The title suggests an irony that isn't present. The change in policy was immediately leaked, but the policy was designed to keep the discussions on those boards from leaking (rather than the policy itself).