Hacker News: throttlebody

New comment by throttlebody in "KiCad 10.0.0 Release"

throttlebody — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:47:53 +0000

RTFM

New comment by throttlebody in "Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service"

throttlebody — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:33:57 +0000

I would argue that profits are a result of what you do and not the purpose... Obviously intertwined but that's why its important to pick something you like

New comment by throttlebody in "xAI joins SpaceX"

throttlebody — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 03:45:56 +0000

With that number of more satellites in orbit, launching a manned rocket into space is likely to be too risky due the amount of more debris and satellites. And will it be net energy positive solution ?

New comment by throttlebody in "A man who's been waiting in jail for his day in court for 6 years"

throttlebody — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:21:24 +0000

Unbelievable, but I guess this is the USA....

New comment by throttlebody in "Blender 5.0"

throttlebody — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:44:09 +0000

Alibre has a free option, which does not include sheetmetal bending but otherwise solid software

New comment by throttlebody in "Canadian military will rely on public servants to boost its ranks by 300k"

throttlebody — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:04:36 +0000

Thereis a huge difference between going to war somewhere and defending when being invaded

New comment by throttlebody in "Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia"

throttlebody — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 02:03:35 +0000

Monopoly is a free market game and thete is only one winner. Free markets as such is an utopia dream.

New comment by throttlebody in "When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire"

throttlebody — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 18:39:21 +0000

The British banks and their tax heavens still very much control the world of money. The commonwealth barely hangs together outside of the world of cricket.....

New comment by throttlebody in "US companies, consumers are paying for tariffs, not foreign firms"

throttlebody — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:04:59 +0000

I don't think I have read anything so wrong about tariffs in quite a while. Tariffs either protect local manufacturing and/or slows consumption of said import. In both cases, it is inflationary.

New comment by throttlebody in "The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs"

throttlebody — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 01:28:22 +0000

If you employ people on straight salaries, you are stuck. Not everyone is on share gravy train

New comment by throttlebody in "Why does the U.S. always run a trade deficit?"

throttlebody — Wed, 21 May 2025 01:14:20 +0000

A lot of corporate US does not declare their earnings in the US, but in tax heavens, thus further skewing the figures.

New comment by throttlebody in "The Problem with Modern Engineering Isn't Speed. It's Chaos"

throttlebody — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 03:14:08 +0000

To go fast, you must first be able to go slow......

New comment by throttlebody in "Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant"

throttlebody — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:53:33 +0000

Are there any reasons we can't have both KYC and privacy/security ?

New comment by throttlebody in "The narrowest escalator in New York City"

throttlebody — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:46:07 +0000

Escalators are often in their original state for the life of them, apart from basic maintenance and a few repairs. Terrible things to work on

New comment by throttlebody in "The case for letting Malibu burn (1995)"

throttlebody — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 20:05:22 +0000

I live on a fault line, and we have overcome most issues by building seismic tolerant buildings. We have the knowledge to live in high-risk areas with some certainty, but it will never be without risk. Climate change, ie more frequent severe weather events, is definitely going to challenge our norms and how we do things. Fire tolerant buildings ?

New comment by throttlebody in "I am rich and have no idea what to do"

throttlebody — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:26:34 +0000

Start by doing a long walk, like the PCT or Te Araroa trail. 3+ months of hiking. You are busy every day, get up, eat and start walking. Finish the day physically tired. Sleep rinse and repeat. Have a break from news etc You come out fit, mentally reset and have a good perspective. Just my 2c

New comment by throttlebody in "A Student's Guide to Writing with ChatGPT"

throttlebody — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:14:12 +0000

Looking up stuff, with any efficiency, requires a significant amount of prior knowledge to ask the right question.

New comment by throttlebody in "GitHub cuts AI deals with Google, Anthropic"

throttlebody — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:57:38 +0000

How does AI learn from it's mistakes ? Genuine question as i have only briefly used ChatGpt and found it interesting but not usefull.

New comment by throttlebody in "Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid"

throttlebody — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:40:00 +0000

Well, money is, in essence, an exchange for energy, so if energy is free we'll see a significant change in our economy system and my guess it's gonna be a wild ride

New comment by throttlebody in "The City of London which is not part of London (2016)"

throttlebody — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 02:11:15 +0000

City of London is a separate legal entity to England but still under the king. Hence all the banking industry is located there, to add another step in the money train to tax heavens.