Hacker News: torcete

New comment by torcete in "Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars [video]"

torcete — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:46:38 +0000

What I didn't get from the video is that there's a differential, but it is not connected to the wheels. Is there a second differential that connects MG1 to the wheels?

New comment by torcete in "Why has there been so little progress on Alzheimer's disease?"

torcete — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:48:13 +0000

"Alzheimer’s disease is a condition of the elderly, and they’re on their way out anyway." That's a such a protestant way of thinking. It contrasts very much with the catholic culture of southern Europe. I am not saying that is better or worse, but I think it is a very clear example of how different the culture is across the UE. One key aspect is how to look after your elders.

New comment by torcete in "Plexus P/20 Emulator"

torcete — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:48:35 +0000

I wonder what the z8000 and vax commands do. I can imagine the first is related to the 16bit Zilog processor and the second to the vax OS, but no idea how to use them or what are they for.

New comment by torcete in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

torcete — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:51:41 +0000

So Cursor to the moon?

New comment by torcete in "How a subsea cable is repaired (2021)"

torcete — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:59:08 +0000

"Repeaters are included every 40-80 km to keep the signal strong."

Does it mean that there's a ton of repeaters under the sea? Where do they get the power from?

New comment by torcete in "Prediction markets are breaking the news and becoming their own beat"

torcete — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:40:06 +0000

I always found interesting that you can bet on Polymarket whether Jesus Christ will come back before 2027 or not. At the moment, you can bet $96.20 to win $100 that he won't.

New comment by torcete in "IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark"

torcete — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:46:33 +0000

That goes for me?

New comment by torcete in "IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark"

torcete — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:16:52 +0000

They have released the draft for IPv8 two days ago: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thain-ipv8-00.html

Does it mean we better put our chips on IPv8?

New comment by torcete in "Spanish legislation as a Git repo"

torcete — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:30:48 +0000

Well, the doctor, the drugs and everything else needed for the procedure is covered by the health system. I would argue that is indeed helping to end one's live.

New comment by torcete in "I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a commit"

torcete — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:30:39 +0000

It was assisted suicide. Meaning the government helps you to commit suicide.

New comment by torcete in "Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11"

torcete — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:05:00 +0000

Sometimes I wonder what Operating Systems do nowadays that they didn't do 15 years ago that requires so many resources.

New comment by torcete in "Dataframe 1.0.0.0"

torcete — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:09:55 +0000

I can't wait for version 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1

New comment by torcete in "Show HN: Will my flight have Starlink?"

torcete — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:43:18 +0000

People are so rude with their phones that I fear that starlink becomes popular in all flights.

New comment by torcete in "SETI@home: Data Acquisition and Front-End Processing (2025)"

torcete — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:18:16 +0000

We used to use computing power to search for ET signals, now we mine bitcoins.

New comment by torcete in "Music Discovery"

torcete — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:58:07 +0000

I thought I was the only one that remembers that band!

New comment by torcete in "EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear"

torcete — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:57:12 +0000

However, they still allow food to be destroyed.

New comment by torcete in "Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants"

torcete — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:42:32 +0000

I would add that the issue with Omega-3, is the imbalance between Omega-3 and Omega-6. It turns out that many of the food products have been manufactured with Omega-6 rich oils and that is causing some issues. One can ingest Omega-3 supplements, try to eat foods rich on that fatty acid or reduce foods with lots of Omega-6 in order to restore that balance.

New comment by torcete in "Pandas 3.0"

torcete — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:18:29 +0000

I didn't know about polars, and I can see that they also have a library for R. However, in R, they have a fiercer competition. I wonder how it compares to tidyverse, which is the stablished data analysis library.

New comment by torcete in "Time Station Emulator"

torcete — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:12:24 +0000

Reminds me of the theremin. Turning an interference into something useful (or beautiful)

New comment by torcete in "So, you’ve hit an age gate. What now?"

torcete — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:16:58 +0000

I thought the article was about finding a job when you reach a certain age, which is my problem.