Hacker News: trekky1700

New comment by trekky1700 in "Moscow retaliates against Western sanctions with export bans"

trekky1700 — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 23:45:32 +0000

For some reason, the linked article claims the Netherlands has a Gini coefficient of 0.902 but the linked source claims a Gini coefficient of 0.281, significantly lower.

I can find no other sources claiming a Dutch Gini coefficient higher than 0.3 at any point in recent history. A Gini coefficient of 0.902 is practically unheard of, perhaps the article was written in error? Seems strange to put so much effort into writing an article without checking the source or questioning the number.

By comparison, Russia's Gini coefficient is 0.375 with the noted caveat that it can be very hard to track the true wealth of the most powerful Russians. The United States is 0.414 according to same source.

UPS has been quietly delivering cargo using self-driving trucks

trekky1700 — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:55:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/15/20805994/ups-self-driving-trucks-autonomous-delivery-tusimple

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20715145

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Uber self-driving car crashes into another car in Pittsburgh

trekky1700 — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 21:42:45 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/uber-self-driving-car-crashes-into-another-car-in-pittsburgh/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16609216

Points: 37

# Comments: 25

New comment by trekky1700 in "Toyota Research Institute head says full autonomous driving is “not even close”"

trekky1700 — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:22:05 +0000

From what a pilot told me, I believe the A320 he flies can take off, fly, and land totally on its own. I'm sure the same is true for other planes.

Also, if I recall correctly, he said in certain conditions it's against regulations for a pilot to be manually controlling the aircraft, such as landings in high winds.

New comment by trekky1700 in "Hacked Raspberry Pi turned into artificial pancreas"

trekky1700 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:36:50 +0000

I've thought of this but am too worried a floating point number error or a problem with division could cause an automated fatal dose of insulin to actually do it.

Wormhole Created in Lab Makes Invisible Magnetic Field

trekky1700 — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:16:31 +0000

Article URL: http://www.space.com/30332-magnetic-wormhole-created.html?cmpid=514630_20150821_51213816&adbid=10153015352411466&adbpl=fb&adbpr=17610706465

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10098471

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by trekky1700 in "Artificial Sweeteners May Change Our Gut Bacteria in Dangerous Ways"

trekky1700 — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:42:43 +0000

I also have a bad Diet Coke habit. Drink cans and cans a day. I hear Elon Musk and Bill Gates also drink copious amounts. I wonder what it is about Diet Coke that's so addictive.

New comment by trekky1700 in "GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack"

trekky1700 — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 18:53:19 +0000

They didn't just enter an unlocked door. They're smashing GitHub's windows, kicking GitHub's dog and flipping over furniture.

New comment by trekky1700 in "Tokyo WWII firebombing, the most deadly bombing raid, remembered 70 years on"

trekky1700 — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 05:55:27 +0000

How are death camps, the specific targeting of civilians, medical experimentation on detainees, burying prisoners alive and even cannibalism covered under "war of conquest". When does it become genocide? How is it any different (if not worse for its unparalleled scale) than what the Nazis did?

They didn't just target Chinese civilians, they targeted the civilians of every nation they invaded. This includes the British civilians in Singapore and Hong Kong who were sent to ghettos and labour camps, few of who survived. And this was the "preferential" treatment the Brits got. The Chinese and other Asians got far, far worse.

New comment by trekky1700 in "Tokyo WWII firebombing, the most deadly bombing raid, remembered 70 years on"

trekky1700 — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 05:47:25 +0000

What an incredible example of Olympic quality mental gymnastics.

New comment by trekky1700 in "Unity 5 released with upgrades, full-featured free version"

trekky1700 — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:28:28 +0000

This is amazing news! Really glad render textures are now available.

New comment by trekky1700 in "Google is buying the entire '.app' domain for a Whopping $25M"

trekky1700 — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:17:28 +0000

Google is buying the TLD, not all the subdomains under it. They will then have control over the namespacing for the TLD and be able to distribute subdomains as they see fit. This is how most TLDs work because "app" itself is a domain, not just an extension.

Russian spy cell in New York 'plotted Wall Street meltdown'

trekky1700 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:46:54 +0000

Article URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2929259/Russian-spy-cell-New-York-plotted-Wall-Street-meltdown-Men-tried-crash-high-frequency-radio-messages-used-trading.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8969067

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by trekky1700 in "Show HN: Meet me, I'll buy you coffee"

trekky1700 — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 05:07:16 +0000

I'd love to take you up on this, but I'm afraid I'm thousands of "Miles" away.

Sorry I had to.

Nice Rick and Morty site on your portfolio!

Terrorists are using DMCA notices to hunt down their YouTube critics

trekky1700 — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:07:10 +0000

Article URL: http://www.dailydot.com/politics/dmca-youtube-terrorism-dox-al-hayat/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8567000

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by trekky1700 in "Why Is Peter Thiel Pessimistic About Technological Innovation?"

trekky1700 — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:12:06 +0000

Because we wanted flying cars and all we got was online payments.

New comment by trekky1700 in "How to find your Uber passenger rating"

trekky1700 — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 03:31:05 +0000

Awesome, happy to find I have a 5/5 too!

New comment by trekky1700 in "Wayback Machine points to pro-Russia rebels in downing of MH17"

trekky1700 — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 22:07:42 +0000

There was also this news article from just before reports of the plane crashing arose. I noticed it this morning right away because they were in the same area at the same time on the same day.

http://en.itar-tass.com/world/741164

New comment by trekky1700 in "Protesters at Google I/O"

trekky1700 — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:58:49 +0000

Could it have been anti-Google SF gentrification protests? Or was it specifically about Google's power?

New comment by trekky1700 in "YC Hacks – August 2-3"

trekky1700 — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:01:35 +0000

Any travel reimbursements available?