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Mapped: 6k Rocket Launches

whataguy — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:51:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.maps.com/6000-rocket-launches-mapped/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45299800

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

FFmpeg moves to Forgejo

whataguy — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:08:50 +0000

Article URL: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44886997

Points: 364

# Comments: 353

New comment by whataguy in "Show HN: Skies-adsb 2.0 – my 3D plane-tracking web app"

whataguy — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:29:05 +0000

Wow! adsb.exposed is an amazing site. The airbus vs. boeing map, showing the dominance in europe and the us, is particularly fascinating.

New comment by whataguy in "Commercial jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan airport"

whataguy — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 08:47:49 +0000

It’s likely both the helicopter and the jet received a TCAS warning. In dense airspaces, those alerts tend to trigger frequently, so there’s a strong chance they may have dismissed it. The CRJ crew might have been aware of the Blackhawk’s presence, but if the other crew had visual contact with the approaching traffic (the CRJ), they might not have felt the need to take further action.

New comment by whataguy in "GitHub introduces sub-issues, issue types and advanced search"

whataguy — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 08:23:44 +0000

They also changed the design of issue comments, but seemingly reverted it back to the old design in production? (If you check the first video on the blog you can see e.g. the profile picture inside of the comment, while the old and current version has it on the outside.)

New comment by whataguy in "Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets"

whataguy — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 07:53:19 +0000

No, it's tracked by the Space Surveillance Network (SSN) operated by the U. S. Air Force. They have satellite and ground sensors around the world.

New comment by whataguy in "Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets"

whataguy — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 07:47:26 +0000

Qantas doesn't own the flight path either?

New comment by whataguy in "ZFS 2.3 released with ZFS raidz expansion"

whataguy — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:23:20 +0000

The difference is that the ZFS kernel module is included by default with Proxmox, whereas with e.g. Debian, you would need to install it manually.

New comment by whataguy in "Visualizing All ISBNs"

whataguy — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:49:49 +0000

No, I see the green, but I don't see any shaded green. Though this has probably to do that ISBNs are distributed in blocks and every pixel is either red or green?

New comment by whataguy in "Visualizing All ISBNs"

whataguy — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 08:40:45 +0000

> Each pixel represents 2,500 ISBNs. If we have a file for an ISBN, we make that pixel more green.

What do you mean by "more green"? I don't see any shaded green.

And I presume the black pixels are unregistered ISBNs?