<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: wingspar</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=wingspar</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:33:42 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=wingspar" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I recall this precedent was set previously under Biden (likely sooner).<p>Biden admin lost CDC eviction prohibitions case and immediately enacted new slightly different prohibition and Biden defended the effort as it would take time to be stopped.<p>“Whether that option will pass constitutional measure with this administration, I can’t tell you. I don’t know,” Biden said. “There are a few scholars who say it will, and others who say it’s not likely to. But, at a minimum, by the time it gets litigated it will probably give some additional time while we’re getting that $45 billion out to people who are in fact behind in the rent and don’t have the money.”<p><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/finance/housing/566230-biden-buys-time-with-new-eviction-ban/" rel="nofollow">https://thehill.com/policy/finance/housing/566230-biden-buys...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 19:16:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314011</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314011</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in ""Not Medically Necessary": Helping America's Health Insurers Deny Coverage"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Well that’s disappointing…</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 01:06:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48129888</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48129888</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48129888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in ""Not Medically Necessary": Helping America's Health Insurers Deny Coverage"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I’ve saved a message that was reposted by Bill Ackman on dealing with denials. Thankfully, never had occasion to use it yet:<p>>> So, your doctor ordered a test or treatment and your insurance company denied it. That is a typical cost saving method.<p>OK, here is what you do:<p>1. Call the insurance company and tell them you want to speak with the "HIPAA Compliance/Privacy Officer"
(By federal law, they have to have one)<p>2. Then ask them for the NAMES as well as
CREDENTIALS of every person accessing your record to make that decision of denial.<p>By law you have a right to that information.<p>3. They will almost always reverse the decision very shortly rather than admit that the committee is made of low paid HS graduates, looking at "criteria words." making the medical decision to deny your care. 
Even in the rare case it is made by medical personnel, it is unlikely that it is made by a board certified doctor in that specialty and they DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS!!<p>4. Any refusal should be reported to the US Office of Civil
Rights (<a href="http://OCR.gov" rel="nofollow">http://OCR.gov</a>) as a HIPAA violation.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 22:12:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48128288</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48128288</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48128288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Walking slower? Your ears, not your knees, might be the problem"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My mother had bad knees before dementia took her mentally so always walked slow, we have friends who’s parents had no walking problems and were ‘escape risks’.<p>A walker might help as slowness is sometimes due to fear of falling.<p>My mother used a wheeled walker with hand brakes for several years before we switched her to the no-wheel kind.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 19:44:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087145</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087145</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Slop Terrifies Me"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Haven’t followed the recent history of Eddie Bauer, but seems they’ve sullied their brand for a while.
Sam’s Club has been selling Eddie Bauer stuff for years. I don’t think a $37 pair of Eddie Bauer hiking boots are going to be quality.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 20:18:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938117</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938117</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "The Problem of Teaching Physics in Latin America (1963)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It’s a thing in the US too, but not common. I always understood them to be expensive to use, as you always have a pump running and hot water cooling down and needing reheating.<p>Hot water recirculating pump.
<a href="https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/hot-water-recirculating-pump/" rel="nofollow">https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/hot-water-recirculati...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:23:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46276552</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46276552</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46276552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Benn Jordan’s flock camera jammer will send you to jail in Florida now [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Those covers in FL are now fully illegal (Oct 1) along with most license plate frames.<p>Have a friend who got pulled over recently and given a warning for the clear cover on his plate. Apparently, they can be a felony in some cases.<p>I recall on an old Top Gear episode years ago, in the UK, people were selling mud in a spray can. You apparently sprayed the mud up the bumper and across the plate so it looks like it’s just slung mud, but it just so happens to block the plate.  Plausible deniability in a can…</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:47:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46247988</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46247988</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46247988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Apple reports fourth quarter results"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My understanding is Services includes the billions Google pays for Safari search default, reported to be $20 billion a year.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:04:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45765938</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45765938</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45765938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Radios, how do they work? (2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Now I’m interested…</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:31:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45685169</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45685169</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45685169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The Mouse on the Moon… watched it with the kids a couple weeks ago.
So cheesy but fun…</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:33:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45661317</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45661317</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45661317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "A few things to know before stealing my 914 (2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>“ Since there is not a clutch safety switch on the starting circuit, make sure to press the clutch down before you try to crank the engine.”<p>Growing up, a friends dad would use this as a ‘feature’ on his Datsun to move the car out of traffic when it wouldn’t restart.<p>Put it in first, release the clutch, crank the starter, and move the car out of the way.</p>
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<p>I think that is bumping into the standard three-act structure common in fictional narratives.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-act_structure" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-act_structure</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:33:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45502864</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45502864</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45502864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Good change it’s all for free press.  Morgan and Morgan is huge, and John Morgan is toying with a run for Florida governor. He was a big force behind a marijuana legalization push, first medical, then recreational.<p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/15/john-morgan-florida-governor-run-00351005" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/15/john-morgan-florida...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 18:17:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45337381</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45337381</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45337381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Anthropic judge rejects $1.5B AI copyright settlement"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My understanding is this settlement is about the MANNER in which Anthropic acquired the text of the books.  They downloaded illegal copies of the books.<p>There was no issues with the physical copies of books they purchased and scanned.<p>I believe the issue of USING these texts for AI training is a separate issue/case(s)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:52:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45187811</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45187811</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45187811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Try and"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How would that work for wood?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 16:58:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44856486</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44856486</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44856486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Someone keeps stealing, flying, fixing and returning this man's 1958 Cessna"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No. Many flight types do not require flight plans.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:39:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44841966</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44841966</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44841966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Reading QR codes without a computer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The logo corrupts the QR code.
But QR codes can be generated with different levels of error correction.<p>So a code with a high error correction factor can repair a QR code with a logo obliterating the middle of the code.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 11:09:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44700414</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44700414</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44700414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Personal aviation is about to get interesting (2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>MOSAIC is Done!
>> Ninety days from now, about three-quarters of the general aviation fleet will be accessible to sport pilots and those exercising sport pilot privileges. One year from now, new and modern aircraft will begin entering the fleet with minimal certification costs.<p><a href="https://www.eaa.org/eaa/news-and-publications/eaa-news-and-aviation-news/workingnewsarticles/2025-07-22-mosaic-is-done" rel="nofollow">https://www.eaa.org/eaa/news-and-publications/eaa-news-and-a...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:25:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44697967</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44697967</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44697967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Basically a plot line on the show “Black List”. Had an inside guy at the post office who would forward people stopping mail delivery on vacation. Then used homes as safe houses.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:02:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44564011</link><dc:creator>wingspar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44564011</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44564011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wingspar in "Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Honestly asking,
How did you validate your results?</p>
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