Hacker News: zippyman55

New comment by zippyman55 in "The Hunt for the Counterfeiter Trying to Make the Perfect Bill"

zippyman55 — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:20:55 +0000

My bank passed me two fake $100 bills and I ended up eating it. They looked real unless you had a stack of bills to compare them to and then it became obvious.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Vancouver PD website features Quick Escape button that wipes itself from history"

zippyman55 — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:25:23 +0000

Respect!

New comment by zippyman55 in "Texas factory cost $469M using old equipment, makes zero artillery shells"

zippyman55 — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:18:30 +0000

The low level employees were probably raising concerns. This stuff makes me sick.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Never Built: Lockheed CL-1201"

zippyman55 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:23:05 +0000

The titanium story was classic. I think the cover story was bicycle frames.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Never Built: Lockheed CL-1201"

zippyman55 — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:46:52 +0000

I guess the weight of the documentation never exceeded the lift capacity so the place was never built.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Amazon layoffs take their toll in saturated job market"

zippyman55 — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:43:16 +0000

I’m sure people did everything possible to keep their jobs, but the message seemed to be: “Sorry Dave, I can’t do that.”

New comment by zippyman55 in "Apple's new iPhone comes with Israeli chips"

zippyman55 — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:10:53 +0000

I hope the phones do not blow up shortly after I answer it.

New comment by zippyman55 in "U.S. Data Center Construction Tracker"

zippyman55 — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:06:30 +0000

I remember reading about a skyscraper index that the buildout of skyscrapers would be a precursor to an economic collapse. I wonder if this is a parallel.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Is The Economist Always Wrong?"

zippyman55 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:19:41 +0000

I have a hard time passing on the economist. Best reading out there that is condensed and to the point. The FT is great but I’m a paper guy and the font got too small to enjoy it.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Billionaire Jeremy Grantham says Bitcoin will 'dwindle away with a whimper'"

zippyman55 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:48:21 +0000

You will always be able to convert to Beanie Babies.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Martial Arts Anyone"

zippyman55 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:57:15 +0000

I did, as an exercise. Work kept me from sticking with it. I deeply regret not staying with it for physical fitness. Bummer too, my instructor became 9th Dan.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep"

zippyman55 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:21:10 +0000

I’d tell you what state I am from but do not want to embarrass you.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep"

zippyman55 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:20:39 +0000

I’d like to filter the offerings to get the most monotonic voice

New comment by zippyman55 in "Too many R packages: CRAN is inundated with submissions"

zippyman55 — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:41:27 +0000

That was always my struggle w tidyverse vs base mastery. From the looney tunes cartoon of the road runner vs the coyote, the coyote used tidyverse and the road runner used base R.

New comment by zippyman55 in "The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated"

zippyman55 — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:13:29 +0000

I summer in California and winter in Washington for that reason!

New comment by zippyman55 in "Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controllers"

zippyman55 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:55:35 +0000

Oh! My first job out of college had me implementing PID control for a two axis rotary control tables. The design had counter weights (think dumbbell shaped). I was the dumbbell implementing this and as I was young, had almost 168 hrs a week to work on this. OMG! I spent so much time trying to tune this and it would occasionally enter these oscillatory states back and forth. Unfortunately the device on the turntables cost about $500k…. It was such a painful experience.

New comment by zippyman55 in "[dead]"

zippyman55 — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:04:45 +0000

This looks like the wrong individual to arrest. I suspect the case will fall apart and the individual will have lots of public support.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Telescope Ranchers"

zippyman55 — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 02:29:04 +0000

I know you are joking on this one, as I was on mine. But with people being arrested for shining pet toy lasers at objects, best everyone stay clear of this one.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Telescope Ranchers"

zippyman55 — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:01:20 +0000

I like where you are going with this. Can you offer “hardened” drones for the advanced players?

New comment by zippyman55 in "Telescope Ranchers"

zippyman55 — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:39:43 +0000

This may be a good plan B pivot! Join now and get a free lawn chair!