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Aloha commented on Nuclear energy key to decarbonising Europe, says EESC   eesc.europa.eu/en/news-me... · Posted by u/mpweiher
b3orn · a day ago
> Airbus would have been a terrible idea: no one had built commercial airliners before, and only the US had the know-how.

That's just plain false, Airbus started as a cooperation between a lot of european aerospace companies, which had different a lot of know-how in different fields. For example Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale, now Airbus) was the French part of the Concorde, they also had the Caravelle.

Aloha · a day ago
Plus there was a significant contribution from England - VC10, deHavilland Comet, etc.

England also made what I consider to be the prettiest bomber ever made - the Handley-Page Victor

Aloha commented on French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=Na9Vm... · Posted by u/gbugniot
deltarholamda · 3 days ago
You can tell it's great visual storytelling because you don't even need to know the words.

I guess the McDonald's ad didn't need words either, but it was just depressing and awful.

Aloha · 2 days ago
I thought the McD add was hilarious - I would have preferred it not be AI.
Aloha commented on Ask HN: Should "I asked $AI, and it said" replies be forbidden in HN guidelines?    · Posted by u/embedding-shape
Aloha · 5 days ago
I also endorse this - maybe not outright ban but at least highly discourage.
Aloha commented on Toyota unintended acceleration and the big bowl of "spaghetti" code (2013)   safetyresearch.net/toyota... · Posted by u/SoKamil
ta20240528 · 6 days ago
Sure, let's let them put lead back in paint.
Aloha · 6 days ago
There is a large gap between "maybe trying to take lead out of solder causes more issues that it solves" and "lead paint is good"
Aloha commented on Toyota unintended acceleration and the big bowl of "spaghetti" code (2013)   safetyresearch.net/toyota... · Posted by u/SoKamil
userbinator · 6 days ago
I still believe that the actual cause was tin whiskers, but all the RoHS lobbying buried the evidence.

http://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/reference/tech_papers/2011-NASA...

Aloha · 6 days ago
I'm a very large believer that aggressive RoHS regulations have created more intractable problems than they have solved.
Aloha commented on Bag of words, have mercy on us   experimental-history.com/... · Posted by u/ntnbr
jimbokun · 6 days ago
Best quote from the article:

> That’s also why I see no point in using AI to, say, write an essay, just like I see no point in bringing a forklift to the gym. Sure, it can lift the weights, but I’m not trying to suspend a barbell above the floor for the hell of it. I lift it because I want to become the kind of person who can lift it. Similarly, I write because I want to become the kind of person who can think.

Aloha · 6 days ago
If you're writing an essay to prove you can or to speak your words - then you should do it yourself - but sometimes you just need an essay to summarize a complex topic as a deliverable.
Aloha commented on Socialist ends by market means: A history   lucasvance.github.io/2100... · Posted by u/sirponm
slibhb · 6 days ago
The term "wage slave" is a cop-out. People -- all of us -- are stomach-slaves, not wage-slaves.
Aloha · 6 days ago
that may be so, but a stack of bills or small bag of coins is sure easier to cart around than things I can eat are.
Aloha commented on The past was not that cute   juliawise.net/the-past-wa... · Posted by u/mhb
robocat · 7 days ago
> Antibiotics and Insulin - those two things have saves untold lives.

Type 1 is about 0.5% prevalence. Type 1 diabetes was a rapid death sentence before insulin discovery in the 1920s.

Type 2 is more common (maybe 10% but highly dependent on country) and it is a relatively modern problem

Infant mortality has dropped to 0.5% from 7% 100 years ago - so that's more significant.

Aloha · 7 days ago
Better food, living conditions and sanitation has helped greatly.
Aloha commented on The past was not that cute   juliawise.net/the-past-wa... · Posted by u/mhb
defrost · 7 days ago
Alternatively they grew up with a foot in both worlds, eg:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gmCX7R-W4c

Many people that have lived side by side with indigenous people across northern australia, the islands, PNG, et al have a clear idea of exactly what living off the land entails.

A good many have done exactly that for extended periods, dropping in and out from one to the other.

They would have done this sans any condescending permission from those wishing them well - such opinions count for naught.

Aloha · 7 days ago
Agreed.
Aloha commented on The past was not that cute   juliawise.net/the-past-wa... · Posted by u/mhb
Aloha · 7 days ago
This is a bit meta, but looking at the comments on this thread - Nostalgia is a hell of a powerful drug, probably the most powerful one our brains can self generate (because of the complexity of feelings generated).

While I like some bits, some tech, some ascetics from yesteryear - I know one thing for certain - the world today is better for basically everyone than it has every been, by virtually every measurable standard, even the poorest of the poor are better off in 2025 than they ever have been at any point in history.

So while I might want to go visit the past if I had a time machine, I know I would never want to live there.

u/Aloha

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