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nscalf commented on Southwest flight came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean cnn.com/2024/06/15/us/sou... · Posted by u/BostonFern

adastra22 · a year ago

On approach. I think that’s an important detail missing from the headline. Still a shocking near-miss, but it’s not like it dropped from 35,000 feet to 400 feet before correcting.

nscalf · a year ago

On approach, and dropped from 600 feet to 400 feet at a rate of 4000 feet per minute. So a 3 second drop. I don’t know much about what is normal here, but that seems like important framing.

nscalf commented on We've already seen category 6 hurricanes – scientists want to make it official eos.org/articles/weve-alr... · Posted by u/sohkamyung

sidlls · 2 years ago

I’ve been in cat 1 and cat 2 storms. They’re awesome in their power for destruction. I’ve evacuated from a category 4 storm, which did a huge amount of damage in the city when it hit.

A category 5 storm is essentially going to destroy everything in its path already. What good would adding a 6th category do?

nscalf · 2 years ago

I lived in Florida for a long time, I can tell you that people don’t evacuate when it’s a cat 4 threatening to maybe become a cat 5. Having a category meaning “this is much worse than a 4” would be meaningful here. I see no reason to have an upper limit, it just artificially makes everything at and above the cat 5 threshold mean the same thing.

Also, Florida homes are built from cement, meant to survive storms like that. The building codes come from hurricane andrew, a particularly damaging cat 5.

nscalf commented on Reality Labs has lost $11.4B during 2023 (there's still one quarter left) gamedeveloper.com/busines... · Posted by u/unripe_syntax

bigtex · 2 years ago

Not true. Nintendo historically made profit on every game system that came out, which explains their use of older, cheaper technology. I don’t know if this is true for the Switch though.

nscalf · 2 years ago

Nintendo also makes notoriously bad consoles (by spec, not uniqueness). Their IP is more of the reason they succeed than is the case for most consoles. Their hardware is always years behind the specs for competitors.

nscalf commented on How to compete with Patreon siderea.dreamwidth.org/18... · Posted by u/rwmj

olah_1 · 2 years ago

Why would anyone want to avoid the panopticon if what they are doing is legal? Leaving a trail of metadata on everything you do is just not always desirable.

In terms of privacy, I don’t see using Monero as different from using Cash.

nscalf · 2 years ago

I think the caveat here for people doing something legal is the questionable future status of crypto. Countries have completely outlawed holding them before, I’d rather just not have it tied to my name if there’s any risk of it becoming illegal, if there were a feasible option.

nscalf commented on Dianne Feinstein has died nytimes.com/2023/09/29/us... · Posted by u/Kaibeezy

nscalf · 2 years ago

It is nothing shy of disgusting that someone clearly incapable of serving the role of senator dragged her constituents and the country through this till death. Shame on her, her family, and her staff.

nscalf commented on Dianne Feinstein has died nytimes.com/2023/09/29/us... · Posted by u/Kaibeezy

quux · 2 years ago

Ok, I think in light of this she should really consider stepping down.

nscalf · 2 years ago

She’s a strong advocate for the democrat process and will continue to serve her term.

nscalf commented on Teen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foods arstechnica.com/health/20... · Posted by u/lisper

ilaksh · 2 years ago

The whole culture around extreme spice is incredibly stupid.

Idiot: "I dare you!"

Intelligent person: "No, I choose not to torture myself."

Other idiot: "What are you, afraid??!"

Intelligent person: "Yes, I don't like pain and discomfort, and I don't see any reason to subject myself to it."

After a certain level of "heat", it's not food and shouldn't be treated as such.

nscalf · 2 years ago

Sometimes doing stupid things is fun. That’s the point.

nscalf commented on Da Vinci robot surgeon removes inoperable tumor, saving patient’s life bgr.com/science/da-vinci-... · Posted by u/geox

coldtea · 2 years ago

>What an amazing world we live in.

The kind of amazing where untold millions of people can't afford basic healthcare in the same country that we have a robot surgeon?

nscalf · 2 years ago

This robot didn’t pull money that would otherwise be used for giving people healthcare. You’re complaining about unrelated things, the problem is around bought and sold politicians allowing for regulatory capture in healthcare, not around great science and engineering building an impressive product. This what-aboutism is just pathetic.

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nscalf commented on Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit · Posted by u/cryoz

nscalf · 2 years ago

There may be alternatives to specific subreddits, but there is no Reddit alternative. There is only one macro network like Reddit, and that is Reddit. Maybe that network effect breaks, but I doubt that happens because of this.

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I'm a software engineer with a background in politics (lobbying), economics, and sports betting.

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