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This feels cynical and ugly, and I am pretty disgusted by the way things are going in this space. I don't see any reason to trust Boom based on their history, a

by scblock 10mo ago

This feels cynical and ugly, and I am pretty disgusted by the way things are going in this space. I don't see any reason to trust Boom based on their history, and I am sick and tired of the "solution" to bad ideas being more bad ideas. We need renewables and grid infrastructure, not yet more fossil fuels. Additionally, 1) Aeroderivative gas turbines have been around for decades. "Oh but we have supersonic engines" does not change the fundamental equation 2) They're proposing burning more fossil fuels dug up from the ground to feed a beast that in my opinion is destroying the entire world economy, and certainly harming freedom 3) Where are they even getting the fuel? Magic? Someone has to build the pipelines, and someone has to supply the fuel. Note: edited for civility

dang 10mo ago
Whoa - no matter how wrong someone is or you feel they are, or how strongly a topic makes you feel, you can't post like this to Hacker News. It's vastly against the site guidelines. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it. Edit: you've unfortunately been doing this repeatedly lately - for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46166929 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46166929 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836368 - and we've already warned you once (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44682844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44682844). If you keep posting like this, we're going to end up banning you. I don't want to ban you because your account also posts good things, so if you'd please fix this, we'd be grateful.
- noosphr 10mo ago
  >someone https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/boom-yc-w16-is-building-an-affordable-supersonic-aircraft https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/boom-yc-w16-is-building-an-...
  - dang 10mo ago
    Yes, Boom is a YC startup, and the GP comment was unacceptable and the sort of thing we ban accounts for. Both are the case, and that doesn't change depending on who a comment is talking about.
    - scblock 10mo ago
      Edited for civility. But the sentiment remains.

by scblock 10mo ago

dang 10mo ago

Whoa - no matter how wrong someone is or you feel they are, or how strongly a topic makes you feel, you can't post like this to Hacker News. It's vastly against the site guidelines. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it. Edit: you've unfortunately been doing this repeatedly lately - for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46166929 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46166929 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836368 - and we've already warned you once (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44682844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44682844). If you keep posting like this, we're going to end up banning you. I don't want to ban you because your account also posts good things, so if you'd please fix this, we'd be grateful.

noosphr 10mo ago
>someone https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/boom-yc-w16-is-building-an-affordable-supersonic-aircraft https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/boom-yc-w16-is-building-an-...
- dang 10mo ago
  Yes, Boom is a YC startup, and the GP comment was unacceptable and the sort of thing we ban accounts for. Both are the case, and that doesn't change depending on who a comment is talking about.
  - scblock 10mo ago
    Edited for civility. But the sentiment remains.