FriedPickles

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by FriedPickles 2y ago
I found more info in this paper: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20130012970/downloads/20... It claims the dust is likely charged by solar radiation, but doesn't say the polarity. The paper most
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
I was intrigued to see a lady at the crosswalk the other day wearing earbuds with thick tubing instead of wires. Googling it, I discovered they were "EMF free headphones". Apparently enough people think electromagnetic radiation i
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
The whistleblowers are not designated parties, they are just any Ethereum user. They would have a financial incentive for whistleblowing, and they could never falsely whistleblow because the smart contract can check whether they actually ha
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
You could create a DeFi system not too unlike the one linked in this post: a number of oracles release keys at designated times (use M of N encryption). The oracles could be financially incentivized to behave properly. E.g. they post a bon
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
Crazy idea: gas powered heat pump. Instead of just burning gas right into a heat exchanger as a furnace does, it burns it in an engine which turns the heat pump compressor. The house receives all of the heat transferred by the pump as well
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
The adapter connects the outer metal part of the connector for both USB-C and Magsafe to to ground, thus grounding the metal shell of the MacBook.
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
Ring offers video end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) on at least some devices, in which case they can't access the footage even if they want to (short of sneaking it out of the app post decryption). I hope they'll find ways to support m
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
Exactly. The Apple extension cord is grounded. They likely didn't include a grounding pin on the stock adapter because (1) it'd be really hard to make it fold down and (2) you lose the option of which direction to plug it in (pote
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
Can't say I personally believe that claim, but there are a fair number of people out there who do. One person even sent formal test results showing that the adapter drastically reduces EMFs coming off the case. Not sure what to make of
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
I got annoyed that my MacBook case would slightly buzz when plugged in, so I worked with a factory to make these grounded Apple adapters: https://www.amazon.com/Grounded-Duckhead-Apple-Mac-Adapter/d... They've bee
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
It's great for making moonshine.
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
No, but NASA's on the cusp of regaining the ability with SLS rocket/Orion capsule/Artemis program. First crewed launch targeted for Sept 2025.
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
But they don't physically show their state, don't persist across power outages, and are much less satisfying to operate.
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
I so badly want an old school flippy light switch that physically flips when toggled by the smart home. IMO that would be the first smart home product strictly superior to its analog counterpart.
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
Sweet, they open sourced their iMessage connector. I was shocked to see that Apple is using Hashcash in their oauth header! (I see now hashcash.js when I login on the website too). I assume this is to make password testing more expensive, a
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
Reuters did a great piece on Ride Aid's facial recognition in 2020: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-rite...
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Ask HN: What browser are you using?
9 points by FriedPickles 3y ago|38 comments
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
Can you say more about how Beeper is doing device attestation using ripped Apple device identifiers, or where you discovered that? Device attestation can be extremely user hostile, and if this is a true workaround it will be useful in other
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
Are there any vehicle regulations designed to protect pedestrians or cyclists? A quick search of "pedestrian" in the FMVSS returns nothing [1]. We can't blame automakers for marketing whatever they think will sell best that p
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
It seems to be one of several fixed, round numbers depending on the market (city). But there may be other factors. It's an interesting policy choice and I'm curious why they do it. Needless to say, drivers very much want to know t
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
It works as a bid but only up to a certain amount, above which Dasher just shows the offer with e.g. "$6+ tip", hiding the full tip amount until after the order is delivered.
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Hyundai Uni Wheel Aims to Replace the CV Joint(roadandtrack.com)
4 points by FriedPickles 3y ago|0 comments
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
A very similar concept is Revoy, which hitches a device between the tractor and trailer. I expect Revoy's model would see a much higher utilization rate (time spent driving or charging vs sitting idle). https://www.revoy.com
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
I enjoyed this well made video illustrating how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh79YSCC8mM And this one explaining how reservoirs can be used to trade-off water consumption for land requirements using side ponds:
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
AKA how to train a generative image model on a biological neural net. Listening to him do it sounds a lot like a description of a diffusion model generating an image from the initial static--surreal.
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
Maybe. But with the liquid form, you can smell and taste when it's rancid. You could take a whole bottleful of capsules and have no idea they've gone bad.
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
I appreciate the stability and minimalism too. Personally I'd like to have some controls for the frontpage algorithm. For example, I check HN pretty infrequently, so I'd prefer to see older stuff (currently I use Algolia for this
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Ask HN: Is HN Feature Frozen?
1 points by FriedPickles 3y ago|4 comments
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iPhone 12 exceeds radiation limits, claims French watchdog(news.yahoo.com)
2 points by FriedPickles 3y ago|2 comments
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by FriedPickles 3y ago
Hmm so if we pump water to amplify the tides we can speed up the Earth's spin and get rid of the leap second.

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