dredmorbius

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by dredmorbius 12d ago
A hypothesis I'd seen (from the "aliens" guy, Abraham "Avi" Loeb, at Harvard) is that early in the evolution of the Universe everything was roughly in the Goldilocks zone (warm enough for liquid water, not so hot
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by dredmorbius 15d ago
There are similar long coated-wire ties used for gardening. Zip-ties, velcro, and twine (all suggested previously) also work well.
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by dredmorbius 15d ago
All that's old is new again. Steve Blanks' "Secret History of Silicon Valley" details the emergence of that tech hub beginning with WWII and the "radiation lab", which helped develop radar. < https:/&#x
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by dredmorbius 15d ago
Today that role (strongly discouraging grouped formations) has been occupied by drones. The current UA/RU front is a 30km deep kill zone crossed by FPV craft (and discarded optic fibre cables) in which the largest effective group size
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by dredmorbius 15d ago
"Throw unlimited resources at a development target" has been an established F/OSS embrace/extend tactic for at least 20 years. Red Hat, systemd, Chrome, Webkit, Android, and a few others come to mind. Others might inclu
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by dredmorbius 20d ago
What doesn't work is posting a link to a specific Nitter instance with the expectation that that link will persist . Which is what HN has been doing for Twitter submissions for approximately two years: < https://hn.algoli
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by dredmorbius 28d ago
Yes, and yes.
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by dredmorbius 28d ago
I don't know what your definition of "fine" is, but Nitter and XCancel received C&Ds three days ago: < https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1442 > HN: < https://news.yc
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by dredmorbius 28d ago
ChrisArchitect is pretty good at distinguishing between when a discussion is a dupe and when it is related . Their comment history makes this clear.
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by dredmorbius 28d ago
I've emailed HN's mods requesting Twitter/X links be site-banned as hard-paywalled, given that Nitter and XCancel had also just received C&Ds (< https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49437283 >).
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by dredmorbius 28d ago
My understanding is that HN views these as equivalent. < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40920852 >
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
In particular, we now have unambiguous imagery of the site of the former Gyirong Port border crossing: < https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-28/3D-imagery-reveals-pat... > There is no sign that structures (brid
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How do newly released 3D images explain the Gyirong mudslide?(news.cgtn.com)
3 points by dredmorbius 29d ago|1 comments
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
I see what you did there.
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
It's all fun and games until your ride gets towed.
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
Dupe: < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49482216 >
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
I've emailed HN's mods requesting Twitter/X links be site-banned as hard-paywalled, given that Nitter and XCancel had also just received C&Ds (< https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49437283 >).
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Service Discontinued(twitterwebviewer.com)
27 points by dredmorbius 29d ago|7 comments
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
No, it is not. The camera position is elevated at least 6--8 stories above the valley floor, an elevation of 20--24m or so by my estimate. Slightly below it is a concrete platform supporting a parabolic dish antenna. That platform is well a
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
This service has since been discontinued: As of August 28, 2026, this website has been permanently discontinued, following a request from X Corp. Profile browsing, search, tweet viewing and video download have all been permanently disabled
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
Landed as of 17:00 UTC 28 August 2026. As of August 28, 2026, this website has been permanently discontinued, following a request from X Corp. Profile browsing, search, tweet viewing and video download have all been permanently disabled, a
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
Exactly what I was going to post. Here's a direct link to ... several versions of ... the fable: < https://fablesofaesop.com/the-belly-and-the-members.html >
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
That and other risks. There's the 1963 Vajont Dam collapse in northern Italy (just south of the Swiss border). Nutshell summary: one of the tallest dams ever built (262m / 860ft) created a reservoir in a high valley surrounded by
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
The same argument could have been made about wildfire deaths and damage through the early 2000s in the US. It turns out that improved forecasting, warning systems, and well-established emergency response, rescue, and recovery systems, can a
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
</sarcasm> (For the detection-impaired.)
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
Snow can be annoying but is rarely catastrophic. Somewhat more concerning is that tornado frequency is increasing at a ferocious rate, though most are relatively minor (EF-0 / EF-1). The total for 2026 to date is 207 ground tracks (as
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
Brother, B&W laser. That consistently tops independent review sites, e.g., NYTimes Wirecutter: < https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-home-printer... >. It replaced an HP mispurchase made agai
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
Now lets do the Web. Browser bloat is the principle cause of desktop instability for me over the past 5--10 years has been bloated browser sessions. To the point I have a "firefox-reaper" script to kill the largest 10--20 browser
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
Multiple past discussions, something of an HN perennial fave: 11 years ago (367 comments) < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10820445 > 10 years ago (90 comments) < https://news.ycombinator.com/ite
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by dredmorbius 29d ago
Thanks. Re " speculation , ...": my point being expertise , but based on background knowledge rather than close event-specific observations or measurements. Yes, geophysicists would be an equivalent level of expertise.

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