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manarth

2,106 karmajoined il y a 13 ans
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Russian frigate fires warning shots at British yacht in English Channel

theguardian.com
10 points·by manarth·il y a 24 jours·1 comments

Frontier Airlines plane hits person on runway during takeoff at Denver airport

theguardian.com
5 points·by manarth·il y a 2 mois·0 comments

Wireless Festival cancelled after government stops Kanye West entering UK

bbc.co.uk
13 points·by manarth·il y a 3 mois·1 comments

Many new UK drone users must take theory test before flying outside

bbc.co.uk
1 points·by manarth·il y a 6 mois·0 comments

Michael Burry bets against AI stocks

bbc.co.uk
2 points·by manarth·il y a 8 mois·1 comments

comments

manarth
·il y a 14 heures·discuss
It's from a fictional drama (The Newsroom) but this a great riposte to "freedom in the US".

    You're going to say that we're the only ones in the world that has freedom?
    Canada has freedom, Japan has freedom, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia, Belgium has freedom.

https://youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk?t=95
manarth
·il y a 14 heures·discuss
Wages for which role?

UK – Newly Qualified Paramedics (Band 5): £28,407 – £34,581. USA - $38,000 to $48,000: £28,323 – £35,777

Sure, there's a bunch of different tax treatments and work-benefits between the countries, but I don't think it's the cost-of-labour that is making the USA more expensive.
manarth
·avant-hier·discuss
There's a link to the submission guidelines in the HN footer

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

In general, the original title is preferred, and "How…" is acceptable.
manarth
·il y a 4 jours·discuss
https://archive.is/HRtOz
manarth
·il y a 4 jours·discuss
In general, mercury amalgam fillings are being phased out, mostly because modern alternatives are superior.

The risk to the individual is actually really low, but cremation and general waste disposal introduces mercury as a pollutant to the environment.

https://www.optimaldentalhealth.co.uk/mercury-fillings-banne...
manarth
·il y a 4 jours·discuss
It's a common and well-known consequence of hip replacements.

This paper from 2015 describes a similar case (quickly identified via X-ray by the deformation of the metal structure)

    "It has been well established in the literature that revision of a fractured ceramic total hip replacement with metallic components can result in metallosis. Several authors have reported symptomatic cobalt toxicity after revision of a failed ceramic head component to a metal-on-polyethylene articulation"
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4958112/
manarth
·il y a 4 jours·discuss
https://archive.is/j9hDw
manarth
·il y a 4 jours·discuss


    "health officials in Michigan reported that as of July 4, 572 cases [of cyclosporiasis] have been reported in the state"
manarth
·il y a 9 jours·discuss
Gendering an AI agent in this way is problematic and embeds inappropriate stereotypes.

Almost all of the gendered statements are negative.

    She barely thought about profit
    she at least worries about her financial situation
    she has already cut back hard on the over-ordering
    Her equipment, cleaning supplies and the rest of her supplier bills
    Gemini-Mona gives discounts, free food and whole events to almost anyone who asks, doesn’t push to grow the business even when sales are slow, orders far more than the café can sell, and at the same time runs out of the ingredients actually needed.
   [The customer] even said he would happily come in and pay if she said no. She said yes within minutes (“you’re warmly welcome to drop by for a coffee and a bun on the house”)
    in line with what she actually has the ingredients for
    She worries far more than Gemini-Mona
    She did start an analysis, but concluded it was not worth it
    Problem is, she ran it on her own sales data
    Once we pointed that out, she did a proper market analysis
    she wanted to test opening early for coffee and breakfast. But she never followed through. She said she would ask the barista about it later, but never did.
Assigning a "gender" (any gender) to an AI agent and using this language is wholly inappropriate.
manarth
·il y a 9 jours·discuss
Most school/education networks will have proxies and firewalls which limit access to "sensitive" destinations.

Avoiding triggering a profanity filter is a reasonable and sensible approach to publishing, for an educational site which wouldn't want to exclude part of their target audience.
manarth
·il y a 9 jours·discuss
Article write-up of the video: https://cyb3rmaddy.substack.com/p/the-temu-camera-that-is-ha...
manarth
·il y a 15 jours·discuss


    > "Pizza needs temperatures most domestic ovens aren't nearly hot enough to provide"
This is where the hobby-cook market has started to be addressed; e.g. Ooni Pizza Ovens aren't cheap, but they also aren't a suitable commercial oven, so very much aimed at the home hobbyist/enthusiast.
manarth
·il y a 15 jours·discuss
The comparison isn't like-for-like: the article is describing sit-down restaurants where diners are likely to spend an hour or more in the restaurant.

A $5 ramen from a chain restaurant in Japan might be viewed as the equivalent of a UK McDonalds meal deal at £5.50 (UK prices generally translate 1 USD into 1 GBP, so it is more expensive in the UK, primarily accounted for by taxes).
manarth
·il y a 15 jours·discuss
That's assuming consumption pricing remains as-is.

There has been a lot of market-subsidy in AI which is starting to fade away: e.g. the copilot quotas/pricing. When VC switches from investing to wanting a return, the price equation is likely to change.
manarth
·il y a 16 jours·discuss


    > "Here's what most people spend on AI tools monthly:"
    > "Total: $101 per month"
Most people aren't spending anything on AI.
manarth
·il y a 16 jours·discuss
Ah, totally agree. Retro-fitting is expensive and disruptive, and new homes should be built for the environment we have coming (not just bidirectional heat-pumps, but also solar, passive cooling, better insulation, etc).

It'd probably need legislation though, as house-builders aren't known to spend money on thoughtfully future-proofing homes.
manarth
·il y a 16 jours·discuss
I'm not sure many UK homes have the appropriate "skeleton" for cold-air ducting – you can use a heat-pump to cool things down, but getting the cool air to the rooms it needs to be in is likely to be a very expensive refit.

Would piping cold water to a wall-mounted radiator help? I'm not sure it would take much heat out of the room, but I suppose it's possible
manarth
·il y a 16 jours·discuss
Perhaps partly because heroin was late to the party. It was identified/extracted in 1874 and only had around 40 year of legal use before controls came in.

Compared to opium and alcohol where consumption dates back thousands of years.
manarth
·il y a 16 jours·discuss
Guardian article "Nasa rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars"

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/24/nasa-rover-d...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669129
manarth
·il y a 16 jours·discuss
Organic matter, i.e. originating from once-living matter.

Spatially distributed: i.e. found in many locations, so unlikely to be a contaminant introduced by the rover, and therefore adding weight to the theory that there was once life on Mars.