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mithras··on Ask HN: What are you reading?
I'm currently reading her Terra Ignota series and it's great, so I was already planning to tackle this one next.
mithras··on Fossil Fuels Are 40% of Freight Shipping Tonnage, but Half Its Fuel Use
So basically a very friendly version of the rocket equation.
mithras··on Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licence
I thought this one was the most interesting:

‘Hairdryer or lighter?’: French police look at claim of sensor tampering to win weather bets

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/23/hairdryer-or-l...

mithras··on Ask HN: What public Claude Code MCPs, Skills do you have installed and use?
Playwright, so Claude can test end to end and iterate.
mithras··on Typed languages are better suited for vibecoding
In my experience you can get around it by having a linter rule disallowing it and using a local claude file instructing it to fix the linting issues every time it does something.
mithras··on Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from stratosphere, dies in Italy
I wouldn't agree, it's a big step beyond just feeling unwell. With this word I would think someone might need medical assistance.
mithras··on Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films
I thought Brave new world was supposed to be a dystopia.
mithras··on Launch HN: Karsa (YC W25) – Buy and save stablecoins internationally
Please answer this question, the response is phrased like a yes without explicitly saying it.
mithras··on Launch HN: Karsa (YC W25) – Buy and save stablecoins internationally
I'm an expat in a developing country and Binance p2p is widely used here to change USDT to the local currency and back. Haven't heard of too many issues and have used it a lot.

It is very much illegal though, I'll give you that one.

mithras··on Show HN: Foosbar – My autonomous foosball-playing robot
I've never seen a table with 3 players in the goalie position in my life.
mithras··on Vernor Vinge has died
Except for the weird dogs. "A deepness in the sky" is the epitome for me.
mithras··on Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU
For Apple they could just ban iPhones from the market, that should be enough to make Apple comply.
mithras··on A ‘double brood’ of periodical cicadas will emerge in 2024
They need a critical mass to satiate their predators, otherwise all will get eaten before they can mate.
mithras··on Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch government's knowledge
I listened to the first season in 2021 and enjoyed it. Seems there is a second season now, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Would reccommend it for Dutch language speakers.

mithras··on Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch government's knowledge
Seems unlikely Iran already figured it out within two weeks of the event.
mithras··on Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia, says UN
My wife's niece is from Laos and works for one of these chinese scam shops in the golden triangle. She is there voluntarily because it makes 5 times more money than her best alternative. Morally repugnant of course.
mithras··on North Korean market prices suggest serious food shortages
That's his point.
mithras··on Everything must be paid for twice (2022)
I have the same thing, I feel these high income taxes force me to do repairs and home improvement myself because the converted hourly is higher than my own generous contracting rate.
mithras··on How do you fix a stroad?
If you have high quality transit, you might also have "share" cars available, doesn't that come out way cheaper if you only use it so little?
mithras··on Revisiting the “Tsar Bomba” nuclear test
I think Starship could deliver a 150 metric ton bomb.
mithras··on Ask HN: What habits have help you succeed as a programmer?
Good on you, but I'm afraid that's not going to work for me with two small kids running around.
mithras··on Legal marijuana sales forecast to hit $23B in 4 years
The USA did the same thing in the early nineties in Laos when it started to open up.
mithras··on My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga
.nu is common in the Netherlands as well, it means the same thing in Dutch.
mithras··on Scientists to nudge asteroid off course as practice for protecting Earth
Could a very strong laser potentially work for this?
mithras··on Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 years ago are fatter
I have the same issue. So much FUD articles around on nutrition. Sticking to scientific studies works but it's a lot more effort.
mithras··on U.S.A., Land of Limitations?
I live in a relatively poor village in Laos and have visited many villages way poorer than the one I live in and I think a big part of the reason people can stay happy and have hope on a budget of a few dollar a day is the strong sense of family and community in these villages. The poor in the western world seem much more isolated in comparison.
mithras··on SpaceX – Launch Vehicle Failure
Ditto, it made the situation so much sadder.
mithras··on Zimbabwe offers new exchange rate: $1 for 35,000,000,000,000,000 old dollars
Cambodia as well.
mithras··on Stupid certificate tricks
Depends on whether he revoked it or not.
mithras··on Ask HN: Why did multicopters suddenly take off?
Multiple small rotors is much less efficient than one big rotor, especially at bigger scale. So it's not economical.
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