Hacker News Reader

prehistoricdogon A cab ride I'll never forget (1999)

I'm 35. I haven't done one good thing in my life, I'm stupid and useless and I want to die

prehistoricdogon Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only make it worse

wh-what?

prehistoricdogon Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever

A fun thing I've noticed, those driving with no headlights in nighttime often lean towards windshield to, presumably, see better)

prehistoricdogon Japan is holding back as the world rushes toward electric cars

Pollution by fumes isn't that of a deal in modern "Euro-6" cars. Brakes and rubber particles are far more harmful.

prehistoricdogon Economic costs of war

typical Russian imperialistic brainwashed conclusions. I'm sorry.

I'm not going to discuss all of your wrong assumptions, just mentioning "closing media". Do you know the narrative those media were spreading? Do you know who is Medvedchuk? These media were pro-russia propagandists.

prehistoricdogon The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world's largest airplane

There was a piece, where the pilot explained why airports are not in favor of accepting AN225 for landing and takeoff on theirs runways: they have to check the runway surface after landing/takeoff. but even more crucial (not now, but in those times) is that suitable for landing airports are in most cases are those with high throughput of aircrafts and tight schedule and according to the international safety regulations it is possible give permittion for the next takeoff only after 7-10 min due to turbulent wake(is it the right term?). while common passenger flights have an interval of 30 sec

prehistoricdogon The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world's largest airplane

The reasons it's not going to bankrupt, as well as will not develop any AN-225v2 are: Antonov is not a private company. As a part of Ministry of Defense, it may let itself to be unprofitable and not competitive, cause the losses would be covered by budget.

And yes, it is not considered a desirable workplace among locals due to rather low salaries and predominantly well-aged equipment. Moreover, Antonov suffered from breaking it's supply chain in 2014. Apart from that, everything's absolutely great! Obviously, it is not the Golden Age of Antonov's assembly, nor it's development, nor anything else, but it happened so I live 1 block away from Antonov design bureau and every morning I see quite impressive flow of employees heading in there. I mean, of course, except the shutdown period and it's just my personal 'seems quite impressive'.

PS English is not my native, so it may be clunky or poorly readable)

prehistoricdogon The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world's largest airplane

Couldn't agree more)

prehistoricdogon The AN-225: How the Cold War created the world's largest airplane

here is a great tour inside the aircraft with 1 of it's pilots (in russian, but with a comprehensible English subs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TX9L62_Eac