UltraSane's comments

On: The Los Angeles Aqueduct Is Wild

[UltraSane]

Odd. Most places use water towers to provide water pressure and have backup generators for the pumps that fill them.

On: Regex Blaster

[UltraSane]

cool idea but it needs to get slower as the levels get harder

On: Waymo Safety Impact

[UltraSane]

Autonomous cars will solve the problem much faster than redesigning roads or changing driving habits will.

On: Waymo Safety Impact

[UltraSane]

Being forced to drive the speed limit isn't that big of a deal

On: Tesla: Failure of the FSD's degradation detection system [pdf]

[UltraSane]

"Elon has said several times "

At this point I truly don't understand why anyone cares what that liar says.

[maxerickson → UltraSane]

It's a normative claim.

It might be dishonest (if he doesn't believe it is possible), but I don't think he's saying that the current systems have reached the mark.

On: Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence

[UltraSane]

LCOE for 24/7 reliable solar electricity is a LOT higher than $60

On: US Postal Service expects to run out of cash in a year

[UltraSane]

The GOP has wanted to privatize the Post Office for decades despite it being mandated by the constitution.

[JuniperMesos → UltraSane]

The text of the Postal Clause in the constitution is just "The Congress shall have the power... To establish Post Offices and post Roads". I don't see how this bars the US congress from being able to privatize the post office - indeed, I don't think it even implies that the US must have a post office at all, just that Congress definitely has the constitutional authority to establish one.

On: Show HN: Will my flight have Starlink?

[UltraSane]

Man, I pay $50USD/month for 1Gbps up down in Wisconsin.

[sam1r → UltraSane]

Wicked, I wonder what the most juiced option would cost amongst your upgrade options.

“When in Wisconsin.”

On: I haven't used a mouse for 14 years

[UltraSane]

I remember seeing the original Fingerworks website and then it vanished and I assumed they went out of business. But little did I know.

[juliendorra → UltraSane]

They are the basis of the prototype that Bas Ording used to design all the interactions we know today on touch: inertial scrolling with rubber band effect, row of icons for apps, pinch to zoom, etc. It was a fingerwork trackpad with his Director (in 2004!) interactions projected on! It was designed for a Mac tablet, but then the focus shifted to a phone.

On: The unlikely story of Teardown Multiplayer

[UltraSane]

I'm pretty sure he is talking about deterministic output.