tilt_error's comments

On: Show HN: StormWatch – Weather emergency dashboard with prep checklists

[tilt_error]

I now know the weather in Beverly Hills...

[FerretFred → tilt_error]

Haha! Me too! Based in the UK it's one the few ZIPs I know by heart . It's a great site though!

On: The lost art of XML

[tilt_error]

This article/blog post [1] has been on HN several times before, but it is well worth a reminder.

[1] https://seriot.ch/software/parsing_json.html

On: When Abandoned Mines Collapse

[tilt_error]

I think that rocket still stands [0] :) [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxus_(rocket) [1]: http://www.astronautix.com/m/maxus.html

On: The Merovingians: 'Do-Nothing Kings'?

[tilt_error]

There are no see cows mentioned in the Wikipedia article about Merovech [0]. I have no knowledge about this, but such a juicy databit should just jump at you, if it was true. Instead, a quite mundane etymology around ‘merovech’ is provided.

One of these articles are wrong :)

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merovech

On: Show HN: BSE – Semantic Zip Engine for Text, Image and Audio

[tilt_error]

The link you gave does not seem to work :)

On: First Orbital Rocket Launched from European Soil, Rocket Crashes, but It's Cool [video]

[tilt_error]

In 1995, World War III almost broke out after a rocket launch from the exact same location [1]. It was only a coincidence that stopped the Russians from doing retaliatory nuclear rocket launches. So, indeed, launching to the east is not a good idea from this latitude.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_rocket_incident

On: Else Considered Smelly

[tilt_error]

Else is a common name in my part of the world and capitalizing the word makes the connection more explicit.

On: Cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland 'was loaded with spying equipment'

[tilt_error]

Bear? It is more like a stray dog that keeps shitting on your living room carpet. You don’t need to hate the dog, you just keep it on the outside where it can run around and have a great time on it’s own.

On: Richard Bellman on the Birth of Dynamic Programming (2002) [pdf]

[tilt_error]

Interesting. I came in contact with dynamic programming as a means to implement the Viterbi algorithm in an equalizer. This relates to calculating “cost” of routes through a trellis, where you accumulate partial results corresponding to alternative routes.

On: Prompts are Programs

[tilt_error]

DSPy?