Man, I really enjoyed Sam, until he started doing things that I thought were unnecessarily risky (or in some cases plain inconsiderate). That said, ballsy MF. Solo sailors remind me of free solo climbers. Their risk assessment/acceptance is so far off normal it's almost alien.
If you find this story interesting, definitely recommend reading about Robin Lee Graham. In 1965 at the age of 16 he started a solo sail around the world.
He ended up writing a book and they made a movie. Highly recommend.
In my experience with RAND they always reminded me of a resource extraction company. Think oil and gas, but their trade was government contracts.
Add in a couple of big names to justify the cost, staff it with jr people/post grads, shine it up with some fancy graphics and quant-ish formulas and poof, a million dollar study.
Of all the FFRDC beltway bandit think tanks, they felt the most like an MBA consultant shop. Lots of overhead, questionable return on investment. While they do have history and prestige, I'm not convinced anything they deliver is uniquely insightful.
While there are a fair share disposable/modern style abandoned houses, there are also these incredible traditional style properties.
While I understand some of the underlying reasons, I'm still shocked that they are just allowed to sit there falling apart. Part of me wants to spec out deconstruct/container/ship to the US for for rebuild.
Obviously it's not economically feasible, but some of them are that interesting.
If you are interested in buying an abandoned home in the Japan countryside highly recommend the YouTube channel Tokyo Llama. He's spent the last four years renovating a beautiful traditional style Japanese house and property about an hour outside of Tokyo. He talks about the renovation aspects, taxes, paperwork process, and the pros and cons of doing this with a family. Lots of videos the watch.
Ian from Forgotten Weapons is arguably one of the most famous gun enthusiasts out there, and it's his video that is linked in this thread. The very fact that "gun Jesus" is excited about this platform says a lot.
He does note that a small portion of the gun enthusiasts population will hate it, but goes on to note why he thinks their fears are misplaced.
Also, its been stated a few times in this thread, but this platform isn't trying to be a gun for all things. Specifically it's a bedside gun, that stays loaded and out, that mitigates some of the risk of leaving it in that condition (kids, theft, etc.). It's competition is trigger locks, safes, lock boxes, and just hiding it somewhere.
I'm unconvinced the electronics are appropriately tamper proof, and will remain unconvinced until some real experts get their hands on it. Ian mentions that as well, and is looking forward to a real security audit by experts in that field.
All on all, seemed like a pretty reasonable take on everything.
Was lobster.rs ways invite only? I thought I remembered having an account a long time ago...but my email isn't registered when I go to reset my PW. Because it's a much smaller community it does suffer from low comment counts on posts. Comments are the best part of HN.
Scotty is the personification of hacker ethos. This is a welcome update on his recovery after suffering from a brain injury. Glad to hear he finally found the medical help he needed.
Seriously, I read that title and panicked. I remember watching ZDTV in high school, and listening to twit podcasts up until 2011-ish? We're taking about the foundation of my love of tech. The early-90's to early 2000's pre crash was an amazing time to come up in the internet. Even the post crash boom was like the wild west compared to today. You were there producing content through it all.
I got off the habit of tuning in after I abandoned itunes and the iphone for Android. There just wasn't as a robust podcasting network on Android at the time.
It sounds like twit is still going strong. Time to check back in!
I bought a ton of MP3 records off their platform over the years, and recently it all went to hell. I'll take responsibility for not downloading it all right away, but I still think their recent behavior was sketchy.
My mistake was listening to the music that I owned using Amazon's music player. I'd download it locally to whatever device I was using, but my collection was large enough that I rarely kept it all on my mobile devices. When they changed their subscription model for amazon music I no longer was able to stream my music that I had bought. I couldn't even download it on mobile. Zero explanation of what happened.
Instead I had to login on my desktop, and download tracks one by one. It was painfully slow and totally unintuitive.
Keep in mind this all happened without explanation as it relates to music you owned, but still resided on their servers. It was pretty clear that they wanted you to sign up for the new streaming service and we're making it hard to get to your music otherwise.
My toddler also loves this feature. Can confirm animal (and rocket/train/baby) sounds make up a significant portion of voice assist in my house as well.
Fun fact, if you Google voice search animal sounds on a pixel, chrome will (most of the time) serve up a whole animal sounds dashboard with pixel art.
Huh, first time I ever saw that. Makes sense, I paid for the Android app not the web app. Still, wish I would have known this earlier. I may not like it, but better than being ghosted.
That said, I distributed remember themes and icons being a thing in the paid app which isn't available under the new model unless you subscribe.
Fly fishing isn't about catching fish, it's about catching fish beautifully.
Most fly fishermen are catch and release, they don't even keep the fish.
You can make all kinds of reductive arguments about recreational fishing, but unless you are fishing for food or for $$$, it's all about the enjoyment you take out of the activity.
Fly fishing is harder than using live bait, most spinning reels, etc, but that's not the point. If it was about catching fish, gill nets beat both, and in turn are trumped by fish damns, explosives, electricity, and paralytics (all of which have been/are still commonly used in scientific and commercial harvest).
It's a skill that encompasses body mechanics, tracking/reading water, presentation, the hunt....
It's outdoors, near water, done alone.
It can be as expensive or cheap as you want to make it, the basics/floor to get in are surprising cheap.
Live bait with the proper rig will pretty much always beat an imitation fly. Same goes for organics (fish eggs) that will have scent/oil/particle trail.
Hey, cool to see you post on HN. I started following you and your dad on YouTube during the pandemic.
It's been fascinating how you've (very intentionally) built your online following. Between social media vectors, the website, forums, paid tier access, pricing tools, and now insurance, you have quite the operation.
Other folks on HN should take notes on what you've accomplished so far.
location: DC metro area Remote: No Willing to relocate: No Technologies: link analysis tools, remote sensing, data visualization and GIS (tableau, SIG-IMINT analysis) Résumé/CV: Not a software dev, but I do have a track record of managing the integration of the tools, people and processes necessary for the deployment of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of complex hardware/sensor based engineering projects. Extra interested in AMZN positions at the new Arlington HQ if anyone has any info. Knowledge/Skills: - Navigated and managed the US government contracting process from both sides of the table as both a federal manager and a government contractor - Experience and insight into working with the US National Lab complex - Managed globally distributed teams that bring multi million-dollar projects in on time and on budget with a high degree of quality - Negotiated agreements and contracts with dozens of foreign governments - Built diverse, deeply integrated teams, with diverse skill sets (security, intelligence, science, logistics, engineering, IT, and communications) to design solutions to complex problems in very challenging environments - Subject matter expert on multiple National Security Council working groups, consultant to INTERPOL, office interlocutor with IC, DOJ, and DOD elements - Familiar with both executive branch/department level/OMB and congressional authorization and appropriation process
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