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Re:Palantir has no place in UK public services on Sunday January 25, 2026 @03:26AM (#46751929)
Which predictive policing solution from palantir are they using?
But these bus companies have also been involved in fatal accidents more than a few times over the past years.

Multiple as a result of driver error or no outside involvement from a third party.

This is ridiculous. I'm just thankful for the fact that I added all the OTP secrets in BitWarden if I ever where to upgrade to Premium. Today I did that...
In relation to the Porsche E-fuel plant from this submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35403940
Re:“Wind-Powered” Cargo Ships Are the Future on Monday February 20, 2023 @02:25PM (#34871770)
The Norwegian shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen is currently working on a 220 meter RoRo vessel with sails [1].

Orcelle Wind is a wind-powered Pure Car Truck Carrier, a type of deepsea Roll On, Roll Off vessel. It will be 220 meters and have a capacity for over 7,000 cars, but will also be capable of carrying breakbulk and rolling equipment. Orcelle Wind is a crucial part of Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s fleet decarbonization strategy and the ambition is for it to commence sailing in late 2026 or early 2027.

Orcelle Wind is the first vessel from the Oceanbird concept (see link below) for primarily wind-powered vessels. The concept shows that it is theoretically possible to reduce emissions from vessels by up to 90 percent if all emissions-influencing factors are aligned.

[1]https://www.walleniuswilhelmsen.com/news/worlds-first-wind-p...

Re:Ask HN: Favourite open source game? on Thursday June 02, 2022 @09:20AM (#31594507)
Openscope[1] - an air traffic control simulator. I used to spend hours playing it. I don’t know if it’s my favorite open source game, but it’s the only one I know of.

1. https://github.com/openscope/openscope

So cool!

Spend a good 30 minutes already.

I was a bit confused about the map shrinking at first, as it wasn’t explained in the tutorial.

This was my longest and most satisfying victory so far:

http://pounce.sh/?replay=1210431955

Re:Wallenius Oceanbird: Wind-powered cargo vessel on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:33AM (#26063635)
Is there any connection between this vessel and the shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen? I cannot find any obvious connections apart from the name.