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Re:Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming? on Saturday December 13, 2025 @01:00PM (#46256487)
For me, on Mac, VoiceInk has been top notch. Got tired of superwhispr
Re:M8.2 solar flare, Strong G4 geomagnetic storm watch on Sunday June 01, 2025 @10:43PM (#44155454)
It's kind of a running joke when you work as a Drilling Engineer and the Directional Driller says they can't confirm their coordinates due to magnetic storms.

https://www.usgs.gov/communications-and-publishing/news/gett...

Re:M8.2 solar flare, Strong G4 geomagnetic storm watch on Sunday June 01, 2025 @10:43PM (#44155452)
Negative - when directional drilling a well, a magnetic storm can actually cause you to lose signal and halt the entire drilling process. It's kind of a running joke when you work as a Drilling Engineer and the Directional Driller says they can't confirm their coordinates due to magnetic storms.

https://www.usgs.gov/communications-and-publishing/news/gett...

Re:M8.2 solar flare, Strong G4 geomagnetic storm watch on Sunday June 01, 2025 @01:20PM (#44152388)
Good luck to any directional drillers out there trying to drill your well blind.
Re:Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code on Monday February 24, 2025 @04:33PM (#43165187)
Any change there will be a way to copy and paste the responses into other text boxes (i.e., a new email) and not have to re-jig the formatting?

Lists, numbers, tabs, etc. are all a little time consuming... minor annoyance but thought I'd share.

Re:Started a guide to writing FUSE filesystems in Python on Friday October 11, 2024 @11:06PM (#41816067)
Off topic but whenever I see a blog with some 90s/2000s vibes, I always go to their first page of posts. Never disappoints to sneak a peak into that time capsule - including gwolf.org!
"Everything in moderation, including moderation" comes to mind.
Sheesh. That's insane.

My understanding is that East California is like that too. Not sure the status as of today and if this is still permitted or not? Look up some images from LA in the early oil boom - crazy.

Here's an example of them in Alberta (where I am familiar): https://maps.app.goo.gl/73x4uKZxWKbZkgD76

Perhaps you are correct - I had hectares in my mind for some reason while reading his original comment. My bad.
Incredibly false.

A typical "large" rig will need a 100m x 100m drill pad, roads to access which are often highly controlled during the design phase.

A drilling rig will remain on location for MAYBE 30-40 days if it is a deep well (2000m-7000m).

A completions rig (aka service rig) will come out afterwards to complete the well (install downhole equipment / frac / get the well ready for production). Lease may be a bit bigger if large frac. Been a drilling engineer for 15+ years so haven't really seen too many fracs.

Perhaps a starting point would be the models on huggingface.co