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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.

Control F in this thread, "Dove", nothing!!!

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.

I love the dial interface. I wish more electronics, especially those in car interfaces, used a nice, clickly, big dial.

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.

https://youtu.be/TwRjO3kHxU4?si=a9rw7FbwpiXEQLjr

Great channel. You had me as a subscriber after your pool stick video. Cool to see you post on hn.

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.

They are also not federal employees.

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.

Yay - you're still alive!

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!