Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | black6's commentslogin

> Each knob on the Master Control Panel has a different geometrical shape, allowing the user to distinguish the knobs by feel.

Auto manufacturers should take a clue here.


See also: the distinct shape of the flap and landing gear levers (which are often located next to each other).

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/22680/why-is-th...


... and yet on more than one occasion, pilots have taken off and prematurely retracted the flaps when they meant to retract the gear!

Humans fascinate me sometimes.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/578defbae5274...

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/578def27ed915...

(Two separate incidents in the same year, on the same day, even)

EDIT: Updated links to point to incident reports


The tragedy of the commons doesn't seem to exist in Japan to the same extent it does in Western nations, especially the US. As you said: that's largely due to reasons not mentioned in the article.

Hear, hear! Fun fact: Germany was once famous for its on-time trains. You are now lucky if they show up at all.

This happened in, what like 15 years? The trains are truly a disaster. In 2022 i missed like 3 days of various conferences and workshops because trains would just not come :/

Medical malpractice consistently ranks in the top three leading causes of death in the US. Student use of AI to pass courses can only exacerbate the issue.


I've been guilty of repeating this claim on the basis of not fully reading the original analyses. Thank you for your sources and a reminder to stay humble about what you might think you know.

Not mentioned in the article is that whales were once able to communicate globally, but the low frequency noise generated by maritime traffic killed the "Whale Internet."

This. That crowd is constantly shoehorning themselves into non-pertinent issues as part of their pathological attention seeking behavior.


or simply on f-droid!

Oh we're doing this again.


He probably didn't even read all of them once. Books are like wine: you don't have to drink all the wine you have before buying more.


AI is not at all like real intelligence. Computers do not know what words mean because they do not experience the world as we do. They don't have the common sense or wisdom that people accumulate through the experience of life. Humans can understand the consequences of nuclear war. Computers can only predict the next best word in their response from a statistical map that has no connection to meatspace.


> Humans can understand the consequences of nuclear war

And I'm asking why. Nearly no human alive has experienced nuclear war. The nuclear taboo is strongly represented in any source an AI would have consumed. We know about the nuclear taboo because we've been told over and over.

> Computers can only predict the next best word in their response from a statistical map that has no connection to meatspace

This argument is at least 2 years old. The statistical map came from human experiences in meatspace. It wasn't generated randomly. It has at least some connection to the real world.

Just because how something works seems simple, doesn't mean what it does is simple.


Not all mortgages require two incomes. Ones that do are evidence of the mortgagees getting out over their skis.


Maybe for the white collar worker, for now, but what about the blue collar?

The median household income is 80k.


Consider applying for YC's Summer 2026 batch! Applications are open till May 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: