scionthefly's comments

On: AT&T won't upgrade millions of DSL users to fiber ...

[scionthefly]

That's why I'm upgrading myself off of AT&T and on to a modern provider.

[hubbins → scionthefly]

I read that as "on to a modem provider". That might be the way to go.

On: Phantom Vibrations of a Lost Smartphone

[scionthefly]

I miss having a quick toggle to turn GPS on and off. It was on some of my early smartphones. Now I have to dig into the location menu...

On: A particle physics course for high-school students

[scionthefly]

This is version 1.0. CERN education has a great track record of native language activities and will no doubt expand to other languages assuming this course is successful and useful.

On: Ask HN: What would you preserve if the internet we...

[scionthefly]

With a big friendly cover and the words "Don't Panic!"

On: Top discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2...

[scionthefly]

My grandfather referred to it as "stinky foot cheese". I still covered my spaghetti with it...he did not. lol

On: Ward Christensen (of BBS and XMODEM fame) has died

[scionthefly]

I have a physical copy of your documentary, which I finally decided to buy probably a few months after it was no longer for sale (thank you ebay). It is a memory trip for me and I learn something new every rewatch. The BBS scene in the late 80s and early to mid 90s was amazing, and is something I miss -- though I dip my toe in telnet bbs'es from time to time to reminisce.

On: NASA provides explanation for 'strange noises' com...

[scionthefly]

The NASA weekly movie selection for the ISS is the classic 1997 film "Event Horizon".

Astronauts: 8O

On: The TRS-80 Pocket Computer

[scionthefly]

I know I've found my people when I remember the same relatively obscure video about a relatively specific repair of a long forgotten (by most) device.

On: Fermilab is 'doomed' without management overhaul c...

[scionthefly]

Fermilab operated the Tevatron until the LHC was online. They then pivoted to emphasize neutrino research, which is perfectly doable with the linac and the main injector ring. There is a lot to learn about neutrinos. I certainly do not foresee any future where Fermilab is shuttered. There are always frontiers in physics worth exploring.

On: DUNE scientists observe first neutrinos with proto...

[scionthefly]

Kind of makes me want to hook a multi-mode decoding radio to the output of a high efficiency (lol) neutrino detector to see if any of those extrasolar neutrinos are just interstellar packet radio...