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

Wow, looks terrifying!

I can only speak for medically-administered intravenous Ketamine, but I would describe it as like relatively effortlessly floating inside of the non-physical space inside of you and meeting yourself in metaphor, all the while completely aware. The biggest risk seemed to be temporarily becoming a relatively inanimate part of the infrastructure there, and even that was a sort of pleasant and satisfying state.


"Which Engineering degree are you studying?"


This was an era of some pretty awful American cars. A mid-size family sedan would have a v6 with a carburetor and 110-125 hp and still weigh 1.5 tons or more. An automatic transmission with a lockup torque converter was probably a pretty new improvement at the time, and ABS brakes were still 5+ years away in high-end cars.


The best selling car in 1981 (450,000 sold) was the Oldsmobile Cutlass, with 110 or 180 HP V6/V8 engines and a three speed automatic


If you were my dad, the V6 in your Gutless Supreme was the normally aspirated diesel, clocking 85 horsepower, and required new head gaskets approx every 20,000 miles.

But at least the rich luxury of the crushed orange velour interior could keep you comfortable while you waited for the tow truck.


They had gotten rid of the V6 diesel by 1981, and then they used the infamous 350 diesel

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/automot...


From your link:

“The 4.3 L V6 that came out in 1982 did have a denser head bolt arrangement, and did not suffer the catastrophic head sealing failures of the V8.”

V6 diesels were put in Cutlass’ until at least 1984:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_Diesel_engine#V6


But not in 1981 which is the year we're talking about


Ah, just 1981, got it.


Whatever. It got sent to the crusher and we never bought an American-made car ever again.


Sounds about right. Those engines ruined diesels for Americans.

A friend of mine had one as his high school car, but his dad converted it to gasoline. I think it was in an Olds 88


The 1981 Trans Am was still in its classic design...it didn't go to the knightrider one until 1982.


this is a really excellent demo thanks! Watching, I still have to remind myself that the persistence is from the screen itself, not being refreshed transparently!


My first instinct here is that "New York Socialite" != "Hacker News Reader" shall we say almost always.


It was difficult to read through due to the number of people using it as an opportunity to try and come across as experienced and worldly, which just ends up having the opposite effect, especially when you consider the target demographic of this forum.


People talking about all the parties they throw and I'm struggling to make proper friends at Meetups.


Heh, this reminds me, don't worry:

One of my extremely intelligent roommates in the 80s switched from EE to CS, seemingly due to Smith charts and Electromagnetics coursework.

He went on to make a large fortune in software.


I switched from EE to CS (well, "Computer Engineering" technically) in the late 90s. Not specifically due to Smith charts, but that's relatable. For me it was just realizing that I was procrastinating on doing my EE problem sets, which just started to seem like endless grinding of differential equations, by playing around with whatever we were doing in the couple CS classes I had. I wouldn't say I've made "a large fortune" in software, but it's kept me gainfully employed for a few decades so I think it worked out.


Sounds like it was the right decision then.


This is correct. There's more. An incoming call was indicated by a solid "seizure" or activation of this bit. The receiving end would "wink" back to indicate that it would accept the call. This was ~0.5 sec blip "on" in the reverse channel. The sending channel could then transmit whatever information was arranged, e.g. internal extension number, called number, calling party number. After any data was transmitted via audio as DTMF or MF, if the receiving end decided to answer it would "seize" in return. In theory, the call ended when either end "dropped" the bit, however it was often the case that when calling into lesser modern destinations for example, the call only ended when the calling party ended it, leading to some fun empirical solutions :)


it's all fun until someone gets gimbal lock?


May be fun, but expect 20th Century-era battery life :)


Ouch, the germicidal UVC is even more hazardous than the UVA and UVB tanning rays!


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

Search: