Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea • Hacker News Board

Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Post by reedlaw » Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 1:46 AM UTC

bigbugbag wrote: post #58

mintplant wrote: post #45

I made it to 4:30. Is there more to the story (more flashbacks?) if you survive for longer? I got the impression that Charles was deliberately trying to kill Julien. Maybe I'm reading too much into this. Also, there's a nice double-meaning in the French version of the title. "Sortie en mer" means "sea trip", but taken word-for-word, it could also mean "trip in the sea".

Having a trackpoint equipped computer I scroll to infinity with no effort, I tried a few times and the character always drown around the 5 minutes mark. I suppose the whole thing is well made and everybody gets to see Charles waving goodbye and laughing right before the character drowns.

I didn't see that part.

Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Post by saganus » Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 4:25 AM UTC

saganus wrote: post #5

This looks very interesting. However for those of us with a slow internet connection, the fact that I can't pause and let it load means my experience is cut every few seconds.

Wow! with a fast connection this is awesome!. Very nice work indeed.

Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Post by dredmorbius » Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 4:56 AM UTC

joncp wrote: post #24

So, let's see... autoplay, splash screen, a video with no navigation controls. That site's UX sucks in a big way, so why is it #2 on HN?

You're not getting much love, but I agree with you. I land on a blank page. Nothing seeing. Flagged the post.

Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Post by ruggeri » Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 7:18 AM UTC

I want to watch, but can't transfer fast enough. Therefore:

wget https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/guy-cotten/videos/guy_cot...

Hope that helps someone.

Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Post by shiggerino » Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 8:47 AM UTC

endgame wrote: post #66

shiggerino wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, that is true, 16 is also for urgency and safety messages, but ideally channel 70 should supersede 16 as the routine calling channel. Of course, for that to happen the equipment has to be made actually user friendly. It would be trivial to implement the software to let the OOW simply click an AIS target on the ECDIS to have that target's MMSI entered into the transceiver and a call initiated. If ships were runnin…

Not everyone's got AIS and ECDIS though. The places where I trained really pushed DSC for fishing and recreational use, by making it relevant to the little guys too: "If you'd just found a good fishing spot or a nice quiet place, why would you go blabbing to everyone about it on ch16? Call your mate up on DSC instead." They also made a point of telling people to spend that bit extra to get a radio that doesn't suck.…

That's true. But it does help a lot that there's a merchant ship equipped with these things as well as a fast rescue boat if you're ever in distress. Furthermore, writing free software for the big ships will also help the little guys too, even if it means running the software on a laptop for extra situational awareness.

As for security, yes, this is a problem. It's the same in aviation with ADS-B, completely unauthenticated messages that the on-board software will happily digest,[1] whether it's to mislead the pilots or find some vulnerability in the avionics software to exploit. How can this be anything but gross negligence on the part of both the regulatory committees and the industry at large?

1. http://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/security-fla...

Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Post by frobozz » Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 9:08 AM UTC

ekidd wrote: post #14

Very nicely done, technically. And the marketing message is both true and useful: Swimming at sea is surprisingly hard, and life jackets make a huge difference. I was once a very strong swimmer, and back then, I tried swimming 60 feet to shore in water with choppy, 6-inch waves. I wound up repeatedly inhaling water and choking. To combat this, I tried to keep my head high above the water, which was exhausting. After…

> A life-jacket will keep your head above water with minimal exertion.

With no exertion, depending on conditions. Lifejackets should be able to support an unconscious casualty.

Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Post by gie » Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 9:26 AM UTC

Who else here waiting for sharks?

Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Post by confiscate » Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 10:26 AM UTC

i can't get past 5 min. Is 5 min the hard upper limit of how long you can play this game?

Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Post by Tuna-Fish » Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 12:52 PM UTC

kiiski wrote: post #42

Tuna-Fish wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Similarly, cold water will shut me down frighteningly fast—even with a wetsuit and lifejacket, I've been stunned into near immobility after less than a minute of swimming. As someone who routinely goes swimming in a hole cut in ice with the water temperature typically around 1C, this sounds weird. I suppose it's a reaction you can teach your body to not have?

You don't get your face/head wet when ice swimming, I suppose?

I generally don't dip my ears below the surface because ear infections are a risk, but I certainly get my face wet.

Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Post by Tuna-Fish » Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 12:54 PM UTC

mjlee wrote: post #38

Tuna-Fish wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Similarly, cold water will shut me down frighteningly fast—even with a wetsuit and lifejacket, I've been stunned into near immobility after less than a minute of swimming. As someone who routinely goes swimming in a hole cut in ice with the water temperature typically around 1C, this sounds weird. I suppose it's a reaction you can teach your body to not have?

You can acclimatise to it but cold shock response is a very real thing. The first minute is the most important - you're lucky to survive long enough to die of hypothermia.

The typical way people swim among ice is to first just dip yourself, get up from the water, hang out for like a minute, then go back in there. I wonder if this has something to do with it?