What a weird flex. Can we talk about how you managed this? I really hope you didn't go back and read pages and pages of my comments to find a gotcha.
This is HN, so I assume you've built a tool to do it. I'm really curious to hear about the method.
I don't "really enjoy sticking it to the government." First of all, I just chimed in on the other guy's comment. I made a joke about FPV drones.
Second of all, the guy who is supposedly sticking it to the government didn't make that claim himself. He was accused of that by the next comment. I think he probably just wants to check stuff out before it becomes illegal, and that doesn't make him a crank.
I have an odd memory for username/comment pairings (and other oddities like ten year old URLs, but don't ask me what I had for dinner last night), and find the "government sucks, cops rock" scenario frequently puzzling.
I personally find it quite easy to like parts of the government while disliking other parts of it.
My position on police is complicated. I don't speak to police. I don't like interacting with police. I've met some officers that were real dicks. I don't like our justice system.
I still can donate to the police retirement fund and the shop with a sheriff program, the latter of which is really about the kids, and the former of which falls in line with my some of my other beliefs.
I don't believe in the hate-motivated politics going around right now.
I don't personally feel very confused or conflicted by this situation, although I could see how others might view it as cognitive dissonance--largely because they're working with like 0.01% of the relevant information about me used to form my decision.
Edit: also, thanks for revealing your method. I confess I know a few usernames by heart, and recognize yours as familiar, but there's only maybe 2 commentors here I could nail down to an specific comment. I figured it was probably just some search-box wizardry.
2nd edit: Time to change usernames again, haha. I cycle them sometimes to avoid all the metadata.
Drones in general are regulated, I think for size and capability, and also where you are allowed to operate them. Operating a FPV based drone requires a certain license I think, as does operating a drone "out of line of sight"
The regulations are somewhat dumb. The issue is that drones took remote controlled flying things from being a niche hobby that required monetary, time, and emotional investment, which prevents you from doing as much stupid crap that can harm other people, and gave it to everyone. Predictably, a portion of "everyone" is an asshole who is so self centered they literally don't think about the ramifications of their actions, or worse, actively enjoy harming others. These people started flying drones in places like airports, and legislators suddenly got spooked that every idiot could cause a bird-strike equivalent issue, or just drop a poorly operated drone from 100ft onto someone, which would really hurt them.
Basically, "the public" is offensively irresponsible, so they lose their toys. Drones are just a modern day radio spectrum, with similar cutouts for kids to still play with toys.
Most people ignore the rules because the FAA doesn't police it that much, though they reserve the right to.
