Hackernews posts about Lightning

Lightning is a proprietary connector standard developed by Apple for charging and data transfer on their devices, such as iPhones and iPads.

1. First Successful Lightning Triggering and Guiding Using a Drone (group.ntt)
   198 points by gnabgib 4 days ago | 82 comments
2. A study of lightning fatalities inside buildings while using smartphones [pdf] (2024) (electricalsafetyworkshop.org)
   50 points by bookofjoe 5 days ago | 59 comments
3. Faraday-caged drone triggers and directs lightning strikes (newatlas.com)
   10 points by clumsysmurf 4 days ago | 1 comments
4. AI Paying with Bitcoin and Lightning – A Working Demo
   5 points by Prashanthc 4 days ago | 1 comments
5. First Successful Lightning Triggering and Guiding Using a Drone (group.ntt)
   3 points by geox 4 days ago | discuss
6. NTT creates a drone that triggers and catches lightning – then keeps flying (www.theregister.com)
   3 points by defrost 4 days ago | discuss
7. Can you control lightning with sound? (www.youtube.com)
   3 points by binarymax 10 days ago | discuss
8. Lightning strikes usually kill trees. This one just grows stronger (text.npr.org)
   2 points by mooreds 16 days ago | 1 comments
9. The strange properties of water zapped by lightning (2015) (ideas.ted.com)
   2 points by PapaRad 4 days ago | discuss
10. Today's LLMs craft exploits from patches at lightning speed (www.theregister.com)
    2 points by botanicals6 5 days ago | discuss
11. Lightning Adapter Audio Quality (2017) (www.kenrockwell.com)
    2 points by WorldPeas 13 days ago | discuss
12. Lnvps – Buy Hosting with Lightning (lnvps.net)
    2 points by a1n 19 days ago | discuss
13. It's not safe to crouch during a lightning storm (www.popsci.com)
    2 points by geox 26 days ago | discuss
14. Some tropical trees benefit from being struck by lightning: Dipteryx oleifera (nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
    1 points by gnabgib 20 days ago | 1 comments
15. Is there a way to harness electricity from lightning? (2015) (engineering.mit.edu)
    1 points by ksec 3 days ago | discuss
16. Top Self-Custodial Lightning Wallets to Use in 2025 – Bringin (bringin.xyz)
    1 points by janandonly 27 days ago | discuss
17. Show HN: CR4SH3R – Fast WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Scanner (github.com)
    5 points by m-o-z-z-i-x 9 days ago | discuss
18. Show HN: multiplayer Minesweeper game (www.minesweeperpro.com)
    2 points by bluelegacy 5 days ago | discuss
19. Show HN: Aurora Is Live (aurora-pay.mybuho.de)
    1 points by pratik227 8 days ago | discuss
20. Building a fast sandbox for user code (blog.sequinstream.com)
    3 points by _acco 9 days ago | discuss
21. Learning Light – Interactive studio where you can get creative with lighting (artsandculture.google.com)
    2 points by gnabgib 7 days ago | discuss
22. Show HN: Springus – Outfit recommendations from your real wardrobe using AI (www.springus.io)
    2 points by geooff_ 2 days ago | 4 comments
23. AI Meets Halloween Spooky Smart Decor That Reacts to You
    1 points by rinalee 7 days ago | discuss
24. Show HN: Turn Any Selfie into a Barbie-Style Portrait with AI (Free) (ghiblify.im)
    1 points by hiked 17 days ago | discuss
25. Show HN: I Overcame Resume Frustration with AI-Enhanced Video CVS (firstinterview.online)
    1 points by engrmustehsen 29 days ago | discuss
26. Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report says (www.theguardian.com)
    22 points by n1b0m 2 days ago | 13 comments
27. Unitree's Fighting Humanoid Robots (www.youtube.com)
    3 points by sfjailbird about 8 hours ago | discuss
28. Show HN: Real-time image generation with SDXL Lightning (fastsdxl.ai)
    444 points by treesciencebot about 1 year ago | 104 comments
29. Quake's lightning gun bug explained [video] (www.youtube.com)
    417 points by henning almost 2 years ago | 202 comments
30. Blitzortung – real time lightning strikes around the world (www.blitzortung.org)
    332 points by thunderbong 8 months ago | 134 comments
31. IBM Blue Lightning: World’s Fastest 386? (2014) (www.os2museum.com)
    142 points by WoodenChair over 1 year ago | 38 comments
32. Getting hit by lightning is good for some tropical trees (www.caryinstitute.org)
    141 points by sohkamyung about 1 month ago | 64 comments
33. Sprite Lightning in High Definition (apod.nasa.gov)
    140 points by Breadmaker over 1 year ago | 12 comments
34. Citizen scientists observe gamma ray glow associated with lightning flash (agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
    114 points by PaulHoule almost 2 years ago | 36 comments
35. Scientists Guide Lightning Bolts with Lasers for the First Time (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    99 points by neom almost 2 years ago | 46 comments
36. Apple ditches the Lightning connector in favor of USB-C after 11 years (techcrunch.com)
    98 points by mikece over 1 year ago | 134 comments
37. The British Navy Resisted a Decent Lightning Rod for Decades (spectrum.ieee.org)
    57 points by sohkamyung about 2 months ago | 32 comments
38. Oxford 'explosion' after lightning strike seen from A34 (www.bbc.com)
    52 points by latchkey over 1 year ago | 40 comments
39. Ball Lightning Caught on Video (old.reddit.com)
    49 points by thunderbong almost 2 years ago | 9 comments
40. Unveiling the mysterious 'red sprite' lightning strikes over the Himalayas (phys.org)
    46 points by wglb about 1 month ago | 6 comments
41. Ford to Halt F-150 Lightning Production as EV Demand Wanes (www.bloomberg.com)
    42 points by melling 6 months ago | 114 comments
42. Decentralized Patreon on Lightning Is Here (twitter.com)
    40 points by janandonly over 1 year ago | 21 comments
43. Ford F-150 Lightning Breezes Up Obstacle Where Tesla Cybertruck Struggled (www.thedrive.com)
    38 points by bastard_op over 1 year ago | 92 comments
44. Lightning Whisper MLX (github.com)
    36 points by mustafaaljadery about 1 year ago | 6 comments
45. Ford slashes prices of F-150 Lightning trucks as EV wars heat up (www.reuters.com)
    31 points by oblib almost 2 years ago | 93 comments
46. A week with a Ford F-150 Lightning (arstechnica.com)
    29 points by nickthegreek over 1 year ago | 104 comments
47. Ford cutting 2024 F-150 Lightning production plans by half (www.autonews.com)
    28 points by grecy over 1 year ago | 86 comments
48. Show HN: Model2vec – Lightning-fast Static Embeddings for RAG/Semantic Search (github.com)
    28 points by Pringled 5 months ago | 4 comments
49. Cheap Third-Party 'Lightning' Headphones Are Often Cheap Bluetooth Headphones (daringfireball.net)
    27 points by robenkleene 11 months ago | 9 comments
50. The world regulated sulfur in ship fuels, and the lightning stopped (phys.org)
    27 points by panic about 2 months ago | 3 comments
51. Ford hasn't shipped the F-150 Lightning since Feb 9 due to undisclosed issue (arstechnica.com)
    26 points by whycome about 1 year ago | 2 comments
52. Lightning over Shipping Lanes Suddenly Halved Following New Regulations (www.sciencealert.com)
    25 points by laktak about 2 months ago | 1 comments
53. Apple's Vision Pro battery pack is hiding the final boss of Lightning cables (www.theverge.com)
    24 points by qzervaas about 1 year ago | 17 comments
54. Apple's Scary Fast event could spell the end of its Lightning port (www.techradar.com)
    23 points by CharlesW over 1 year ago | 63 comments
55. Ford F-150 Lightnings will soon offer home AC power, possibly cheaper than grid (arstechnica.com)
    23 points by thunderbong over 1 year ago | 26 comments
56. GenAI with LLMs: Hands-On Training Feat. Hugging Face and PyTorch Lightning (www.youtube.com)
    23 points by jonkrohn almost 2 years ago | discuss
57. Ford stopped shipping F-150 Lightning electric pickups (www.cnn.com)
    22 points by LinuxBender about 1 year ago | 2 comments