Why “Submarines” is being discussed
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I can literally point to how much information is encoded in our DNA, because it's four bases (so 2 bits per base pair) and ~3.1 billion base pairs. 6.2 gigabits total, or slight…
by ben_w · Sep 20, 2026
We invented controlled fire perhaps a million years ago; at a generation gap of 25 years, that's 40,000 opportunities for evolution to pass on a mutation that does anything. Wri…
by ben_w · Sep 20, 2026
Turing's whole point was to show that it's an uninteresting question of definitions whether a machine can "think", like whether submarines can "swim" and airplanes can "fly". Th…
by bonoboTP · Sep 20, 2026
Japan Opens the Door to Acquiring Nuclear-Powered Submarines
by cisc · Sep 20, 2026 · 4 points
>...Ultimately I think (and I know this is extremely hard to prove ahistorically) a naval blockade and shelling/arial campaign that devastated what little military might Ja…
by opo · Sep 18, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "submarines" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "submarines" over time.
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or informally to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots, or to medium-sized or smaller vessels. Submarines are referred to as boats rather than ships regardless of their size. Read more on Wikipedia