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New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Who Goes Nazi? (1941)"

GuinansEyebrows — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:08:16 +0000

i don't think you and i actually disagree about any of what you're saying in this reply :)

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

GuinansEyebrows — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 03:42:19 +0000

i actually miss black bean burgers being more common. now it seems like all you can find are beyond/impossible burgers at restaurants. i don't mind em once or twice a year but they knock me out more than melatonin so i usually avoid them.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Stop Sloppypasta"

GuinansEyebrows — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:53:52 +0000

when a truth is revealed to someone operating under a totally different understanding of a situation, it can be confusing, disorienting and upsetting.

this seems reasonable to me, especially in this transition period where we're navigating ethical and respectful collaboration that involves AI. give people a little grace in this weird new world.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Who Goes Nazi? (1941)"

GuinansEyebrows — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:48:25 +0000

yeah this is exactly what i'm talking about. "real" nazis? they're all dead. people who walk, talk and act like real nazis? they're running very important parts of the US government right now.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Palantir defends its role in the kill chain"

GuinansEyebrows — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:55:41 +0000

Allowing private-sector warfare manufacturers creates a profit motive for warfare, surveillance etc. It’s in palantir’s (or Raytheon, or Northrop, or BAH…), and their stockholders’, economic interest to promote and extend conflict. Many people think this is bad (including me).

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Who Goes Nazi? (1941)"

GuinansEyebrows — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:07:59 +0000

i have yet to see a good-faith use of this type of argument ("we're just calling anybody a nazi these days!"). to what end is this made, beyond concern trolling/sealioning/misdirectional use of pedantic and toothless "terminology" appeals?

it's especially concerning to see this argument used on a historical article contemporary with the NSDAP's control of Germany (and neighbors). yes, this refers to the "actual" nazis.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "“This is not the computer for you”"

GuinansEyebrows — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:22:46 +0000

i've made my entire career digging deep into linux - i've been what some people would call a "power user" for about 25 years, and a professional for 15. i spent over a decade distrohopping, tweaking, tinkering and customizing every distro from Corel to Mandrake to Mandriva to Debian to Slackware to Ubuntu to Gentoo to Arch to Void, and everything in between, plus the BSDs. i've been a sysadmin, network admin, devops engineer, yadda yadda yadda.

i have never once successfully installed fedora. probably just hardware stuff, but as often as i've wanted to try it and opensuse, they have never booted post-install for me. on machines i've successfully installed Debian and openBSD. go figure. i know i'm an outlier here. maybe it's just bad luck.

but reading your post, it sounds like a club i don't want to be a part of. linux is linux. distros don't matter. you can get nearly anything to work if you spend enough time on it. GUI OS installers that fail are not worth my time.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Bucketsquatting is (finally) dead"

GuinansEyebrows — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:04:16 +0000

this seems nice but it's a little annoying if you've been using terraform's `bucket_prefix` to create buckets. i wonder if/when they'll update that or if they'll add a new bucket_name argument that uses the new namespacing.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI facial recognition"

GuinansEyebrows — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:57:32 +0000

yeah - i think the media is certainly culpable, but i also think this speaks to the power of police unions like i mentioned earlier. media is happy to present stories presented to them on silver platters by "respected" institutions because they carry all the hallmarks of legitimacy.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI facial recognition"

GuinansEyebrows — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:39:03 +0000

oh, i generally don't disagree with you on that point; i specifically meant that when presented with the question "do you want your tax dollars to pay for police liabilities?" the answer is probably almost always "no".

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI facial recognition"

GuinansEyebrows — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:17:44 +0000

respectfully, can you elaborate on why the answer would not be yes? or am i just misreading your comment?

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI facial recognition"

GuinansEyebrows — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:11:26 +0000

despite this being something practically everybody wants, the fact that it hasn't happened is not a coincidence and speaks to the power of police unions/guilds and their lobbying arms. outside a few toothless instances, those groups are extremely good at reframing these attempts and mobilizing their bases to vote against the broader public interest.

it sucks.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Should hack-back be legal?"

GuinansEyebrows — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:03:02 +0000

you just better be sure they initially exploited the only vulnerability they found the first time.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Shall I implement it? No"

GuinansEyebrows — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:59:26 +0000

for the same reason `terraform apply` asks for confirmation before running - states can conceivably change without your knowledge between planning and execution. maybe this is less likely working with Claude by yourself but never say never... clearly, not all behavior is expected :)

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job"

GuinansEyebrows — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:37:37 +0000

similarly, i remember at least one organization (pre-Songtradr Bandcamp, i think) who didn't publish some of its open technical roles anywhere except in HTML comments on their website. they only wanted to attract folks who liked to poke around and look under the hood.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did"

GuinansEyebrows — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:25:01 +0000

yeah, for sure. i really think some people are under the impression that LLMs are a form of general AI that actually processes thought rather than being an admittedly-impressive exponential autocomplete.

though i'm not by any means an AI booster, my question wasn't really meant to be taken as a gotcha - more a general taking stock of where we're at in terms of broader understanding of these technologies outside of the professional AI/hobbyist world.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did"

GuinansEyebrows — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:02:50 +0000

> an AI system is literally a machine that can think and do things itself

why do so many writers claim this as a matter of fact? are we losing (or did we never have) a shared definition of the word "think"? can an LLM, at this time, function with zero human input whatsoever?

edit to add: these are genuine questions, not meant to be rhetorical :)

it's hard for me to gauge a broader understanding of AI/LLMs since most of the conversations i experience around them are here, or in negative contexts with people i know. and i'll admit i'm one of those negative people, but my general aversion to AI mostly has to do with my own anxiety around my mental health and cognitive ability in a use-it-or-lose-it sense, along with a disdain for its use in traditionally-creative fields.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Suburban school district uses license plate readers to verify student residency"

GuinansEyebrows — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:57:06 +0000

within a profit-driven economy, problems are simply profit centers to exploit for short-term revenue. solving those problems removes short-term revenue streams in favor of long-term stability, which of course would lead to long-term revenue streams... but who has time to wait?

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job"

GuinansEyebrows — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:00:10 +0000

i don't understand your combative tone. i'm not for DOGE twerps stealing PII.

New comment by GuinansEyebrows in "We Were Right About Havana Syndrome"

GuinansEyebrows — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:37:39 +0000

it seems like there was an external physical cause of havana afterall... but i still laughed at this :)