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New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"

I_dream_of_Geni — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 03:16:30 +0000

...except that "snarky, rude, and tone-deaf" generally gets the downvoting (flagging?) mob to come in and "phoosh".

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"

I_dream_of_Geni — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 03:11:40 +0000

Yes, these are MY questions and feelings too. In the past, if I just HINTED at asking these kinds of questions, I was downvoted into oblivion (in other accounts. I have to say THAT specifically because some people here dive in to my account and get super anal about my age, my previous comments, my moniker, ad nauseum)

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025"

I_dream_of_Geni — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:05:12 +0000

And (weirdly, I think) a few years back they called alcoholism and smoking diseases, which, well, really??

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025"

I_dream_of_Geni — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:40:29 +0000

Honest question here: how is a worm (parasite) considered a "disease"? I Googled this question two different ways and got two different responses.

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025"

I_dream_of_Geni — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:36:29 +0000

This cracked me up...

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability"

I_dream_of_Geni — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:05:20 +0000

You obviously didn't Google this, since there are states in America where the people are PROUD to show off the guns and gun racks in their trucks. Yes, they proudly display these guns. (Texas, looking at you)

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "A giant ball will help this man survive a year on an iceberg"

I_dream_of_Geni — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 19:34:28 +0000

"The capsule is strong enough to survive a storm at sea or getting crushed between two icebergs."

The first part is probably true. The second part is folly. "Remember the Titanic".

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "After Windows Update, Password icon invisible, click where it used to be"

I_dream_of_Geni — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:25:05 +0000

I guess you have a point. I just use core system applications and a few browsers other than Safari. Sorry you guys have so much pain.

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "After Windows Update, Password icon invisible, click where it used to be"

I_dream_of_Geni — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:23:29 +0000

Thanks, friend. ;-)

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "After Windows Update, Password icon invisible, click where it used to be"

I_dream_of_Geni — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:23:11 +0000

Tahoe 26.1

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "After Windows Update, Password icon invisible, click where it used to be"

I_dream_of_Geni — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:22:48 +0000

Nice. Yours didn't work, yet mine did. Sorry mine works, bro.

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "After Windows Update, Password icon invisible, click where it used to be"

I_dream_of_Geni — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:12:01 +0000

Interesting take. I've used MacOS for 30+ years, and for the last 20 years have had zero problems with updating immediately... For that matter, iOS has been flawless also.

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia"

I_dream_of_Geni — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:19:34 +0000

The mighty penny is dead. Long live the penny!!

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia"

I_dream_of_Geni — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:13:25 +0000

The mighty penny is dead. Long live the penny!!

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "iPhone Pocket"

I_dream_of_Geni — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:25:31 +0000

Gee... And I thought $5 spent at Starbucks was outrageous...

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower"

I_dream_of_Geni — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:32:50 +0000

I was waiting to see in the comments EXACTLY this question: There is no way to dump this heat. 1000hp? Yeah, maybe for a few seconds, even with oil coolant pumping through there. Then how to dump the heat from the oil. And further thinking, if they ever get this to be a hub motor, how in the world are they going to pump coolant through 2-4 hub motors and then to a radiator that can dump that rate of heat rise, especially since oil is a lousy coolant (relatively speaking).

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "Poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players"

I_dream_of_Geni — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:50:30 +0000

X-Ray tables?? Seriously? Why are the feds looking at the gambling, and NOT the uncontrolled beaming of raw x-rays into a room full of people. There's GOT to be a law covering that...

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "Wasp Blower"

I_dream_of_Geni — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:40:28 +0000

Haha! We did the same thing! And we caught about 2 gallons of yellow jackets too. We let it run for about 10 hours (it gets them coming or going), and then when we took down the vac, I let it run and sprayed wasp spray to make sure they were dead. I freaked out when I opened it, seeing the shop vac was half full!!!!

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes as climate warms"

I_dream_of_Geni — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:28:57 +0000

I feel the pain. On a camping trip on the banks of the Mississippi one year, my son and his family slept overnight in his minivan, with just the rear window "wings" cracked open slightly for air. In the morning, we found out that he had battled hundreds of mosquitoes that found their way in during the night. There were blood splats EVERYWHERE on the fabric headliner and walls. Looked like a war zone.

New comment by I_dream_of_Geni in "Mosquitoes discovered in Iceland for the first time"

I_dream_of_Geni — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:17:07 +0000

Finally, Iceland can feel our pain....