Hacker News: JohnTHaller

New comment by JohnTHaller in "USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida"

JohnTHaller — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:33:49 +0000

Meanwhile, the administration is planning to import 661,000,000 lbs of beef to try to reduce record high prices but refuses to say where it will come from.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers"

JohnTHaller — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:48:54 +0000

Most of this administration contradicts themselves within a few minutes within a single speech, so this isn't unexpected.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "US removes Syria from terrorism sponsor list, lifting major investment obstacle"

JohnTHaller — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:48:07 +0000

Y'all-Queda making deals with Al Queda would not have been on my bingo card a decade ago

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada"

JohnTHaller — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:45:16 +0000

That's the goal of MAHA with explosive diarrhea.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra"

JohnTHaller — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:35:47 +0000

If it's your remote-in laptop, I'd suggest getting a used MacBook Pro or Air with an M series processor in your preferred 13/15" size and memory/storage configuration. You can get a used MacBook Air M3 with 16GB of RAM for about the same price as a MacBook Neo. It'll have similar single core, GPU, and NPU performance as the Neo and about 38% better multi-core performance. Plus you'll have 16GB of RAM for future-proofing and apps. And you can spend a bit less if you want or a bit more depending on what you need. You could get a used MacBook Air M1 8GB for under $400.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "US Military newspaper editor voices censorship fears after being fired"

JohnTHaller — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 04:03:13 +0000

He was fired because he wouldn't change facts for the current administration. Same thing that happened at 60 Minutes.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Grand jury declines to indict Ohio man charged with destroying Flock camera"

JohnTHaller — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:40:47 +0000

Or getting their debts paid off by shady right-wing groups

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Private prisons announce $1.4B in revenue as immigration detentions climb"

JohnTHaller — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:42:46 +0000

We could end the absurd war on drugs that conservatives are intent on waging and follow evidence-based solutions instead. About 20% of prisoners in the US are there for drug crimes. At the federal level it's 42.6%.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk"

JohnTHaller — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:23:43 +0000

I don't recall previous instances of companies donating heavily to the president and visiting the White House followed by the FDA walking back their findings.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's"

JohnTHaller — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:08:35 +0000

The modern version replaces a good chunk of the sugar in the old version with corn syrup and adds artificial flavor.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"

JohnTHaller — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:53:19 +0000

I use uBlock Origin on my Windows, macOS, and Android versions of Firefox but I also pay for YT Premium. It means I can use the official YouTube client on my Android devices without ads. I get YouTube Music. The creators I watch get a share of my monthly fee.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects"

JohnTHaller — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:13:26 +0000

... along with fraud and sexual predation

New comment by JohnTHaller in "US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects"

JohnTHaller — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:10:23 +0000

And is a horrible use of land compared to solar.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "DOGE overstated savings, government watchdog says"

JohnTHaller — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:59:43 +0000

Overstated is doing a hell of a lot of lifting in this headline

New comment by JohnTHaller in "GitHub Actions and Pages are experiencing degraded availability"

JohnTHaller — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:35:22 +0000

The last month GitHub hit four 9s of uptime was November 2024

New comment by JohnTHaller in "US beef prices have soared but farmers aren't making more money"

JohnTHaller — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:04:19 +0000

Inflation mainly. And it's going to get worse as the Republicans appear to keep purposely doing things to cause inflation (tariffs, pointless wars based on ego, negotiating in bad faith and making money from said failed negotiations by insider trading, etc).

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Taylor Farms Cyclospora outbreak triples in size"

JohnTHaller — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:01:55 +0000

Operating company that contributes heavily to the Republican administration. Owner of said company went to the White House to have said administration walk back the findings that they are the source of explosive diarrhea. Administration firing a chunk of the staff responsible for tracking and recalling products that cause explosive diarrhea. Administration having folks who don't understand science or health and don't believe in facts in charge of science and health.

This was all expected and will continue

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Only 8.9% of sites block AI crawlers, but 94.8% are never cited in AI answers"

JohnTHaller — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:50:38 +0000

It's also basically impossible to block most AI crawlers. Most completely ignore robots.txt. Some claim to respect it but I've found the majority that claim to also ignore it. You have to block their useragent and then their IPs if they spoof it and use botnets like some China-based AI crawlers.

Hacker News: JohnTHaller

New comment by JohnTHaller in "USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "US removes Syria from terrorism sponsor list, lifting major investment obstacle"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "US Military newspaper editor voices censorship fears after being fired"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Grand jury declines to indict Ohio man charged with destroying Flock camera"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Private prisons announce $1.4B in revenue as immigration detentions climb"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "DOGE overstated savings, government watchdog says"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "GitHub Actions and Pages are experiencing degraded availability"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "US beef prices have soared but farmers aren't making more money"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Taylor Farms Cyclospora outbreak triples in size"

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Only 8.9% of sites block AI crawlers, but 94.8% are never cited in AI answers"

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New comment by JohnTHaller in "US DOT deleting bike lane references"