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New comment by KevinMS in "AI has already killed academia as we know it?"

KevinMS — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:44:16 +0000

Lectures are just a jobs program for academics who are stuck on thousands of years old teaching traditions. If a sane world, they'd polish their material, record a video, add graphics, and make it available for students to watch it and rewatch it at their convenience. Pretty much what they do on youtube and in documentaries.

New comment by KevinMS in "Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says"

KevinMS — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:57:56 +0000

what if the terrorist is repeatedly launching rockets?

New comment by KevinMS in "Job application asked for my SAT scores"

KevinMS — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:32:11 +0000

Nothing is worse than a smart bad programmer. There's no limit to the technical debt they can pile up.

New comment by KevinMS in "Use AI for reviewing code especially when the diff is huge"

KevinMS — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:27:09 +0000

I'm 100% opposed to AI generating my code, but I could see myself using it as an advanced linter. I suspect this will be considered best practices after the AI Slopocalypse

New comment by KevinMS in "Organic foods are not healthier or pesticide free"

KevinMS — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:25:07 +0000

I don't really believe in "organic foods" but I believe they sometimes are higher quality because their consumers expect more from them, although at a higher price. Just look at supermarket tomatos for example.

New comment by KevinMS in "Old'aVista – The most powerful guide to the old Internet"

KevinMS — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:20:11 +0000

It seemed to take them a really long time to get rid of the digital part, probably because marketing thought it was good thing. At least it didn't require you to prepend www.

New comment by KevinMS in "Anthropic/OpenAI may be spending more than $1000 for every $100 you pay them"

KevinMS — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:40:06 +0000

Its AI wrongthink

New comment by KevinMS in "Martin Scorsese Is Embracing A.I."

KevinMS — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:42:28 +0000

> TFA says he's using it for storyboarding.

I'm not a fan of AI but this seems like a legit use for it. Story boarding is basically film prototyping, and one of AI's legit uses seems to be prototyping.

New comment by KevinMS in "AI Doesn't Have ROI"

KevinMS — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:35:57 +0000

Please, flagging posts, and downvoting comments, you disagree with is not how we do things around here.

New comment by KevinMS in "My Students Can't Read"

KevinMS — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:15:53 +0000

> are the voters who will not be able to read a bill

politicians don't even read bills anymore, they are too large

New comment by KevinMS in "Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series"

KevinMS — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:13:56 +0000

> Variety reports that executives at the studio were concerned that Gero’s take on the series “would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase.”

in other words, it would have been good

New comment by KevinMS in "Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll"

KevinMS — Fri, 29 May 2026 03:10:23 +0000

> It wasn't for one particular case. There were 3,000 lawsuits filed using it.

Sure thing, totally a coincidence, it was just really bad luck for Trump

> And frankly a three year statute of limitations for sexual assault is ridiculous.

But 30 years is fine? You try finding a witness after 30 years, or security camera footage.

New comment by KevinMS in "Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll"

KevinMS — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:27:39 +0000

Agreed. Eliminating the status of limitations temporarily for one particular case so the defendant has no way of defending himself from a 30 year old claim is indeed corrupt.

New comment by KevinMS in "AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center"

KevinMS — Fri, 22 May 2026 00:29:17 +0000

> In any case, why are you defending the giant corporation doing this?

You are just not getting it. When they add new pipes, or attach to mains, they interrupt the flow of water. When its turned backed on, the flow of water kicks up the sediment that's already in the pipes. There's probably also a little that comes in from construction. Why people don't know this I have no idea, its happened to me many times in multiple locations. It goes away in a few hours usually. Never seen it last for more than a day.

New comment by KevinMS in "AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center"

KevinMS — Thu, 21 May 2026 22:23:09 +0000

you missing the point that its a very temporary thing, or are you being deceived into thinking its permanent? If you are, then you are helping making my point for me.

New comment by KevinMS in "AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center"

KevinMS — Thu, 21 May 2026 21:35:04 +0000

If you didn't get the point: this is a temporary thing that is normal and has nothing to do with big bad data centers. It usually clears out in about a day and its just sediment.

New comment by KevinMS in "AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center"

KevinMS — Thu, 21 May 2026 20:17:58 +0000

Happens at my house sometimes. And has also happened at my previous apartments. Looks exactly the same. When they do construction on water pipes some of the sediment gets in and has to be cleared by the neighborhood. She is either lying or doesn't know what she's talking about. I also guarantee she shook up the bottle before her presentation because the sediment would have settled after a few hours.

New comment by KevinMS in "Google changes its search box"

KevinMS — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:01:33 +0000

Its becoming like a parasite killing its host

New comment by KevinMS in "AI is too expensive"

KevinMS — Tue, 19 May 2026 17:48:13 +0000

It not impossible that hyperscale AI turns out to be a very expensive proof of concept for when hardware is fast and cheap enough decades from now, like those first video games played on mainframes and minicomputers.

New comment by KevinMS in "I 3D Printed Origami [video]"

KevinMS — Mon, 18 May 2026 20:08:28 +0000

shims, plates (the hardware kind with holes), etc. It would be great for anything assembled together with plates and spacers (robots, stands, etc). The alternative would be cutting those shapes out of something, with lots of waste and dust.