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New comment by Mistletoe in "Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal"

Mistletoe — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:03:59 +0000

And sucking down all the electrical power in the region.

> Yet another (text) suggests residents would forget about the data center controversy as soon as they find out the city is getting a new Olive Garden restaurant.

This was so funny.

New comment by Mistletoe in "US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional"

Mistletoe — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:23:40 +0000

Thank you for asking, I was so confused.

New comment by Mistletoe in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

Mistletoe — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:58:24 +0000

Thoughts like this are unhinged and detached from reality. All the resources of earth are brought to us by humans going to work every day. AI programs have almost zero connection to the real world.

New comment by Mistletoe in "12k Tons of Dumped Orange Peel Grew into a Landscape Nobody Expected (2017)"

Mistletoe — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:06:17 +0000

Monty Don has said before that really the best and only thing you need for a great garden soil is regular addition of lots of compost. This is it on a very large scale. :)

New comment by Mistletoe in "AI singer now occupies eleven spots on iTunes singles chart"

Mistletoe — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:22:07 +0000

So it’s perfect for the times. :(

New comment by Mistletoe in "Phone-free bars and restaurants on the rise across the U.S."

Mistletoe — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:29:47 +0000

Or just do what we did before, sit and think. What they call "mindfulness" now and even meditation is what we used to call just being alive.

New comment by Mistletoe in "Finnish sauna heat exposure induces stronger immune cell than cytokine responses"

Mistletoe — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:44:18 +0000

If you are a man, the hot water has a deleterious effect on your testicles' ability to make sperm. But so do saunas apparently.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23411620/

That one was 80-90C, which is a really hot sauna.

New comment by Mistletoe in "Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older OS versions"

Mistletoe — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:30:14 +0000

The only one I can think of:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia,_Inc.

I know the link is weird, wiki seem to have an issue with their name.

New comment by Mistletoe in "Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs"

Mistletoe — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:15:04 +0000

One would be in my driveway but we cancelled it right when it was about to be delivered when Elon began his decline into madness. Know your audience and your buyers man. Maybe hide your alt right nonsense when your buyers love the earth and the environment.

New comment by Mistletoe in "Some Unusual Trees"

Mistletoe — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:05:02 +0000

I like to imagine aliens visiting earth and walking straight past us and communing with Pando.

> Recent 2024 analysis confirmed it is at least 16,000 years old, with possibilities ranging up to 80,000 years, making it one of the oldest living organisms.

New comment by Mistletoe in "The house is a work of art: Frank Lloyd Wright"

Mistletoe — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:38:02 +0000

Can you describe why?

New comment by Mistletoe in "Quantum computing bombshells that are not April Fools"

Mistletoe — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:15:33 +0000

If Bitcoin is broken then your bank encryption and everything else is broken also.

As far as I know quantum computers still can't even honestly factor 7x3=21, so you are good. And the 5x3=15 is iffy about how honest that was either.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45082587

Bitcoin uses 256-bit encryption, it's a universe away from 5x3=15.

New comment by Mistletoe in "The OpenAI graveyard: All the deals and products that haven't happened"

Mistletoe — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:03:25 +0000

Has there ever been a period o time where people saw a bubble coming and that we were in one, but it just inexorably refused to pop/drug out this long? This isn’t a rhetorical question, I’m wondering how this period compares to other irrational periods of the economy like railroad fever etc.

New comment by Mistletoe in "My son pleasured himself on Gemini Live. Entire family's Google accounts banned"

Mistletoe — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:05:44 +0000

I’m just over here trying to understand why or how you would do that to Gemini Live.

>Visual Context: On mobile, you can choose to share your camera feed or screen. This allows you to ask questions about what you are looking at in the real world or get help with tasks on your device.

>Common Use Cases • Brainstorming: Talking through ideas for a project or event. • Role-playing: Practicing for a job interview or a difficult conversation. • Learning: Asking deep-dive questions about a complex topic while you're on the go. • Daily Tasks: Getting help with things like gift ideas, travel itineraries, or summarizing information from your screen.

New comment by Mistletoe in "U.S. exempts oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for 'national security'"

Mistletoe — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:54:48 +0000

Don’t say US. They don’t speak for us all. Only 49.8% of voters. Of which I hope a significant portion have seen the error of their ways come midterms and the next election.

Every day is a new embarrassment law or action like this for America until then. I’ve never felt lower about America in my lifetime. The hope I had, the pride I felt in America, is gone, chunk by chunk, piece by piece, every day.

New comment by Mistletoe in ""Roadrunner": a bipedal, wheeled robot for multi-modal locomotion [video]"

Mistletoe — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:29:51 +0000

I don't have wheels.

New comment by Mistletoe in ""Roadrunner": a bipedal, wheeled robot for multi-modal locomotion [video]"

Mistletoe — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:43:13 +0000

What are the advantages to this compared to something more stable like 3 or 4 wheels that can’t just fall over?

New comment by Mistletoe in "Data centers are transitioning from AC to DC"

Mistletoe — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:36:20 +0000

Modern bricks really aren’t that inefficient though. An Apple charger is like 90% efficient. A DC to DC converter is about that efficient or worse.

New comment by Mistletoe in "FCC updates covered list to include foreign-made consumer routers"

Mistletoe — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:50:30 +0000

Time for the made in USA tin can and a string.

New comment by Mistletoe in "Student beauty and grades under in-person and remote teaching"

Mistletoe — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:55:13 +0000

I wonder why the beauty premium remained for males after the switch to online but not in females?