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New comment by RankingMember in "They See Your Photos"

RankingMember — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:51:31 +0000

Hmm, this seems to just identify the features of the person in the picture and then extrapolates from that generic demographic information, mostly from race. Is it doing more?

e.g. https://i.imgur.com/FlnYwrK.png

New comment by RankingMember in "White House staff told not to place bets on prediction markets"

RankingMember — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:27:15 +0000

If there's one positive that can be made of this admin, it's the realization that all the things that we thought went without saying ("don't profit from the office", "don't insider trade", "don't casually leak confidential information to our enemies") need much stronger enforcement mechanisms.

New comment by RankingMember in "Git commands I run before reading any code"

RankingMember — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:44:56 +0000

I don't even like using "natural" keyboards despite the ergonomic advantage because it ruins my muscle memory when I'm on the (much more prevalent) "regular" keyboard.

New comment by RankingMember in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

RankingMember — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:06:55 +0000

You made a broad-brush statement that essentially justified anything in the name of safety. You might want to re-word your statement if you meant otherwise.

New comment by RankingMember in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

RankingMember — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:55:54 +0000

> The answer to that is the only one that matters.

Is it, though? Crime would be super low if we were all confined to prison cells by default, too.

New comment by RankingMember in "Music for Programming"

RankingMember — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:27:03 +0000

The soundtracks for those two games are just so so good and perfect for that post-lunch caffeinated focus time.

New comment by RankingMember in "LinkedIn is illegally searching your computer"

RankingMember — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:28:57 +0000

> this is why I run ad blockers.

What's been really obnoxious lately is the number of sites I try to do things on that are straight up broken without turning off my ad-blocker.

New comment by RankingMember in "I decompiled the White House's new app"

RankingMember — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:42:06 +0000

That Jan 6th participants were almost uniformly let off the hook is a stain that will continue to haunt us until pardon power is finally reigned in.

New comment by RankingMember in "I decompiled the White House's new app"

RankingMember — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:41:10 +0000

Without holding those who do wrong to account, positive movement will always be dogged or straight-up negated by those who do wrong without facing justice.

New comment by RankingMember in "Oracle slashes 30k jobs"

RankingMember — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:35:10 +0000

I think of IBM and GE as being cut from the same cloth back then- they treated their people well and dominated their markets.

New comment by RankingMember in "Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars"

RankingMember — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:27:12 +0000

I love whoever is behind charm.li very much- after the bad old days of Haynes manuals and broken PDF links on make-specific forums, it's a breath of fresh air to have one repository like that.

New comment by RankingMember in "Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars"

RankingMember — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:30:21 +0000

Any chance someone ripped that old site? Do you remember the URL? I don't have a Ford, just always curious about this stuff.

New comment by RankingMember in "Ball Pit"

RankingMember — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:04:06 +0000

> The babies look unhappy

> Add more balls

Fun simulation. The novelty of stuff like this still hasn't worn off for me in this era where we've got ray tracing in-browser.

New comment by RankingMember in "I quit editing photos"

RankingMember — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:50:34 +0000

> I enjoy the moment, and have the memories.

I don't disagree with your "enjoy the moment" thesis, but I also envy your memory recall capability. For me, photos can resurrect memories I don't have access to normally.

New comment by RankingMember in "LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash"

RankingMember — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:33:56 +0000

Because in the ATC recording you hear him directing both

New comment by RankingMember in "LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash"

RankingMember — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:54:30 +0000

That one controller was handling both ground and air is still a bit of a tell that there was some short-handedness afoot, though, by my eye.

> The best thing is to patiently find reliable info and stick to it.

No disagreement here

New comment by RankingMember in "Microsoft's "Fix" for Windows 11: Flowers After the Beating"

RankingMember — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:30:52 +0000

Whenever I see stuff like that I ask myself "who is this for", like who wants to see those elements animated for no good reason?

New comment by RankingMember in "LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash"

RankingMember — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:24:15 +0000

> I still haven't seen evidence that they were running understaffed at that moment.

I think the disagreement you see is based on the definition of what "understaffed" means. Having one ATC to do ground and air control simultaneously seems like an under-staffing situation to begin with, regardless of whether it's a common practice.

New comment by RankingMember in "Show HN: Red Grid Link – peer-to-peer team tracking over Bluetooth, no servers"

RankingMember — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:28:58 +0000

Good points. I like the ghost marker functionality, helps with the shorter-range of BT.

New comment by RankingMember in "I love my dumb watches"

RankingMember — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:51:44 +0000

I know it's an anachronism, but I just can't like square watches- that round shape is just "right" to me, even though it's a terrible form factor for displaying most things like maps and apps.