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New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Stop Flock"

SonOfKyuss — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:57:41 +0000

I could be convinced to support public cameras if access to the footage was tightly controlled and only used for solving serious crimes, but government officials and flock themselves have repeatedly shown that they can’t be trusted to use them in a responsible manner. It’s too powerful of a tool to put in the hands of untrustworthy individuals

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Will Your Job Exist in Five Years: Are you coal, or are you a horse?"

SonOfKyuss — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:37:18 +0000

https://archive.ph/2026.04.02-055110/https://www.theatlantic...

Apple's chip 'binning' explained: What the heck does it mean?

SonOfKyuss — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:17:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macworld.com/article/3107278/apples-chip-binning-explained-what-is-it-and-why-does-it-matter.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702152

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New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Human-Controlled"

SonOfKyuss — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:53:35 +0000

I don’t understand the controversy here. I know Tesla is prone to false advertising, but having a human take over in an emergency situation seems like a good safety measure. There have been documented instances of autonomous vehicles blocking traffic during emergencies. Having a human operator step in in those situations seems like a good idea.

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Pentagon considers diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East"

SonOfKyuss — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:31:03 +0000

The US and Iran are both taking their lumps in this conflict, but Russia is clearly reaping the benefits.

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "What came after the 486?"

SonOfKyuss — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:13:47 +0000

It is interesting how so much of the speculation in those days was about how x86 was a dead end because it couldn’t scale up, but the real issue ended up being that it didn’t scale down.

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Ask HN: Why is a "War ON Iran" being labelled as a "War IN Iran"?"

SonOfKyuss — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:54:11 +0000

My guess is that “War in Iran” can be seen as a neutral name. It is literally where the war is taking place. Whereas “War on Iran” assumes the perspective of one of the sides even if it may be a more accurate description. Sort of like how people in Vietnam don’t call it the “Vietnam war” because that would not make sense from their perspective but it does make sense from a neutral perspective.

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Ask HN: Are there any CS niches safe from AI?"

SonOfKyuss — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:10:21 +0000

From what I’ve seen, AI tools don’t do well with large codebases with lots of technical debt and complex interdependencies. If you see some project that requires tons of manual testing to keep running and only a few crusty veterans know how to make changes without causing more problems, this is the kind of project that could be fairly immune from AI takeover. Bonus points if there are poor or limited unit tests. Projects like these exist in the bowels of many large companies chugging along helping keep the business running. They may not be sexy, but if you really want to avoid AI tools, it could be an option

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Atlassian to cut roughly 1,600 jobs in pivot to AI"

SonOfKyuss — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 01:55:07 +0000

No the assumption behind the statement and many others on this topic is not AI is more productive than Human + AI, it’s that 9 (or 8 or 6) humans + AI is more productive than 10 humans. No one is suggesting getting rid of all workers, but many are saying they can get rid of a significant percentage of them. It remains to be seen if that ends up being true but it is fundamentally different from what you are describing

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk"

SonOfKyuss — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:58:51 +0000

The ones that still assume big brother will be spying on and killing the people they hate. Trump openly campaigned on getting revenge on his enemies. I can only assume his supporters want this. The danger of course is if/when the leopards eat their faces

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems"

SonOfKyuss — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:26:18 +0000

I have a feeling they will end up going with grok.

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Anthropic resists as Department of War wants AI to kill"

SonOfKyuss — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:30:43 +0000

Looks like grok will be getting a new contract soon

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "US businesses and consumers pay 90% of tariff costs, New York Fed says"

SonOfKyuss — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:00:27 +0000

I think the issue is that the people implementing the tariffs continue to deny what you’re saying so people feel the need to point it out.

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Republicans condemn Trump's racist video portraying the Obamas as apes"

SonOfKyuss — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 04:03:35 +0000

How many times can these types of things happen before it is obvious that there are no mitigating circumstances. This is who they are. They only took it down because some of their own party members (the ones likely getting nervous about the next election) were bothered by it.

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Tesla to Stop Production of Models S and X"

SonOfKyuss — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:13:07 +0000

They’ll hold out on Cybertruck to avoid admitting it’s a failure.

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Gen Z is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents"

SonOfKyuss — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:02:22 +0000

I don't doubt your observation, since it does seem to align with what I have seen, but it is possible that the distribution has changed. As you observed, the top 25% (give or take) seem as bright and driven as ever, but if the rest of their peers are falling behind, it could drag the overall average lower.

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Video of Assault on Peaceful ICE Observer"

SonOfKyuss — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:35:42 +0000

Ah, well this makes terrorizing an entire city and murdering 2 Americans ok then? That’s what you’re trying to say here right?

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30k, According to Local Health Officials"

SonOfKyuss — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:15:00 +0000

> Your line of argument is an interesting one though. You're tacitly admitting that western protesters don't actually care about innocent Palestinians. They're just using Palestine as an excuse to undermine their governments.

That’s not true and definitely not the “gotcha” you’re looking for. Americans protesting on American soil, the actions of the American government supporting atrocities against lives they do care about seems perfectly reasonable. We’re not protesting against Iran in America because there’s no government action we want to stop. The administration already opposes Irans actions and has publicly stated that military intervention is being considered. There’s just a lot less for Americans to be mad at their government in this situation. That doesn’t mean people aren’t upset. They’re just not taking to the streets because there is less of a reason to ask the government to change direction they’re already going in. I’m not sure what is so hard to understand about that unless you’re intentionally being obtuse.

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30k, According to Local Health Officials"

SonOfKyuss — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:22:04 +0000

Why would we protest? Our government isn’t supporting this action and in fact is considering direct intervention

New comment by SonOfKyuss in "Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30k, According to Local Health Officials"

SonOfKyuss — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:19:28 +0000

In America at least, we saw protests against some of the things Israel did in Gaza because the US government is supporting Israel. Since the US is not a supporter of Iran, and in fact has been strong adversary for decades, there is less reason to protest here. Plus, we’ve got some serious problems of our own that are keeping us occupied at the moment