Hacker News: bogometer

New comment by bogometer in "Sony deletes more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them"

bogometer — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:08:47 +0000

if you cant hold it your hands, you don't own it. used dvd and bluray on ebay are cheaper anyway. another underutilized resource - the public library - mine has a huge catalog of movies you can borrow for free.

New comment by bogometer in "Pollen tried to remove my article and Google is assisting with it"

bogometer — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:40:48 +0000

Google require ID verification for DMCA requests. That would put an end to most of the abuse.

New comment by bogometer in "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly"

bogometer — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:14:09 +0000

Anytime a relative installs a new machine I get the call "What is wrong with outlook?". It's always "new".

New comment by bogometer in "Emacs 31 Is Around the Corner: The Changes I'm Daily Driving"

bogometer — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:11:08 +0000

>treesit-auto-install-grammar

Sweet. GLP1 for my .emacs!

New comment by bogometer in "CrankGPT"

bogometer — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:32:42 +0000

I will wait for the legion of hamster wheels power upgrade...

New comment by bogometer in "Maryland citizens hit with $2B power grid upgrade for out-of-state AI"

bogometer — Mon, 11 May 2026 03:26:51 +0000

Even in Texas' "disconnected" grid, we're seeing the same mess. Oncor is currently staring down a mind-boggling 350 GW in data center requests - to put that in perspective, that's more than triple ERCOT's entire peak demand. They’re now pivoting to a $47 billion infrastructure spree just to keep up, and they’ve already pushed through a $560 million rate hike to help foot the bill. It’s the same story as Maryland: no matter how the local market is structured, residential ratepayers are the ones getting squeezed to subsidize the massive high-voltage buildouts these AI projects require. One benefit: the increased human interaction pulls me away from the terminal. Door-to-door power salesmen now have a regular relationship with my Nest doorbell, warning me of the impending "AI-pocalypse" because ratepayers in Dallas are going to be the ones subsidizing the West Texas buildout.

New comment by bogometer in "The map that keeps Burning Man honest"

bogometer — Thu, 07 May 2026 17:54:05 +0000

Thank you for not "mooping" around.

New comment by bogometer in "245TB Micron 6600 ION Data Center SSD Now Shipping"

bogometer — Wed, 06 May 2026 06:20:07 +0000

I fondly remember when i could buy a well-rated consumer-level SSD for a lot less per TB...