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New comment by breakyerself in "AI companies are shredding rare books"

breakyerself — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:42:15 +0000

If it's copyright is expired why not?

New comment by breakyerself in "We Tested Nonstick Cookware: Coatings Don't Need to Look Worn to Shed Particles"

breakyerself — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:56:53 +0000

I just make them fast and I add a little slurry of potato starch and water or milk to the eggs. Around a teaspoon to 2 or 3 eggs.

I just get the pan hot, add oil, dump in the eggs, shake the pan with the fork agitating, but not touching the bottom, take off the heat or reduce to low depending on how it's going, switch to a rubber spatula, add filling, fold and plate in the traditional way.

New comment by breakyerself in "We Tested Nonstick Cookware: Coatings Don't Need to Look Worn to Shed Particles"

breakyerself — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:10:01 +0000

I don't have any nonstick. It's not that hard to cook anything or to clean stainless or cast iron. For cast iron/carbon steel 99% of the time I run it under water and rub it with my hand and it comes clean in 30 seconds. Rarely I use some soap.

Stainless comes clean easiest right after you use it. Especially if you pour a little water on it while it's still hot. I do occasionally use an SOS on stainless.

There's nothing I'm unable to cook with my pans. I make french omelettes in stainless steel pans and they come out perfect.

New comment by breakyerself in "What if LLMs escape through inferences itself? This is fiction. For now"

breakyerself — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:31:30 +0000

If it's able to spoof human identies it could set up a front company and use money it steals or earns to directly pay for the hardware it needs.

New comment by breakyerself in "New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape"

breakyerself — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:55:21 +0000

Nice try Elon Musk. Lina Khan is fucking awesome.

New comment by breakyerself in "REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500"

breakyerself — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:23:10 +0000

Sad that in 2026 were getting excited about gas powered vehicles.

New comment by breakyerself in "Political bias in AI: Where the AI models stand"

breakyerself — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:39:23 +0000

Reality really seems to have a left wing bias and grok us well known to have right wing views directly forced on it where the rest it's likely more of an emergency property. Especially as grok used to be a different animal politically.

New comment by breakyerself in "Prairieland defendants sentenced today to prison terms ranging from 30-100 years"

breakyerself — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:14:00 +0000

What about moving a box of zines?

New comment by breakyerself in "U.S. science is in chaos"

breakyerself — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:37:07 +0000

How the fuck are ocean buoys based on skin color?

New comment by breakyerself in "U.S. science is in chaos"

breakyerself — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:36:22 +0000

I've heard that before and it makes a lot of sense.

New comment by breakyerself in "U.S. science is in chaos"

breakyerself — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:20:07 +0000

Those were all ultimately for profit companies. You can only get so far with basic science if some bean counter is looking for a return on investment in the near future.

What those companies did is notable, but I think you are overselling their contributions to science. We've gotten way more scientific advancement from publicly funded science. There are private companies allowed to do R&D all over the world. Publicly funded independed science research is what has set the US apart.

New comment by breakyerself in "U.S. science is in chaos"

breakyerself — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:14:41 +0000

Just having keywords associated with DEI could get a project defunded. Thee government isn't just defunding liberal projects. Look at the millions being thrown out on ocean monitoring because the Trump admin thinks global warming isnt a problem if you don't monitor it.

New comment by breakyerself in "Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M"

breakyerself — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:57:32 +0000

Don't worry. They'll blame immigrants and elect even more radical right wing politicians.

New comment by breakyerself in "How to earn a billion dollars"

breakyerself — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:17:49 +0000

You can aquire a billion dollars. Nobody has ever earned a billion dollars.

New comment by breakyerself in "Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M"

breakyerself — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:10:55 +0000

A fair shot would be hiring based on qualifications and not race, relion, etc. There seems to be no end to people wanting to perpetuate a status quo that advantages themselves. You might feel differently if you were part of a group that faces discrimination at every turn.

New comment by breakyerself in "Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M"

breakyerself — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:04:59 +0000

How will you prove and prosecute supposed discrimination?

Usually someone who feels discriminated against will get legal representation, file a lawsuit, and use the discovery process to strengthen their case. They can compare their treatment to that of people who don't share their minority status. They can show internal communications. Call witnesses. compare the companies workforce to other similarly positioned companies.

> because what it really is is slowing down hiring processes and second guessing people's judgments

1. So what?

2. People's judgement should be second guessed if they're racist.

3. One of the easiest ways to reduce discrimination in hiring is to replace names on resumes with numbers before letting hiring managers access them. Which barely slows down anything and eliminates a variable that isn't relevant to the candidates qualifications.

New comment by breakyerself in "Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M"

breakyerself — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:56:21 +0000

How?

New comment by breakyerself in "Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M"

breakyerself — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:55:09 +0000

>the clearest evidence we have of anyone doing that at scale in modern times is DEI programs in college

Congratulations you found the one place where a black person might have an advantage. Meanwhile virtually every other aspect of American society disadvantages black people and the supreme court ruled against those colleges.

http://www.racialdisadvantages.com

College admissions and the job market are apples and oranges. It isn't actually safe to assume the same thing must be happening in both. It isn't. There's an unofficial affirmative action favoring white people across much of the job market.

New comment by breakyerself in "Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M"

breakyerself — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:38:11 +0000

That isn't the premise. The premise is that discriminating is morally wrong.

Also when did we change the subject to college admissions?

New comment by breakyerself in "Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M"

breakyerself — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:16:28 +0000

I mean there is a tendency for people in the middle class to go all NIMBY and not want additional housing to be built which drives up the cost of housing. It's good that there's a middle class but there are also things that people in the middle class do that aren't good. Like drive f350s on their 40-minute commute to the office.