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New comment by chung8123 in "Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price"

chung8123 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:09:23 +0000

I bought a chinese mini excavator. It is super simple and I am sure things will break on it (I already had a qc issue with the fuel gauge) but I don't fear things breaking. With the competitors the dealer had to service everything. With the chinese one I text someone on whatsapp, diagnose remotely, and they send me a part. Honestly I like this model more. If you have a lot of money the dealer is great.

New comment by chung8123 in "3.4M Solar Panels"

chung8123 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:17:18 +0000

Why not install and not attach to the grid? My understanding is if you have them attached to batteries and not feeding back it is considered off grid in some places.

New comment by chung8123 in "3.4M Solar Panels"

chung8123 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:15:36 +0000

There are so many scams in the solar industry. I feel like a ton of installers joined just to make a quick buck with no effort.

New comment by chung8123 in "F-35 is built for the wrong war"

chung8123 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:55:29 +0000

A pilot is pretty expensive.

New comment by chung8123 in "Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated"

chung8123 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:58:15 +0000

You have the answer to the "why do it" in the first part of "why you are doing it". Just because something may be created at the click of the button doesn't mean it fulfills the goals you are looking for. People knit even though there are machines that do that for you. You are doing it for you.

New comment by chung8123 in "My son pleasured himself on Gemini Live. Entire family's Google accounts banned"

chung8123 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:52:19 +0000

That feels a bit judgemental. Kids make mistakes despite how much good parenting you give them. It is not like he didn't take precautions with parental controls and at 14 you have to trust them a bit.

New comment by chung8123 in "Amazon Employees Say AI Is Just Increasing Workload"

chung8123 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:57:43 +0000

I think developers will be paid to use AI to develop and part of that pay is to correct AI mistakes. When the AI doesn't make any mistakes is the time development takes another different turn.

New comment by chung8123 in "Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV"

chung8123 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:49:45 +0000

Supply and demand. Unfortunately there are way more people that would rather the lower price than the ad-free.

New comment by chung8123 in "Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV"

chung8123 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:48:58 +0000

At 100" the packaging, shipping from china, the delivery, etc. add have to be so much more than $1k.

I bought a 100" TV with setup and it was only $1600. I don't know how they make money on that with all the logistics required. Two people for delivery, two different people for the wall hanging, all the materials for the packaging, and that is just to get it to my house.

New comment by chung8123 in "Banned in California"

chung8123 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:01:33 +0000

My favorite banned in CA is the "off roster" handguns that the police can buy and sell to the people of CA at a markup.

New comment by chung8123 in "Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective"

chung8123 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:55:30 +0000

Public transport has an identity problem in the US. Trying to serve 100% of your market will result in a worse service for everyone. It needs to decide if it is for the handicap, the people that don't drive, the people that want to commute, etc.

Making fewer stops helps the commute people and those that are able bodied. It doesn't help serve the people that are handicap.

New comment by chung8123 in "New California bill to require license plates for electric bikes"

chung8123 — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:44:49 +0000

Cars also require a license.

New comment by chung8123 in "I guess I kinda get why people hate AI"

chung8123 — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:27:50 +0000

Depending on how you use AI you can learn things a lot quicker than before. You can ask it questions, ask it to explain things, etc. Even if the AI is not ready for prime time yet, the vision of being able change how we learn is there.

New comment by chung8123 in "AI-First Company Memos"

chung8123 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:59:52 +0000

The CEOs are concerned about their company. They are not worried about employing every consumer of their product.

New comment by chung8123 in "AI-First Company Memos"

chung8123 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:57:15 +0000

That seems just as bad but the opposite direction.

New comment by chung8123 in "AI-First Company Memos"

chung8123 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:54:59 +0000

It is investor sentiment and FOMO. If your investors feel like AI is the answer you will need to start using AI.

I am not as negative on AI as the rest of the group here though. I think AI first companies will out pace companies that never start to learn the AI muscle. From my prospective these memos mostly seem reasonable.

New comment by chung8123 in "Slop Terrifies Me"

chung8123 — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 20:21:25 +0000

Using tools broadly but things like torque wrenches, AC vacuum pumps, and other specialized tools have mostly been too expensive to buy. Now I can buy a cheap version and it works good enough for most cases. It is not cheaper even with buying the tools to do the work yourself.

This is happening in other areas as well. The Chinese mini excavators and mini skid steers are changing what smaller landscape companies can do. They are not as good as a Kubota but they are 1/2 the price and 80% as good.

New comment by chung8123 in "Slop Terrifies Me"

chung8123 — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:12:16 +0000

AI slop is similar to the cheap tools at harbor freight. Before we used to have to buy really expensive tools that were designed to last forever and perform a ton of jobs. Now we can just go to harbor freight and get a tool that is good enough for most people.

80% of good maybe reframed as 100% ok for 80% of the people. It is when you are in the minority that cares about or needs that last 20% where it is a problem because the 80% were subsidizing your needs by buying more than the need.

New comment by chung8123 in "Slop Terrifies Me"

chung8123 — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:05:59 +0000

Who do you think is building the machines for the rich? All of these tech companies are nothing without the employees that build the tech.

New comment by chung8123 in "Tech workers ask their bosses to pressure Trump over ICE crackdowns"

chung8123 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:38:55 +0000

It is the tech workers that have enabled all of this. Tesla, Meta, Google, X, don't run on their own. They need people that have decided to turn a blind eye to what they are enabling with their work.