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New comment by drivingmenuts in "Altman: The world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of AI"

drivingmenuts — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:11:15 +0000

OH HELL NO! It's software, not a living being. End discussion.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything"

drivingmenuts — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:39:44 +0000

That's going to be a hard sell to service providers who rely on people basically ignoring overspend.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Cancel Your Subscription: a free browser game"

drivingmenuts — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:25:21 +0000

Somewhere, an exec is looking at this game as a how-to manual.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "US tells France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face US export ban"

drivingmenuts — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:55:17 +0000

Except for that German guy, what’s-his-name …

New comment by drivingmenuts in "European payments groups join forces to challenge US dominance"

drivingmenuts — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:50:48 +0000

The hardware is harder to replace, but payment systems aren’t intrinsically tied to the operating systems, yet, except for encryption , which is handled on-device.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Suits Are Better Tech Than Modern Clothes"

drivingmenuts — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:40:44 +0000

I don’t think I’m Neurodivergent, but I hate long sleeves, too. And short sleeves, I like long sleeve shirts with the cuffs rolled or pushed up to the elbows.

Side-effect of being very tall and outgrowing shirts quickly as a youth.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "'Pink Slime' Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms"

drivingmenuts — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:56:09 +0000

I was going to say that if we're asking AIs for voting advice, we might as well just shut off the lights on human civilization.

But then I remembered I'd trust the Salvadore Dali of AIs before I trusted Ted Cruz.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "U.S. postal inspectors shut down website selling counterfeit postage labels"

drivingmenuts — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:27:59 +0000

I think I have most of a roll of Forever stamps I bought almost 10 years ago (which shows how often I mail a physical letter)*. I'm guessing that was a wise investment due to inflation.

* Which is also probably the last time I was in an actual Post Office.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Ask HN: Hypothesis: Cellular providers are deprioritizing voice calls?"

drivingmenuts — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:09:28 +0000

Yes.

Alternately, you can bribe/buy enough legislators to get them to enact laws allowing/requiring pay-as-you-go plans, but if you have the money to do that, you might as well just form a company so you can do it at scale.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Who should be held accountable when an AI Agent (accidentally) acts maliciously?"

drivingmenuts — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:07:16 +0000

The person who ordered it or allowed it?

Seems pretty simple to me.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Show HN: Panda, the world's first personal AI computer"

drivingmenuts — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:30:40 +0000

How much control over the AI does the end user have? Can I direct the AI in any way I choose (ie., tell it do "evil" of some sort)?

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Astronomer watches Starlink satellites sinking to build a 'planetary barometer'"

drivingmenuts — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:08:11 +0000

It probably doesn't matter. Global warming has proven that we are incapable of doing the necessary things to slow or stop the human-caused decaying of our planet. I'm starting to think we deserve what we're gonna get.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Ask HN: Hypothesis: Cellular providers are deprioritizing voice calls?"

drivingmenuts — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 02:56:37 +0000

Then you'll have to be the change you want to see in the world. Otherwise, it's not coming back because it gives accountants, executives and investors nightmares about the bottom line.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Nobody Asked for a Crab Chair"

drivingmenuts — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:32:17 +0000

Low-key want.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'"

drivingmenuts — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 03:19:09 +0000

So, would you then have to submit to forced breeding programs?

Which would play into all sorts of agendas.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Proposed Rule: Eliminating the Discretionary 60-Day Grace Period"

drivingmenuts — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:16:09 +0000

Does this leave them vulnerable to immediate ICE enforcement action on the loss of a job? If so, that's rather nasty.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Apple wants to train AI on your private personal data"

drivingmenuts — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:07:47 +0000

It would be nice if we were somehow able to switch AIs on our local systems, ie., replace the Apple "brain" with some other "brain". I doubt we will be able to do that, but it would be nice.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Git hosting that never leaves Europe"

drivingmenuts — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:59:20 +0000

Well, I was thinking more like photos of the dog, but Germany, you crazy.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "A/I shuts down"

drivingmenuts — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:26:00 +0000

Some of y'all are from countries that are in great turmoil.

Which is partly or mostly our fault.

Maybe we could concentrate on doing less of that.

New comment by drivingmenuts in "Git hosting that never leaves Europe"

drivingmenuts — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 13:24:30 +0000

> I say "we" but it's really only me (Peter Ullrich, peterullrich.com) and my dog (Bella, Labrador, beige)

Is there an EU law about a "dog tax" when you've mentioned the dog? Perhaps there should be.

Ps - I'm kidding. Mostly. I like dogs and cats. Frequently, more than people.