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New comment by edaemon in "Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered crackdown on Anthropic models"

edaemon — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:25:57 +0000

Wasn't that a UAW summit about EVs? Tesla does not work with UAW, so they wouldn't appear at a UAW event.

New comment by edaemon in "The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients"

edaemon — Sun, 24 May 2026 15:10:42 +0000

The author ran for city council where I live. From what I remember of him, it would be very out of character for him to use AI to write a health article.

New comment by edaemon in "Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars [video]"

edaemon — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:39:04 +0000

That's called a series hybrid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_vehicle_drivetrain#Seri...

New comment by edaemon in "Japan’s robot wolf sells out as record bear attacks drive demand"

edaemon — Sat, 16 May 2026 19:48:51 +0000

"TIDE TURNS AGAINST HUMAN TERROR-BOTS"

New comment by edaemon in "Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off"

edaemon — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:48:28 +0000

Where did they say "stop driving the vehicle"? I don't think that happened. The instructions were to drive the vehicle to a service center for a drop-in check (or wait for mobile service) which obviously wouldn't be possible if you couldn't drive it.

New comment by edaemon in "Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off"

edaemon — Fri, 08 May 2026 15:38:47 +0000

I don't think that's true. I owned my Rivian at that time. There was a recall but I never received any instructions similar to that. They had everyone drive to the nearest service center to have the bolt torque checked, or you could book a mobile service appointment.

You can see the Oct 6 2022 recall information here, including what they instructed people to do: https://rivian.com/support/article/recall-information

New comment by edaemon in "Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off"

edaemon — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:46:21 +0000

I have a 2022 Rivian and I don't remember any recalls for brake rotors or wheels falling off. There was one about a year after they made the first R1T where they had forgotten to record the torque of a bolt for the upper control arm during assembly, but the recall just involved having the torque checked, they didn't have to replace anything. Is that the recall you're thinking of?

New comment by edaemon in "Show HN: Hallucinopedia"

edaemon — Thu, 07 May 2026 01:32:02 +0000

Took me two clicks of the "Stumble" functionality to hit unsavory stuff that someone clearly made on purpose.

New comment by edaemon in "Roblox shares plummet 18% as child safety measures weigh on bookings"

edaemon — Sat, 02 May 2026 18:48:04 +0000

Maybe they edited their comment after you saw it, but they included a link to a video from the NYT YouTube channel.

New comment by edaemon in "Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys"

edaemon — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:39:17 +0000

Sauron is the reason the palantiri are dangerous, yes, because his influence causes them to mislead and delude the viewer. That happens even when Sauron is not directly influencing the visions. Essentially, when the forces of evil are present, the seeing stones may show the truth but in such a profoundly misleading way that even those with the best intentions will misinterpret their visions and fall prey to misunderstanding. This even happens to Sauron himself.

It's worth noting that by the War of the Ring (the Lord of the Rings story) Sauron had possessed a palantir for around 1000 years. Anyone who knew what a palantir was should have known that they were not to be trusted.

As for how that relates to Palantir the real-life corporation, I'll leave that up to your interpretation.

New comment by edaemon in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

edaemon — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:55:32 +0000

Their Composer 2 model is Kimi (an open model) with additional RL fine-tuning, for whatever that information is worth to you: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/22/cursor-admits-its-new-codi...

New comment by edaemon in "Slop Cop"

edaemon — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:43:27 +0000

Yeah, this comic summarizes the issue pretty well: https://marketoonist.com/2023/03/ai-written-ai-read.html

New comment by edaemon in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

edaemon — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:38:50 +0000

Their point is that the NYT says it crashed, the cause isn't clear.

New comment by edaemon in "US- and Greek-owned tankers ablaze after Iran claims 'underwater drone' strike"

edaemon — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:08:15 +0000

These particular ships technically were not attempting to pass through the strait, they were anchored in Iraqi territorial waters. The backlog will extend even further now that it can be considered risky to be anywhere near the strait.

New comment by edaemon in "US- and Greek-owned tankers ablaze after Iran claims 'underwater drone' strike"

edaemon — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:00:19 +0000

The Iranian military has stated their intention to attack any ship passing through the strait without their permission.

New comment by edaemon in "Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs"

edaemon — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:20:03 +0000

It's nonsense, that's why it's hard to understand.

New comment by edaemon in "Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning"

edaemon — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:04:15 +0000

In this video you can see the agent in the gray coat and baseball cap remove the gun from Pretti's waistband: https://files.catbox.moe/sp296e.mp4

Here is a stabilized version: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1qlyj9h/i_did_...

After that agent takes the gun, the agent standing immediately to the left draws and fires into Pretti's back.

New comment by edaemon in "Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning"

edaemon — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:33:31 +0000

He was a US citizen according to the Minneapolis police chief.

New comment by edaemon in "The Palantir app helping ICE raids in Minneapolis"

edaemon — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:58:03 +0000

I'm not sure that revision is correct either. What poll shows half the population with a favorable view of ICE? I can't find anything that high. The highest I see from reputable pollsters is 40%, and most show it is decreasing.

New comment by edaemon in "The Palantir app helping ICE raids in Minneapolis"

edaemon — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:48:08 +0000

You said "Don’t forget half the population (within polling MOE) supports this, believing ICE/ removal operations are making America safer...".

That's not true. Barely a third of Americans believe that. Nearly half of Americans want ICE outright abolished.