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New comment by fchicken in "U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective"

fchicken — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:59:45 +0000

Poor government has to fight crime the old fashioned way.

Ridiculous.

New comment by fchicken in "U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective"

fchicken — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:58:50 +0000

It's just incredible how spiteful the federal government is towards its constituency

New comment by fchicken in "Freevalve: The camless engine, told properly"

fchicken — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:39:40 +0000

Deeper dive into the often ignored nuances of freevalve engines and why they're not in production yet

Freevalve: The camless engine, told properly

fchicken — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:39:40 +0000

Article URL: https://notenoughcylinders.com/en/freevalve-camless-engine-koenigsegg-2/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452954

Points: 3

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New comment by fchicken in "FDA authorizes first wearable device that monitors ketone and blood sugar levels"

fchicken — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:00:49 +0000

Any word on how it works? Couldn't find any info

New comment by fchicken in "A brief history of federal lift ticket regulation"

fchicken — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:54:48 +0000

Wow.

New comment by fchicken in "A brief history of federal lift ticket regulation"

fchicken — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:54:33 +0000

Not true. If you're on vacation looking to ski for 3 days, you're right in the crosshairs of the ski resort's price model, and you're not getting around it.

I also don't see how the product is superior to what was offered prior

New comment by fchicken in "MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID"

fchicken — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:36:14 +0000

tbh so is circumventing those dots.

It doesn't make it any better

New comment by fchicken in "Oceans hit highest temperature on record"

fchicken — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:08:09 +0000

Spoken as if climate engineering were an established science with no potential pitfalls or downsides...

New comment by fchicken in "MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID"

fchicken — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:03:53 +0000

It'll literally be like printers "cannot print this black/white document, low on cyan".

"Cannot run local AI model, no network connection".

The more you think about it, the more it really is the same: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots?useskin=...

New comment by fchicken in "MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID"

fchicken — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:02:00 +0000

It's like Snowden said (paraphrasing): "If privacy comes from policy, the policy can be changed on a whim, and in effect you have no privacy at all"

New comment by fchicken in "MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID"

fchicken — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:30 +0000

I'm disturbed by everything.

Prompt moderation, GUID insertion, watermark insertion; track anything and everything, probably done in the name of "protect the children".

New comment by fchicken in "MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID"

fchicken — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:59:38 +0000

Fucking spyware.

Soon it'll literally be "you need a license to use this technology" if we're not there in some form or another already.

New comment by fchicken in "A network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout"

fchicken — Sun, 03 May 2026 05:21:26 +0000

We are not the good guys in iran

New comment by fchicken in "Investigation uncovers two sophisticated telecom surveillance campaigns"

fchicken — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:04:09 +0000

Color me shocked

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

fchicken — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:51:01 +0000

Life-sphere will learn a valuable lesson

New comment by fchicken in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

fchicken — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:35:14 +0000

Don't "Wow." out of context.

The smart move is further development of the Mac to explore ways to bring new features to the iPhone or future apple devices. To simply go "this = profit = all development goes there" personifies a lack of wisdom.

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

fchicken — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:43:43 +0000

Tech will consume itself.

It is with glee that I will watch it burn.

New comment by fchicken in "Tell HN: I'm sick of AI everything"

fchicken — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:23:41 +0000

I have a tech support buddy who, while good, allows himself more arrogance than his skills deserve. I asked him what CRC errors, and he said to ask AI, kindly providing me its output:

> CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) errors on Wi-Fi indicate that data frames were corrupted during transmission, often caused by high electromagnetic interference (EMI), physical layer issues, or faulty hardware. They cause packet loss, slow speeds, and intermittent connectivity. Common solutions include replacing cables, reducing interference, updating drivers, and adjusting radio power

This is all well and good except: read the prompt carefully. It never actually says what CRC errors are. This is the average AI user: literally work on, build, and fix things without the slightest clue about what it is you're actually working on.

He makes >6 figures lol

New comment by fchicken in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

fchicken — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:18:46 +0000

Everything (or 90%) on the iphone was taken from the mac and put into the iPhone. The software dvelopment for the PC environment, then stripped down and streamlined for the phone is why the iPhone was the revolution that it was.

Apple, like you, can only think in terms of revenue and profit generated. "iPhone makes this much profit = iphone gets this much development".

That thinking has led us into this stagnated crap, because it's a terrible way to do software. Worse, what's happening now is apple is taking its iThing software and trying to migrate it to the mac. The Mac is now getting destroyed by the iPhone development.

That is the reason why.