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New comment by frugalmail in "Anthropic surpasses OpenAI to become most valuable AI startup"

frugalmail — Sat, 30 May 2026 15:01:51 +0000

Bummer, they are the least friendly to open source, and the most incompatible with free use of your subscription via your own tools/custom harnesses.

New comment by frugalmail in "The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason"

frugalmail — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:43:44 +0000

I was under the impression the ping back to china security issues are what prompted this, until they were evaluated. I don't think Netgear would have a problem passing the audit.

New comment by frugalmail in "Automatic registration for US Military draft to begin in December"

frugalmail — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:22:48 +0000

It's one thing to not know and make a mistake, it's whole other thing to hear a claim from somebody, not even bother looking it up before you dispute it, and doubling down on ignorant.

New comment by frugalmail in "DIY Soft Drinks"

frugalmail — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:34:03 +0000

I was completely expecting a self-carbonation solution. It's not disappointing, just got a different cool thing :)

New comment by frugalmail in "France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech"

frugalmail — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:29:14 +0000

Any closed source, centralized system is going to be higher risk than an open source distributed system that can be independently verified and audited by multiple parties.

You just have to be willing to put in the investment to verify/review with parties that meet your needs.

New comment by frugalmail in "Automatic registration for US Military draft to begin in December"

frugalmail — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:31:02 +0000

It was historically called "Department of War" then renamed to "Department of Defense" and of course, recently reverted to the original name.

New comment by frugalmail in "Automatic registration for US Military draft to begin in December"

frugalmail — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:27:47 +0000

- The US has had record breaking recruitment in the last 1.5 years. - This policy is a readiness, not an activation. It's not related to current recruitment.

Traditionally the US believes arming the people (2nd Amendment) means we're a stronger nation. Having bases globally makes us a stronger nation. Having everybody registered to the draft makes us a stronger nation.

New comment by frugalmail in "Automatic registration for US Military draft to begin in December"

frugalmail — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:24:39 +0000

I'm for this, but what happened to equal rights? What about women?

New comment by frugalmail in "Oracle files H-1B visa petitions amid mass layoffs"

frugalmail — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:55:25 +0000

Sounds like Trump needs to add a $200k/yr premium to each H1B

New comment by frugalmail in "LinkedIn is illegally searching your computer"

frugalmail — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:24:54 +0000

For widget style services: If you need the functionality of an extension to operate, then you can check if it's already installed so you don't ask to install it again.

This is better than forcing the extension to announce it's presences on every web site.

New comment by frugalmail in "Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, reduced the number of cars"

frugalmail — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:14:32 +0000

Hmmm... "Mayor of Paris drastically reduces productivity of city by removing parking spaces"

New comment by frugalmail in "4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches"

frugalmail — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:11:03 +0000

Don't use 4chan, but great job standing up to the continued attack on Free Speech. I hope more people contact their representatives/senators and get them to stop the non-stop attack happening here in the states too.

New comment by frugalmail in "What Is a Tort?"

frugalmail — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:21:12 +0000

> distributing the costs of accidents to those who can best bear them

wtf? I thought it was the entity/entities responsible for the accident?

New comment by frugalmail in "Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video]"

frugalmail — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 19:38:12 +0000

Anybody watch Nick Shirley's tour and interviews at CECOT? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrK9nVLAqwk

I thought he did a great job.

I'd love to hear what others that have seen both think since I'll want to put aside some time to watch this one after all the holiday hustle and bustle are done.

I think it's a great model based on what Nick's tour showed.

New comment by frugalmail in "Unifi Travel Router"

frugalmail — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:55:58 +0000

It reads "Tethered 5G", why would a high-end travel router not support sim/e-sims directly?!

New comment by frugalmail in "State regulators vote to keep utility profits high angering customers across CA"

frugalmail — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:53:30 +0000

Just purchased a replacement gas stove/oven because electricity prices in LA are INSANE.

New comment by frugalmail in "Court settlement calls for NPR to get $36M to operate US public radio system"

frugalmail — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:31:53 +0000

The burden on taxpayers would be significantly less if it was strictly satellite coverage for use during emergencies.

New comment by frugalmail in "California enacts law enabling people to universally opt out of data sharing"

frugalmail — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 06:17:03 +0000

I would love to drop some of the extensions that I currently have loaded for this purpose, but sadly I'm not confident the positive signal instructing opt-out will be honored, and I'll need to retain my defensive extensions.

In spirit this is great.

New comment by frugalmail in "Ask HN: Has anyone else been unemployed for over two years?"

frugalmail — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 23:08:08 +0000

I hope with the Trump H1B changes, you get back on your feet.

New comment by frugalmail in "Several people fired after clampdown on speech over Charlie Kirk shooting"

frugalmail — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:05:10 +0000

Could you share the video where he says "women should be secondary to men"? I'm interested in seeing this. I'm familiar with him saying "...prioritize marriage and children over career goals.." and "young women who supported Kamala Harris don't value having children..." but that had nothing to do with "secondary". He also said "young MEN should order their lives correctly by putting family first." But I'm always interested in knowing if I'm missing something.

You're completely misrepresenting and misquoting the access to weapons comment. A parallel would be "give me liberty or give me death" which is a foundational quote in the invention/founding of the Constitutional Federal Republic system that has been adopted by many western nations.