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New comment by givemeethekeys in "California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash"

givemeethekeys — Mon, 25 May 2026 19:23:04 +0000

Okay, let's flip it: why would Apple, Microsoft, etc.. agree with such a law? What would the trickle down be for browser makers and website creators?

New comment by givemeethekeys in "America's Expanding Domestic Surveillance"

givemeethekeys — Sat, 02 May 2026 19:01:09 +0000

Fear sells. Everyone is afraid of getting sued and being denied insurance. The answer is cameras!

Dividing people to vilify each other over race, religion, gender, ethnicity and even politics is incredibly profitable. Once they're afraid of their neighbors, they'll happily pay someone to protect them at every turn.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Demo"

givemeethekeys — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:41:48 +0000

All Flock footage should be subject to FOIA requests.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Spotify adds 'Verified' badges to distinguish human artists from AI"

givemeethekeys — Fri, 01 May 2026 20:09:10 +0000

Department stores often play covers. I'm guessing it's cheaper than playing the originals. And now, with AI, they could play original AI creations for even less!

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Functional programmers need to take a look at Zig"

givemeethekeys — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:10:25 +0000

I meant to point out that, for the use-cases where functional languages are used - production performance seems very acceptable, compared to having to micromanage memory allocation.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Joby kicks off NYC electric air taxi demos with historic JFK flight"

givemeethekeys — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:35:04 +0000

Is it any louder than driving on the highway with the windows down? I imagine when air hits ears at a high speed, it's going to be loud.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Functional programmers need to take a look at Zig"

givemeethekeys — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:39:35 +0000

Isn't the whole point of abstraction to not care about whats underneath unless you really have to? But ideally, you don't because the abstraction is "good enough"?

I haven't heard anyone writing code in Elixir complain about performance issues.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "California high-speed rail price tag jumps to $231B, nearly 7x 2008 estimate"

givemeethekeys — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:20:21 +0000

We need a proposition to cancel the project.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Canada's first sovereign wealth fund"

givemeethekeys — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:14:03 +0000

Might've gotten lost during a Canada Post strike.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Flickr: The first and last great photo platform"

givemeethekeys — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:27:43 +0000

Figures. I can't think of any Yahoo acquisitions that thrived after they bought them.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Canada's first sovereign wealth fund"

givemeethekeys — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:29:45 +0000

Yes, considering everyone else was either utterly incompetent, didn't want the job, or screwed the pooch under pressure.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Flickr: The first and last great photo platform"

givemeethekeys — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:58:45 +0000

Was this before or after Yahoo! purchased! them?!

New comment by givemeethekeys in "What's missing in the 'agentic' story: a well-defined user agent role"

givemeethekeys — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:20:55 +0000

I think you'd trust someone with the keys when they've consistently shown that they can be trusted with less critical work. If you're having to constantly monitor someone's output, then promoting them is a liability.

The same applies to an AI model.

And, since the same model would be deployed by many teams, unexpected behavior from that model even for a small subset of those teams means that it can't be promoted.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "What's missing in the 'agentic' story: a well-defined user agent role"

givemeethekeys — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:46:51 +0000

A very talented junior employee that you can't trust with the keys.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs"

givemeethekeys — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:57:05 +0000

Where did all the extra employees come from? Did this result in shortages in other industries that the employees supposedly transitioned from?

New comment by givemeethekeys in "If America's so rich, how'd it get so sad?"

givemeethekeys — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:29:05 +0000

> spouses of fallen service

What if they get remarried?

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs"

givemeethekeys — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:01:28 +0000

With the way people get added and removed from big tech, why is having worked at these companies still considered a badge of honor?

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

givemeethekeys — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:01:18 +0000

It's just so ugly. Why did they make it so ugly? :(

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft"

givemeethekeys — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:58:45 +0000

After so many years of EU countries talking, how much has Microsoft's top and bottom line been affected?

New comment by givemeethekeys in "The quiet disappearance of the free-range childhood"

givemeethekeys — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:36:15 +0000

Blame a litigious culture where agencies have far too much power to "fix" other people. People in many places in America live with a fear of losing their children or getting sued and losing everything.