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New comment by givemeethekeys in "Almost no skill required to cook a steak"

givemeethekeys — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:00:30 +0000

I bet the same analogy can be applied to cooking a cucumber.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "DoD says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency"

givemeethekeys — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:15:20 +0000

Are there economic reasons that support the decision making?

Are recruiting numbers really strong over the past year? Are they projected to remain that way? Is the military going to be using AI to reduce headcount?

Are they going to force a lot of older soldiers into retirement to make for a new younger cadre of loyalists?

New comment by givemeethekeys in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"

givemeethekeys — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:37:46 +0000

In much of the US, internet companies run a racket. While there are often multiple providers to choose from, if you want reliable service at good speeds, you end up with two, or if you're really lucky, three options. One of those options is Starlink.

New comment by givemeethekeys in "Is The Economist Always Wrong?"

givemeethekeys — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:04:12 +0000

They don't have any real skin in the game.

Who cares if they're right about something? Are they putting money on the line? What is their P/L for being "right"?

California votes to ruin 3D printing right after voting to keep killing games [video]

givemeethekeys — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:04:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GIigWnNRVg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48770225

Points: 37

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New comment by givemeethekeys in "Democrats Pick Up the Global Digital ID Agenda in Project 2029"

givemeethekeys — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:48:11 +0000

"Bi-partisan issue" /s

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.