<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: graemep</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=graemep</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:09:39 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=graemep" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by graemep in "How do you design a $30k electric pickup? Inside Ford's skunkworks"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There is a national security and sovereignty issue that the European countries (and others) not facing - its similar to dependence on American clouds etc.<p>A lot of these vehicles rely on OTA updates or are controlled through apps. This essentially means the manufacturer controls them. Imagine the consequences if half the vehicles in your country stopped working, or became unsafe? Do you really want to hand this power to a foreign country?</p>
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<p>I was wondering how people monetised these things. Selling t-shirts and AI porn is not what I expected.</p>
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<p>The scientific method is partly inspired by belief in a God who is good (so no deceit) and created a universe that runs on laws. If you have particular beliefs about God, you can build a lot on that (as Descartes did).</p>
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<p>Not most of it - at least on Facebook where there is a LOT posted by people from South Asia and racist/extreme nationalist posters - far more than on Twitter the last time I compared my feeds. For one thing most of it on Facebook is dogwhistle racism not direct. A lot more does not meet the legal standards for creating records. Very little gets reported so no on investigates.<p>You "could" end up with police at your door, but even if reported most of these things do not meet the requirements for being recorded: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-crime-hate-incidents-code-of-practice/non-crime-hate-incidents-code-of-practice-on-the-recording-and-retention-of-personal-data-accessible" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-crime-hate-in...</a></p>
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<p>The same on Facebook, and its a very profitable:<p><a href="https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-16/king-of-slop-how-anti-migrant-ai-content-made-one-sri-lankan-influencer-rich" rel="nofollow">https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-16/kin...</a></p>
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<p>and most people who believe in God will cite some evidence - religious experiences, or philosophical proofs or whatever. Whether you accept that evidence is sufficient or not, it is in an entirely different class.</p>
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<p>That is a strawman. Who believes in an old man on a cloud judging everyone? Far fewer people believe anything like that than believe. Even online I have never come across anyone whose beliefs could be reasonably characterised that way.</p>
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<p>> yet we're still stuck with people who think the earth is flat.<p>Very few. They are louder online. I have never met one in real life.<p>Yes, the internet does spread misinformation, but I think its pessimistic to think it outweighs the benefits. A lot of the problems are economic and social at the core too.</p>
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<p>> Nobody should do 'npm install' or 'pip install' on their machine.<p>What alternative do you suggest?<p>Do you mean not install outside a sandbox?</p>
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<p>My knowledge of this from a long time ago and narrow, but I can give you a rough picture.<p>Different countries do buy different types and qualities of tea. The US is big market for low quality (dust, stalks) tea for tea bags.<p>Countries that like strong sweet tea with lots of milk buy tea that is low grown (i.e. lower elevations) and processed using the "cut, torn curled" process rather than the older "orthodox" process. High grown (on mountains) tea is better for those who drink it without milk.<p>Leaves do tend to be higher quality and they have grades reflecting the size of the pieces. There is a standard system which is marked on some types of tea.<p>It is usual to pluck two leaves and a bud. Plucking more would add a lot of stalk which lower quality. Plucking or using just a bud produces a very delicate flavour (sivlertips). High grown silvertips is good with<p>Most tea is blended so will contain a mix of different things.</p>
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<p>Someone who is trying to build a business they can sell when they retire, or that they might leave to their kids, thinks on a completely different time scale. Smaller businesses are also run more by personal judgement and relationships than by rules and procedures.</p>
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<p>That is true, but people work less overall.<p>In many places it is more likely to reduce pay rather than hours or conditions because of legal limits.</p>
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<p>Its short termism. its the same throughout the west and beyond. The markets want returns on a one or two year period, not long term investment. Executive pay is almost always tied to short term profits and share prices.</p>
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<p>> We should remember that the outside world care about things that work, not about how good they are inside sadly.<p>Until they go wrong because they are not good inside.</p>
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<p>> Literally no one, no one even claimed we would work less due to AI. It is one of many absurd claims about AI here. There was no period in which we would get think pieces predicting more leisure time.<p><a href="https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/business/ari-emanuels-3b-venture-aims-to-monetize-ai-induced-leisure-time/tldr" rel="nofollow">https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/business/ari-emanuels-3b-v...</a><p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/06/11/ignore-the-doom-mongers-ai-will-give-us-more-leisure-time/" rel="nofollow">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/06/11/ignore-the-d...</a><p><a href="https://time.com/6268804/artificial-intelligence-pissarides-productivity/" rel="nofollow">https://time.com/6268804/artificial-intelligence-pissarides-...</a><p>>  I cant even think of period where AI think pieces would promises much positive - it was sold to CEOs, so pitch was always "higher unemployment".<p>Higher unemployment means people work less.</p>
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<p>Early print was not just smut or amateurish. Some of it was highly harmful misinformation: Malleus Maleficarem is an outstanding example that caused an immense amount of harm.</p>
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<p>This is clever. There are short command sequences that are not worth scripting but do repeat sometimes.</p>
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<p>Zen for most people. Reasonable pricing, good customer service, reasonable latency and a good router.<p>I was reluctant to recommend them by name because I know there are other good ISPs, some are cheaper, some are more expensive, some operate only in certain areas (if they do not use Openreach local loops).</p>
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<p>There seem to two doubtful assumptions being made here:<p>1. That the API pricing is required to make a profit, rather than being effective market segmentation to make a larger profit.<p>2. That if subscriptions are loss making, it is not worth having loss leaders.</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/06/07/government-buy-ai-chips-stop-tech-companies-fleeing/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/06/07/government-buy-ai-chips-stop-tech-companies-fleeing/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434017">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434017</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
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