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New comment by herewulf in "Open source AI must win"

herewulf — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:58:34 +0000

WRT government data centers, there is certainly precedent for independent researchers getting HPC time on systems owned by US national labs, research institutions, universities, and then publishing their results as part of the public good.

One would question why this hasn't already happened as the rule and as opposed to the proliferation of private data centers. However, I am sure the answers are plain and perhaps saddening to us all.

New comment by herewulf in "DoD Officially Drops 180 Faiths from Military's Recognized Religion List"

herewulf — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:04:22 +0000

> "The new list will provide chaplains with clear, readily available information that will better enable them to anticipate the religious support needs [...]"

Emphasis mine. In other words, "our master's degree level educated chaplains are confused by too long of a list".

We know what you are really doing and would appreciate more effort in these BS memos.

New comment by herewulf in "DoD Officially Drops 180 Faiths from Military's Recognized Religion List"

herewulf — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:57:12 +0000

Heathen is yet another term to describe Germanic paganism which has a similar etymology as the Latin originated word "pagan"[1]. It describes the people "of the heath"[2] — the rural folk who were the last to change their beliefs (as opposed to the city folk following the latest trends). English is unique among Germanic languages for preferring non-native vocabulary but the cognate of "heathen" is extant in every other Germanic language to describe pre-Christian belief. Among modern reconstructionists there is no consensus for a term to describe a belief system that never had a name (because prior to Christianity, it didn't need one).

That it is also a Christian pejorative term is irrelevant to the former DoD list.

[1]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paganus

[2]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heathen#English

New comment by herewulf in "DoD Officially Drops 180 Faiths from Military's Recognized Religion List"

herewulf — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:24:46 +0000

On the contrary I would expect that the most immediate effect is the impossibility of commissioning chaplains for any of the 180 faiths removed from the list. Good luck with that if you're a chaplain candidate who is an ordained minister of "Other".

No doubt there are other concrete effects that are buried in reams of DoD policy.

However, the message being sent is far clearer. Expect that the goal is to pare down the current list even further in due time.

New comment by herewulf in "DoD Officially Drops 180 Faiths from Military's Recognized Religion List"

herewulf — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:16:56 +0000

Those places have never liked Trump, as immoral as he is perceived, but they consistently put their conservatism first when it comes time to vote. I don't see this situation changing any time soon.

New comment by herewulf in "DoD Officially Drops 180 Faiths from Military's Recognized Religion List"

herewulf — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:11:35 +0000

> I’m super on board with providing a universal spiritual/mental health space regardless of your affiliation.

This is what was happening in the Army's Chaplain Corps[1] prior to this administration: Seeking to emphasize and credential Chaplains as mental health specialists in an organization with a consistent track record of personnel with pervasive mental health problems.

It seems that has all been scrapped and we're going to fix mental health problems with "good ol' religion".

[1]: I can't speak for the other services but probably the same.

New comment by herewulf in "Samurai City"

herewulf — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:12:34 +0000

It was likely the kind of poverty where they never had any money, always had debt, but never were in any danger of starvation due to their status. It was just enough to keep them from rebellion but a lot of personal trouble to keep them from too much personal ambition as well.

New comment by herewulf in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"

herewulf — Sat, 30 May 2026 13:27:10 +0000

Absolutely, and this is also a big deal for longevity of your purchase. I have an iMac from 2012 and it's a beautiful piece of reliable hardware, with a beautiful screen. However, the software is stuck on some version of macOS from years ago and so more and more applications are refusing to install. It's on life support with Firefox ESR and MacPorts (just recently — was on Homebrew). And it works fine for browsing and some light FOSS gaming. Not if Apple had their way though! They think it ought to be in the dump and I should have bought something else by now.

Well, I have a Framework 13 also, running Linux, and despite the hardware being from 2022, it's all current software. And it will continue to be, practically as long as I wish it.

So, yes, if we want to talk about value (like the author of the article), where is the value when some capricious corporation decides when you are done with your computer?

New comment by herewulf in "Last.fm is now independent"

herewulf — Thu, 28 May 2026 20:38:54 +0000

The "-" character appears pretty frequently in song/album titles, maybe even artist names. There could be some sense in not using it as a substitute for space in this context.

New comment by herewulf in "Show HN: Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol"

herewulf — Sun, 17 May 2026 10:20:26 +0000

I would like to see some option to offset the scrobbling times for privacy. I've cooled on Last.fm in recent years because I've realized that it's a very good, public indicator of when I'm at my desk. Self hosted may be the way forward but maybe someone wants the best of both worlds.

Yes, I've become paranoid in my old age.

New comment by herewulf in "Show HN: Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol"

herewulf — Sun, 17 May 2026 10:16:52 +0000

This is better so you think about the commands that you're pasting into your terminal before you do it, rather than just one blob of who-knows-what.

However, what I don't understand is why there isn't just a single Dockerfile that does it all. `docker build` is step 4 or something.

New comment by herewulf in "Show HN: Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol"

herewulf — Sun, 17 May 2026 09:56:34 +0000

It's no worse than things like blog and vlog. Words that took me at least a decade to come to terms with.

New comment by herewulf in "New copy of earliest poem in English, written 1,3k years ago, discovered in Rome"

herewulf — Sat, 02 May 2026 00:05:25 +0000

'garden' came into English via Old French but it's ultimately Frankish (another Germanic language) so 'yard' and 'garden' are cognates. Interestingly they have a close sense.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/garden

New comment by herewulf in "Music with lyrics interferes with cognitive tasks (2023)"

herewulf — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:41:53 +0000

Interesting. Guitarist (as a hobby) here. I find familiar, favorite music good for concentration, with or without lyrics. But new music is what gets me. I give it too much attention, similar to what you describe.

I mostly listen to metal and all its various subgenres.

New comment by herewulf in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

herewulf — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:38:28 +0000

Imagine doing an easy tour in your air conditioned Kuwaiti logistics office and then getting blown to bits by a ballistic missile because no one bothered to tell you about the war that was being initiated which would cause such missiles in retaliation. Yeah, that's demoralizing too.

New comment by herewulf in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

herewulf — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:33:24 +0000

That MSG works for a Captain or a Lieutenant. If said MSG is good, there might be a future of advising a commanding officer on uniforms and length of grass at increasingly higher echelons. The rank is not newsworthy.

New comment by herewulf in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

herewulf — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:28:15 +0000

This might burst some bubbles but this is absolutely a little guy because anything below a field grade officer (or the CSM sidekick below brigade) is a little guy and a battalion is actually quite low on the food chain.

Yes, there are some hard working NCOs and junior Os out there that make shit happen, but they are not the decision makers and make for great fall guys when shit hits the fan.

New comment by herewulf in "Airline worker arrested after sharing photos of bomb damage in WhatsApp group"

herewulf — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:50:38 +0000

Russian satellites can see everything in Ukraine from a bird's eye view all the time.

New comment by herewulf in "Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind"

herewulf — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:33:47 +0000

With or without starch? Please tell me you were taking care of boots as well!

New comment by herewulf in "Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data"

herewulf — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:18:15 +0000

True, but it also assumes HN is engaging in this practice which is not a given because it's a rather unusual site.