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New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Ferrari Luce"

hoytschermerhrn — Mon, 25 May 2026 22:31:13 +0000

Isn’t this quite literally how a microphone works?

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity–and the Backlash Has Begun"

hoytschermerhrn — Sun, 24 May 2026 15:51:27 +0000

Even assuming this was true at all, something happening 30 years ago is not evidence that the exact same thing is happening today.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

hoytschermerhrn — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:43:55 +0000

Yes

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Switch to Claude without starting over"

hoytschermerhrn — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:45:03 +0000

I'm sure this was a hastily put-together response to the growing calls to delete ChatGPT.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Palantir's secret weapon isn't AI – it's Ontology. An open-source deep dive"

hoytschermerhrn — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:07:22 +0000

To be fair, I had the same interpretation as OP here. One cannot have an earnest discussion of Palintir without at least implicitly including the privacy & military industrial complex associations of this company.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "John Simpson: 'I've reported on 40 wars but I've never seen a year like 2025'"

hoytschermerhrn — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:19:29 +0000

OP is specifically talking about seeing unfiltered, on-the-ground footage of what’s happening as it’s happening, directly by the people being impacted. This is very different than prior conflicts which have been ostensibly filtered for various reasons.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Flock's gunshot detection microphones will start listening for human voices"

hoytschermerhrn — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:56:07 +0000

This country literally had a civil war to prevent rich capitalists from owning other human beings. America’s “values” have always been rooted in profit-driven utilitarianism.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "U.S. military was caught off guard by Israeli strike on Qatar"

hoytschermerhrn — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 01:29:43 +0000

Are you a bot? Why respond to two comments with nearly exactly the same introductory paragraphs…

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on promise of autonomy"

hoytschermerhrn — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 15:36:13 +0000

The new electric Volvos have LIDAR, proving that the technology has (at least now) approached mass-market feasibility.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Kodak has no plans to cease, go out of business, or file for bankruptcy"

hoytschermerhrn — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:08:36 +0000

Yes, exactly. Apparently the chemistry for film emulsion is very similar to what’s needed for skin applications. I think a lot of companies would not be so forward-thinking, so I give them a lot of credit here.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Kodak has no plans to cease, go out of business, or file for bankruptcy"

hoytschermerhrn — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:46:05 +0000

Somewhat surprisingly, they’ve also successfully diversified into high-end skincare, applying their chemical expertise to moisturizer forumulations and whatnot.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "More honey bees dying, even as antibiotic use halves"

hoytschermerhrn — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:45:18 +0000

I don’t believe we have ticks in the same way that the east coast has lime disease-carrying ticks though?

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Old Growth Wood"

hoytschermerhrn — Tue, 20 May 2025 14:47:07 +0000

As an old-home owner and a hobbyist woodworker, I can confirm that it’s not user error — old-growth timber really is that dense. Even my impact driver struggles to drill simple holes sometimes.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Gemini 2.0 is now available to everyone"

hoytschermerhrn — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:23:24 +0000

- Generally Available? Available?? Simply showing a checkmark???

- In Experimental? Coming soon??

Make it make sense.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Notes on Vision Pro"

hoytschermerhrn — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:16:28 +0000

You’ve posted a 3-paragraph rant on a baseless assumption for a product which hasn’t been released yet. Let’s all withhold judgement until we have more information about how this truly works.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Google Bard waitlist"

hoytschermerhrn — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:10:11 +0000

V4 is baked into Bing Chat. I believe paid OpenAI accounts also have access.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC"

hoytschermerhrn — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 22:37:07 +0000

It’s simply unrealistic for businesses to not exceed the $250k insurance limit.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Tesla Terminated Dozens in Response to New Union Campaign, Complaint Alleges"

hoytschermerhrn — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:06:47 +0000

He owns the company, no?

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "FTX faces potential hack, sees mysterious outflows totaling more than $600M"

hoytschermerhrn — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:11:13 +0000

Source on this tornado comment? This entire story is just so wild that it’s hard to keep up.

New comment by hoytschermerhrn in "Why software engineers like woodworking"

hoytschermerhrn — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 02:25:56 +0000

Where do you get your epoxy? I hate the 24 hour stuff.