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New comment by illusive4080 in "Norway Eyes Partial Ban of Smart Glasses"

illusive4080 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:37:39 +0000

Now, only criminals have nmap in these such jurisdictions.

New comment by illusive4080 in "Norway Eyes Partial Ban of Smart Glasses"

illusive4080 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:36:10 +0000

Single party consent empowers those who are underhanded in uneven situations. For instance, the ability to secretly record my employer, who has far more resources than me, benefits me. I personally benefited in being able to defend myself by using single-party consent for audio recording, which helped me both avoid legal trouble and would have allowed me to offer more evidence had it ever come to actual legal action.

There are two sides to privacy laws, and the downside is not often discussed.

New comment by illusive4080 in "US closely monitoring case of lab worker who possibly died of plague in Siberia"

illusive4080 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:01:43 +0000

They politicized their own work.

New comment by illusive4080 in "US closely monitoring case of lab worker who possibly died of plague in Siberia"

illusive4080 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:58:06 +0000

It’s not nearly as black and white as you lay out. Despite evidence of immunity after contracting COVID, the prior administration continued to pursue a vaccination mandate through OSHA. Additionally arbitrary rules and limitations such as the 6’ rule were routinely parroted by public health authorities and state governments. That’s in addition to what another commenter pointed out about the mask flip flopping.

New comment by illusive4080 in "What is going on with ceiling fans"

illusive4080 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:38:34 +0000

I have both in the same room and use them for different purposes.

New comment by illusive4080 in "What is going on with ceiling fans"

illusive4080 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:47:33 +0000

It’s not stupid. The combo is very nice and convenient. I like the combo, just not the coupling of power. Light fan combos have been around forever and have worked fine for many decades.

New comment by illusive4080 in "What is going on with ceiling fans"

illusive4080 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 02:52:00 +0000

I also like longer videos, but the information density he delivers versus Veritasium or Smarter Every Day on a similar length video is much lower.

New comment by illusive4080 in "What is going on with ceiling fans"

illusive4080 — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:19:28 +0000

The problem is almost all the LED fans can’t be controlled with a second switch. It’s infuriating.

New comment by illusive4080 in "What is going on with ceiling fans"

illusive4080 — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:18:37 +0000

His 1-hour videos could normally be condensed into 20 minutes of content, maximum. I think he has mostly good takes (some bad ones), but I’ve ceased watching because he doesn’t know how to make a point in a reasonable amount of words.

New comment by illusive4080 in "What is going on with ceiling fans"

illusive4080 — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:16:39 +0000

Even if you can find one, good luck finding a fan that supports using a separate fan switch in the wall.

I resorted to buying a “smart” fan, pulling credentials for it, blocking it from all internet access, and controlling it exclusively with Home Assistant and the remote control it came with. These things are so flimsy nowadays and I couldn’t find anything of decent quality.

New comment by illusive4080 in "Be careful what you measure"

illusive4080 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:39:21 +0000

Title should be changed to the post title. “Lambda Land” means nothing to me.

New comment by illusive4080 in "56k.rip – the 1996 dial-up internet experience"

illusive4080 — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:14:19 +0000

Cool, but webpages load too fast.

New comment by illusive4080 in "Does Reddit have an astroturfing problem? What the data suggests"

illusive4080 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:18:25 +0000

Happens a lot less on HN. While HN isn’t perfect, people are usually respectful to each other.

New comment by illusive4080 in "Microsoft abandons personal AI chatbot race with Copilot reboot"

illusive4080 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:47:43 +0000

You’re precisely right. In corporate purchases many times it’s not the best product that is bought but instead the one that can answer yes to the most questions.

New comment by illusive4080 in "Does Reddit have an astroturfing problem? What the data suggests"

illusive4080 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:41:09 +0000

On the other hand, as a Christian Conservative, I used to have people sniping my profile and replying nastily to me when I commented on completely unrelated topics, just because my ideals didn’t align with theirs. Or, auto banning me from subs based on which subs I commented to. In that way, hiding my profile has helped me, because Reddit as a whole is extremely left wing.

Unfortunately, what you state is also true and it is now harder to avoid replying to bots, obvious shills, or trolls.

New comment by illusive4080 in "Microsoft abandons personal AI chatbot race with Copilot reboot"

illusive4080 — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 02:25:57 +0000

Satya has got to go

New comment by illusive4080 in "Microsoft abandons personal AI chatbot race with Copilot reboot"

illusive4080 — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 02:20:57 +0000

I believe Microsoft’s target audience is the layman who is not an AI user but rather a regular user who wants a quick answer.

New comment by illusive4080 in "Whoisinspace.com/"

illusive4080 — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:33:06 +0000

Stating Christian ideals like intelligent design is definitely something I’d expect from a Christian.

New comment by illusive4080 in "I think you should almost never use AI to write"

illusive4080 — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 01:15:08 +0000

I offended a coworker by asking him to not send me AI written things because they’re wrong in subtle ways and overly verbose. I’m glad someone else shares my opinion.

New comment by illusive4080 in "Whoisinspace.com/"

illusive4080 — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:08:55 +0000

This is an exceedingly simplified version of a roughly hour long video in which he points out problems and gives credit to capitalism.