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New comment by jayrot in "Ferrari shares fall after launch of first EV as Jony Ive design proves divisive"

jayrot — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:51:39 +0000

https://www.reddit.com/r/itsalwaysafiero/

New comment by jayrot in "Antimatter has been transported for the first time"

jayrot — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:31:14 +0000

I know this is all just tongue-in-cheek, but for the record, they only drove it around for 30 min around the lab site, not on the open roads.

New comment by jayrot in "Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons"

jayrot — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:38:59 +0000

I strongly disagree. Tahoe is horrible but Mac hardware is terrific. Have you seen a Neo?

I think Apple is hitting it out of the park (falling behind in many other areas)

New comment by jayrot in "Banned in California"

jayrot — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:37:42 +0000

For what it's worth you still need the alcohol wipes (mineral oil works well too) when swimming off the coast of Santa Barbara. It's naturally occurring oil that gets all over your feet in little annoying sticky spots.

New comment by jayrot in "Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge"

jayrot — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:08:21 +0000

"Power doesn’t corrupt. It reveals." — Robert Caro

New comment by jayrot in "AI is destroying open source, and it's not even good yet [video]"

jayrot — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:43:55 +0000

You make some fair points here, but I'm unclear as to whether you're claiming Geerling's video is an example of an "overwhelmingly negative take on AI".

If so, my suspicion is that you didn't watch it.

New comment by jayrot in "OpenScan"

jayrot — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:52:13 +0000

Not sure about price vs other options but note that for the $244 price you have to 3d print your own parts and supply your own rPi etc

New comment by jayrot in "Texas A&M bans part of Plato's Symposium"

jayrot — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:15:13 +0000

There are no "language police".

I think about this quote from Ricky Gervais a lot. He's had more than a few controversies, which you may or may not agree with but I think his take here is apt.

"Please stop saying 'You can't joke about anything anymore'. You can. You can joke about whatever the fuck you like. And some people won't like it and they will tell you they don't like it. And then it's up to you whether you give a fuck or not. And so on. It's a good system."

New comment by jayrot in "Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far"

jayrot — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:13:31 +0000

You wouldn't know her, though. She lives in Canada.

New comment by jayrot in "Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024)"

jayrot — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:35:57 +0000

Ugh, thought at first you might be just being mean but a quick look at its other comments 100% confirms. I don’t understand — what’s even the point of such comment slop. I mean on Reddit it’s for karma and selling accounts or whatever. But here on HN?

New comment by jayrot in "Optical diffraction patterns made with a MOPA laser engraving machine [video]"

jayrot — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 02:53:19 +0000

Also, really the holy grail of YouTubers — he’s not concerned with clicks or retention. He has a day job, he’s not trying to do this full time or make a career out of it. I’ve been following him for years. Legitimately just an insanely smart person doing projects on his own time he thinks are interesting and that he thinks other people might be interested in too. It’s kinda crazy when it’s as simple as that with no ulterior motives or incentives.

New comment by jayrot in "MLB approves robot umpires for 2026 as part of challenge system"

jayrot — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:52:35 +0000

Bad calls are not “soul”. There’s plenty of flair and tradition and flavor in baseball.

New comment by jayrot in "This website is for humans"

jayrot — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:02:13 +0000

Would suggest you or anyone else watch Internet Shaquille's short video on "Why Are Recipes Written Like That?"[1]. It addresses your sentiment in a rather thoughtful way.

[1] https://youtu.be/rMzXCPvl8L0

New comment by jayrot in "Why I'm skeptical of Ground News"

jayrot — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 16:54:44 +0000

To be a bit pedantic, I think that YouTube sponsors aren't necessarily scams, but are definitely not generally good products or deals. It's a spectrum.

New comment by jayrot in "Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death"

jayrot — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 22:16:35 +0000

Talk about living rent free…the number of modern songs which are (generally obliviously) derivative of Pachelbel's Canon in D is mind boggling, which itself was surely built upon even earlier, similar chord progressions.

New comment by jayrot in "Managing time when time doesn't exist"

jayrot — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 02:07:00 +0000

Time does exist though, at least directionally, because of entropy, no?

New comment by jayrot in "Autopen Guide"

jayrot — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 03:43:53 +0000

Trey The Explainer on YouTube has a great video about “the rarest signature”, which is more like a deep dive on to what exactly is a signature and autograph (and…why)

New comment by jayrot in "Onfim's world: Child artists in history"

jayrot — Thu, 15 May 2025 17:40:06 +0000

If you've got 12 minutes to spare, I highly recommend this video about Onfim by Trey the Explainer. [https://youtu.be/H_nT6EFUZmI?si=RcFJeGjzcjkoVlh8]

But only if you wish to experience sonder.

New comment by jayrot in "Hunt for Red October 1990 (2016)"

jayrot — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:31:27 +0000

>Actor Scott Glenn, who plays the Captain of Dallas, modeled his character after our Captain, Tom Fargo.

Terrific character. I just love the competency and leadership. Hopefully your Cpt. Fargo was just as good.

My favorite exchange from the movie is when Jonesy brings his report to the captain. He's aware of how crazy this theory sounds, especially when his very serious and hard-to-read captain rephrases it back to him. Jonesy starts getting nervous and fumbling and Mancuso cuts him off -- "Relax, Jonesy. You sold me." Not quite sure why that simple line hits so hard.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7g6dKncO-I

New comment by jayrot in "'Naive' science fan faces jail for plutonium import"

jayrot — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:45:37 +0000

The best is when they use flimsy arguments about needing to "make an example" or "discourage this behavior" or "create a deterrent", as if people in these situations are even aware they're doing anything wrong.