Hacker News: jeegsy

New comment by jeegsy in "New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers"

jeegsy — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:39:58 +0000

As you might expect on a tech website, folks in the comments have immediately jumped to workarounds for this. Before we do that, spare a thought for whether our government should be allowed to conceive of something like this in the first place.

New comment by jeegsy in "Ice Drives Unmarked Cars. This Public Database Tracks Their License Plates"

jeegsy — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:19:45 +0000

either way, the surveillance state beckons

New comment by jeegsy in "Low cost airlines will officially launch 'standing only seats' in 2026"

jeegsy — Wed, 21 May 2025 17:05:21 +0000

This has to be a black mirror episode right?

New comment by jeegsy in "Americans React to UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder: 'My Empathy Is Out of Network'"

jeegsy — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:33:30 +0000

Nearly fell out of my chair with that one. Who said that? Seems familiar

New comment by jeegsy in "Shadow Boxing (2016)"

jeegsy — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:20:07 +0000

> He points up at the perfect blue sky. "I'll see him again."

By the time I got to this line, I could not stop the tears.

New comment by jeegsy in "An oral history of "We Built This City," the worst song of all time (2016)"

jeegsy — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:57:14 +0000

Oh puhleassee.....culture gatekeepers really need to lighten up a little. The worst song ever? Heck no. I love that song. Corporation games indeed!

New comment by jeegsy in "IMG_0416"

jeegsy — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:31:35 +0000

I'm so glad these videos are still on there. As much as I consume youtube now, this brings back memories of when it was literally "YOUtube". Truly a glorious time!

New comment by jeegsy in "Understanding how bureaucracy develops"

jeegsy — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:22:12 +0000

> Once that competency band is established, we can work to bring everyone into the band (by providing training and support) rather than trying to stretch the band downwards to suit everyone regardless of experience.

Great point. This would also apply in the context of DEI hiring initiatives.

New comment by jeegsy in "6th-generation Waymo Driver"

jeegsy — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:02:24 +0000

I'm not sure that reason is all that common. People like cars primarily for the flexibility I think.

New comment by jeegsy in "Medieval"

jeegsy — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 12:18:19 +0000

Lets just take a moment to give thanks for the technology that has made "dungeon synth" possible.

New comment by jeegsy in "The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)"

jeegsy — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:17:18 +0000

I just love the immersion that articles like these provide

New comment by jeegsy in "ChatGPT just (accidentally) shared all of its secret rules"

jeegsy — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 14:22:18 +0000

Whats the beef with seaborn?

New comment by jeegsy in "Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts"

jeegsy — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:06:42 +0000

I think we need to remember that Presidents have gotten away with a whole lot in the past. Many a blind eye before Trump came on the scene. Now that the seal has been broken, we were on course for a whole lot of these post presidency prosecutions in the future. I think the SC was sensitive to that and wanted to nip it in the bud.

New comment by jeegsy in "Supreme Court overturns 40-year-old "Chevron deference" doctrine"

jeegsy — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 19:45:44 +0000

I was going to comment this as well. Somehow we as a country managed to get by before 1984.

New comment by jeegsy in "What Is a Personal User Manual? (2022)"

jeegsy — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:55:31 +0000

> If you're employed in a company or organization, you have to conform your personality to their manual, modulo reasonable wiggle room. That's it.

Quite right! We have enough abstractions on reality already.

New comment by jeegsy in "Spotify: Droppin' Some Fake Beats"

jeegsy — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:10:29 +0000

Right, if we reductively summarize any process then nothing really matters. Its sort of like saying "hendrix operated a string instrument"

New comment by jeegsy in "Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud"

jeegsy — Mon, 27 May 2024 16:28:00 +0000

Tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth

New comment by jeegsy in "Agenda: a personal information manager (1990) [pdf]"

jeegsy — Sun, 26 May 2024 03:26:34 +0000

Regardless of the social changes in recent decades, I think it is silly to decide to reserve the root "trans-" for a certain group when it has historically had multiple meanings. Correct me if you had some other reason.

New comment by jeegsy in "The OpenAI board was right"

jeegsy — Wed, 22 May 2024 01:29:17 +0000

Oh, so no voice then?

New comment by jeegsy in "The OpenAI board was right"

jeegsy — Tue, 21 May 2024 11:02:29 +0000

Good luck finding a voice that doesnt sound like anyone else