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New comment by jermberj in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

jermberj — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:09:28 +0000

> once you are plant based for 3 or more years, you just don't really crave that anymore except as maybe a guilty pleasure once or twice a year.

This has been the exact opposite of my experience.

source: vegan for 14 years, vegetarian for 2 years prior to that, carnist for the initial 22 years. :)

New comment by jermberj in "A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks"

jermberj — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:20:14 +0000

> The most common category is that the models make wrong assumptions on your behalf and just run along with them without checking. They also don't manage their confusion, they don't seek clarifications, they don't surface inconsistencies, they don't present tradeoffs, they don't push back when they should, and they are still a little too sycophantic.

Does this not undercut everything going on here. Like, what?

New comment by jermberj in "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux"

jermberj — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:19:53 +0000

> You might be thinking "just disable updates, man" or "just install LTSC", or "just run some random debloat script off of GitHub". Why? Why would I jump through all these hoops? I'd rather put in the effort for an OS that knows what consent is and respects me as a user.

The absolute choice quote here. Tattoo it on your forehead.

New comment by jermberj in "Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect"

jermberj — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:07:57 +0000

Ah, yeah, I'd suspect they'd only have plugins. Def understand the need for mobility. I never want to miss a chance to share with folks about the existence of EPTL, though. :P

New comment by jermberj in "Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect"

jermberj — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:17:50 +0000

Bingo. Also, it's effectively dead. I live in Multnomah county and since that's gone into effect (in 2023), I have only ever pumped my own gas.

New comment by jermberj in "Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect"

jermberj — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:15:04 +0000

Howdy, fellow east Portlander, you might be interested in this: https://www.eptl.toollibrarian.net/TL/ourtools.php.

They have 5 electric leaf blowers available right now. You mentioned you already bought one, but perhaps you could share this info with some of your friends or neighbors to save them the cost. :)

New comment by jermberj in "DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in Phoenix"

jermberj — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:43:27 +0000

> Price is reasonable, seems less than Uber or a standard taxi.

> Me, in 2015: [Uber's price] is reasonable, seems less than a standard taxi.

We already know how this story progresses.

New comment by jermberj in "DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in Phoenix"

jermberj — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:34:49 +0000

Bingo

New comment by jermberj in "Cormac McCarthy's personal library"

jermberj — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:10:35 +0000

Gets me every time.

New comment by jermberj in "Comprehension debt: A ticking time bomb of LLM-generated code"

jermberj — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:38:54 +0000

> An effect that’s being more and more widely reported is the increase in time it’s taking developers to modify or fix code that was generated by Large Language Models.

And this is where I stop reading. You cannot make such a descriptive statement without some sort of corroborating evidence other than your intuition/anecdotes.

New comment by jermberj in "I didn't bring my son to a museum to look at screens"

jermberj — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:51:52 +0000

The author is applying a universal prescription to ALL museums based on a single experience at a single museum.

New comment by jermberj in "Children and young people's reading in 2025"

jermberj — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:39:19 +0000

I'd wager it's the first (51.1%). Mostly because I simply cannot imagine that nearly 70% of kids in 2005 enjoyed reading. That seems too high. Based on..? My vibes.

New comment by jermberj in "iPhone Air"

jermberj — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:22:56 +0000

> Steve Jobs didn't make the iPad

Yes, that's correct.

New comment by jermberj in "Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say"

jermberj — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:33:32 +0000

That detail was sufficient to find it. Cheers

New comment by jermberj in "Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say"

jermberj — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:45:44 +0000

I don't want to beat a dead horse, since sibling commenters have covered this, but I'd implore you to imagine the spectrum of reactions which Meta _could_ have had when discovering their research indicated they were having a negative impact on people.

Some of those reactions on that spectrum would lead to greater human flourishing and well-being, others of those reactions would lead to the opposite. Now think about the reaction they actually _did_ have. Where on the aforementioned spectrum would their actual reaction fall?

Zooming out, how have they reacted to similar circumstances in the past when their own internal research or data indicated a negative impact on people?

The continued "outrage" is that they've exhibited a recurrent pattern across myriad occurrences.

New comment by jermberj in "Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say"

jermberj — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:37:12 +0000

Link?

New comment by jermberj in "Ted Chiang: The Secret Third Thing"

jermberj — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:45:08 +0000

Something that hit me hard about this one is the purported full quote from Alex ends with "See you tomorrow." Given the context of Chiang's story, leaving this off just adds to the gut punch for me.

New comment by jermberj in "Show HN: Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow"

jermberj — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:55:05 +0000

This should be the main reply to OP's every attempt as well.

New comment by jermberj in "Intel's retreat is unlike anything it's done before in Oregon"

jermberj — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:02:35 +0000

> Hillsboro is pretty much a company town

No, it's not. Not even close.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town

New comment by jermberj in "Show HN: Ten years of running every day, visualized"

jermberj — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:28:19 +0000

It certainly sounds like you've tried a lot. One approach could be to (and I'm not being facetious) cultivate a mindfulness-in-boredom practice. Seriously. I'm not saying you will initially get onto the treadmill thinking "Boy, I can't wait to be bored." However, over time you might start to crave that time in your head. Alternatively (if that sounds absolutely unappealing), you might try another type of exercise. Running definitely isn't the be all, end all. I wish you luck!