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Sheetz is quitting VMware, migrating 11,000 virtual machines

jimt1234 — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:36:43 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/07/sheetz-moves-838-stores-off-vmware-broadcom-created-too-much-uncertainty/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48930729

Points: 6

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New comment by jimt1234 in "DOGE is done. What happened to its records?"

jimt1234 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:14:44 +0000

But what about the Board of Peace? https://boardofpeace.org/ ... I love the quote: "...the war in Gaza is over." If people weren't dying, that would be hilarious!

New comment by jimt1234 in "DOGE is done. What happened to its records?"

jimt1234 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:42:27 +0000

Yes, the GAO exists. But under the current administration, it's basically like a security guard that just sits there and watches crooks do bad shit, reports it, and then nothing happens.

New comment by jimt1234 in "DOGE is done. What happened to its records?"

jimt1234 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:03:52 +0000

I agree with the sentiment here, however, back in the 90s, after the fall of the Soviet Union, there was a reduction in military spending. Military bases were closing; many of my friends/peers were discharged from service, and so on. And then 9/11 happened and military spending has skyrocketed ever since. Coincidence? Hmmm?

New comment by jimt1234 in "AI content is everywhere on social media, especially LinkedIn"

jimt1234 — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:21:50 +0000

> Microsoft chased the same growth and engagement metrics as Facebook

Yep. My LinkedIn feed is now polluted with the same political, rage content that made me exit Facebook 10 years ago. It sucks.

New comment by jimt1234 in "Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered in-person final; scores fell 50%"

jimt1234 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:55:08 +0000

I didn't attend an Ivy League, but I think I went to a good school. I was very nervous before I left for school - a little intimidated, so I talked to an academic mentor. He told me something I'll never forget: "You're gonna be around a lot of really smart kids. No doubt about it. But, mostly, what you're gonna find is you're surrounded by a lot of rich kids." He was 100% correct. Lots of smart kids, and lots of kids from well-to-do families. I think I met, maybe, 2 other kids that were as broke as my family.

New comment by jimt1234 in "Copy That Floppy – Cambridge guide for preserving data from fragile floppy disks"

jimt1234 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:22:58 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=140ea47ndME

New comment by jimt1234 in "Winamp Skin Museum"

jimt1234 — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:37:20 +0000

Maybe it's me, but I've kinda lost the desire to personalize my OS/apps. It's probably because I'm older and lazier now, and I have other things to do now. But also, I feel like it's not as fun to tinker with this stuff anymore. Everything is so connected now, I feel like all my OS/apps are watching me - like, if I added a Buffy bitmap to the background, I'm gonna get some sort of notification: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer is owned by The Walt Disney Company. You are violating the terms of service of your app. Blah blah blah." I'm probably just old and paranoid, but honestly, it just doesn't feel the same these days.

The Museum is great, though! Thanks!

Weird Al declined 'a nice pile of money' to star in AI ad

jimt1234 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:41:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.avclub.com/weird-al-yankovic-ai-commercial-exit

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48754099

Points: 29

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New comment by jimt1234 in "Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle"

jimt1234 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:26:41 +0000

I've lived next to the bicycle lock-up area of an elementary school for over 20 years. In all those years I've never seen a single bicycle, not once. Of course, every morning and afternoon my neighborhood is grid-locked with minivans, but yeah, no bicycles.

New comment by jimt1234 in "Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For"

jimt1234 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:20:23 +0000

Reminds me of 1984, not the book itself, but the time when Amazon deleted it from everyone's Kindle because of some sort of copyright issue. I think that's when most of us first realized that the digital media being purchased doesn't really belong to you.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jul/17/amazon-ki...

New comment by jimt1234 in "Why I Stopped Arguing with People"

jimt1234 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:07:16 +0000

I removed myself from Facebook years ago because of all the toxic arguments about politics - almost entirely whataboutism and name calling. I've recently rediscovered Facebook and came up with a little game: sit back, watch all the political arguments, and take a drink every time someone concedes a point (not the whole argument, just a single point), as in, "Shit, you're right. I didn't realize that." I'm probably gonna quit soon because it's been around 2 months and I haven't taken a single drink.

New comment by jimt1234 in "Crypto firms have spent $189M so far on 2026 US election, report says"

jimt1234 — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:32:23 +0000

Distract the masses with the 'birthright citizenship' ruling, while simultaneously giving the 1% what they paid for: more influence over elections/legislation. 4D chess.

New comment by jimt1234 in "Tidal AI Policy"

jimt1234 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:24:36 +0000

I think the question Theo asks is the most relevant: Do you think [an AI-generated song] holds as much value? And I think we've been asking this question for years now, in different contexts: recorded music (records), copyable music (dual cassette recorders, CD-burners, mp3s), sampled music (of other artists' songs), AutoTune (basically removing the human singer from the song), etc. I feel like we've been marching toward this for nearly a hundred years now, replacing the human connection to the music with something artificial.

New comment by jimt1234 in "Instagram is incorporating users' photos in ads for Meta Glasses"

jimt1234 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:26:06 +0000

I don't know what's worse - this, or all the ads/commercials for Meta Glasses featuring Kylie Jenner, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yYQO8exxaU

New comment by jimt1234 in "Reading the news is the new smoking"

jimt1234 — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:27:44 +0000

> This goes for someone anywhere on the political spectrum; I'm not just picking on the right.

I respectfully object to this. I’m thinking of research that was done a few years ago, measuring American’s knowledge of current events. The folks in the research that leaned right were generally more informed - meaning, they knew about a lot more currents events. But they were also overwhelmingly wrong about what they ‘knew’. Further, folks on the right tended to rate themselves higher than left-leaning folks wrt their knowledge, even though they were wrong a lot more.

New comment by jimt1234 in "Elastic lays off 7% of employees"

jimt1234 — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:09:52 +0000

And all 3 messages have to be delivered within very strict legal guidelines, because someone's always gonna sue.

New comment by jimt1234 in "Elastic lays off 7% of employees"

jimt1234 — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:32 +0000

I'm aware that HN frowns on "THIS", but...THIS!!!

I don't know what the best solution for the current healthcare clusterfuck in the US is, but I think disassociating health insurance from employer/employment is a great first step.

New comment by jimt1234 in "San Diego photologs from the 1970s"

jimt1234 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:37:51 +0000

Everything looks so green, but I'm not sure if it's the color correction or because there was water back then. :shrug:

New comment by jimt1234 in "San Diego photologs from the 1970s"

jimt1234 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:55:15 +0000

I keep hearing that whole area is gonna be razed as part of the Midway/Sports Arena redevelopment, but I feel like as long as MCRD stays put, Les Girls will always have a home. LOL