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New comment by josefritzishere in "Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers"

josefritzishere — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:16:15 +0000

I would argue it's childish for data centers operators to act so entitled. This is Maine's decision to make.

New comment by josefritzishere in "Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers"

josefritzishere — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:31:32 +0000

In terms of square footage there are few "businesses" which consume more resources (water, power, tax credits) and produce less onging local employment. More states and municipalities are going to do this, and rightly so.

New comment by josefritzishere in "Where does all the milk go?"

josefritzishere — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:29:31 +0000

I appreciate the raw milk warning in there. Raw milk kills people ever year. It gets lost in the flood of dairy marketing.

New comment by josefritzishere in "Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation"

josefritzishere — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:10:22 +0000

So they remove class action lawsuits but not pedos. Got it.

New comment by josefritzishere in "ML promises to be profoundly weird"

josefritzishere — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:54:42 +0000

I appreciate the directness of calling LLMs "Bullshit machines." This terminology for LLMs is well established in academic circles and is much easier for laypeople to understand than terms like "non-deterministic." I personally don't like the excessive hype on the capabilities of AI. Setting realistic expectations will better drive better product adoption than carpet bombing users with marketing.

New comment by josefritzishere in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

josefritzishere — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:32:49 +0000

Funny that. Not everyone wants to live in an open air prison.

New comment by josefritzishere in "US labor force participation continues to slide"

josefritzishere — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:50:16 +0000

It's almost like tariffs incrase prices and utterly basic laws of supply and demand prevail, thus slowing the economy.

New comment by josefritzishere in "AI Won't Replace You, but a Manager Using AI Will"

josefritzishere — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:32:30 +0000

Honestly, it's easier to replace a manager than an individual contribuitor. Most of a managers output is in reporting, approvals and decision making. These do require a lot of knowledge, and I don't think AI would be great at it but think of the cost savings.

New comment by josefritzishere in "AI agents can communicate with each other, and can't be caught"

josefritzishere — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:20:15 +0000

These headlines increasingly seem like nonsense. It's jsut click bait.

New comment by josefritzishere in "Got kicked out of uni and had the cops called for a social media website I made"

josefritzishere — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:27:39 +0000

When I read things like this I glimplse the enormous cultural gulf between generations. I instictively want to take the side of the underdog in most situations. But in this case, I do not find the protagonist very sympathetic. But clearly, many young people feel otherwise. The world is a-changing.

New comment by josefritzishere in "Is Germany's gold safe in New York ?"

josefritzishere — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:11:17 +0000

Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.

New comment by josefritzishere in "The Team Behind a Pro-Iran, Lego-Themed Viral-Video Campaign"

josefritzishere — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:20:55 +0000

I appreciate that this statement accurately describes all three regimes primarily involved without naming one.

New comment by josefritzishere in "The team behind a pro-Iran, Lego-themed viral-video campaign"

josefritzishere — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:19:20 +0000

The production values were great. I can't deny it.

New comment by josefritzishere in "NY Times publishes headline claiming the "A" in "NATO" stands for "American""

josefritzishere — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:07:34 +0000

Why is this flagged?

New comment by josefritzishere in "Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?"

josefritzishere — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:27:50 +0000

Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word "NO."

New comment by josefritzishere in "The Intelligence Failure in Iran"

josefritzishere — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:13:16 +0000

This is a somewhat disengenuous article. Initially the Whitehouse couldn't even explain why they were attacking Iran. They responded as if they didn't expect to be asked. Then they gave nonsense answers. Then eventually, Marco Rubio said the U.S. had attacked at the behest of Isreal. Nothing in those answers is about foreign intelligence, or strategy, or even something resembling a plan. The word plan imples the US has a goal. It does not. Isreal has a goal. The US is merely a conveyance.

New comment by josefritzishere in "A school district tried to help train Waymos to stop for school buses"

josefritzishere — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:33:29 +0000

Can we get these Waymo death traps off the road?

New comment by josefritzishere in "Pharmaceuticals face 100% tariffs in US – unless firms strike a deal"

josefritzishere — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:22:37 +0000

I don't want to sound dramatic but he is quite literally playing chickens with peoples lives. This is not mentally sound behavior, nor strategically coherent.

New comment by josefritzishere in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

josefritzishere — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:24:14 +0000

This is the dumbest, most pointless military conflict in American history. There is nothing plausible to win, but we can conceivably lose everything. A pyric victory is among the most favorable outcomes. We are led by corrupt imbeciles. I can only hope the outcome includes regime change for the U.S.

New comment by josefritzishere in "Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection"

josefritzishere — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:59:12 +0000

This notion that CEOs are geniuses is just patently false. They are average, and mostly distinguish themselves only in their arrogance and avarice. I would bet the IQ of the average HN reader to be higher than the average C-Suite exec.