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New comment by kylehotchkiss in "Being Against LLMs Is Against the Spirit of Floss"

kylehotchkiss — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:58:27 +0000

A model that doesn't change under your feet every few weeks. Great if you need to consistently process small data tasks over the course of months.

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's"

kylehotchkiss — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:50:22 +0000

More newsworthy than most of the garbage Fox News is slopping out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "A California Program Is Bringing Down the Cost of Heat Pumps by Buying Bulk"

kylehotchkiss — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:47:30 +0000

If there's ductwork, it's something being installed into the building that has to pass inspections. It's not just one or two holes in the walls that need to be sealed.

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "A California Program Is Bringing Down the Cost of Heat Pumps by Buying Bulk"

kylehotchkiss — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:46:33 +0000

Why can't we do this for lumber. And drywall. And plumbing. And wires.

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal"

kylehotchkiss — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:34:05 +0000

* American leadership. The president’s only understanding of our brotherly northern neighbor is South Park portrayals.

I haven’t even met a conservative who has ever had any sort of problem with Canada

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "Online Friends Are Real Friends"

kylehotchkiss — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:37:17 +0000

Instagram, actually. People try to do introduction posts in their niches (and everybody has niches) and I’ve made durable online friendships with them.

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "I'll be stepping back from leading product for X"

kylehotchkiss — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:27:10 +0000

Actually this place exists and it’s called a jail pod

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley, with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years"

kylehotchkiss — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:10:51 +0000

> But from that moment on we talked essentially every day for 36 years

Man. Our culture is speed running away from one of the greatest joys you can have in your life (a healthy relationship). Stephen, if you can see this, thank you for opening up. Wishing you comfort and peace.

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "Why some people mow a lawn better than others"

kylehotchkiss — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:49:51 +0000

What if your yard is only crabgrass

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "Rear center fuel tank adds roughly 20k liters and extends range by 1k NM"

kylehotchkiss — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:46:56 +0000

You can play the points game and win - Singapore biz from US west coast booked a year in advance is within the signup bonus amount :)

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "Offer rates for tech jobs fell from 51% to 39% since 2015"

kylehotchkiss — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:37:08 +0000

also a publisher bias - they want you to pay them for their interview prep

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study"

kylehotchkiss — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:13:06 +0000

This follows a widely renounced successful treatment drug too right?

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "London Gatwick has launched a robotic airport parking service"

kylehotchkiss — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:02:31 +0000

It’s exciting to invest in the future and not exciting to invest in infrastructure

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns"

kylehotchkiss — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:18:04 +0000

Why not just tell their staff their menu makes their food look disgusting and they should use the old one? No real financial loss and it’s nice to help a small business. Owner might not know better or has slop reels telling them to do this

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel"

kylehotchkiss — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:35:12 +0000

you might not want to look into what governments do with your phones triangulation data :D

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel"

kylehotchkiss — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:33:55 +0000

Your home address is required for a US visa and for many other countries visas around the world. This is not a recent thing.

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "Americans are angry about data centers. Politicians are feeling the pressure"

kylehotchkiss — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:03:34 +0000

The engineer style snap to solution with no interest in the actual reasons many Americans are opposed to AI is one of the reasons Americans are opposed to AI

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500"

kylehotchkiss — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:22:43 +0000

“Compensation” and extreme loneliness (cannot find my tribe without spreading its dumb peacock wings so they know I fit in)

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "Painting the sides of railroad rails white to reduce derailment"

kylehotchkiss — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:59:02 +0000

We have like 220,000 miles of railroad. We do have nice things: a working freight railroad system that helps reduce transit costs.

New comment by kylehotchkiss in "Painting the sides of railroad rails white to reduce derailment"

kylehotchkiss — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:57:28 +0000

I love a simple solution to billion dollar problems