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New comment by loosescrews in "Claude just jumped to #2 on the iOS App Store"

loosescrews — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:55:47 +0000

It is listed as #1 for me.

New comment by loosescrews in "Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective"

loosescrews — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:39:44 +0000

The bus lines in the US tend to be spread out enough that riders often have to walk a long distance anyway as many/most destinations are far away from the route itself and would require substantial non-bus travel even with infinite bus stops along the route. Given that reality, the density of bus stops along routes seem inefficient for a very small real world improvement.

New comment by loosescrews in "Online Pebble Development"

loosescrews — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 23:22:29 +0000

It isn't clear from the website, but the GitHub repo states that this is for building apps for Pebble smart watches:

https://github.com/coredevices/cloudpebble

New comment by loosescrews in "Tesla announces Powerwall 3P with native three-phase inverter"

loosescrews — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:25:45 +0000

I got two Tesla Powerwall 3s partly because I thought the software would be better. Instead, they are extremely buggy and the software has poor functionality. Many of the features are broken. The product feels like a prototype. Grid charging is broken and many of the features related to it don’t do what it says in the app. The batteries regularly do calibration cycles where they dump their entire charge and then stay at 0% charge level for at least 24 hours. When I first got them about a year and a half ago they would do that about once every two weeks, although they have reduced the frequency. I’ve also had issues with them turning on their heaters when it isn’t even cold and draining themselves. You get little to no insight into their operation and need to contact technical support for any little issue. They crash and do a hard reset and shut off the power every so often as well.

New comment by loosescrews in "Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues"

loosescrews — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:14:19 +0000

It seems that the Spotlight Search box (from CMD + Space) can be moved by clicking anywhere on it and dragging.

New comment by loosescrews in "Tesla is committing automotive suicide"

loosescrews — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:40:58 +0000

Yes, and the reality is that any of those would require a fairly large constellation of satellites. I guess the play is that many large constellations of satellites will be launched.

New comment by loosescrews in "Tesla is committing automotive suicide"

loosescrews — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:37:09 +0000

On top of that, despite huge investments of both time and money into both areas, seemingly rivaling competitors, Tesla does not seem to be anywhere close to a market leader in either segment. They have to both prove the markets and that they can compete in them.

New comment by loosescrews in "People who know the formula for WD-40"

loosescrews — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:46:34 +0000

To some extent. There are limitations on the technique, including, but not limited to, not determining the relative concentrations and not detecting all components. The WSJ article actually links to an older Wired article about doing gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy on WD-40 and the results: https://www.wired.com/2009/04/st-whatsinside-6/

New comment by loosescrews in "Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study"

loosescrews — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 05:55:48 +0000

The default setting just moves the coast point to a slightly depressed accelerator. This is because EVs typically have lower drag, so this behavior mimics a higher drag vehicle. If you use the accelerator to achieve the desired speed, you will coast when possible. You can also monitor the display to see the coast point. My 2013 plug in hybrid only supports this style of operation.

Modern EVs have easy adjustment for this. The Hyundai/Kia EVs for example have shift style paddles for adjusting this on the fly which includes a mode for regen only when depressing the break pedal.

New comment by loosescrews in "Go away Python"

loosescrews — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:05:59 +0000

The blog says that in regard to finding bash with env. My reading is that it does not make the same claim regarding finding go with env. bash is commonly found at /bin/bash (or a symlink there exists) as it is widely used in scripts and being available at that path is a well known requirement for compatibility. Go does not so much have a conical path and I have personally installed it at a variety of paths over the years (with the majority working with env). While I agree with the author of the blog that using env to find bash may or may not improve compatibility, I also agree with the parent comment that using env to find go probably does improve compatibility.

New comment by loosescrews in "Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children and misled the public"

loosescrews — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:28:56 +0000

If you want a company to do something, you do need to ensure that the fine is bigger than the amount of money they made or will make by doing the thing you are trying to discourage. You need there to be a real downside. I don't think any of the fines that have been discussed are anywhere close to the levels that I am talking about.

New comment by loosescrews in "Ubuntu LTS releases to 15 years with Legacy add-on"

loosescrews — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:09:13 +0000

I think you are talking about an upgrade install. Those have a long history of breaking things. You would have to be crazy to attempt one of those on a critical production system.

What you would do for anything important is build a new separate system and then migrate to that once it is working. You can then migrate back if you discover issues too.

New comment by loosescrews in "New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair"

loosescrews — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:59:38 +0000

Any chance you would be willing to summarize the research or provide information on some relevant studies? I've always been skeptical about flossing and would like to learn more.

New comment by loosescrews in "1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order"

loosescrews — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 06:38:22 +0000

It actually is a Bluetooth speaker:

> Use NEO as a mobile bluetooth speaker anywhere in your home.

New comment by loosescrews in "Athlon 64: How AMD turned the tables on Intel"

loosescrews — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:28:57 +0000

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45376605

The lethal trifecta for AI agents

loosescrews — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:09:04 +0000

Article URL: https://simonw.substack.com/p/the-lethal-trifecta-for-ai-agents

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45388750

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Why AI systems may never be secure, and what to do about it

loosescrews — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:08:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/09/22/why-ai-systems-may-never-be-secure-and-what-to-do-about-it

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45388739

Points: 19

# Comments: 3

New comment by loosescrews in "Someone at YouTube needs glasses"

loosescrews — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:14:48 +0000

A 32” monitor should be 4k. If anyone needs glasses, it might be the author of this blog post as that is the typical market for low pixel density displays.

New comment by loosescrews in "Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas"

loosescrews — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 08:43:20 +0000

Similar signs were installed near highly contaminated parts of Russia, specifically Chelyabinsk near lake Karachay, one of the most contaminated places on earth.

https://www.damninteresting.com/in-soviet-russia-lake-contam...

New comment by loosescrews in "Family of Deceased OpenAI Whistleblower Disputes Suicide Ruling"

loosescrews — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:30:11 +0000

This tweet has new information, specifically that the new autopsy was completed and did not confirm suicide.