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New comment by nnutter in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

nnutter — Sun, 24 May 2026 01:10:13 +0000

Looks like it applies to all visitors.

From https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-pr...,

> Adjustment of status is the process that you can use to apply for lawful permanent resident status (also known as applying for a Green Card) when you are present in the United States. This means that you may get a Green Card without having to return to your home country to complete visa processing.

New comment by nnutter in "Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality"

nnutter — Sat, 23 May 2026 20:00:43 +0000

It seems suspicious to me that they do not include the "offending" Facebook post. It seems like this is it, and it seems completely in the realm of journalism,

https://scontent.fcps4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/6654022...

New comment by nnutter in "Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical Magnifica humanitas to be published May 25"

nnutter — Tue, 19 May 2026 02:57:23 +0000

On top of that, submissions are not supposed to modify titles. Original is "Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical Magnifica humanitas to be published May 25".

New comment by nnutter in "Best Gas Masks"

nnutter — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:59:40 +0000

Yeah, this is quality content right here,

> Durable enough to survive a scuffle with a right-wing extremist, even if the bones of your hand do not

New comment by nnutter in "Are we all plagiarists now?"

nnutter — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:26:00 +0000

I'd highly recommend RiP!: A Remix Manifesto [Grokipedia](https://grokipedia.com/page/rip_a_remix_manifesto) [YouTube](https://youtu.be/quO_Dzm4rnk). It's been a long time since I watched it but I'll have to re-watch it. Keep in mind this came out almost 20 years ago, well before LLMs. I don't know where we'll land but humans are also remix machines, that's what creativity is, I think the beauty of what LLMs are is the first technology that has captured some essence of creativity. Of course, it's lacking direct emotion/sentiment but I also think people are failing to understand the role of the human in using the LLM. We are the final filter that is recognizing quality, projecting emotion/sentiment, etc.

New comment by nnutter in "Anthropic: Developing a Claude Code competitor using Claude Code is banned"

nnutter — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 21:23:27 +0000

Anthropic showed their true colors with their sloppy switch to using Claude Code for training data. They can absolutely do what they want but they have completely destroyed any reason for me to consider them fundamentally better than their competitors.

New comment by nnutter in "Resistance training load does not determine hypertrophy"

nnutter — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 03:10:30 +0000

Has anyone really ever walked to failure on a regular basis? I typically have to stop because of blisters not muscle failure. (The furthest I've done is 12 miles with +10% weight.)

New comment by nnutter in "You’re not burnt out, you’re existentially starving"

nnutter — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 23:00:52 +0000

It's so simple it's hard to really appreciate. Accepting what is and acknowledging that all you can do is your best and other mindful practices can really help. Easier said than done. I'd highly recommend the Healthy Minds app as a nice, no cost place to start learning. It grew out of a University of Wisconsin program and, as far as I know, is funded by donations and grants.

Healthy Minds https://hminnovations.org/meditation-app

New comment by nnutter in "You’re not burnt out, you’re existentially starving"

nnutter — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 22:55:07 +0000

That's a pretty short period in the grand scheme of things. Before you know it they'll be driving and just a year or two from leaving the nest and you'll wish you could have had more time with them.

New comment by nnutter in "Get an AI code review in 10 seconds"

nnutter — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 22:52:40 +0000

My team uses draft PRs and goes through a process, including AI review, before removing the draft status thereby triggering any remaining human review.

A PR is also a decent UI for getting the feedback but especially so for documenting/discussing the AI review suggestions with the team, just like human review.

AI review is also not equivalent to linter and static checks. It can suggest practices appropriate for the language and appropriate for your code base. Like a lot of my AI experiences it's pretty hit or miss and it's non-deterministic but it doesn't have much cost to disregard the misses and I appreciate the hits.

New comment by nnutter in "Garmin beats Apple to market with satellite-connected smartwatch"

nnutter — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:52:36 +0000

I didn't realize this. Just verified on my Forerunner 965, if I put my phone in Airplane Mode, turn off Wi-Fi, leave Bluetooth on, then Garmin Connect disabled the sync button and says "No Internet connection".

New comment by nnutter in "Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy"

nnutter — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:24:12 +0000

This is disappointing. I thought Anthropic was a more privacy and safety focused company and so I had chosen to use Claude Code over their competition. Now they are less privacy focused than Gemini Code, which only does this for the free tier. My work was already providing GitHub Copilot but I was rooting for and supporting Anthropic. Now I'll either just use GitHub Copilot or Gemini Code both of which are still private for paid tiers.

New comment by nnutter in "Mexico to US livestock trade halted due to screwworm spread"

nnutter — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 15:54:24 +0000

I appreciate you citing the USAID funding but you seem to be trying to prove a point rather than get to the truth. Screwworm detection and prevention was not halted because of the USAID shutdown, USDA is actively working on it, one can see this by going to usda.gov and searching for "screwworm". I really appreciate ajmurmann's edit which acknowledges this.

New comment by nnutter in "Aspartame aggravates atherosclerosis through insulin-triggered inflammation"

nnutter — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:29:55 +0000

Diluted juice is still a useful suggestion as an alternative idea. I don’t get why people would down vote; that’s not what down vote is for. I like diluted juice quite a bit, 25-50% tastes fine, it’s akin to tea to me. It would be interesting if more beverage companies made a “add your own sweetener” version which is how unsweetened Kool-Aid drink mixes come. They have maltodextrin in them but say they are 0 calorie so I’m not sure if that means it’s a tiny amount or if it somehow gets away claiming zero calories. Just be aware Kool-Aid has sweetened versions as well. I still mostly drink water but some variety is nice.

New comment by nnutter in "Independent directors of 23andMe resign from board"

nnutter — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:14:09 +0000

I would say it's a little more murky than that. My anecdotal experience is in the context of Ancestry.com. Effectively, I might not consent to having my information shared but if my uncle, nephew, etc. does it is effectively still being shared.

New comment by nnutter in "jq 1.7"

nnutter — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 02:40:32 +0000

I just installed from Git the other day to use this feature. It’s very useful!

New comment by nnutter in "To opt out of Google Analytics you have to install a browser extension"

nnutter — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 17:51:42 +0000

Thank you, your comment helped me realize I was misinterpreting the article.

New comment by nnutter in "To opt out of Google Analytics you have to install a browser extension"

nnutter — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 17:50:57 +0000

After seeing tjpnz's comment and re-reading and reading the linked Mozilla announcement I was misinterpreting the article. I thought the article was just saying that they would continue to support Manifest v2 while adopting Google's Manifest v3 and then was saying Manifest v2 was going to be retired around a year later. However, the Mozilla announcement makes it clearer that they are implementing a fork of Google's Manifest v3.

New comment by nnutter in "To opt out of Google Analytics you have to install a browser extension"

nnutter — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 17:45:05 +0000

If only. Even just the headline makes it clear that Firefox has no leverage and are capitulating. Plus, that was just one example.

New comment by nnutter in "To opt out of Google Analytics you have to install a browser extension"

nnutter — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 17:33:04 +0000

Is Firefox really a solution anymore? Recent news about Firefox implementing [Manifest V3](https://9to5google.com/2021/05/28/firefox-manifest-v3-extens...) with "Manifest V3" appearing to be another attempt from Google to kneecap privacy extensions. I've been considering Brave which I had pretty much ignored but I honestly don't know who to trust. I think it's basically common knowledge we can't trust either Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.