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New comment by pelotron in "AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)"

pelotron — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:08:49 +0000

They could prompt the AI to scroll up and copy their previous prompts for them.

New comment by pelotron in "Nvidia's Risky Business"

pelotron — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:17:32 +0000

What if we build our whole economy on that belief?

New comment by pelotron in "Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc"

pelotron — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:16:56 +0000

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New comment by pelotron in "GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search"

pelotron — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:34:11 +0000

I have plenty of things to hide from Google which is the primary reason I use it.

New comment by pelotron in "LEDs’ potential to save our night skies"

pelotron — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:00:54 +0000

Back in the day the city installed a new streetlight that blinded anyone sitting on the front porch of my grandparents' house, which they liked to do in the evening. So Granddad got out a painter's pole and rolled some white paint onto the side that faced his house. Problem solved and no one ever said anything.

New comment by pelotron in "Grok 4.5"

pelotron — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:53:21 +0000

No one's made a MechaHitler joke yet?

New comment by pelotron in "Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software"

pelotron — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:13:34 +0000

I can't believe a developer would make a mistake like this. That's just unreal.

New comment by pelotron in "The AI backlash is only getting started"

pelotron — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:51:25 +0000

"AI promises to change the world for the better" - so far it's clear the world will be better for a few people. A promise that it will be better for everyone reads like "trust me, bro."

"Blockers need to be shown that their local area will benefit if they get out of the way." Benefit how? Will this be like when your city convinces you it's in everyone's interest to subsidize the latest billionaire-owned sports stadium?

"If America succumbs [to popular rage], it could cede the global ai frontier" ah here we go. The next generation of Too Big To Fail.

New comment by pelotron in "Steam Machine launches today"

pelotron — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:18:45 +0000

A question for the ages.

indie games community has joined the chat

New comment by pelotron in "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly"

pelotron — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:12:12 +0000

Just give her a little of the ole "works on my machine."

New comment by pelotron in "The Butlerian Jihad Has Begun"

pelotron — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:29:08 +0000

Why not ask an LLM to summarize it for you if you don't have the patience to sit with some prose for a bit.

New comment by pelotron in "India's surprise baby bust"

pelotron — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:10:32 +0000

I love how "post scarcity world" is tossed around as if the earth has infinite natural resources.

New comment by pelotron in "Morningstar values SpaceX at $780B, half its IPO target"

pelotron — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:33:24 +0000

My question exactly. So far it seems like they are either incompetent or nihilistic, both of which exclude them from my trust.

New comment by pelotron in "I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)"

pelotron — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:14:56 +0000

Now we're talking.

New comment by pelotron in "I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)"

pelotron — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:12:27 +0000

No, yes, and yes.

New comment by pelotron in "DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode"

pelotron — Thu, 28 May 2026 14:43:09 +0000

Or this is finally their chance to be the smart guy who was in on the ground floor.

New comment by pelotron in "Private Equity Bought America's Essential Services"

pelotron — Wed, 27 May 2026 19:12:43 +0000

At the end of the day it comes down to how much money your principles are worth. People are commenting about dentists and doctors being bought out. Those strike me as the kind of people that can afford retirement without also contributing to the worsening of society.

New comment by pelotron in "The worst job interview I ever had"

pelotron — Wed, 27 May 2026 18:59:57 +0000

I think the skepticism was the sincerity they were looking for.

New comment by pelotron in "Private equity bought America's essential services"

pelotron — Wed, 27 May 2026 14:03:45 +0000

"Long-time pillar of the community pediatrician unveils true self by selling practice to Devil"

New comment by pelotron in "Private equity bought America's essential services"

pelotron — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:55:46 +0000

I think it's totally appropriate to hold it against them if they knowingly sell out to scumbags. Society used to look down on selling out. We wrote songs about it. But in 2026 it is glorified.