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New comment by recursive in "Laravel raised money and now injects ads directly into your agent"

recursive — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:05:53 +0000

This is all news to me. It seems like it would be tough to prevent people from just using the power that's going to that box.

I guess I'm out of touch, because I've never heard of anything like this. I've had my power turned off for non-payment before, but I had to talk to someone at the utility to get it switched back on.

New comment by recursive in "Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on my laptop drew me a better pelican than Claude Opus 4.7"

recursive — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:57:24 +0000

Fun is so un-productive. Everyone doing things for "fun" is going to be sorry when they look back and realizes they were wasting time having a "good time" rather than optimizing their KPIs.

New comment by recursive in "European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp"

recursive — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:46:17 +0000

Could you give an example of someone that could be called a "civil servant" without euphemism?

New comment by recursive in "Modern Microprocessors – A 90-Minute Guide"

recursive — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:42:14 +0000

If everyone's using an adblocker, then why are ads that no one is seeing being served?

New comment by recursive in "The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go from here?"

recursive — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:58:57 +0000

Yeah, that's a real problem. For practical urban riding, I use a beater fixie that I can replace for less than a car payment. I've had a few stolen, but that's across decades. This is probably highly dependent on your particular location. But I've also had cars broken in to.

Replacing the bike is actually a lot easier than getting the windows fixed IME.

New comment by recursive in "The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go from here?"

recursive — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:39:29 +0000

In much the same way, the proliferation of suburban big-box sprawl denies others the freedom to have a walk-able neighborhood.

New comment by recursive in "The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go from here?"

recursive — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:37:27 +0000

I don't know anyone who seriously thinks that one could just say "I don't know anyone who seriously thinks" something, and that would constitute a persuasive argument. :)

New comment by recursive in "The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go from here?"

recursive — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:35:42 +0000

It seems like a hard argument to make that bikes can suck more than cars because of parking. As a bicycle enthusiast, I can provide you with some better reasons. You'll get rained on. You'll get sweaty. The helmet will mess up your fancy hair. You can't go as fast.

Parking is one of the biggest upsides of bikes IMO.

New comment by recursive in "Laravel raised money and now injects ads directly into your agent"

recursive — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:32:09 +0000

> It would be very easy to deliver ads via electricity. The utility could require you watch an ad before using more.

That does not sound very easy to me. That sounds barely possible.

New comment by recursive in "AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you"

recursive — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:54:49 +0000

What if my optimus robot took a hostage?

New comment by recursive in "40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 cal of feed per 1 cal"

recursive — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:37:13 +0000

Maybe we should eat both then.

New comment by recursive in "The future of everything is lies, I guess: Work"

recursive — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:33:21 +0000

You're right. You don't have to. Unless you want correct and secure code.

New comment by recursive in "In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue"

recursive — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:55:13 +0000

Ok, I guess we'll never know then.

New comment by recursive in "The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Safety"

recursive — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:54:10 +0000

You don't have to say it, but if you want to make that case, it would probably help.

New comment by recursive in "In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue"

recursive — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:43:31 +0000

Wind and solar can provide enough energy. You may be referring to their well-publicized variability. Energy storage can solve that.

New comment by recursive in "Claude.ai down"

recursive — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:49:23 +0000

The claim is that some people have deskilled so rapidly that they actually can't. Or maybe they're new and never learned the old way.

New comment by recursive in "Claude.ai down"

recursive — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:48:29 +0000

And how many of those status pages actually report outages when they occur?

New comment by recursive in "OpenAI backs Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable"

recursive — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:21:31 +0000

I think it's just a gap in definitions. The labs say models don't act on their own initiative. What counts as initiative? I guess an API call in a for loop would count.

Historically it seems like a lot of laws haven't been easy to change. Especially when they regulate zillion dollar industries.

New comment by recursive in "OpenAI backs Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable"

recursive — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:22:21 +0000

I'm sure you can pay for hosting somewhere without being a human.

It won't need to sign a lease to do any of this. It doesn't even require desires. I'm not sure why it seems so far fetched to you.

New comment by recursive in "OpenAI backs Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable"

recursive — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:22:37 +0000

I'm not aware of any counter-example, but I also don't know any reason why this must be true. And furthermore, I would expect that this will get more likely over time.