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New comment by rmason in "Y Combinator – The French Documentary (With English Subtitles) [video]"

rmason — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:47:45 +0000

I thought this was very well done. It is a little awkward when you have the sound muted and are watching the subtitles only to have them switch to French and have to unmute the sound as the speaker is talking in English but after awhile you get used to it.

Y Combinator – The French Documentary (With English Subtitles) [video]

rmason — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:45:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-zS3U40Juo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47926392

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Maine governor blocks first US state freeze on new data centers

rmason — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:19:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/maine-governor-rejects-first-us-state-freeze-new-data-centers-2026-04-24/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47907302

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by rmason in "Robotic Security Dogs Now on the Job to Protect Crops"

rmason — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:56:09 +0000

I have actually visited some of these companies operations in Hawaii in my previous career as an agronomist. A lot of them are located on Molokai which is off the coast of Maui and is quite rural. Dekalb has an operation on Maui itself.

Robotic Security Dogs Now on the Job to Protect Crops

rmason — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:54:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.globalagtechinitiative.com/in-field-technologies/robotics-automation/robotic-security-dogs-now-on-the-job-to-protect-crops/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47896275

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by rmason in "Microsoft Targets About 7% of Its U.S. Workers with Buyout Offer"

rmason — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:37:11 +0000

Lack a NYT subscription: https://archive.is/HFAm1

Microsoft Targets About 7% of Its U.S. Workers with Buyout Offer

rmason — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:31:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/business/microsoft-layoffs-artificial-intelligence.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47883609

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

New comment by rmason in "Milk and Cereal"

rmason — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:41:03 +0000

Got a friend in Detroit who has a startup that takes the audio from a city council or school board meeting, uses AI to summarize it and then has a talking head read it newscast style.

Love seeing a totally different approach here with Ten Miles Square where the guy takes data from city government in Washington D.C. and builds news stories around it.

Milk and Cereal

rmason — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:28:28 +0000

Article URL: https://zachill.substack.com/p/milk-and-cereal

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47882307

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

New comment by rmason in "Biohacker claims to have sequenced their own genome with M3 Ultra Mac Studio"

rmason — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:14:24 +0000

It's rather cool that this guy was able to do it himself. But it cost him more than if he got an outside lab to do it for him. Maybe it's worth the premium not to have his DNA in a federal law enforcement database. Pretty soon I'd be willing to bet you'd need to run your llm locally if that was your primary concern.

Cult-favorite burger chain to deploy hot slider vending machines nationwide

rmason — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:53:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mlive.com/business/2026/04/cult-favorite-burger-chain-to-deploy-hot-slider-vending-machines-nationwide.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47868428

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Biohacker claims to have sequenced their own genome with M3 Ultra Mac Studio

rmason — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:50:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/biohacker-claims-to-have-sequenced-their-own-genome-at-the-kitchen-table-with-m3-ultra-mac-studio-claude-and-a-usd3-200-sequencer-diy-project-requires-100gb-of-data-storage-per-run-oodles-of-ram

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47868391

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Tests Are Dead, Meticulous Is Here

rmason — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:34:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.meticulous.ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47858128

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Indianapolis councilman says shots fired at home and 'No Data Centers' note left

rmason — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:53:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/indianapolis-councilman-says-shots-fired-at-home-and-no-data-centers-note-left-at-door

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47853686

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by rmason in "San Francisco Solved Metro Vandalism with One Neat Trick"

rmason — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:09:23 +0000

This is worth the read whether you have a subscription or not: https://archive.is/wXRzR

Turns out the people who jump the turnstiles of subways are way more likely to commit violence or vandalism than paying riders. For years the Left said fare enforcement efforts were a waste of money, turns out they were wrong.