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New comment by s0rce in "Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI"

s0rce — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:43:38 +0000

Its somewhat ironic.

New comment by s0rce in "Where did the old web go? We followed 657,607 links to find out"

s0rce — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:07:04 +0000

I think there are a few eras. Pre-graphics, then pre-Google search, then pre-social media/public facebook.

New comment by s0rce in "England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C"

s0rce — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:58:16 +0000

I was young (got the transfusion just after I was born) but I understand that my parents got notified of the possible/likely infection based on that batch of blood leading to other infected patients, then I got tested and was positive. There was a class action lawsuit that paid for the otherwise very expensive treatment (I was treated 10 years ago). My doctor given my lack of symptoms for many years discouraged the interferon treatment anticipating that better drugs would be coming. He was right and I was treated without side effects before I ever had symptoms.

New comment by s0rce in "England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C"

s0rce — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:04:42 +0000

You take antivirals orally. There is no vaccine that I'm aware of. I got Hep C from a blood transfusion in the 80s and waited decades without symptoms for modern antivirals before finally getting treated.

New comment by s0rce in "LLMs reward expertise"

s0rce — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:59:41 +0000

Overall, I agree, when I ask things I'm an expert in and do professionally every day. I get very good useful answers. When, for example, our marketing people, ask about the science, they often get confusing and wrong answers.

New comment by s0rce in "The Silicon Valley Founder Meat Grinder"

s0rce — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:18:01 +0000

As long as there is money people will come just for that. That's where we got tech bros, like finance bros, instead of just a bunch of nerds making cool stuff.

New comment by s0rce in "The iPhone Upgrade Program is being replaced by Apple Upgrade"

s0rce — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:01:59 +0000

Durable goods also seem much less durable. I go through way more fridges, dishwashers, etc then previously.

New comment by s0rce in "The iPhone Upgrade Program is being replaced by Apple Upgrade"

s0rce — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:00:31 +0000

I just bought a 1 year old iPhone 16 on Facebook marketplace for $400. You can find pretty good prices if you don't need the latest device.

New comment by s0rce in "Glue bonds to nonstick surfaces and wipes clean with ethanol"

s0rce — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:23:49 +0000

yes, DMF has a much higher boiling point. Its much more polar.

New comment by s0rce in "Glue bonds to nonstick surfaces and wipes clean with ethanol"

s0rce — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:22:57 +0000

I've always heard of using nitromethane to remove super glue...

New comment by s0rce in "How the Atmos clock functions"

s0rce — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:09:40 +0000

I wonder why Chloroethane / ethyl chloride was chosen. I don't think I've ever seen this for anything, other than a synthesis precursor to useful stuff.

New comment by s0rce in "Terrence Tao's ChatGPT Conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture Counterexample"

s0rce — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:37:22 +0000

Yes, the AI models are so useful in areas where you are an expert and can guide it in a useful way. I use multiple chats delay to help figure out client projects.

New comment by s0rce in "Mechanical light bulb from 1675 [video]"

s0rce — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:23:30 +0000

I suspect eutectic liquid InGa alloys would work, they stop wetting the glass when you are under vacuum. Although mercury is safe in the tube, just don't break the glass.

New comment by s0rce in "$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol"

s0rce — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:06:22 +0000

Robot characters keep you away from uncanny valley of creepy slightly off AI humans. Still fun though.

New comment by s0rce in "No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026"

s0rce — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:41:32 +0000

You could actually move very large quantities of water around and probably have a measurable impact. Like draining the California central valley aquifer.

New comment by s0rce in "Aluminum foil (2021)"

s0rce — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:57:19 +0000

At my previous job we made >1m wide 8um thick copper foil by electroplating it onto a giant titanium drum from blue copper sulfate solution. It was quite impressive.

New comment by s0rce in "Costco is the anti-Amazon"

s0rce — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:53:11 +0000

But there are 100+ items for other people on the route on each delivery truck each day. So maybe better than individuals driving to the store. If you don't drive to the store that will for sure be better but thats abnormal in america.

New comment by s0rce in "Rocketlab acquires Iridium"

s0rce — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:58:04 +0000

There is a legitimate concern with space junk hitting useful stuff or even manned spacecraft but I think space is big and the sky won't appear bright soon. Not all satellites are that reflective and they need to reflect the sun, they don't just glow visibly.

New comment by s0rce in "Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown"

s0rce — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:43:37 +0000

Mine were like this is 2005. The math classes also didn't allow calculators, engineering classes did, but not graphing ones that could store information.

New comment by s0rce in "An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy"

s0rce — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:31:49 +0000

I used Freesco another single floppy distribution around that time. I tihnk I had in on old pentium 66 MHz