<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: seltzered_</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=seltzered_</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:32:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=seltzered_" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "xAI is looking more like a datacentre REIT than a frontier lab"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Google has also tried to hide things like water  consumption data, see:<p>- <a href="https://cloud.sustainability.watch/explore-issues/example-googles-water-disclosure-battle/" rel="nofollow">https://cloud.sustainability.watch/explore-issues/example-go...</a><p>- <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/mount-hood-water-google-21307223.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/mount-hood-wat...</a><p>They also seemingly dropped their net-zero climate goal:<p><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/google-quietly-removes-net-zero-carbon-goal-from-website-amid-rapid-power-hungry-ai-data-center-buildout-industry-first-sustainability-pledge-moved-to-background-amidst-ai-energy-crisis" rel="nofollow">https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/google-quietly-re...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:48:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48454088</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48454088</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48454088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My anecdata: bought used DDR4 ECC 16gb ram sticks (i.e. serverpulled ram) for $11 off ebay last year (Jan 2025), now as of June 2026 the lowest listing I see is $42, most are around $50.<p>When I bought the same ECC DDR4 16gb ram stick in 2016 (when DDR4 was rather new) it cost $85 (cant remember if it was new or used)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:16:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384451</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384451</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There was also an effort called Glimpse around 2019 to be a UX / accessibility overhaul of GIMP along with a name change to be less offensive, see:<p>-  <a href="https://github.com/joshgiesbrecht/Glimpse" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/joshgiesbrecht/Glimpse</a><p>- <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190829115212/https://getglimpse.app/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20190829115212/https://getglimps...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:27:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195515</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195515</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "Apple Silicon costs less than OpenRouter"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Similar titled discussion from a day ago: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168198">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168198</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 05:18:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48189464</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48189464</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48189464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "CadQuery is an open-source Python library for building 3D CAD models"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Theres a better description of the differences here: <a href="https://build123d.readthedocs.io/en/latest/OpenSCAD.html#transitioning-from-openscad" rel="nofollow">https://build123d.readthedocs.io/en/latest/OpenSCAD.html#tra...</a><p>Some of the differences may be in when you are trying to reference a face/edge to build off of, not just about the primitive function being used.</p>
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<p>A notable example I remember from around 2010 was when Evernote dropped WPF, supposedly due to blurry text issues but probably also performance (remember when we called it EverBloat?)<p>Can't find the original blog post about it but here's a couple mentions of it:<p>- <a href="https://www.edandersen.com/p/evernote-has-no-patience-drops-wpf-over-fixed-issues" rel="nofollow">https://www.edandersen.com/p/evernote-has-no-patience-drops-...</a><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/x0nu7h/comment/im9kesb/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/x0nu7h/comment/im9k...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:36:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47657057</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47657057</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47657057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "Blacksky AppView"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My perspective of that situation is Link was a fairly popular poster, and had a post that was a quote post of someone from the Bluesky team with an image of an assassinated figure and an alt text that couldve been perceived as a threat to the bluesky team.<p>Some commentary ( <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mackuba.eu/post/3m2jtzlznu22o" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/mackuba.eu/post/3m2jtzlznu22o</a> ).<p>IIRC it came during a week of discourse & tensions around bluesky moderation concerning some controversial writers ( <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team/post/3m25esnq4t22y" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team/post/3m25esnq4t22y</a> )<p>I share this just to be helpful a tiny bit but theres likely a lot of context missing and different perspectives on this.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 02:05:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304036</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304036</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "Everett shuts down Flock camera network after judge rules footage public record"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Somewhat related discussion on Redmond Washington & Flock cameras: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879101">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879101</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:18:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47214483</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47214483</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47214483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "Banned in California"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There was a fairly recent case on Apple about this in the Santa Clara California area: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-takes-action-against-apple-inadequate-hazardous-waste-management" rel="nofollow">https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-takes-action-against-ap...</a> (EPA, 2025)<p>See also <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ashleygjovik/112668309100333232" rel="nofollow">https://mastodon.social/@ashleygjovik/112668309100333232</a> (Ashley M. Gjøvik , 2024)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:02:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47167052</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47167052</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47167052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "Banned in California"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>" Building an EV requires metal forging, battery manufacturing, painting, and chip fabrication — all processes that drove Tesla to build in Nevada and Texas.
    Tesla's Fremont factory was the former NUMMI plant (GM/Toyota, operating since 1962). It was grandfathered in."<p>This website misses talking about all the Tesla Fremont paint shop violations (see <a href="https://www.baaqmd.gov/en/news-and-events/page-resources/2024-news/062524-tesla-aq-violations" rel="nofollow">https://www.baaqmd.gov/en/news-and-events/page-resources/202...</a> ) and various OSHA violations:<p>- <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-02-11/tesla-fined-for-serious-heat-violations-at-fremont" rel="nofollow">https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-02-11/tesla-fine...</a> (2025)<p>- <a href="https://www.thedrive.com/news/26727/tesla-had-3-times-as-many-osha-violations-as-the-10-largest-us-plants-combined" rel="nofollow">https://www.thedrive.com/news/26727/tesla-had-3-times-as-man...</a> (2019)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:59:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47167004</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47167004</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47167004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "Toyota’s hydrogen-powered Mirai has experienced rapid depreciation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Theres something clickbaity and missing from this article, I encourage watching youtubers like 'mirai club' for better info. What i recall from his videos is:<p>- The Mirai made financial sense AS A LEASE for folks in Southern California back in 2022 (possibly 2023) because:<p><pre><code>  - Car prices in general (including EVs) were fairly highly priced at the time due to demand, the chip shortage, etc.

  - There were clean vehicle incentives to get a Toyota Mirai, including things like a hydrogen fuel fill up card to cover expenses.

  - At the time there was some assumptions that hydrogen fuel costs would go down over time, but they actually went up.

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Again, I suspect most folks LEASED the Mirai due to it being a very niche car with limited usage outside of california due to the lack of hydrogen fuel stations. Youre now seeing some viral videos on the ultra low cost  used Mirai's showing up in states that dont have hydrogen infrastructure due to some odd car dealer auction buys (Transport Evolved has a youtube video on this.)<p>The article does talk about the lack of investment in hydrogen infrastructure, this is true and theres been a huge split between <i>announced</i> infrastructure investments and what has actually happened (see <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/janrosenow.bsky.social/post/3labfzivnoy2z" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/janrosenow.bsky.social/post/3labfzi...</a> for a chart going through 2021-2024). The current US political situation and its impact on clean energy probably doesn't help either.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:25:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106655</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106655</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "The first sodium-ion battery EV is a winter range monster"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Likely No. Undecided with Matt Ferrell recently did a video on how sodium ion batterys startup in the US (not necessarily for EVs, but other power applications) have had challenges largely due to the falling price of lithium making sodium batteries less competitive on price the past couple years: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nrTCgZmUFCY" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nrTCgZmUFCY</a><p>OTOH, there are seemingly more lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery ev options now - rivian now uses LFP, Ford mustang mach-e has had a LFP variant since fall 2023 (and should have other models using LFP in 2027), I think the 2026 chevy bolt uses LFP, etc.</p>
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<p>Something to note here is that just yesterday (January 6 2026) the FDA announced changes around regulation of wearable & AI enabled devices: <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/fda-pulls-back-oversight-ai-enabled-devices-wearables/" rel="nofollow">https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/fda-pulls-back-oversight...</a>  ("
FDA announces sweeping changes to oversight of wearables, AI-enabled devices
The changes could allow unregulated generative artificial intelligence tools into clinical workflows")</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:10:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46532847</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46532847</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46532847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "The year of the 3D printed miniature and other lies we tell ourselves"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There are some ways to FDM 3D-print transparent plastic, see <a href="https://www.printables.com/model/15310-how-to-print-glass" rel="nofollow">https://www.printables.com/model/15310-how-to-print-glass</a> as one example.<p>Another example is this one where the 3D print was done as a continuous printing (i.e. no slicer, or sorta like a vase mode print) to make the clear show a bit better: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sy50BrlDMo" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sy50BrlDMo</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 01:18:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46494294</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46494294</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46494294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Worth noting this Branden Flasch video from a year ago talking about how the charging speed on the 4680 pack tesla Model Y was uncompetitively slow and arguably shouldn't have been sold: <a href="https://youtu.be/eQeziVkRwSA" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/eQeziVkRwSA</a></p>
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<p>Historically yes, but in some areas like the EU there have been some regulation changes in 2024 where theoretically there could be alternate browser engines on iOS but in practice it hasn't happened yet. See <a href="https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-browser-engine-ban-persists-even-under-the-dma/" rel="nofollow">https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-browser-engine-ban...</a></p>
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<p>On a different tack, I feel like I went out of my way to use Firefox (and Firefox Focus) on iOS and was thankful they had them during a time where everything had to use the safari renderer. IIRC Firefox Focus even had an ad-block extension that worked on safari</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:07:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46318735</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46318735</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46318735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "Ford kills the All-Electric F-150"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The F-150 Lightning Pro trim is the closest thing to this, and aside from the first year generally has only sold to fleets.<p>Theres also the Chevy Silverado EV WT trim which is a similar base model trim, but with the huge heavy battery its paired with it's still an expensive truck.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 05:04:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284970</link><dc:creator>seltzered_</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284970</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seltzered_ in "South Korea – A cautionary tale for the rest of humanity"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Overpopulation is still a concern when considering biodiversity, groundwater loss, etc.<p>The latest UNEP report includes it - see page 37 from <a href="https://www.unep.org/resources/global-environment-outlook-7" rel="nofollow">https://www.unep.org/resources/global-environment-outlook-7</a> -> <a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/rest/api/core/bitstreams/902187bf-eac4-41a0-b19c-2e3b4ef6ba34/content" rel="nofollow">https://wedocs.unep.org/rest/api/core/bitstreams/902187bf-ea...</a><p>"Among the major global environmental crises
– climate change, biodiversity loss and land
degradation, and pollution and waste – population
growth is most evidently a key factor in biodiversity
decline. This is largely due to increased demand
for food production, which leads to agricultural
expansion and land degradation (Cafaro, Hansson
and Götmark 2022). As the population grows and
consumption rises, fewer resources and less habitat
are available for non-human species (Crist 2019).
Overpopulation occurs when the total human
population multiplied by per capita consumption
surpasses the capacity of sustainable ecosystems
and resources. Although the global human population
continues to grow, per capita consumption is
increasing at a faster rate. To the extent that people are
disrupting natural habitats and degrading ecosystem
services for future generations, despite regional heterogeneity, some research suggests that most of the world’s nations may be considered overpopulated
(Lianos and Pseiridis 2016; Tucker 2019)"<p>Specifically going back to 70s overpopulation concerns, thing shifted with the Green Revolution / Norman Borlaug but it came at the cost of reducing groundwater supply and reducing agricultural diversity. See 'The Globalization of Wheat' and <a href="https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/groundwater-and-climate-crisis-solutions" rel="nofollow">https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/groundwater-and-c...</a></p>
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<p>Whoops, I replied to the wrong subcomment.</p>
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