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New comment by starkd in "SNL Weekend Update: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on A.I.'S Threat to Humanity [video]"

starkd — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:45:19 +0000

How did everyone forget how to be funny? It's like there's a formula that's been patented and hidden away so no one else can find it.

New comment by starkd in "What happened to the Snowden archive"

starkd — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:00:19 +0000

Or maybe he just realized that politics is just one big club and he ain't in it. And neither are the people.

New comment by starkd in "I'm becoming AI-blind"

starkd — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:40:13 +0000

Exactly, AI-generated text reads so smoothly, that the same short-circuit shifts my attention away from deep focus and onto scanning of the text, looking ahead to get the gist of it. Forcing myself to read the text fully feels almost painful. It's like reading a terms-of-service or any boilerplate document.

New comment by starkd in "AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late"

starkd — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:11:43 +0000

So now the Library of Congress has to manage all these submissions whenever someone scans something? How do you even go about enforcing such a thing?

New comment by starkd in "AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late"

starkd — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:09:05 +0000

How is Anna's Archive getting around the copyright violations of hosting all these books for access to all? I suspect it won't be long before they get sued and are forced to shut down. I spent some time reading the web site, and it doesn't look to be a well thought out project. Even the way it is organized leaved much to be desired. There's much more to library science and the organization of a vast collection of books than meets the eye.

New comment by starkd in "AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late"

starkd — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:04:51 +0000

Good to see someone making this point. I'm confused by the panic, because they are making it out like AI companies are destroying every copy of the book. They only need one, and they destroy it after scanning it only because they don't want to store them all. And storing or archiving all these books is not a trivial task.

Axios: Next roadblock for electric cars: Early adopter era is over

starkd — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 15:10:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2023/08/09/electric-cars-adoption-rates

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37077152

Points: 4

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New comment by starkd in "Google to pay out $23M settlement over search results; how to apply"

starkd — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:47:53 +0000

>> According to the official settlement website, each person who qualifies and files a claim will get around $7.70.

Woohoo! I can now retire!

Google to pay out $23M settlement over search results; how to apply

starkd — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:47:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending/google-pay-out-23-million-settlement-over-search-results-how-apply-yours/3UEJOST6INBH3FN2QXFO7LICLA/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36333894

Points: 3

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Fungi may offer ‘jaw-dropping’ solution to climate change

starkd — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 14:52:08 +0000

Article URL: https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4034986-fungi-may-offer-jaw-dropping-solution-to-climate-change/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36281949

Points: 1

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New comment by starkd in "Lisa Su saved AMD – Now she wants Nvidia's AI crown"

starkd — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:24:21 +0000

That would explain my Radeon Graphics card I never managed to get working properly. It arbitrarily froze. I was told that it did that for Linux and that it was guaranteed to work on Windows. But when I tried it on Windows, it did the exact same thing. They were unresponsive.

New comment by starkd in "Mormon whistleblower says his church is a “clandestine hedge fund”"

starkd — Mon, 15 May 2023 13:16:26 +0000

The state is not the only means by which a society conducts charity. It needs to encourage charitable giving through various avenues.

New comment by starkd in "Mormon whistleblower says his church is a “clandestine hedge fund”"

starkd — Mon, 15 May 2023 13:13:22 +0000

Exactly. Scientology is not a religion. Its barely a business dressed as a religion. The standard for tax exemption should be charitable non-profit.

New comment by starkd in "Climate change may be making turbulence worse"

starkd — Fri, 12 May 2023 15:56:53 +0000

They did reference satellite data. However, I do not know to what extent satellite data can show turbulence. The article implied a total cause, but I suspect its a bit more complex. Not sure how you would tell if its more common. I remember people complaining about turbulence for as long as I can remember. Maybe people's expectations about flight safety are just higher now, because planes offer a better experience.

New comment by starkd in "Climate change may be making turbulence worse"

starkd — Fri, 12 May 2023 15:47:12 +0000

Corporate marketing departments have been pretty adept at promoting their products on the backs of this science. They are far from unintelligent. Populists, for all their deficiencies, are fairly adept at eventually detecting marketing ploys and gimmicks.

New comment by starkd in "Climate change may be making turbulence worse"

starkd — Fri, 12 May 2023 15:44:29 +0000

Plus the solutions are narrow in scope. For instance, we are led to believe that it will be solved if only we all buy electric cars. It might help for certain areas, but it is far from a complete solution. It comes off as a corporate grift.

New comment by starkd in "Climate change may be making turbulence worse"

starkd — Fri, 12 May 2023 15:41:55 +0000

This kind of framing also keeps us from imaginative solutions, because only one solution is implied to the exclusion of all others. Hence, the suspicion is that it is merely another political agenda. I think its probably why nuclear energy - which is a clear solution with the least disruption to our lives - is less prioritized. It also allows certain corporate interests to make even more profit off their preferred solution.

New comment by starkd in "DEI Brings Kafka to My Law School"

starkd — Wed, 10 May 2023 15:58:14 +0000

Perhaps that 20-25% portion that you disagree with them on is actually a lot larger than you think. These differences of opinion are not exactly minor. They are fundamental to the other 75-80%!

New comment by starkd in "DEI Brings Kafka to My Law School"

starkd — Wed, 10 May 2023 15:54:11 +0000

Hence, the requirements they have a DEI office in order to get funding.

New comment by starkd in "America Faces a Debt Nightmare"

starkd — Sun, 07 May 2023 16:28:02 +0000

Congresses set budgets. Presidents have little to do with it. The last time the budget came into balance was in the late '90s (Dem president, Republican congress). Due to gridlock and some real spending restraints that were put in place.

It's only a Republican issue, because the only time they can make it an issue is when they have control of the Congress. You basically just admitted that Democrats don't care about the debt. You think it can just keep going up forever? You don't think eventually this thing is going to pop? The sooner we deal with it, the lesser the repercussions.