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New comment by strictnein in "Distinct cellular and genetic differences in colorectal cancer in young patients"

strictnein — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:42:46 +0000

> The only thing they might possibly judge you on is how well you followed the prep instructions.

Same with if you get snipped. I didn't realize that "shaved" meant with a safety razor and I just trimmed with a beard trimmer. I ended up having two younger women give me a proper shave as I laid there, which was about the dumbest I ever felt in my entire life. Made for a great story for my friends though.

New comment by strictnein in "Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data"

strictnein — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:21:10 +0000

It's pretty clear they were making a joke.

New comment by strictnein in "Valve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can't be replaced"

strictnein — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:53:50 +0000

Like many other terms, "Rent seeker" has lost all meaning. A company providing an innovative and superior service is now "rent seeking".

New comment by strictnein in "I went to Mexico to test-drive the cars Americans can’t buy"

strictnein — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:11:26 +0000

> So the Japanese manufacturers decided to make TVs that would not need repair

Not being able to repair something isn't the same as not needing repair. Had lots of CRT Sony TVs over the yeasr and they definitely had issues.

New comment by strictnein in "We're releasing the weights of Mistral Large 4"

strictnein — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:21:02 +0000

Kind of buried down at the end:

https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Mistral-Large-4-1T-A52B

https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Mistral-Large-4-1T-A52B-NVF...

New comment by strictnein in "Root shell on Samsung TV"

strictnein — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:28:41 +0000

Big tech isn't being regulated? There's increasingly privacy related laws, both in the US and abroad, that directly affect them. How many times a year do we read about Big Tech being issued 9-10 figure fines? One could state that they're not regulated enough, but to say they're unregulated is just false.

> We used to regulate any minor thing that was annoying enough

Your example is a good reason why that approach was foolish.

New comment by strictnein in "Woman charged with computer fraud due to scam CashApp account being in her name"

strictnein — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:57:27 +0000

> The ultimate boss at the CPS is just a lawyer, his boss is the Attorney General for England and Wales and the Attorney General (although also usually a lawyer) is a politician, typically an elected politician

Sounds exactly like how things work with Attorney Generals for the states and the feds, as well as with many county attorneys in the US, especially the larger ones.

The large, large majority of cases in the US are prosecuted by career lawyers, not elected officials.

> Americans elect far too many of these roles

This varies a lot by state, btw.

New comment by strictnein in "Woman charged with computer fraud due to scam CashApp account being in her name"

strictnein — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:52:02 +0000

Yes, it would have been harder for them not to be major hypocrites and still get their message across.

But the idea that they needed to stay with the Sony owned music label and not move to an independent one is kind of silly.

New comment by strictnein in "Woman charged with computer fraud due to scam CashApp account being in her name"

strictnein — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:39:48 +0000

You think instances of bad policing and prosecuting only happens in the US? For real?

Again, you're being presented with this article because it is an exceptional occurrence. If it wasn't, we wouldn't be discussing it.

New comment by strictnein in "Woman charged with computer fraud due to scam CashApp account being in her name"

strictnein — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:24:17 +0000

"Rage Against the Machine? Let's do 9 figures of highly profitable revenue for a large multinational, that'll show them!" - Zakk DeLaRoche, probably

New comment by strictnein in "Woman charged with computer fraud due to scam CashApp account being in her name"

strictnein — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:21:58 +0000

There's 330 million people here. You, being not from here, only find out about what's exceptional, not what's normal. This case made the news because of how bad it is. It this was common, it wouldn't have made the news.

New comment by strictnein in "Woman charged with computer fraud due to scam CashApp account being in her name"

strictnein — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:17:15 +0000

> In the UK the vast majority of prosecutions are made by the Crown Prosecution Service. The CPS are civil servants and, unlike in the US where they elect the guy emptying the trash, the crossing guards and the receptionist, these are just career lawyers.

Where did you get the idea that what you're saying is accurate about the US?

In the US most prosecutors are not elected, they are also civil servants and career lawyers. Their boss, a County or State Attorney, typically is elected, but they rarely prosecute cases.

I've also never elected a garbage man, crossing guard, or a receptionist in my life, but I've only been voting for almost 30 years now. Maybe it'll come up soon.

New comment by strictnein in "Americans Are Spending More Money to Drive Worse Cars"

strictnein — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:46:07 +0000

Where is this place that has unregulated Capitalism?

New comment by strictnein in "Americans Are Spending More Money to Drive Worse Cars"

strictnein — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:37:57 +0000

The device you're currently using is worse than the equivalent model was 10 years ago?

Over 30 years ago my family spent an _extra_ $1000 (in ~1993 dollars) on a computer system to upgrade from a 15" CRT to a 17" and increase the RAM from 16MB to 32MB.

New comment by strictnein in "Waymo in Toronto"

strictnein — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:18:09 +0000

They've been used in San Fran and LA and other large markets for years now. In what way are they still "alpha testing"?

New comment by strictnein in "Smart people don't think others are stupid (2012)"

strictnein — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:59:05 +0000

He needs to look in the mirror.

New comment by strictnein in "Anthropic reported diary entry to police, woman faces felony charge"

strictnein — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:43:07 +0000

It was used by the subject of this book as well, which I think predates 2005.

The Spy's Son: The True Story of the Highest-Ranking CIA Officer Ever Convicted of Espionage and the Son He Trained to Spy for Russia

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802125190

New comment by strictnein in "Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant"

strictnein — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:30:48 +0000

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/international-tourist-tri...

Between 1995 and 2015 (capturing data before and after 2001) the US's change in tourism increased at a faster rate than France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Austria, and the UK. Spain may have increased at a slightly faster pace, but it's close.

New comment by strictnein in "Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant"

strictnein — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:27:41 +0000

So it wasn't so bad that the number of people visiting the US decreased, but it was bad enough that it didn't increase as quickly as other places?

Anyways, let's compare to more "welcoming" places. This shows the slope of the data, so it's pretty easy to compare the changes between countries.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/international-tourist-tri...

If you have data that shows otherwise, feel free to share it.

New comment by strictnein in "Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant"

strictnein — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:09:57 +0000

Ok? That cliche is true of every single problem on Earth.