Hacker News: techolic

New comment by techolic in "United States Power Outage Map"

techolic — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:41:23 +0000

That sucks. Would you be interested in adding states/territories with no data to the map?

New comment by techolic in "United States Power Outage Map"

techolic — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:26:44 +0000

Surprised that Puerto Rico isn't included, which has a lot of power outages of different scale.

Thousands go to fake AI-invented Dublin Halloween parade

techolic — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 13:44:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/11/01/thousands-go-to-fake-ai-invented-dublin-halloween-parade

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42026350

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

New comment by techolic in "Eric Schmidt deleted Stanford interview"

techolic — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:08:48 +0000

To me that is still the case of power corrupting people. If you are surrounded by positive feedback all along, you loose some of that self-awareness.

USTE: A Gathering of the Best Scale RC Modelers [video]

techolic — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 03:02:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4f0It5XhHE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39172253

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

I Found Hell on Google Maps

techolic — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 05:01:42 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/GoogleMaps/comments/1acqril/i_found_hell_on_google_maps/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39162742

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by techolic in "Climate Change Tracker"

techolic — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 02:27:51 +0000

> Today’s models predict 1.5°-2.0° C by 2040

From when 1990, or 2023?

New comment by techolic in "Free Public WiFi"

techolic — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 03:07:02 +0000

There's also more to extract so requires less beans for the same strength.

German Student Poses as Terracotta Warrior, Confounds Police (2006)

techolic — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 02:59:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dw.com/en/german-student-poses-as-terracotta-warrior-confounds-police/a-2177701

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36488392

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by techolic in "Backyard Ultra world record (101 laps) is about to be broken"

techolic — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 02:26:07 +0000

More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_ultra

Backyard Ultra world record (101 laps) is about to be broken

techolic — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 02:06:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.facebook.com/deadcowgully/posts/loop-102phil-gore-and-sam-harvey-started-the-loop-before-sam-immediately-turned-/717713887029533/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36413480

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by techolic in "Linda Yaccarino is the new CEO of Twitter"

techolic — Fri, 12 May 2023 21:16:19 +0000

> but it exists because the government wants a centralized place to control digital activity

Speaking as someone who witnessed them from 0 to everything - it really has not much to do with that.

It has to do with how fast mobile payment swept through the country to be the connecting factor for all online services and it has to do with how easy it was and is for big players to out compete or swallow small innovators and harvest their innovations.

New comment by techolic in "Language models can explain neurons in language models"

techolic — Tue, 09 May 2023 23:02:58 +0000

> that we're pretty damn close to recreating it

Is that evident already or are we fitting the definition of intelligence without being aware?

New comment by techolic in "Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten survival"

techolic — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 23:11:37 +0000

Because you don't stop paying developers starting the second year?

‘A sea change’: Biden reverses decades of Chinese trade policy

techolic — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 04:33:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/26/china-trade-tech-00072232

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34145130

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

New comment by techolic in "Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll"

techolic — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 01:53:31 +0000

I invite you to review Mao's Hundred Flowers Campaign, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign

Adobe will sell AI-made stock images

techolic — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 16:57:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2022/12/05/adobe-ai-made-stock-images

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33868148

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by techolic in "BBC Journalist Beaten and Kicked by Police During Covid Protests in China"

techolic — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 23:00:17 +0000

A video clip of, https://twitter.com/TGTM_Official/status/1596987324822622208...

BBC Journalist Beaten and Kicked by Police During Covid Protests in China

techolic — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 22:58:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-27/bbc-journalist-beaten-and-kicked-by-police-during-covid-protests-in-china

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33767910

Points: 9

# Comments: 2

New comment by techolic in "Twitter at 1am on a Friday"

techolic — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 04:14:09 +0000

Just an example: if you hold an L visa, your only other option is packing your stuff and going back to your home country.