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New comment by theopsimist in "Teaching Claude Why"

theopsimist — Sat, 09 May 2026 05:53:00 +0000

If truly 100% automation (including infantry/police) the most likely scenario is not any if the above; most people will be kept on some kind of minimum sustenance enough to keep them from rebelling (“UBI”) and those who disagree will either be coopted into the elite or eliminated.

A Dutch team must lose to reach playoffs

theopsimist — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:46:59 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1sri60x/bizarre_situation_in_dutch_second_division_den/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47880751

Points: 1

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New comment by theopsimist in "Ben Lerner's Big Feelings"

theopsimist — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:51:51 +0000

Can we conceive the possibility of a Ben Lerner novel-reader who isn’t a member of his social milieu? Or aspiring to be.

Seinfeld Is Unfunny

theopsimist — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:44:49 +0000

Article URL: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunny

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47811376

Points: 3

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New comment by theopsimist in "A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it"

theopsimist — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:16:52 +0000

http://archive.today/yYCdT

Anarchist Calisthenics

theopsimist — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:44:40 +0000

Article URL: https://harpers.org/archive/2012/12/anarchist-calisthenics/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47580645

Points: 4

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New comment by theopsimist in "UBI as a productivity dividend"

theopsimist — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:37:17 +0000

Have not seen a counter to the what-seems-to-me trivial point that the condition of possibility of UBI is the elimination of manual labour - or otherwise slavery and slave labour like exploitation

Lunch with Lord Mancroft

theopsimist — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 20:42:31 +0000

https://archive.ph/97iLM

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47291277

Points: 1

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New comment by theopsimist in "MacBook Neo"

theopsimist — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:56:48 +0000

I think different people will have one feature they feel should have been kept (other than the ram which is universal). For me not so much the Touch ID but the backlit keyboard.

New comment by theopsimist in "MacBook Neo"

theopsimist — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:44:58 +0000

I'll keep adding to the list:

* Only one external display

* No haptic trackpad

New comment by theopsimist in "MacBook Neo"

theopsimist — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:37:00 +0000

And of course the screen: 13.0-inch vs 13.6

Weight is the same incidentally.

I think the tradeoff would be worth it for a lot of people but many would be better off buying the apple refurbished 16GB M4 Air ($759 from apple right now)

New comment by theopsimist in "MacBook Neo"

theopsimist — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:20:49 +0000

List of differences from the MacBook Air:

* Only supports 8 GB of unified memory

* No MagSafe

* One of the two USB-C ports is limited to USB 2.0 speeds of just 480 Mb/s

* No Thunderbolt support means the Neo cannot drive either of Apple’s new Studio Displays. However, it can push a 4K display with 60Hz refresh rate over USB-C.

* “Just” 16 hours of battery life, compared to the 18 hours quoted for the 13-inch MacBook Air

* Display supports sRGB, but not P3 Wide Color

* No True Tone

* 1080p webcam doesn’t support Center Stage

* No camera notch

* Dual side-firing speakers, down from four speakers on the Air

* Does not support Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking on AirPods

* Dual-mic system, down from a three-mic system on the Air

* The 3.5 mm headphone jack does not have support for high-impedance headphones

* No keyboard backlighting

* Touch ID not included on base model

* Trackpad does not support Force Touch

* Supports Wi-Fi 6E, not 7

* No fast charging

* The Apple on the lid isn’t shiny

https://512pixels.net/2026/03/the-differences-between-the-ma...

Original Position

theopsimist — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:49:39 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_position

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47063051

Points: 1

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