Hacker News: throw7

New comment by throw7 in "Chrome's AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage"

throw7 — Sun, 10 May 2026 22:44:46 +0000

I've got a cheap chromebook I take when traveling with 32gb ssd... 4gb is a huge chunk of that. But it doesn't matter as it constantly complains to me about no space available.

New comment by throw7 in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

throw7 — Sun, 10 May 2026 18:46:09 +0000

We already have a republic. If we can keep it.

New comment by throw7 in "Tesla owner won $10k in court for Tesla's FSD lies. Tesla is still fighting him"

throw7 — Sat, 09 May 2026 06:36:44 +0000

Thanks for your reply. In good faith, I will give some kudos to mercedes for accepting some liability in specific situations. However, I do not grant them full liability which is what I originally stated.

AFAICT from a public search, this is the current 'drive pilot' legal terms:

https://www.mbusa.com/en/legal-notices/drive-pilot

Section 5: "...the individual using DRIVE PILOT Subscription Services becomes the fallback-ready user". That is not full liability. Full stop. I will not use drive pilot.

Additionally:

Section 6: This is a legal arbitration clause. It's a red flag to me as I believe this is a move by the legal system to contractually operate outside of the u.s. constitution. I realize this is more a personal opinion, but, regardless, this will always be a barrier, for me, to what some in industry call "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)".

New comment by throw7 in "AI slop is killing online communities"

throw7 — Thu, 07 May 2026 20:47:08 +0000

"Build with AI."

No, I don't think I will.

New comment by throw7 in "I want to live like Costco people"

throw7 — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:52:31 +0000

The nearest costco to me is an hour and half away. I've been in costco only once, and I guess I got it, but I also was like: do i need this? This year they're opening one nearby (~10mins). I have this nagging growing feeling of fear I will be joining.

New comment by throw7 in "Tesla owner won $10k in court for Tesla's FSD lies. Tesla is still fighting him"

throw7 — Mon, 04 May 2026 03:50:41 +0000

I appreciate the link and information, but are you sure about that? I don't see or read anything about liability...

And footnote 2 on that page says:

2 DRIVE PILOT is an SAE Level 3 (conditional automated driving) system: the automated driving function takes over certain driving tasks. However, a fallback-ready user is still required. The fallback-ready user must be ready to take control of the vehicle at all times when prompted by the vehicle. Availability and use of DRIVE PILOT on freeways depends on options, compatible wireless networks, countries, states and relevant laws. Service subject to change at any time without notice. Mercedes me connect Terms of Use apply. Please refer to the Operator's Manual for additional instructions and limitations.

New comment by throw7 in "Tesla owner won $10k in court for Tesla's FSD lies. Tesla is still fighting him"

throw7 — Sun, 03 May 2026 00:35:52 +0000

When full liability is put on the manufacturer, then we can talk about "cars driving themselves".

New comment by throw7 in "Bugs Rust won't catch"

throw7 — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:47:14 +0000

The "kill -1" is hilarious. I wouldn't use ubuntu for production for quite awhile while things shake out or, probably, never (since i don't use ubuntu).

New comment by throw7 in "Greece to ban anonymity on social media"

throw7 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:21:33 +0000

"Greece does not understand Democracy." - Publius.

New comment by throw7 in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

throw7 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:01:53 +0000

rules for thee

New comment by throw7 in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

throw7 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:56:04 +0000

*Working towards prosperity for everyone, empowering all people, and advancing science and technology are moral obligations for me.

How so? What is your theory of morality Sam? What I hear is Google: "Don't Be Evil".

New comment by throw7 in "EFF is leaving X"

throw7 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:53:03 +0000

Well, at least they realize they're hypocrites.

New comment by throw7 in "Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game"

throw7 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:10:53 +0000

It's been a long time ago since I last played and I was one of those rng haters (that's why i never got hooked... i want to have fun, not some pseudo random roll the bones simulator). I just took a look and I see three different "rng modes"... i have to laugh and give credit to the devs for sticking to their guns.

New comment by throw7 in "Show HN: I made a YouTube search form with advanced filters"

throw7 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:10:39 +0000

interesting. looking forward to the release.

New comment by throw7 in "Show HN: I made a YouTube search form with advanced filters"

throw7 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:30:16 +0000

ok thanks!, i never knew there was an rss feed for each channel/users... that does open up solutions.

New comment by throw7 in "Show HN: I made a YouTube search form with advanced filters"

throw7 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:03:40 +0000

Just asking: Is there an open source project that I can self-host that can organize my current subscriptions into separate groups/categories and make things easy to view/hide/digest?

Many moons ago, I could hover and hide a video I didn't want to see in my feed with a single click. Best UX user feature evar... it was gone in a week or two I feel.

I'm kinda ashamed to say I have multiple youtube accounts to keep my sanity, but yeah.

New comment by throw7 in "Artemis II is not safe to fly"

throw7 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:26:50 +0000

Each of the program managers responsible for go/no-go are to take an oath of death. If there is a loss of crew and it can be attributed to the foreknown 3 different issues (heat shield spalling, heat shield fragment impacts, bolt erosion), then you die.

New comment by throw7 in "Slovenian officials blame Israeli firm Black Cube for trying to manipulate vote"

throw7 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:36:52 +0000

Also NeXT.

New comment by throw7 in "Apple Just Lost Me"

throw7 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:58:25 +0000

Wow, that age verification is wild. We need to fight this here in the U.S. If my cell phone starts requiring gov't id and credit/debit cards for verification... god help me...

New comment by throw7 in "Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms"

throw7 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:59:20 +0000

If Meta did advertise the "safety of its platforms for young users" then they should be held accountable for that. It seems clear from the whistleblowers that Meta had internal data that they knew they were not safe for young users, but Zuck gotta get those ads($$$) in front of young kids.