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New comment by throwaway173738 in "Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production"

throwaway173738 — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 14:51:07 +0000

FWIW the nicer dishwashers now have removable and adjustable racks so it’s actually practical to dishwash a stock pot if you wanted to.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production"

throwaway173738 — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 14:48:39 +0000

It depends on where you live. Where I’m at they’re extremely common because electricity is cheap and very green.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028"

throwaway173738 — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 01:22:29 +0000

The adage is that “you can’t test quality into a product.” The FAA stands as a final test that you attempted to rigorously engineer for safety, but that is no substitute for a company culture that prioritizes safety. It’s like when you release a bug to production and you turn around and blame QA. Yes they missed it but so did you.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "The oldest ice disappears and the Stone Age emerges from it"

throwaway173738 — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:19:48 +0000

Whatever you put in the glacier the glacier gives back to you. Anything you leave there ends up at the bottom of it in the moraine.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "I went to Mexico to test-drive the cars Americans can’t buy"

throwaway173738 — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:57:24 +0000

We can’t get parts for my wife’s 7 year old Buick convertible anymore so that’s not really true. We took it to the dealer to get a service done and they broke her fob then messed around for two weeks before declaring that they couldn’t source a replacement. So it depends greatly on the vehicle. If it isn’t an American truck then good luck getting documentation or parts for it. Luckily our regular mechanic actually knows what he’s doing so he’s able to come up with alternatives for things like turbo solenoids. But the OEM parts are always on backorder and are 10x as expensive.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you"

throwaway173738 — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:27:28 +0000

In the same vein all of my results are schools except two so it would be nice to have some filters on keyword.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Oregon lawmakers approve money to buy an iconic waterfall listed on Redfin"

throwaway173738 — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:10:58 +0000

I agree! These are just miserable places to live. Please reconsider just moving to Arizona or Utah. Leave us to our 10 months of misery a year. :)

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Oregon lawmakers approve money to buy an iconic waterfall listed on Redfin"

throwaway173738 — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:09:33 +0000

Shhh don’t encourage people to come by making comparisons please.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "The Other Epidemic: Trying to get off benzodiazepines"

throwaway173738 — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:45:13 +0000

That’s a model of addiction as a “habit” with a loss of self-control. But the other definition of addiction is really more like “continued use of the substance is required to eliminate a syndrome which only occurs when use of the substance is reduced or discontinued.” I think the latter model is more useful because there are tons of medications out there where responsibly using them leads to addiction. Even SSRIs could be addictive under that definition.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Show HN: SimCity, but with Permits"

throwaway173738 — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:45:56 +0000

That’s basically what a Homeowner’s Association is. They can levy fees, prosecute violations of bylaws, and generally do whatever the bylaws say. They have very little oversight.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Tesla Roadster"

throwaway173738 — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:22:00 +0000

FWIW if you’re that concerned about scaring other people out of your way you could just wave a gun around out the driver’s side window. You’d spend less money and get your desired effect.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Amazon pushes up prices across the Internet"

throwaway173738 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:37:02 +0000

If it’s a Lowes you can get the parts delivered next day. And you’ll know the threads are compatible. Most of the stuff I’ve gotten on Amazon technically fits NPT fittings but it leaks really badly unless you coat it with thread tape because the threads are the incorrect profile.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "How Amazon pushes up prices all across the Internet"

throwaway173738 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:31:20 +0000

You’ll have a distinctly different experience buying clothes on there. 95% of the items don’t fit as described, the fabrics are not as pictured. My wife has a whole box of clothing returns she has to do for some shopping she did before a trip. Almost none of it was as-advertised. And Amazon will “lose” at least two or three items and claw back the refund a few times like they have every year, necessitating she call once a month for 3 or 4 months until she gets someone empowered to fix the problem permanently.

Sadly it’s still a better experience for her than shopping in-person because at least 5% of the items do fit versus nothing in-store. You used to be able to alter that stuff but the cheapness of the fabric and the intricacy of the “on-trend” design makes that impossible these days.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "AOSP Source Releases Are So Late Developers Disassemble Libraries to Report Bugs"

throwaway173738 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:40:03 +0000

I’m not sure why you’d lump that together here? Motivations and context and the actual facts of a particular situation matter. Nobody has said “no group can ever use their power” which is what you’re hearing. People have said “certain uses of power are morally wrong” which is why the specifics matter.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI"

throwaway173738 — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:10:02 +0000

Your assertion that we’ll somehow get brand new human culture from something that isn’t human might be a little shaky too.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Booted up in 1993, this server still runs – but not for much longer (2017)"

throwaway173738 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:05 +0000

> Must be a strange anonymous life.

This perfectly characterizes most embedded systems work. Competent software development using bespoke or off the shelf components that are not mainstream. Nobody ever realizes they’re using your computer software if you’ve done your job right. One day someone throws your appliance away because it’s obsolete.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah"

throwaway173738 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:59:17 +0000

There are wheelchairs that can climb stairs. This is a solved problem if you want it to be.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI"

throwaway173738 — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:16:39 +0000

Have you listened to how people like Altman and Thiel talk? They do not seem to care about regular people except as objects to be subjugated. This kind of talk is also how we get a president that claims repeatedly to want an end to war and then starts one. When people tell you who they are and what they’re about, listen.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI"

throwaway173738 — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:08:02 +0000

Which is fine if you like human culture to never change for the next ten thousand years. LLMs can only ever interpolate or extrapolate things they’ve already been trained on.

New comment by throwaway173738 in "Allow Carriers on Planes"

throwaway173738 — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:33:50 +0000

It’s only an issue for some fitters that still use recessed tray tables.