Hacker News: throwfaraway4

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "US voters roundly reject data centers in ballot measures"

throwfaraway4 — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:26:40 +0000

Not only steamrolled but, and at the fault of local BOS, hand-tied under NDAs. Nothing will give voters a worse distrust of leadership than being willingly gagged. Oh and in some cases, for personal gain: https://www.richmonder.org/a-chesterfield-employee-who-helpe...

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "OpenAI claims employee sent secret device information to Apple"

throwfaraway4 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:30:25 +0000

Haha

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "ASML's strong orders ease fears AI spending boom is running out of steam"

throwfaraway4 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:52:46 +0000

That's right. Jevon's Paradox won't matter when token prices are falling by orders of magnitude

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "OpenAI: Employee who left for Apple took files about unreleased device"

throwfaraway4 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:55:30 +0000

desperate and unoriginal

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "Xi's 'death watch' will become a global spectacle"

throwfaraway4 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:42:55 +0000

"It's fair to say that 80 percent of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go," - Barak Obama

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?"

throwfaraway4 — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:45:13 +0000

Pacing the frontier is a front to get federal regulators/evaluators involved that they can then point to open source usage and cry "look they're not being safe!"

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program"

throwfaraway4 — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:46:55 +0000

Yes all they had to do was invest 600 billion in US investment

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "UPS Worker Missed Security Email, Letting China Get F-35 Parts"

throwfaraway4 — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:32:48 +0000

This right here

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres"

throwfaraway4 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:56:28 +0000

Seem to "falling short of high standards" in a lot of places: https://www.12onyourside.com/2026/10/05/state-regulators-all...

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "No Signs of AI in the Productivity Data"

throwfaraway4 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:09:38 +0000

It's because the outsized spend of AI build-out is in the denominator. Give it some time

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "Jonathan Haidt: AI Is the 'Neutron Bomb for Education' [video]"

throwfaraway4 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:18:12 +0000

As someone who's read all of his books and experienced the generations being studied I'd say he's been spot on and is extremely knowledgeable. One study that does not propose alternative views and cites "selling a lot of books" comes off to me as someone with an agenda. No thanks.

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "LinkedIn Larpmaxxing"

throwfaraway4 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:49:50 +0000

r/LinkedInLunatics

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "Apple's New CEO Seeks to Make Company Run Faster and Leane"

throwfaraway4 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:30:14 +0000

He's been an engineering leader for over 20 years at Apple.

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "Most data centers refusing to say how much water, electricity they use"

throwfaraway4 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:22:54 +0000

They need to pay for the infrastructure upgrades to water and electric when it inevitably exceeds capacity

Mac Studio M5 Max review: The best reason to run AI locally

throwfaraway4 — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:33:27 +0000

Article URL: https://tbreak.com/mac-studio-m5-max-review-local-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49787092

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "The American Age Is Over"

throwfaraway4 — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:42:52 +0000

Agreed. We've been in much much worse positions in the past. We will fix ourselves and _hopefully_ learn from our mistakes.

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "GM to Offer Apple CarPlay After Shift Away from the System"

throwfaraway4 — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:41:22 +0000

it would have been a dealbreaker for me. bought a 26 GMC and CarPlay integrates with the voice-assist button on the steering wheel as well as prevents you from doing unsafe stuff like browsing/sending texts. basically, pushes you to keep your eyes on the road

AI Firms Must Face Liability for 'Dangerous, Unvetted Products,' Says Lina Khan

throwfaraway4 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:02:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-liability

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49698105

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Audio Intelligence Privacy Overview [pdf]

throwfaraway4 — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:40:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/Audio_Intelligence_Privacy_Overview_Sep_2026.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49661356

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by throwfaraway4 in "Thanks to Siri Recaps, your Apple Watch is always listening"

throwfaraway4 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:58:31 +0000

which part amuses you? the one where the former uploads all your data to the cloud only to be mismanaged and surveilled or the where the latter doesn't?