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New comment by totallygeeky in "ChatGPT Images 2.5"

totallygeeky — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:19:00 +0000

Golf courses are not green spaces, come on now. They are most often limited in their access and devoid of greenery native to the area or that supports pollinators. Grass does not equal green space, and certainly not the flavor of green that is present in golf courses. The alternative to a golf course is not hot concrete either, that's a false dichotomy.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Notes on Private Trackers"

totallygeeky — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:50:36 +0000

As a longtime RED user, I can say I've not done anything other than just download what I want and let it sit for a while, uploading maybe a couple dozen items, and I've never come close to having a problem.

I think you're fighting ghosts that don't exist if you just let stuff seed for a while after downloading, a.k.a. just being a decent tracker member.

New comment by totallygeeky in "'Temu Range Rovers' Are Taking over Britain"

totallygeeky — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:18:08 +0000

archive link: https://archive.ph/TsFkg

miserable reading experience without it.

Anyway, it sucks that competitive products are being written off as "Temu [Whatever]", when Temu is low quality because half of its products are actively falling apart and/or coated in toxic chemicals.

I see no reason to assume the same of Chinese vehicles, which largely review well and have been ahead of others in the field for a while now (value proposition-wise at least).

New comment by totallygeeky in "U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications"

totallygeeky — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:54:49 +0000

I would encourage you to reflect on what you think "woke" is, and why things that you think are woke are mutually exclusive from the skills and qualities you value.

"Woke" is a nonsense scare phrase at this point, when what you're actually taking issue with is valuing people's lived experiences and backgrounds as a part of what they contribute. Understanding where people come from and how that colors their world view is simply a good practice when doing anything, but especially when you're trying to do science/academia. Too many similar minds in a room will never produce what one with a diverse group will. Diversity is good science, and valuing it is not "woke".

New comment by totallygeeky in "U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications"

totallygeeky — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:26:34 +0000

If you can't understand the utility of having welcoming and creative/tenacious people involved in your science (which your questions listed are asking about) then you are not nearly the expert in qualifications you think you are.

New comment by totallygeeky in "U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications"

totallygeeky — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:34:42 +0000

The US seems hellbent on destroying its own economy, immigrants have always played a key part in it. Looking forward to Trump yelling about how the radical left has somehow undermined the US economy in a few months.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Humanoid robots beat human records in the 100m, half-marathon, and high jump"

totallygeeky — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:37:40 +0000

I don't understand why we're supposed to be impressed by these achievements. We've made mechanical things that can outdo humans for decades, putting it into the form factor of humanoid does nothing for it.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Using an old Android phone as a music player"

totallygeeky — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:02:06 +0000

PowerAmp is an incredible app, used it and loved it before. I have a self-hosted streaming setup, so I've personally found Symfonium (1) to be my go-to. I'm glad things worked out for the author with this setup, and honestly the headphone jack is a sight for sore eyes.

(1) https://www.symfonium.app/

New comment by totallygeeky in "WPD won't replace stolen Flock cameras, citing public trust"

totallygeeky — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:55:56 +0000

The cameras have categorically not helped with investigation, as is shown time (1) and time (2) and time (3) again. This is just a vibe that supporters like and Flock loves to spin data however it can to support their continued expansion. Also, people do absolutely still have an expectation of privacy when it comes to regular travel, what an insane thing to say.

(1) https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-surveillance-atlan... (2) https://www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusfarivar/2024/02/29/flock-a... (3) https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/tulsas-surveillance-gam...

New comment by totallygeeky in "HTML Can Do That"

totallygeeky — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:23:38 +0000

I've been tooling with site for years now and I'm always shocked at what can be done with raw HTML. These are some really neat examples, some work a bit funny when it comes to mouse vs. arrow key functionality though (in particular the dropdown/autocomplete), I'm wondering if that's an Edge specific issue or Chromium.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Mark Zuckerberg's AI Manifesto Shows How Little the AI Future Offers"

totallygeeky — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:05:15 +0000

This is a response to Zuck's AI manifesto, how it misrepresents the future AI presents, and how he can't even properly hide where his true interests lie.

Mark Zuckerberg's AI Manifesto Shows How Little the AI Future Offers

totallygeeky — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:05:15 +0000

Article URL: https://illegal.solutions/posts/meta_future

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365831

Points: 10

# Comments: 4

New comment by totallygeeky in "An update on leaving Gmail for Fastmail"

totallygeeky — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:00:55 +0000

Fastmail is fantastic, I've been a very happy customer for at least a couple years now.

Masked emails have been so nice for throwaway/sketchy sites. It's done everything I could ask, would highly recommend for anyone looking to make the switch from elsewhere.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Anthropic's War on open source AI"

totallygeeky — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:17:13 +0000

I don't have an account, and I'm sure you're aware of the litany of reasons a person might not want an account to the NCII and slur generator site.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Anthropic's War on open source AI"

totallygeeky — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:55:14 +0000

Jesus, being logged out on Twitter is a comically bad experience at this point. Can't view replies past the first one, click into anything, and now there's a big animated emoji pointing at a button? Miserable site, truly.

New comment by totallygeeky in "You Can't Copy Palantir"

totallygeeky — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:33:37 +0000

Only somewhat related, but I find it disconcerting to just have screenshots of LLM output in the middle of an essay, especially without alt-text. Not a good reading experience imo.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Kalshification: Gambling on Anything and Everything"

totallygeeky — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:15:22 +0000

Hi all,

I wrote a blog post about how "prediction markets" are undeniably gambling. Dodging the label lets them get away with incredibly harmful things, and avoids a harder society-wide conversation about how toxic integrating gambling into everything is.

Not to spoil my own reveal, but Kalshi does directly link to the National Council on Problem Gambling, and prediction markets have set up a "self-exclusion" system identical to those used by Casinos. That, in my mind, undercuts many if not all of their arguments about being markets first.

I hope you find the post informative, if not at least entertaining.

Kalshification: Gambling on Anything and Everything

totallygeeky — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:15:22 +0000

Article URL: https://illegal.solutions/posts/gambling_forever

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49247514

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by totallygeeky in "xAI, SpaceX, and the Race for AI Buildout"

totallygeeky — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:46:31 +0000

Hi all, pleasantly surprised to see my own article posted to HN before I did! I did space to push anything out about this for the most part, so thank you to speckx.

Anyway, happy to see the understanding reception here, I think it's worth continuing to drive home that these data centers have immediate impacts on the areas around them, which are disproportionately minorities and poor.

If you liked this article there's plenty more on my website, and feel free to ask any questions.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Show HN: Science for Kids"

totallygeeky — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:13:45 +0000

Disappointing to see AI used in what otherwise seems to be a well-intentioned project. As an adult I think some of these graphics are confusing at best and I question your familiarity with the subject matters to actually check whether or not these are explained both in a consistent and correct manner.