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New comment by vulcan1964 in "Anthropic reported diary entry to police, woman faces felony charge"

vulcan1964 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:22:49 +0000

I can't read past what the paywall allows, but here's the nyt article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveil...

New comment by vulcan1964 in "Anthropic reported diary entry to police, woman faces felony charge"

vulcan1964 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:49:26 +0000

I once had a copy of 1984 in my checked baggage returning home to the USA and when I was unpacking the bag at home, the book had a notice inside the book that my bags had been inspected by TSA...

New comment by vulcan1964 in "Anthropic reported diary entry to police, woman faces felony charge"

vulcan1964 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:46:12 +0000

And such was the case for a man who snapped a photo of his own child to send to the doctor which got uploaded to his Google photos resulting in his Google account of over a decade getting shutdown for CSAM.

As another commenter said, you're not chatting with a friend; you're chatting with Big Tech.

How much do you love Big Brother?

New comment by vulcan1964 in "Computer use in Gemini 3.5 Flash"

vulcan1964 — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:04:52 +0000

Hot take: "computer use" is a dumb term for this concept; almost as if it was named by AI models...

Case in point: "We are already seeing customers drive value with computer use."

Yes... since the early 1980s, most companies and businesses have driven their value with computer use... smdh.

I'm no AI dev, but dare I suggest a better possible name for this: "agentic computer software interaction" which can be shortened to agent_actor

I swear, the direction we are headed with Big Tech leading the way will surely spell long term disaster

New comment by vulcan1964 in "The Resistance Infrastructure Movement"

vulcan1964 — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 02:00:07 +0000

It's concerning that in order to use the internet in the USA and Western Europe, people will be forced to identify themselves. This badge helps internet users to identify sites that don't believe in fascism

New comment by vulcan1964 in "Ask HN: Difficulties with going back to school"

vulcan1964 — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:50:18 +0000

California community colleges are some of the best in the USA for taking college classes at a fraction of the cost for in state residents. Even if you aren't in state, establishing residency can be straightforward even for undocumented folks. Just a thought

New comment by vulcan1964 in "TikTok goes dark in the US"

vulcan1964 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:49:26 +0000

"lots of hyperbole and feelings but not much evidence" is applicable to your comments more so than others...

New comment by vulcan1964 in "TikTok goes dark in the US"

vulcan1964 — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 10:52:25 +0000

All "governments" are authoritarian. The USA was founded by authoritarian white slaveowners. So yes, Gen Z and TikTok users will definitely baffle all those who accept US imperialism above all else.

Let's be honest: "Democracy" in the USA is and always has been a game for the rich, especially since the 1908s when Reagan and Thatcher decided that China should be the top dog in the world order.

People just want to live happily. Simple as that. TikTok gives a lot of people a feeling, a snippet, of a little bit of freedom and connection with others. All US media makes people fearful - FOX "news" is literally just fearmongering for boomers and their children who can't afford homes of their own. CNN and MSNBC is just fear mongering against boomers who watch FOX "news". Facebook/Meta/IG/WhatsApp is an extension of these fears into the virtual world and TikTok offers something better.

Jokes on the USA though. RedNOTE is gonna close the cultural divide between America and China and Americans will realize just how far the boomer generation and those who have been elected to uphold boomer beliefs really left younger/current generations behind.

China has won technologically and now begins the cultural victory.

I can foresee, sadly, that there will be an unnecessary loss of lives in the short term however for both the USA and BRICS nations. Hopefully I wind up being wrong.

New comment by vulcan1964 in "Show HN: America – Road Trip Simulator"

vulcan1964 — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 08:44:24 +0000

I’ve wondered for a long time now why no game studios have developed any open world map game or exploring games - indie or big name studios -given that street view has existed for ten out or fifteen plus years now

New comment by vulcan1964 in "The great junk transfer is coming"

vulcan1964 — Wed, 25 May 2022 04:56:33 +0000

What will happen to the heaps of digital junk stored on flash drives, hard drives, forgotten online accounts? I get overwhelmed thinking about organizing my own electronics files… wonder what my kids will do with it all.

New comment by vulcan1964 in "We’re discontinuing the Stablegains service"

vulcan1964 — Sun, 22 May 2022 06:22:48 +0000

There's also the part of "by the way, if you want any of the crappy UST we bought into using your money, make sure you claim it before the fork on May 27th or before the end of June! Peace out!"