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New comment by whackernews in "Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results"

whackernews — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:10:25 +0000

Lol, this guy thinks you pay for information.

Do you think every bit of literature that is old, has no copyright, and in the public realm is trash? I tend to think the opposite actually. Nothing that’s been written in the past 100 years is worth the paper it’s on in my opinion. Maybe you’re the one who’s PAYING to read trash?

New comment by whackernews in "Why aren't smart people happier? (2022)"

whackernews — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:59:36 +0000

Right? Lots of people all over this page to be describing autism rather than intelligence which I find slightly weird.

New comment by whackernews in "Why aren't smart people happier? (2022)"

whackernews — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:39:05 +0000

Sounds pretty mid.

New comment by whackernews in "Why aren't smart people happier? (2022)"

whackernews — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:38:17 +0000

Yeh what even is smart really? There’s a bit of objectiveness here I think. For me, if you’re not using your smarts to be happy (or content with life) that’s not very smart.

New comment by whackernews in "GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]"

whackernews — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:53:11 +0000

Of matter.

New comment by whackernews in "GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]"

whackernews — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:36:32 +0000

Materialisation?

New comment by whackernews in "Separating signal from noise in coding evaluations"

whackernews — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:10:43 +0000

Yeh I totally agree. I’d go one step further and say even if one of these models cured cancer it’s still only going to have done it in a computer-y way doing computer stuff. Can that same model experience a beautiful landscape and convey its emotions in an evocative way, could it tell how you’re feeling when you come back from work after a hard day? Could it hop on one leg? What the hell even is AGI and how does it differ from GI? I don’t know what we’re even talking about any more!

New comment by whackernews in "A desire for a loud car correlates with higher scores on psychopathy and sadism"

whackernews — Mon, 18 May 2026 10:55:08 +0000

I’m not talking about a dump valve, I’m talking about an ALS as I’ve mentioned. This is where the engine timing is delayed which results in some combustion to happen in the exhaust (hence literal pops). This is used to keep the turbo spooled by MAINTAINING pressure across the system. It’s a performance system.

If your dump valve is popping I think there’s something wrong!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilag_system

New comment by whackernews in "It is time to give up the dualism introduced by the debate on consciousness"

whackernews — Mon, 18 May 2026 08:56:55 +0000

Haha, right? The lads talking like he’s the only one to have figured this out and it’s the truth! Philosophising with AI is so mid. This guys the general public.

New comment by whackernews in "AI subscriptions are a ticking time bomb for enterprise"

whackernews — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:03:03 +0000

Oooh. You’re hard.

New comment by whackernews in "We've made the world too complicated"

whackernews — Sat, 16 May 2026 23:32:22 +0000

I think you are both saying the same thing?

New comment by whackernews in "A desire for a loud car correlates with higher scores on psychopathy and sadism"

whackernews — Thu, 14 May 2026 08:51:32 +0000

The only thing I can really think of is a turbo Anti Lag System that you can get in top-end consumer cars like Mercedes AMGs. It’s that popping you hear when coming off the throttle, you’ll also hear it in rally cars. The funny thing is, the same popping can happen with any car if the timing is off so you sometimes get kids driving around with misfiring engines cause it “sounds cool” even though their car might not even have a turbo fan! It’s one of those things that if they were actually passionate about these machines they’d know they look like idiots, but they’re not so they do.

New comment by whackernews in "Googlebook"

whackernews — Tue, 12 May 2026 22:15:37 +0000

Goodness me, when are we just going to stop buying “products” already?

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

whackernews — Thu, 07 May 2026 23:19:24 +0000

Mmm dash.

New comment by whackernews in "What British people mean when they say 'sorry'"

whackernews — Thu, 07 May 2026 06:25:09 +0000

Was on a London bus early one morning, not many people on the bus. One bloke got up from his seat to get off, he had a big bag and knocked it against one of the poles on his way out. He said sorry to the pole, there was no one else around. One of the most British things I’ve seen.

New comment by whackernews in "Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision"

whackernews — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:22:27 +0000

At this point it’s basically a risk to buy anything new from a large company who’s products are most likely worse than ever in terms of cost-cutting materials, build quality, and design.

New comment by whackernews in "We Left the Cloud (2023)"

whackernews — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:51:38 +0000

The “you’re doing it wrong” argument doesn’t float for me here. I see this as kind of scammy and it’s got that vibe of producing complexity to obscure in an area that is really meant to be the simpler solution to rolling your own hardware.

New comment by whackernews in "DIY Soft Drinks"

whackernews — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:33:27 +0000

People are always so laser focussed on the latest trendy thing, but why not just boycott all huge corporations/organisations? It’s a much simpler rule that achieves the same thing and you have the added benefit of boycotting companies that haven’t had their corruption uncovered… yet!

New comment by whackernews in "DIY Soft Drinks"

whackernews — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:24:53 +0000

There’s a really simple way that will protect you from any current or future corruptions/profit before people behaviour: don’t buy anything from any large corporations.

If you do this you also benefit from giving your money to real people and not contributing to huge amounts of waste and pollution.

New comment by whackernews in "Artemis II safely splashes down"

whackernews — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:33:34 +0000

Why don’t you look it up instead of guessing? I mean even on the surface level, for me, exploring space is the most “science and discovery” thing you can do!