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New comment by wmoxam in "Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040"

wmoxam — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:38:56 +0000

Darlington nuclear refurbishment finished ahead of schedule and under budget

https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2026/0...

New comment by wmoxam in "GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay"

wmoxam — Fri, 08 May 2026 01:56:31 +0000

How do they try to steal your phone number?

I've only contacted buyers/sellers in FB Marketplace via FB Messenger so they don't even have my number ..

New comment by wmoxam in "Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data"

wmoxam — Fri, 08 May 2026 01:50:40 +0000

Almost no one does

New comment by wmoxam in "Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data"

wmoxam — Fri, 08 May 2026 01:33:26 +0000

I've written a bunch of LMS integrations so I've had the opportunity to use all of the major LMSs. Basically, all LMS systems are rather user unfriendly and complicated with a ton of customization options hidden under layers of sub-menus/configuration settings. At their core they provide a grade book, student management tools, and some basic CMS type functionality for posting class messages/coursework/etc. They've all adopted a standard for interacting with external tools (LTI).

Canvas generally is the 'easiest' to use, and the 'cleanest' looking one although D2L Brightspace is pretty good too. Moodle out of the box is pretty confusing and ugly, but I've seen some heavily customized instances that look a lot better. Blackboard is the worst of the bunch IMO.

New comment by wmoxam in "GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay"

wmoxam — Mon, 04 May 2026 14:43:22 +0000

Facebook marketplace is an everything shop, though a bit more local in nature. Also, it's much easier for small businesses that ship to have an online store thanks to Shopify, etc.

The last few times I've used EBay is to get parts for old garden tractors, and even for that I've found cheaper options with small retailers that specialize in that stuff. Most ebay shipping pushes the cost up too much, and with the small retailers usually I can get a bunch of things I need at the same shipping price.

New comment by wmoxam in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"

wmoxam — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:00:09 +0000

    Robot walks into a bar
    Orders a drink, lays down a bill
    Bartender says, "Hey, we don't serve robots"
    And the robot says, "Oh, but someday you will"

New comment by wmoxam in "Tractor"

wmoxam — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:26:46 +0000

LiamTronix on Youtube has some videos (ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iEUp5Z1aNw) on converting a popular farm tractor (Massey Ferguson 65) to fulling electric.

Fun stuff!

New comment by wmoxam in "Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales"

wmoxam — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 04:59:16 +0000

> It's a $60,000 four-door lifted luxobarge with leather interior and a short bed

It can be that but all the major manufacturers have a ton of trim levels and options. Personally I drive a f150 that doesn't even have power windows.

Most Cybertrucks I've seen in the wild are running at a low ground clearance, reminiscent of a 'coupe utility' vehicle like an El Camino.

New comment by wmoxam in "The Cray-1 Computer System (1977) [pdf]"

wmoxam — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:19:27 +0000

Recently I've found myself wanting a tricorder type device.

New comment by wmoxam in "Nerd: A language for LLMs, not humans"

wmoxam — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:55:34 +0000

That does not answer the question

New comment by wmoxam in "Nerd: A language for LLMs, not humans"

wmoxam — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 01:38:39 +0000

Ok, now I'm even more confused. 40% of what code is machine written?

New comment by wmoxam in "Nerd: A language for LLMs, not humans"

wmoxam — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 01:29:41 +0000

> 40% of code is now machine-written

How did you arrive at that number?

New comment by wmoxam in "Karpathy on Programming: “I've never felt this much behind”"

wmoxam — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 03:05:23 +0000

IMO LLMs make for a great rubber duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

New comment by wmoxam in "Ruby 4.0.0"

wmoxam — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 13:35:57 +0000

I found scrooge.

Bah, humbug!

New comment by wmoxam in "You can now play Grand Theft Auto Vice City in the browser"

wmoxam — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:56:10 +0000

Ah shit, here we go again

New comment by wmoxam in "Ruby 4.0.0 Preview2"

wmoxam — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:36:52 +0000

It has similar syntax, but adding explicit types and macros it's a very different language in practice.

IMO the two languages can be quite complimentary, I've been exploring using Crystal + MRuby to create apps, it's been fun so far.

New comment by wmoxam in "Canada Set to Side with China on EVs"

wmoxam — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:59:49 +0000

It doesn't matter what you or I want. How much money do you think the Canadian government should put behind a domestic auto maker? 10s of billions? 100s of billions?

How much are 125k manufacturing jobs in Ontario worth? Are there no better economic sectors that we can build up?

New comment by wmoxam in "Canada Set to Side with China on EVs"

wmoxam — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:17:24 +0000

Who would buy these EVs if we build them in Canada?

The Canadian market cannot support a car company without exporting the majority of production. The US is our largest natural market and does not want our auto exports. It's unclear why other markets would want our EVs either.

Artificial barriers to protect an industry where we don't have an advantage (autos) which results in tariffs on a sectors where we do (agricultural products, resources) isn't sustainable or desirable.

New comment by wmoxam in "Canada Set to Side with China on EVs"

wmoxam — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:50:53 +0000

Developing an EV industry depended on US cooperation. That cooperation is gone since Trump was elected.

New comment by wmoxam in "Canada Set to Side with China on EVs"

wmoxam — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:46:56 +0000

Trump says he wants every car sold in the United States to be made domestically.

The old integrated cross-border auto manufacturing system is over. Stellantis is already moving production of Jeep from Brampton to Illinois, and others are expected to follow.