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Re:Honey, We Bought an AI Story on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @09:45PM (#48826471)
Clearly there are a lot of humans who derive specific feeling knowing art was created by another human, and not a calculator.
Mine did similar and I recently got my account banned. It generated a fully clothed woman.
Re:I made my phone slow on purpose on Monday June 01, 2026 @11:57AM (#48358605)
By that logic, buying a slow phone can also just be undone.

A perfect solution that works 100% is not the goal. Small influences that can help you change behavior can still be beneficial. Maybe they doom scroll 5% less because of this tweak? Still a positive change.

Re:I made my phone slow on purpose on Monday June 01, 2026 @11:56AM (#48358584)
I think it’s a valiant effort. Sometimes having multiple influences can make it easier to change behavior.
I would assume maybe 1% have read this tweet and maybe 20% would refuse to with them
Is “worked” a pass/fail metric? Or just a way to improve a situation?
Does everyone in the country agree with this sentiment? I have a feeling people might still apply. :/
Ok, you’re right. Shut it down.

Should be rid of it by tomorrow then?

Who would you prefer filling the ranks at a company like Palantir?

1. People who are sympathetic to these concerns, and more likely to change thinking from within or whistleblow if needed.

2. Everyone left over who are pro police state and fascism?

OP’s post would only fill Palantir with the second group. This seems more dangerous than to fill it with a diverse crowd.

If you’re under 18 and not already overweight and still growing, it probably is.

Pretty sure it’s well studied that kids perform better at school when they’ve had breakfast.

Re:Tesla offering insane perks as sales dry up on Saturday March 08, 2025 @10:20PM (#43305869)
I stopped shopping at Home Depot because their profits are donated to super pacs I don’t agree with.
Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @11:17AM (#42950692)
That’s literally what this whole article was about. Removing a high correlation performance test, that black candidates didn’t pass as frequently, and replacing it with a very low correlation questionnaire that provided a more diverse applicant pool while weeding out highly qualified individuals.
Re:Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect on Monday January 20, 2025 @10:24AM (#42769604)
I got a MK4 at launch and it worked out of the box with no issues, no bugs, and also was my first 3d printer. I found it perfectly easy to operate.

Prusa’s online documentation (and printed docs for that matter) are excellent.

Re:Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect on Monday January 20, 2025 @10:16AM (#42769524)
I’m not familiar with Bambu, I’m a Prusa user, but if I had to guess you would always be able to print via microSD. It would be wildly unpopular to disable local printing.
Re:I Got a Magnet Implanted in My Hand on Thursday January 09, 2025 @01:16PM (#42648341)
A perfectly reasonable concern.
Re:M4 MacBook Pro on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @11:18AM (#41995924)
Same. My MBP and M1 Air are amazing machines. But I’m now also excited that any future M chip replacement will be faster and just as nice.

The battery performance is incredible too.

Re:M4 MacBook Pro on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @11:16AM (#41995905)
Check out Asahi linux
Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? on Monday October 07, 2024 @01:10PM (#41768257)
I think you just proved his point. This response is clearly quite aggressive and over the top and thus falls in the camp of being unlikely friends vs. someone who takes a more cordial approach.
Re:The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining on Monday April 01, 2024 @03:32PM (#39898148)
This was my first thought too. Tree makes more sense.
If your intent was to cause distress, then probably. If you’re sending it to a pal that might be hard to prove but to a stranger would be easier to prove I imagine.
Re:Thanks FedEx, This Is Why We Keep Getting Phished on Friday February 23, 2024 @11:06AM (#39482350)
I clicked the link to read this article because last week I received a paper letter from FedEx I initially thought was scammy.

It asked me to pay duty/taxes for my $799 Prusa 3D print order that arrived just last week.

So now I know Troy Hunt also bought a Mk4 assemble-yourself kit from Prusa.

Enjoy, Troy! Mine took 8 hours to build and it works like a charm! Fantastic little machine.

Yes, we just ended up having to hardcode the db endpoint in the cdk stack after a manually restoration from snapshot into an encrypted db.
Ive seen a few articles about this topic.

I’m a new homeowner and have been looking forward to getting rooftop solar within the next year (recently swapped to a heat pump instead of gas furnace).

The local (PDX, OR) companies seem a bit sketchy but I do have at least one solid recommendation from a friend.

My mother however wasn’t so lucky and experienced something similar to the article where the salesmen claimed it would all be free and pay for itself but the. She ended up with a $16k loan. When she called to clarify they offered to double the number of panels on the roof and install for free, which she agreed to.

Any one else here with experience getting rooftop solar?

Re:Hold on there: WPA3 connections fail after 11 hours on Saturday January 27, 2024 @07:06PM (#39161147)
I love these little posts.
Re:Impacts of lid closure during toilet flushing on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:02PM (#39135246)
The best reason to close your toilet lid, in my opinion, is you are 99% less likely to ever drop anything into the bowl. I’ve accidentally knocked TP rolls in several times, and the phone once or twice, and probably other stuff. Ever since I started closing the lid habitually I realized I havent dropped anything into the bowl in a long time.
Re:Flipper Zero: Multi-Tool Device for Geeks on Monday January 22, 2024 @02:35PM (#39094250)
They didnt know who was causing it or why. Blocking a persons ability to contact emergency services, by DoSing their phone can be devastating.
Re:Flipper Zero: Multi-Tool Device for Geeks on Monday January 22, 2024 @02:34PM (#39094234)
Sorry to hear about this. You probably shouldn’t post anymore about this for legal reasons.

For other readers, I’d be curious the jurisdiction.

The specific app that can turn off iPhones requires the “unleashed” firmware I believe.

Also, regarding legality, if you are DoSing cell phones, you are creating a hazard where users are no longer able to contact emergency services, and this is the most likely avenue of charges, as opposed to FCC fines (if in USA) for using locked spectrums.

Re:We migrated our PostgreSQL database with 11 seconds downtime on Thursday January 18, 2024 @08:24PM (#39050487)
Good question. This was a pain point for my small team (me, myself, and I) a little while back. We had an unencrypted db deployed with CDK, and then tried to get it encrypted without losing data.
Re:Potent psychedelic drug banishes PTSD on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @08:19PM (#38934883)
Ketamine in the form of Spravato is currently clinically available.
Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use on Monday December 11, 2023 @07:51PM (#38607684)
Its definitely interesting how some places are outright banning tobacco sales, and other places are decriminalizing hard drugs.

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