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I'd bet this "safety" alarm was minor or bogus, not worth risking lives over.
After learning about a sufficient number of such "accidents" I'm now convinced the cause is never "operator error", it's always a system error. It's the humans that design (or oversee their design and implementation of) those systems that are at fault.
To your point, a contributing factor here was the front train couldn't start due to either a minor or bogus "security" alarm. Whatever alarm that was, it wasn't worth triggering such a tragic accident.
Or they just missed a spot?
Re:Anthropic S-1 on Monday October 26, 2026 @07:09PM (#50252465)
What if, here me out, you got to share in the profits of the companies you buy shares in? Let's call those payments "dividends". Theb it doesn't matter how much shares go up in value.
Re:Character.ai Files for Bankruptcy on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @10:28AM (#50072323)
They have no investors, afaik
Re:Character.ai Files for Bankruptcy on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @10:09AM (#50072038)
What are you talking about? I was an employee in 2024 and I was not “screwed”. My options were converted into cash at the same valuation that Google paid (vesting schedule remained intact though). Noam did right by his employees.
Re:Sites in ChatGPT on Saturday October 03, 2026 @02:14PM (#49946454)
It should have suggested using Scheduled Tasks, a feature in ChatGPT to run a prompt on a regular interval. The task can fetch up to date data, then make changes to the site and redeploy. Alternatively, if you make the site full-stack, and use the provided DB, the task can update your site by writing to the db directly or by calling an API endpoint on your site.
Re:Sites in ChatGPT on Friday October 02, 2026 @09:36PM (#49940600)
Good idea!

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Re:XCancel Taken Down Again on Monday September 14, 2026 @06:03PM (#49704805)
You described Bluesky. They did get founded to pursue decentralization, but it's completely ignorable. It largely operated as a centralized service.
Most dominant does not mean most intelligent
Re:Where .env Went Wrong on Friday July 31, 2026 @12:18PM (#49125098)
So it's a JIT-in-JIT? JiJIT?
Re:How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdown on Sunday June 07, 2026 @05:25PM (#48438722)
I like it when a spinner represents the truth about the state of the value on the server. I want to know when/if it's been updated.
Most of us install Docker just to run a project locally, and is part of a long checklist of things to install. We can't expect everyone to be an expert on the hundreds of apps/tools/packages that get installed on a machine. It's like expected people to read, and understand, all the terms of service shoved in front of us on a daily basis.
Re:GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay on Monday May 04, 2026 @07:40PM (#48016379)
> coming from a finance background, I didn't find the book in general to be particularly insightful

Because you already knew that stuff, or because it's wrong?

Re:Claude.ai unavailable and elevated errors on the API on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @04:01PM (#47939872)
Info like this is useless without context like, how much revenue does the company earn? How many engineers do they employ? etc.
Re:ChatGPT Pro now starts at $100/month on Thursday April 09, 2026 @07:10PM (#47711496)
to grok or from?
Re:Sony V. Cox Decision Reversed on Thursday March 26, 2026 @10:28PM (#47538494)
I said "allow it". It was mainly about my feelings. I can feel what I want. It also just so happens that Cox was in the right and Sony Music was in the wrong.
Re:Sony V. Cox Decision Reversed on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @10:13PM (#47525930)
I wouldn't normally side with a cable company, but they're up against Sony Music, so I'll allow it. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootk...
> You can't just throw software at this

Ok, let's not try improving systems, how's that working out?

> It doesn't matter how much cheap hardware you throw at the unwashed masses.

> Apple Announces New Mac Sales Record Following MacBook Neo Launch

Re:Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access June 15 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @05:46PM (#47431821)
They needed to rename the company anyway to get away from bad press. It worked. I think they're quite happy with their current name.
Re:Edge.js: Run Node apps inside a WebAssembly sandbox on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @10:44PM (#47421027)
I think it’s the latter
Re:Edge.js: Run Node apps inside a WebAssembly sandbox on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @04:32PM (#47417907)
> * Runs using WebAssembly when in `--safe` mode

Why is safe mode opt-in?

Re:Monkey Island for Commodore 64 Ground Up on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @01:16AM (#47408931)
The EGA version is the original version of the game, and is gorgeous. Most people don't realize that by playing the more colorful VGA version, they're experiencing an inferior redrawn remake.

More: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26446738

It’s being pushed all the time
Re:Apple introduces the new iPad Air, powered by M4 on Monday March 02, 2026 @05:31PM (#47225119)
They can, and have, revoked certificates for arbitrary reasons.
Farmers don't care about clocks, they do the work whenever needed. Roosters crow whenever they want. There's literally no point in talking about farmers in this debate.
Re:Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine) on Monday March 02, 2026 @04:17PM (#47224190)
Did you play the Talos Principle Reawakened? They took a great performing game made with their own engine, re-released it with UE5, and now it performs like doggy doodoo.

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