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Re:Fidonet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History (1993) on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @12:24PM (#48372388)
I have very fond memories of fidonet: discussions, friends made, parties held. I wish i was back there :)
Re:Please Use AI on Friday May 29, 2026 @11:14AM (#48324166)
As someone who uses AI constantly - mandated at work. I fucking hate it. I hate what it makes me become: a mall cop of creativity. Endlessly directing little agents with feigned authority.
Re:How Distillation Makes AI Models Smaller and Cheaper on Thursday July 24, 2025 @03:47AM (#44668094)
Even further - could it download a distilled modeb runtime in response to your type of question - if we’re talking vacation planning download vacation.model for 10 seconds and then let’s talk?
Re:AI is killing the web. Can anything save it? on Monday July 21, 2025 @02:49AM (#44632404)
It’s even happening implicitly now when chat crawls some vendors site and proclaims their solutions as the answer to your question
Amazing to see people try to reinvent communication skills.
Well I couldn't think of a better steward for the brand than Perifractic
Re:AWS forms EU-based cloud unit as customers fret on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @03:36PM (#44173780)
That all sounds nice, but if the government (US) doesn't honor it's own laws, what s to stop it from using unreasonable measures to coerce Amazon into doing what it wants?

This whole setup collapses when Bezos calls someone and says "you're fired if you don't do as I say", which he might if Trump leans heavily on him or threatens to take control.

Do you think you, or anyone, have the capacity to understand changes you are making to a system developed over decades, that manages trillions and affects real lives, with only a few days worth of experience with the system?
That's a rather cynical take on what may amount to actual human suffering.
He may be "SpaceX" (if that is supposed to mean super talented), but having a maximum of 1 weeks worth of knowledge about a system before starting to rewrite it seems extremely unsecure. This isn't a disposable rocket, this is a system that millions of people rely on.
The skies may be brightening, but it seems the world is turning darker.
Re:Palm's CEO emails Steve Jobs (2007) on Sunday December 15, 2024 @03:40PM (#42425839)
These are some of the richest people debating whether to stop people from seeking to work elsewhere. Absolutely despicable. Hat's off to Palm for seeking the reasonably route.
Re:Brazilian court orders suspension of X on Friday August 30, 2024 @05:13PM (#41404501)
Don’t forget unsolicited porn and videos of soldiers being blown up
Re:"Kawaii" tech logos by Sawaratsuki on Sunday April 28, 2024 @03:32AM (#40186758)
The NextJS on is a real burn
That’s gotta hurt the radsafe equipment manufacturers
Another web development prophet with quick solutions for simple cases.
Re:How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye on Saturday September 30, 2023 @05:37PM (#37720102)
It’s amazing how little we know about how others dream and visualize:

Do you see 3d or 2d? Is there smells? Are there color? Is there sound? Do people talk? Can you feel touch?

Re:DALL·E 3 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @01:46PM (#37587286)
That’s just until AI combines with CNC to produce unique sculptures. Which won’t take long.
Re:Pentagon Downed Object over Alaska, Officials Say on Friday February 10, 2023 @05:16PM (#34746737)
Actual weather balloon?
Re:Ask HN: Are you tired of reading ChatGPT headlines? on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:55PM (#34658790)
I want to know more actually. I want good use cases for it. For me it’s like being given google in 1995. How can I use it - what’s it good for, what’s it bad for and how do I formulate good queries?
Re:Show HN: Generate commit messages using GPT-3 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @03:26AM (#34592698)
"Fixed some bugs I was told to"
Re:My “Favorite” Magtape Story on Monday January 30, 2023 @02:36AM (#34576893)
In a similar vein we recently had an issue with one employees monitors turning off when a coworker sat down. We traced it to the cylinder of the chair apprently making some electric disturbance. Our minds were blown for a while, but I remembered reading something similar.
I really thought someone (US?) had technology (satellites) that could pinpoint radiation sources, even of this magnitude
Re:Rarest clouds in the world appear over the SF Bay Area on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @03:58AM (#34063388)
I see them at least once or twice a year. Mammatus on the other hand...
Re:Musk’s First Email to Twitter Staff Ends Remote Work on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:43AM (#33544689)
At this point why would anyone want to stay at twitter? The mood must be absolutely abysmal.
It’s the ultimate counterargument to ”my actions don’t matter”.
Re:Meta Quest Pro on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:55AM (#33173388)
I love "Adobe Acrobat" is the first app listed. I've always wanted to immerse myself in PDF forms.
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @08:50AM (#33079564)
And again when USB-D comes along
Re:Charl-e: “Stable Diffusion on your Mac in 1 click” on Saturday September 17, 2022 @03:58PM (#32880975)
I have a mac a few years old, and now we start seeing M1 only software. My next computer won’t be a mac.

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