barbacoa

6 ms·

31.
by barbacoa 9mo ago
Some argue that THC in cannabis actually works similarly because when herbivores regularly ingest it, they become lethargic and lazy, causing them struggle to survive in the world. Kinda like my roommate.
32.
by barbacoa 10mo ago
>Those gigantic clinical trials (some of the largest RCTs ever conducted) didn't detect this issue because of its extreme rarity. You assume good faith on their part. These studies are run by the same companies that stand to make bi
33.
by barbacoa 10mo ago
2040 HN: "Ask HN: How do you prevent ad-injection in my brain implant?"
34.
by barbacoa 10mo ago
Russia, China, Brazil, India -- all have similar censorship systems but Americans don't find it as troubling because those countries aren't part of the same shared cultural identity known as "The West".
35.
by barbacoa 10mo ago
Many Americans see Europe's DSA as a framework to allow the implemention of China style state censorship system.
36.
by barbacoa 10mo ago
Car depend infrastructure is amazing to families. A mom can take her children to the grocery store in a car in relative safety without worrying about mentally ill homeless people on the subway.
37.
by barbacoa 11mo ago
Back when CRISPER was the new hot thing in science people talked about engineering invasive species to have gene drives such that they could only produce male offspring. Eventually there would be no females and the population would disappea
38.
by barbacoa 11mo ago
Apparently Grokipedia give you the option to highlight that section of the text and click "this is wrong" and it will update the text or tell you why not. I don't have a account but someone should try and report back what it
39.
by barbacoa 11mo ago
Some interesting comparisons I found between Wikipedia and grok. These are the intro paragraphs. Grokipedia: The Biden–Ukraine controversy pertains to allegations that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden conditioned $1 billion in loan guarantees
40.
by barbacoa 1y ago
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-drive-takes-down-user-file-...
41.
by barbacoa 1y ago
Google went so far as to scan people's private google drives for copies of the documentary 'plandemic' and delete them.
42.
by barbacoa 1y ago
There is also no direct evidence that smoking causes lung cancer. There are no randomized controlled trials to establishing smoking is the cause. Nor could we ever feasibly run one. All we know is there is very strongly correlation.
43.
by barbacoa 1y ago
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1811783320839008381 """ The European Commission offered an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us. The other
44.
by barbacoa 1y ago
Trump appointing RFK due to popular demand from his base even though Trump previously never expressed any of those views.
45.
by barbacoa 1y ago
Texas is connected to the Eastern and Mexican grids and can share power through high voltage DC interconnect stations. They simply don't sync to the phase of other grids.
46.
Charted: The Decline of U.S. Software Developer Jobs(visualcapitalist.com)
43 points by barbacoa 2y ago|52 comments
47.
by barbacoa 3y ago
It's not fair to compare 1 GW of solar to 1 GW of nuclear power. A solar plant will produce at full capacity an equivalent of ~5 hours a day. Nuclear will produce at full capacity for 24/7/365.
48.
by barbacoa 3y ago
Meta makes social media apps. Where as writing operating systems is Apple's core competency. Both companies are playing to their strengths.
49.
by barbacoa 3y ago
>I'd say where the protection starts is that the board is yours. You can make it as open or restricted or curated or nonsensical as you wish. Other individuals can put up their own boards and they can display whatever they wish. As
50.
by barbacoa 3y ago
If the States win this case, it will be amusing to watch social media sites try to comply with laws banning political censorship in USA also complying with laws in EU mandating political censorship.
51.
by barbacoa 3y ago
It's as if Google believes their higher principle is something other than serving customers and making money. They haven't been able to push out a new successful product in 10+ years. This doesn't bode well for them in the fu
52.
by barbacoa 3y ago
Russia/Ukraine war is still raging. Congress fighting for a 9th $100B aid package.
53.
by barbacoa 3y ago
This comment is peak 2004 neo-conservatives logic. Ukraine is fighting a bloody attrition land war in Russia. They are currently losing and will likely fair worse as time goes on. Mind you Ukraine could have prevented all of this if they ha
54.
Neuralink implants brain chip in first human, Musk says(finance.yahoo.com)
3 points by barbacoa 3y ago|0 comments
55.
by barbacoa 3y ago
Another reason to stay away from Eagle; Autodesk announced they are killing off the product. https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/future-of-...
56.
Supreme Court rejects appeal by Elon Musk's X on disclosing federal surveillance(cnbc.com)
19 points by barbacoa 3y ago|19 comments
57.
by barbacoa 3y ago
The reason individual speeds were trending down is because the number of users is increasing. Now that the service no longer has wait-lists and is fully available to everyone, one would imagine speeds increasing as more infrastructure is br
58.
Senator calls for the public release of AT&T 'Hemisphere' surveillance records(engadget.com)
150 points by barbacoa 3y ago|31 comments
59.
by barbacoa 3y ago
In upsidedown universe where victimhood is a virtue, destroying one's own culture is the highest calling.
60.
by barbacoa 3y ago
Back story as explained by Elon in an interview with Lex Friedman: The government's environmental assessment was bonkers. They were required to do things like assess the risk of a booster landing on a shark or whale in the middle of th

More ›