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by garciasn 8mo ago
Q: Is AI Making Us Dumb? A: No. From the substack: We can’t fully blame AI. After all, it’s only been with us for the last four years. This decline began with the internet and got worse with smartphones.
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by garciasn 8mo ago
It’s supposedly a one-time tax; but, you’re right; who knows what they’ll do. But his net worth has effectively more than doubled in 1y. I think he’ll be just fine.
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by garciasn 8mo ago
Yeah; there's absolutely no way he could possibly support philanthropic efforts in one state from another. Nope; everyone now loses out because of it! There is absolutely 0 reason that someone worth $270 billion needs to worry about th
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by garciasn 8mo ago
This site is limiting its focus to environmental permitting concerns, it seems. The problem is that one of the biggest barriers to manufacturing in the US is labor: cost and protections of various sorts. Don't need to worry about tho
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by garciasn 8mo ago
The juices in steak are not blood; they're primarily made up of water and myoglobin. The statement from folks that they like their steak 'bloody' is a misnomer.
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by garciasn 8mo ago
It is infectious; keep up the optimism and joy!
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by garciasn 8mo ago
Clearly there wasn't much appetite for someone to do that.
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by garciasn 8mo ago
It simply shouldn’t be? Nationalistic and forced religious belief (i.e., which is what the altered Pledge is) are antithetical to the US Constitution and are NOT in the public interest.
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by garciasn 8mo ago
I don’t see a problem with a broadcast channel deciding what it is they want to air on their station. I do, however, have a serious problem with the government /potentially/ forcing nationalistic and god-fearing content (e.g., the
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by garciasn 8mo ago
I think it’s incredibly important to have active and engaging conversations about the FCC on HN, regardless of political ideology, because of our shared identity as those deeply involved with tech. We should be openly discussing whether fre
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by garciasn 8mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47051546
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by garciasn 8mo ago
The views I see often shared here are typical of those in the trenches of the tech industry: conservative. I get it; I do. It's rapidly challenging the paradigm that we've setup over the years in a way that it's incredibly ja
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by garciasn 8mo ago
Almost 20 years ago now I worked for a company that sat a group of about 25 of us down to talk about their latest survey named...CRMPIES. Everyone looked at me like I was insane as I sat there chuckling. Thank you for bringing back that unf
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by garciasn 8mo ago
I am not sure I understand this comment at all. I've been managing fleets of VMs for 15 years, both on-prem and cloud and, yet, I still use OpenClaw for funsies.
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by garciasn 8mo ago
I'm technical (e.g., I've been using Linux since 1995). I lead highly technical teams (Data Engineering, DevOps, and Data Science). I used to play ALL THE TIME with technical stuff; I loved to tinker. Over the years I fell out of
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by garciasn 8mo ago
I just typed "thumbs up" ~50x and was not able to reproduce the bug. But, as was pointed out in another thread somewhere, since I don't have 'Predictive Text' enabled maybe that has something to do w/it. So; I
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by garciasn 8mo ago
This was hilarious and informative; those are the kinds of talks I love. --- First audience question: "how many did you brick?" Answer: "...three." follow-up: "you broke three and you have two to give away?" An
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by garciasn 8mo ago
TL;DR: the article argues we cannot fix the population crisis with small tax breaks or traditional values because the modern world has made the cost of raising a child being too high for most people to want to try. --- The article argues th
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by garciasn 9mo ago
I appreciate that, but for the audience here on HN, I’m fairly certain we understand the trade offs or potentially have more compute resources available to us than you might expect the general user to have. Offer up the locally hosted optio
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by garciasn 9mo ago
> Bitcoin, down more than 40% from its October peak, is now “exposed as a completely speculative asset.” “Now”? No; it’s always been a speculative asset. The only folks who didn’t think that were those who didn’t know any better.
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by garciasn 9mo ago
Unless you're running a large local model in 192GB+ this just won't be ideal, based on real-world experience.
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by garciasn 9mo ago
After reading the article: It appears the whistleblower complaint against DNI Tulsi Gabbard, filed in May 2025, has faced an eight-month delay in reaching Congress, far exceeding the typical weeks-long (two to three is the norm) window for
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by garciasn 9mo ago
I meant both. Initial (which you say doesn't matter; TIL) and edits after-the-fact. I learned something new today and I've been doing DNS crap for decades; I feel like a doofus.
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by garciasn 9mo ago
Could it be because folks set it low for initial propagation and then never change it back after they set it up.
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by garciasn 9mo ago
Got it; thank you for the clarification.
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by garciasn 9mo ago
https://www.minnpost.com/other-nonprofit-media/2026/01/heres... From the MinnPost article: Most child care centers are locked and have obscured doors or windows for children’s safety. Children are also kept
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by garciasn 9mo ago
I honestly don't understand why you posted the Narcissist's Prayer; however, to clarify: the original comment I responded to referred to another comment that said, "the United States government rolling through protesters in a
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by garciasn 9mo ago
I didn't twist anything. If anything, I would argue YOU are twisting words of the original comment to which I responded: >> the United States government rolling through protesters in armored vehicles > I'm sorry, did I mi
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by garciasn 9mo ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbMRywfYiM8&t=105s e: 1. tracking string removed per request. 2. it's a video of a WCCO news (local MSP TV station) segment which shows an armored vehicle pushing protesters out of t
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by garciasn 9mo ago
TL;DR: not many carriers; not many devices. —- Supported networks by country: Germany: Telekom United Kingdom: EE, BT United States: Boost Mobile Thailand: AIS, True This new limiting feature works with: iPhone Air, iPhone

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