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HardwareLust··on Bill Gates Says Climate Change 'Will Not Lead to Humanity's Demise'
Even Bill has to bend the knee. He'll be back on song once this regime finally collapses.
HardwareLust··on Acetaminophen and Autism
Because this is an American organization and we don't use the word "paracetamol" here. Every package says "acetaminophen".
HardwareLust··on You're being rude. Put away your phone. New manners for post-smartphone society
Sounds great in theory, but the only problem is that you have a couple generations of tech bros that are dependent on you being addicted to your phone so they can achieve ascendance to the oligarchy and that's going to be a tough battle.
HardwareLust··on Asthma and COPD inhalers drive significant greenhouse gas emissions
I find it hard to fathom that there is that many people with asthma or COPD, enough that it would cause significant environmental impact.
HardwareLust··on Show HN: I built a tech news aggregator that works the way my brain does
So the question really is; What is your "signal-to-noise test"?
HardwareLust··on Alaska Airlines' statement on IT outage
Of course not a word as to what they fucked up to cause this in the first place.
HardwareLust··on What happened to Apple's legendary attention to detail?
It was overwhelmed by Tim Cook's greed, like everything else Apple used to be good at.
HardwareLust··on Show HN: Live weather radar wallpaper for Android
Yeah, this is not the first time I've run into app issues with my Moto phone. I won't be buying another one after this one wears out.
HardwareLust··on Amazon apologises to customers impacted by AWS outage
Can't wait for the $4 coupon from the class action lawsuit settlement.
HardwareLust··on The CRISPR baby scandal gets worse by the day
Why are we posting 7 year old stories? Is there something in here relevant to today?
HardwareLust··on Show HN: Live weather radar wallpaper for Android
"Your device isn't compatible with this version."

I hate that Google Play doesn't tell you why.

HardwareLust··on 'Catan' Movies and TV Series in the Works at Netflix
A board game? Can you think of any other movie/TV properties based on a board game?
HardwareLust··on West will sacrifice cheap power if it spurns Chinese tech, says turbine maker
We specialize in cutting off our nose to spite our face, so this is unsurprising to say the least.
HardwareLust··on Apple M5 chip smashes Snapdragon X2 Elite in early single-thread benchmarks
If they're going to make a touchscreen laptop, why not just put MacOS on the iPad?
HardwareLust··on Apple M5 chip smashes Snapdragon X2 Elite in early single-thread benchmarks
I'll take the hit if it means not being locked into Apple's ecosystem. It's not worth the trade-off.
HardwareLust··on Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia
No, it's there. Can you not scroll up?
HardwareLust··on Ask HN: Did your Internet just go down for a few minutes?
Nope, no issues here in North Philly.
HardwareLust··on Outlook marked Microsoft's Copilot email as spam
So it marked it correctly, that's the real story.
HardwareLust··on The Human Mind Isn't Meant to Be Awake Past Midnight, Scientists Warn
I don't know how much of this I buy. I worked nights or 3rd shift for years by choice and I always felt just as sharp at night, if not sharper, as I did during the daytime once I got my sleep schedule sorted out.

If you're normally a daywalker and occasionally pull an all-nighter, sure I could see there might be some impact on your mental state. But once you flip the script, I don't see any reason for prolonged effect on your mental capacity. At least not in my experience.

HardwareLust··on OpenAI forms expert council to bolster safety measures after FTC inquiry
Putting the fox in charge of the henhouse is never a good idea.
HardwareLust··on America's future could hinge on whether AI slightly disappoints
I don't know about you, but it seems to me "AI" is already slightly disappointing to put it mildly.
HardwareLust··on Reddit stock falls as references to its content in ChatGPT responses plummet
Do we have any idea why ChatGPT stopped quoting Reddit?
HardwareLust··on Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?
Yep came here to say exactly this.
HardwareLust··on What Japan Taught Me About American Trains
Aside from the fact they're dirty, slow and never on time?
HardwareLust··on Who Gets a Mac at Work?
In my company, only C-level gets Macs because IT regulations don't apply to them.

10 years ago we were a Mac-only shop, but then we exchanged our CTO for a bean counter and switched to Windows.

HardwareLust··on $1 Trump coin draft is 'real,' US Treasurer says
Even though it's against federal law to put a living person on coins or bills?
HardwareLust··on Printable aluminum alloy set strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
They used machine learning to find new alloys and discovered that 3D printing made lighter and stronger alloys than ever before. One possible use to replace titanium used in jet engines.
HardwareLust··on Space Shuttle war of words takes off as senator blasts 'woke Smithsonian'
All of this bullshit just so they can rake in the pork and then charge people to view something they've already paid for. Pathetic.
HardwareLust··on UPS disposing of U.S.-bound packages due to new tariff rules
Thanks!
HardwareLust··on UPS disposing of U.S.-bound packages due to new tariff rules
Why is UPS allowed to destroy property it doesn't own? How is this even legal?
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