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b0rtb0rt··on Peta releases video showing experiments on infant monkeys at Univ of Washington
the researchers don’t care, you have to be a psychopath to even be willing to do stuff this in the first place
b0rtb0rt··on Peta releases video showing experiments on infant monkeys at Univ of Washington
name one important breakthrough that actually affects people’s lives that came from this research

these monkeys die to become data for some grad student’s poorly thought out research experiments

b0rtb0rt··on Sony Retires Its Last 4K Blu-ray Player in Japan, PS5 Is All That's Left
i work at a major cloud provider and the vast majority of the services are written in java
b0rtb0rt··on Sony Retires Its Last 4K Blu-ray Player in Japan, PS5 Is All That's Left
is this a joke?
b0rtb0rt··on British Airways: Filming Crew W Meta Glasses Could Get Your Tickets Cancelled
don’t commit crimes, don’t get caned

seems pretty straightforward

b0rtb0rt··on Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse
And then those dense cities proceed to not spend that money on infra maintenance and instead use the money to buy free drugs for homeless people
b0rtb0rt··on Taco Bell drive-thru AI bot increased employee retention by making jobs easier
everyone actually thought taco bell was healthy food until reading your comment
b0rtb0rt··on Leave your (Apple) watch at the door
i take as long as i want when i go on a walk. i like seeing how many calories ive burned while walking. i also like keeping track of my workouts to see if im improving. why is this sad to you?
b0rtb0rt··on Leave your (Apple) watch at the door
what does that have to do with measuring my heart rate and energy trends over time?
b0rtb0rt··on Social platforms have 'responsibility' to block US execution live stream
the world doesn’t support it because of this completely unproven hypothesis?
b0rtb0rt··on Leave your (Apple) watch at the door
apple watch is incredibly useful for workout tracking that’s the only time i wear mine
b0rtb0rt··on We Asked Starbucks Why Their 'Sugar-Free' Drinks Have Sugar
added sugar actually is totally different than naturally occurring sugar though

i’m on a no (added) sugar diet most of the time, so the effects of sugar are very noticeable when i do have it. when i have stuff with added sugar, at first it seems gross and too much and then i mysteriously have cravings for more sugar. things like milk with naturally occurring sugar don’t have that effect

b0rtb0rt··on Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery
so does this mean i get paramount plus for free with my hbo?
b0rtb0rt··on Anthropic tried to persuade Pope that AI could be conscious being
how does your brain decide what words to say and what order to say them in? how do you know that it’s not the exact same thing you’re describing but using the context of your own memories?
b0rtb0rt··on McDonald's Is Using AI to Dynamically Price Its Burgers
interesting, for me the app is always way cheaper than ordering in person. but i guess i have no way of comparing with other peoples prices in their apps. what an age we live in
b0rtb0rt··on Everyone has ADHD because we made it up
pretty much everyone is going to perform better on amphetamines
b0rtb0rt··on Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners
more like “they didn’t follow the rules and destroyed our nice society and dumped garbage everywhere”
b0rtb0rt··on Tell HN: AGI Is Here
how do you know?
b0rtb0rt··on Tell HN: AGI Is Here
your brain just used fancy autocomplete based on past patterns to write this post

prove me wrong(you can’t)

b0rtb0rt··on Plan mode is dead
why do you even need plan mode?

“discuss your plan with me before implementing anything”

theres your plan mode

b0rtb0rt··on You can defeat the Dream Devourer from Chrono Trigger using an int overflow
i played thru it with my kids recently and they all loved it so i would say it holds up, the steam version is fine
b0rtb0rt··on The senior engineer death spiral
i’m very happy in the “terminal” senior position at my company, there are higher levels but it’s fine to stay at the level that i’m at forever. i don’t need to pick up extra work because im not trying to get promoted and i can usually get by just by having smart sounding ideas in meetings, helping figuring out the more ambiguous tasks and just doing enough to meet expectations. the expectations of the higher levels seem pretty unpleasant , and the guys at lower levels than me are happy to pick up extra work because they want to get promoted lol
b0rtb0rt··on T. Rex Had a Body Temperature of 97°F
the best part of this kind of science is that there’s no way to reproduce it or prove if it’s actually true, but it makes a great pop science article
b0rtb0rt··on Data collected by cars and sold to third parties
other drivers will assume someone else already called it in and drive past
b0rtb0rt··on Ask HN: Are we losing our engineering literacy?
i think the opposite is the problem

lots of people (such as yourself) who think they are really smart with no understanding of how consciousness works, confidently proclaiming what does and does not count as consciousness

“it’s just glorified autocomplete”

ok, so prove to me that the post you just wrote with your brain was doing something differently than glorified autocomplete

b0rtb0rt··on I resigned from Anthropic today
oh so “all” it can do is bring down all banking and critical infrastructure services, no big deal really
b0rtb0rt··on How the Tobacco Industry Drove the Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods (2025)
theres a difference between cooked rice and ritz crackers

ritz crackers are basically already digested before you eat them

b0rtb0rt··on How the Tobacco Industry Drove the Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods (2025)
my wife describes ultra processed food as food that is basically pre digested for you before you eat it, which seems like a pretty good definition to me
b0rtb0rt··on Old.reddit.com no longer works for logged out users
it’s been intermittently working and not working over the last few weeks, not sure what that’s all about
b0rtb0rt··on Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI
metal gear solid 2 predicted all of this 25 years ago
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