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captainredbeardon A battle royal is brewing over copyright and AI

> imaginary American property

Well, your country is consuming it, it doesn’t seem very imaginary…

captainredbeardon Google releases Flutter 3.7, teases future of app development framework

It’s not classist to target consumers that spend money.

captainredbeardon Enough Empty Office Space for 160k People in San Francisco

Are you disputing the existence of widespread crimes in SF?

captainredbeardon Ask HN: Do you hate software engineering but love programming?

Refactoring is so much fun, get outta here

captainredbeardon Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

It’s more complicated than that, please reference the Whole Foods egg producer standards document.

captainredbeardon Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

Broilers are different breeds than layers and “spent hens” tend to only get eaten by farmers, etc, because of the raised risk of deboning error and undesirably tough meat

captainredbeardon Show HN: Portable Secret – How I store my secrets and communicate privately

Use a data URL and use base64 variant of the resource

captainredbeardon Association vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality

Especially at 68!

captainredbeardon What comes up when you flush

Only if I start writing managed code

captainredbeardon When is short tenure a red flag?

As a hiring manager I view even a single short run as a potential red flag —- and like any such finding I ask about it versus simply rejecting outright. 3+ and I ignore the resume.

captainredbeardon Jellyfin dev: Apple charged $100, then decided to ban me. Hadn't even logged in.

2021

captainredbeardon The Lilium Jet

Fly by wire sucks because you don’t get feedback from the control surfaces. Are you even a pilot or just an avgeek?

captainredbeardon HHS purchases $290M worth of drugs for nuclear emergencies

EDC is critical

captainredbeardon Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6%

Nice Vonnegut bastardization

captainredbeardon San Francisco decriminalizes psychedelics

It’s not an argument, it’s a drug-induced psychotic musing…

captainredbeardon Collapse of emergency healthcare in England may be costing 500 lives every week

I’m happy that healthcare workers tend to be more empathic than what you are suggesting and will take care of patients end-to-end. You can’t load balance sick humans on the fly to achieve some optimal outcome.

captainredbeardon Collapse of emergency healthcare in England may be costing 500 lives every week

An ambulance is a portable "mini" ER room...

captainredbeardon In two centuries, the labor to produce a kilogram of grain was reduced by 99.7%

Row farming is still very labor intensive compared to other industries. Farming is hard.

captainredbeardon Study finds link between 'forever chemicals' in cookware and liver cancer

> it's not like frying eggs is ever any easier in cast iron than it is in stainles

It’s significantly easier to fry eggs on seasoned cast iron vs stainless. I routinely use both.

captainredbeardon Three people in critical condition from Google data center 'electrical incident'

This message of hope and resilience is wonderful

captainredbeardon UK set to have automated drone superhighway

Sure, but I’m referring to the notion of last mile delivery. It won’t work except in rural areas.

captainredbeardon UK set to have automated drone superhighway

> inability to land at small fields...

Helicopters can operate with VTOL.

captainredbeardon UK set to have automated drone superhighway

What if my house is inside restricted airspace (like most of the urban population)?

captainredbeardon Killbutmakeitlooklikeanaccident.sh

> engage in proactive betterment of society

I do, we just disagree on this topic.

captainredbeardon Effect of fruit rich diet on liver biomarkers, insulin resistance, lipid profile

Cotton candy grapes

captainredbeardon Killbutmakeitlooklikeanaccident.sh

It is issued in the form of enforcement action by the ATF. The recent SC ruling on regulatory agencies may change this some.

captainredbeardon Killbutmakeitlooklikeanaccident.sh

Suppressors are regulated heavily under the NFA. You have to receive explicit permission from the Feds for each one.

The US, like it or not, has specific carve out allowances for firearm ownership by the mass civilian population. You may not find it reasonable.

captainredbeardon Experts once predicted that Americans would face excess leisure time (2015)

> Almost everyone who is and remains rich or powerful in this world is a crook

That’s an opinion.