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dlev_pikaon AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion

1.5 trillion? Those are rookie numbers.

How about $5,544,640,717,404.09?

That was in my inbox this morning lmao

dlev_pikaon AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion

> $5,544,640,717,404.09

This is what we received this morning

dlev_pikaon Virginia bans sale of geolocation data

I just looked and both PA and NJ, have way below natl average car accident deaths per 100K drivers, even if death in over speeding seems to be a a significant contributing factor to overall rates.

Interesting to me. I wonder what are they doing right.

dlev_pikaon Virginia bans sale of geolocation data

“ Virginia follows Maryland and Oregon in banning the sale of geolocation data. Both Maryland and Oregon more broadly define “sale” to mean the exchange of personal data “for monetary or other valuable consideration.”

I didn’t know this, but I am glad my State already had this! We do some things right.

dlev_pikaon Free the Icons

looks at Android icons

shivvers Please no

dlev_pikaon The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level

Yeah, I guess the rest of the developed world doesn’t really ‘get it’ - fools!

dlev_pikaon Om Malik has died

My GigaOm backpack is still going strong - good merch

dlev_pikaon FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama

Apparently, the ‘fuck your feelings’ crowd DOES care about some ‘feelings’

dlev_pikaon Is Meta destroying its engineering organization?

I like the part when he “took full responsibility” for HIS Metaverse mistake, and fired everybody else lmao

Gavin from Silicon Valley did it first

dlev_pikaon Is Meta destroying its engineering organization?

The irony is that I’d totally test out replacing the CEO with AI - best bang for buck by a million miles

dlev_pikaon Is Meta destroying its engineering organization?

Google: HOW ABOUT SOME AI ON IT?!? You know you want it.

Lmao

dlev_pikaon Amazon Announces Multibillion-Dollar Data Center in Missouri

How much of the total pie of resources consumed is ‘solving math models’, really?

dlev_pikaon Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible

Sure, what you describe is usually in the Macro textbooks. However in XXI century USA, Consumption has been detached from ‘wages’ for a while now (“since the 1970s”, ie 2 generations, per https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/)

In reality, the top income brackets are propping up Consumption numbers. This is part of what have become to understand as the ‘K’ shaped economy, together with the speeding up of capital accumulation/concentration.

https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2025/1125-yang-...

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dlev_pikaon Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible

This is kinda what’s been happening for a while -

Wages are decoupled from consumption, and it is increasingly aggregated in the higher income brackets.

This is the ‘K’ economy.

https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2025/1125-yang-...

dlev_pikaon Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible

Which is?

dlev_pikaon US battery manufacturing output continues to break records

It’s crazy how production tanks as the first Trump presidency kicks off, before COVID.

Coincidentally, I started doing pushups yesterday, today is the second day in a row I break my high mark

Yesterday= 1

Today= 2 (+100%!!!)

dlev_pikaon Apple Foundation Models

Apple’s play was a masterclass - unsure how deliberate it was, or how much of a choice thy actually had, but it’s turning out pretty well IMO.

Now if they can further reinforce their angle on Privacy, they might continue to be what they are (or more)

dlev_pikaon Providers, not insurers, are responsible for excess U.S. health care cost (2024)

Possible in some cases, triaging and wait times are a thing in other places too, with the difference being that you don’t get a bill at the end. I have multiple anecdotes from people outside the US having little trouble getting primary care, or even psych care, much faster than what I’ve seen here.

When looking at comparative data, I think it’s worth breaking it down a bit by socio status, for example. In complex systems with a wide spread averages can be misleading. My impression is that we are not seeing the whole story.

dlev_pikaon Providers, not insurers, are responsible for excess U.S. health care cost (2024)

> I can see a doctor or specialist usually within a week

That might be true to your specific location and set up, but I have some experience and family in healthcare, both in the US and outside of it, and it is definitely not like that for much of the US.

dlev_pikaon Providers, not insurers, are responsible for excess U.S. health care cost (2024)

The incentives are all fucked up all the way down

dlev_pikaon 'Sloppenheimer:' Amazon Employees Mock the Company's AI on Slack

Make it anonymous. Now that would be newsworthy.

dlev_pikaon Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?

What does your CapCut thing do?

Somewhat related - I wish there was some local thing I could give my 100 holiday videos and it made something fun with the highlights to a specified duration.

dlev_pikaon Stop the Apple Music app from launching

Yeah, I hear you - and sometimes, when you get it to do what you want, some system update will force a reindex and you are back to square one.

On the bright side, there are a few power scripts that allow a much more custom experience (particularly if you are an all keyboard shortcuts person), but I am not the kind that wants extras there.

dlev_pikaon Stop the Apple Music app from launching

Oh man, throwback to when they forced the U2 albums on to everyone’s device for ReasonsTM

dlev_pikaon Stop the Apple Music app from launching

The (shitty) logic here is that you don’t ‘own’ the OS, but merely rent it, so “deal with it”

dlev_pikaon Stop the Apple Music app from launching

Yeah, this sucks

dlev_pikaon Stop the Apple Music app from launching

I wish there was a way to stop it from ever appearing as spotlight result - when I type ‘music’, the first result (always) should be the music app I use, not their stuff

dlev_pikaon Queen bees emerge from special wax chambers

Fascinating. Sharing with a beekeeper friend, thank you

dlev_pikaon Retro-Tech Parenting

Love it!

I have been dj’ing for ~20 years, and have a sizeable house music vinyl collection. I can’t wait for my kiddo to get into it. She’s showing interest already.

dlev_pikaon Retro-Tech Parenting

We’ve dug this hole ourselves, without knowing better, over the last decade or so. Most social life / communications happens inside those platforms.

If we want our kids to thrive in the world without being hooked on this attention syphoning machines, we must get the socials out of those walled gardens.

This is a huge challenge, and no one but us will build it. It will require deliberate action in our community.