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fridder··on Investor-owned utilities charge 23% more for electricity than public providers
I always like to point out that Nebraska is the only state in the US that has 100% public electricity.
fridder··on 'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k hot dogs
My alma mater. I do love that improving it was an engineering project
fridder··on MIT class project turns into an FDA-cleared treatment for tremors
Really glad they mentioned essential tremors. It can be quite limiting and frustrating
fridder··on Gemini 4 Argon
Nope only Ultra. I went into Antigravity to check
fridder··on AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety
Either that or muddy the waters
fridder··on Ask HN: Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?
Or Opnsense
fridder··on New gTLD Application for .lan
.internal as well I believe
fridder··on Meta’s Muse is an adorable privacy and security dumpster fire
This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Why would you trust Meta with privacy and security?
fridder··on How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?
That last one seems likely
fridder··on Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
In my experience? No. 3.7 is faster and it just seems to get things right more often. Only big architecture tasks and analysis make sense with 3.1, perhaps, but honestly just use the Opus 4.6 to generate a plan and then switch back to flash for the implementation
fridder··on Gemini 3.8 Flash
it is antigravity now. It is ok
fridder··on EFF to Courts: Don't Rewrite Copyright over AI Hype
Copyright is too long (thank you Disney and Pelosi) and I'm all for shortening it. Also I do agree that market dilution is not really defensible. The main reason why models should have been shut down is the sketchy way in which the models were trained.
fridder··on “It works better in the app”
because, basically, why paint Elmo's fence?
fridder··on GLM-5.3-Flash
Could do a "Big model for architecture and planning and smaller model (or local model) for implementation" sort of thing
fridder··on US debt has hit $40tn - Will that be a wake-up call?
Just stop. The debt has _not_ be accelerating with either party. Look at the deficit growth numbers under each administration
fridder··on US debt has hit $40tn - Will that be a wake-up call?
If we fail to pay interest in a timely manner is potentially catastrophic. US Bonds are considered a safe haven because we have never defaulted on our debt
fridder··on US debt has hit $40tn - Will that be a wake-up call?
We'll grow our way out whenever the mythical trickle down works
fridder··on US debt has hit $40tn - Will that be a wake-up call?
Way too reductive. Look at the deficit growth numbers under democrats vs republicans. This comment is just another variant of lazy "both-siderism" that I have really come to loath
fridder··on Field measurements of neighborhood-scale air temperature impacts of data centers
Amongst other issues, it is a proxy for the angst over AI.
fridder··on DeepSeek Harness developer preview
The part that really annoys me is the stark difference in cost between harness usage and api usage. I'd like to build my own harness and maybe I just will and focus on local model serving
fridder··on England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C
You are willfully deluding yourself if you believe that. He put an anti-vax idiot as head of HHS. How is that "nothing"?
fridder··on 'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses grows
This whole thing has felt very odd. Did we collectively forget about the Google Glass and glass-holes? This was entirely predictable. I guess the only difference this time around is how inconspicuous they are.
fridder··on Writing by hand is good for your brain
At least in high school I was the opposite. If I had a class with a teacher strict about notes I didn't absorb the material as well because I was more focused on getting the notes correct than engaging with the material
fridder··on Writing by hand is good for your brain
All well and good for folks without hand issues.
fridder··on China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning
I also wonder what this moment will mean for chip design going forward. The fact that we are so constrained on the GPU side along with the success of unified memory with apple silicon does make me wonder what chips in 3-5 years will look like.
fridder··on The lost joy of music piracy
Sony has so often footgunned itself it is comical. Occasionally great engineering hobbled by terrible business choices
fridder··on Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke
or libghostty
fridder··on It seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history
Royalroad has been a great place for me
fridder··on Herdr: One terminal to rule them all
I did find a plugin at least
fridder··on Herdr: One terminal to rule them all
I wonder if it works with jj workspaces as well. I guess I have something new to tryout today
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