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8,215 karma · joined September 18, 2013

Email is username backwards + pearce + 5 + @gmail.com
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giarc··on Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars [video]
Can you power off and leave in neutral?
giarc··on Tesla's lithium refinery discharges 231,000 gallons of polluted wastewater a day
Not OP but, half truth is here "remains in complete compliance with all requirements of its state-issued wastewater discharge permit" and yet... "Neither hexavalent chromium nor arsenic appears in Tesla’s TCEQ discharge permit as an allowable pollutant." Both which were found in the waste water. The original test did not test for those, so I guess what the guy was saying was true at a time?
giarc··on Fecal transplants for autism deliver success in clinical trials (2019)
I've never heard of moms doing fecal rubs, but I've heard of many that do vaginal "transplants". I work in a hospital and we get questions quite a bit, moms will often take moist, sterile gauze and conduct the transplant themselves (staff can't really be involved for liability issues).
giarc··on Fecal transplants for autism deliver success in clinical trials
That's a fairly invasive way of doing it. It can be given through pills now. https://www.lhscri.ca/news/innovative-poop-pills-show-promis...
giarc··on Claude for Small Business
>90% of the power of Excel was that it was functionally a database that a normal person could actually use.

I really thought Airtable would take off because it was even more of a "database that a normal person could actually use".

giarc··on Googlebook
Magic Pointer requires the user to be 18+...

"1. Check responses. Internet connection required. 18+."

giarc··on US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos
I think the idea is to distract from the Epstein Files. Or maybe it's the Iran "excursion". Or the gerrymandering...
giarc··on The Burning Man MOOP Map
But that's all based on societal norms. It's kind of understood (whether it's right or not) to leave popcorn etc under your seat at a theatre or a stadium. At Burning Man, it's obviously not acceptable.
giarc··on Grand Theft Oil Futures: Insider traders keep making a killing at our expense
Oh I agree - the most likely scenario is someone within the inner circle trading on this insider info but my comment was more of a devil's advocate comment. If you are NK and you have hacked some Trump adjacent staffers phone, and you see the ability to make a ton of money, would you take it? The staffers aren't known for their grade A security practices.
giarc··on Grand Theft Oil Futures: Insider traders keep making a killing at our expense
What if it's not insider trading and in fact the Trump inner circle has been compromised and foreign actors are trading on the news? You might think they wouldn't want to expose themselves just to make some money on oil futures, but at this point, they are bringing in billions.
giarc··on Alberta voter list leak is a potential public safety disaster
Yes, Elections Alberta provided the list to the Republican Party of Alberta. Whenever they do this, they salt the list with fake names so that if it gets leaked, they can then determine which copy was leaked. That's how we know this republican group provided it to this "Centurion Group"
giarc··on Alberta voter list leak is a potential public safety disaster
It is, but that's not the route they took. Another registered party (the Republican Party of Alberta) received the information legally, then shared it all with this group (likely illegally or at least against some rules). There's now speculation that the separatist group used it to add names to their petition since they required X number of signatures. For example, the group has claimed some communities had over 90% of electors sign the petition. Which most people would claim is really hard to physically do and also counter to the general polling in the province that finds about 25% of citizens support separation.
giarc··on Apple reports second quarter results
The competition would have been at the luxury end. Apple would have been competing with Mercedes, BMW and Cadillac, not with Hyundai and Kia.
giarc··on U.S. Senators Vote to Ban Themselves from Trading on Prediction Markets
The US federal workforce is ~2.2 million people. Banning them all from trading on prediction markets isn't the right move. A cafeteria worker in some suburban admin office likely has no inside information they are going to trade on. Members of congress and other high level positions on the other hand should be banned.
giarc··on VibeVoice: Open-source frontier voice AI
I'd be willing to bet it will be "Word of the Year" for 2026. Merriam-Webster had 'slop' for 2025, and 'polarization' for 2024. Is there a prediction market for this?
giarc··on Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride!
giarc··on Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race
I read that as well... how could it be his first marathon? Or is it his first "big" marathon?
giarc··on Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race
Maybe even placebo effect?
giarc··on America's Geothermal Breakthrough
You might be joking, but he might just be that simple. Today he seemed to conflate capital punishment with crimes committed in a capital city.
giarc··on US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid
It would be hard not to when you can type in amounts and get instant feedback on what you would make. I imagine him sitting there, typing in $1000 and seeing $3000 payout. Then thinking "What if I just took my $32,000 savings and put it on this bet?". Type that in, see $400k and think "I can't not do this!"
giarc··on I built a 3D printing business and ran it for 8 months
>I'm surprised they're completely focused on DnD though

They could have 20 sites all dedicated to a single theme. Probably best for SEO and customer satisfaction if your site is dedicated rather than a hodge podge of different themes.

giarc··on I built a 3D printing business and ran it for 8 months
I don't think you are making the point you think you are. Youtube confirms to copyright law because they got big enough to notice. Uber is regulated because they got big enough to notice.
giarc··on I built a 3D printing business and ran it for 8 months
That's quite the depressing post, but also quite pessimistic. There are lots of stories that start that way but end happily.
giarc··on Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them
Off topic, but this is why the whole "a vibe coded app is a security risk" trope is not quite right to me. That "vibe coder" doesn't know what Claude wrote, but the experienced dev also didn't know what all the packages, libraries and frameworks contained either. Is one worse than the other?
giarc··on Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
I think a big reason is you are not notified when someone replies to your comment. It reduces heated back and forth arguments.
giarc··on Gemma 4 on iPhone
It's the dutch version, see /nl/ in the url.

If you just go to https://apps.apple.com/ it does look better, but I agree, still a bit "off".

giarc··on France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app
I don't know about Strava, but my Apple Watch will detect when I'm going on a walk or a bike ride and ask if I want to track it. I just instinctively say yes. Strava might do the same and so it could just be habit for the sailor and a dumb mistake.
giarc··on Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence
WFH and the almost 100% shutdown off airline travel at the beginning of the pandemic resulted in nearly 0 change in CO2 emission and levels in the atmosphere.

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/...

giarc··on Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
Iran could fund their war by manipulating these markets.
giarc··on I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job
What I don't see mentioned here is the number of resumes and cover letters written by AI. I've also interviewed people where it was obvious they were using some sort of AI tool to assist in answering questions. So the criticism goes both ways.

This is why I only schedule in person interviews now. Then neither party can use AI and there's something about meeting people in real life to get to know them.

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