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initatus··on Tell HN: GitHub refuses to remove cracked copies of my software after a month
> executing a health insurance CEO on broad daylight is not just widely approved but widely beloved.

An Axios poll showed 17% found the murder "acceptable" or "somewhat acceptable." Curious where you are seeing such wildly different numbers?

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/17/united-healthcare-ceo-killi...

initatus··on Show HN: Bodily Oddities
Nystagmus, I'm guessing.
initatus··on Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice
Regional police and fire here post wildfire updates and accompanying rural road closures on twitter.
initatus··on The Amazon tax
Me: Give me a list of 30 minute podcasts ...

Gpt3something: <List>

The first one has 90 minute episodes! 30 minutes only!

<You can listen for 30 minutes across three sessions.>

initatus··on Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion
> As it extrapolates the current financial information and performance there is an implied assumption that the present financial environment will not change significantly in the future.
initatus··on Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k
> spacex the only one in game

But there are many ai companies!

/s, but only kinda

initatus··on The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
Funny. You're citation never says what he was sentenced for, specifically.
initatus··on Car touchscreens are cheap, not good
My sense of touch contributes to making sure I actuate the control I want. I can glance at a knob for a split second and then my hand can get "close enough" to finally navigate to the correct position using only touch. Then I can manipulate that and adjacent controls as much as I want with no hassle.

With capacitive, I'm holding my whole-ass arm in the air in a bouncing car trying to watch my finger tip float around a button, with the intensity of shooting proton torpedoes down an exhaust shaft. Alllmmoosstt tthhheerree!

initatus··on Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter
My reading on anthropic is that he strongly infers that they're profitable, realizes what he has said and immediately walks it back as explicitly not the case today and reframes it as a guess about some indeterminate point in the future.

> Those are the economics of the industry today, or not today but where we're projecting forward in a year or two.

initatus··on I want to live like Costco people
I figured out that when I push the cart, my wife runs all over and I struggle to keep up and navigate the cart between the crowds and it's an anxiety inducing experience trying to keep up before she turns a corner, then another, never to be seen again.

When she is encumbered with navigating the cart, it's quite easy to stay nearby as all her movements have to be more considered. This also generally restricts her to the same lumbering speed as all the other carts in the store.

initatus··on Why does it take so long to release black fan versions?
> coil whine lottery

This was a fun revelation when I got into watercooling. You might not hear coil whine over a gpus fans. But remove the fans and put it under load and whoo boy.

So this confuses social media discussions on the topic by mixing together everyone's reports, regardless of their level of acoustic masking. "My card has no whine!" says the guy with three 2000 rpm fans going etc.

Gpu waterblocks seem to be shifting towards fully enclosed "tomb" style and I can't help but wonder if coil whine contributed to that decision.

But on topic, I had seven a12x25 in my last build, two a12 and four a20 in my current build. They are exceptional. A computer is as quiet as it's loudest part. If your care about noise, why would you ever skimp on the moving parts.

initatus··on Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training
That is the natural result. They're selecting for people that don't have that reaction, or those that can suppress it.
initatus··on Framework Laptop 13 Pro
> while they’re still valid, then it goes away forever.

It actually stays, even after expired. Then if you tap the "two weeks free!" it says "expired, so sorry, but do want to pay us a slightly discounted rate instead of free?"

Then the alert went away.

Super scummy.

Source: happened a few months ago with the promo on my newish iphone 17 when I thought I'd try appletv out to watch pluribus.

initatus··on John Ternus to become Apple CEO
Settings -> customize home screen -> show recent episodes
initatus··on Backpacks got worse on purpose
This is me with Costco. They're selective with what they stock, their margins are capped so I know I'm not getting fleeced buying abject junk. I have bought stuff from them based on trust of the store and not knowledge of the product.

It's the opposite of amazon, where not only do I have no trust in anything, everything feels adverserial. If I'm not vigilant, I will get hosed. I find it extremely unpleasant.

initatus··on Prediction markets are ushering in a world in which news becomes about gambling
I can't find this statistic. Do you have a source by chance?

The search this led me down was quite illuminating, so source or not I do appreciate your comment.