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jamiek88··on Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production
>The pickup in the US is a staple of the plumber..

I work with a lot of plumbers and sparkies and approximately zero of them have a truck. They all have expensive tools and a panel van to keep them in.

Trucks are for the bosses to ponce around in and pretend to work.

jamiek88··on Kugelblitz – Mac-Native Google Earth Alternative
I like this a lot! I used to have a simulated “live feed” of the view from the ISS cupola but lost the code and sources in a backup snafu.
jamiek88··on Study estimates 75% of NFL players who died over 15-year span had CTE
From the article: The bulk of the head impacts that these former NFL players experienced didn’t occur at the NFL level. They occurred at the collegiate level ... and at the high school level and in many cases the youth level. And all of those cumulative hits to the head added up to result in an increased risk,” said Daneshvar.
jamiek88··on New iMac with M6
It’s cord bro not chord. Only mentioned it cos you did it in a couple of comments.
jamiek88··on GPT-6.1 Terra
GPT ‘visible universe’ is gonna be rad.
jamiek88··on Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline
Right? So fucking weird. Found myself filling s hummingbird feeder and befriending crows. Never even really thought about birds when I was younger.
jamiek88··on Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline
We’re nearly there a lot of my gaming crew are older then me, some now 60 with no signs of ever stopping playing. Will be interesting if that makes a difference when we are 75+
jamiek88··on Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline
I’ve started to do that too. Weird. Def feels like a change happened. But then famously people have been saying this since like the second week of HN being online lol
jamiek88··on Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline
Surely there’s a way of vermin proofing considering the birds can fly? I’ve been thinking of a bird feeder, I’ve started with a hummingbird one and was thinking about unwanted creatures at the seed feeder if I get one but i naively assumed this would be a solved problem lol
jamiek88··on Putting Linux on my RTX Spark laptop because I don't have a Microsoft account
I haven’t experienced any of this on my win 11 sim racing rig. I wonder why? I was thinking then i remembered - I ran a script I found that removed copilot, and a lot of other shit. Can’t remember the name it was on GitHub. I only use that computer to run iracing and LMU and it’s been updating fine.

Shouldn’t have to do that of course, but it can be done.

jamiek88··on Dogs seem to agree with humans that 'bouba' is round and 'kiki' is spiky
No, actually it doesn’t. You are just wrong here. Amazing that your ‘older’ brain that ‘sees through it all’ won’t let you admit it and is actually just a necrotic defense or superiority mechanism. Genuinely very alarming to me and a huge warning not to let myself get like this.
jamiek88··on Dogs seem to agree with humans that 'bouba' is round and 'kiki' is spiky
I’m doing my very best not to fall into these deep mental and physical ruts or grooves.

It’s part of why time seems to accelerate when you age too our brains only record novelty and new experiences. Drive the thousandth time to the store, won’t remember even going. Do something new - suddenly the weekend seems long.

jamiek88··on Things to know when you get cancer – 2026 Edition
Six hour round trip for us. Worth it.
jamiek88··on Yandex bot traffic down 99% after data center attack
Yes let’s believe the new bot account called ‘truerider’ instead of the elected prime minster with access to intelligence agency reports.

I guess you are hosted on one of the servers yet to be droned.

jamiek88··on Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem Pillay
So put them in a draft rather than polluting the thread and making people guess what you meant.

Is your opinion so important that the world needs a quick draft first urgently before you’ve thought about what you want to say properly?

jamiek88··on Margaret Hamilton has died
Huh. Wow. My comically (physically) large check is on the way I hope!
jamiek88··on Margaret Hamilton has died
The word legend is used too much. She absolutely qualifies.
jamiek88··on The Mathocalypse
He was created 14 minutes ago, give him a break!
jamiek88··on Meta’s Muse is an adorable privacy and security dumpster fire
Classic GPTism that. It often asks me to take pictures of things with a tape measure across it.

Been using it to help with a refurb of an old cottage as kind of a super google for old fittings etc.

jamiek88··on Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage
That’s because he’s a known liar. Like he’s famous for his sociopathic lying even amongst sociopathic lying billionaires. Impressive almost.
jamiek88··on The AI Race Just Got Awkward
So you had the opportunity to learn a new phrase but instead discarded the whole text because of something you hadn’t encountered before?

Do you have many mini tantrums like this per day? Probably makes you very difficult to work with Mr I was a CTO.

jamiek88··on Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over
How’d you lose the finger?!
jamiek88··on Nvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent
Doesn’t need to be one human either, it could spread its escape amongst dozens of seemingly harmless requests and conversations.
jamiek88··on Driver Ticketed for No Insurance Just Because Flock (YC 2017) Said She Didn't
All you’ve done here is show further that flock fucks up - which makes your ‘hard to believe’ pretty hard to believe.
jamiek88··on Previously unheard recordings of John Coltrane, captured by Frank Tiberi
Seinfeld effect but for jazz! Seems very possible to me.
jamiek88··on Allow babywearing carriers on planes
Most accidents happen close to home because most driving happens close to home it says nothing of the risk of road trips - I expect better from HN commenters.
jamiek88··on Allow Carriers on Planes
They get 22 minutes on most US domestic flights and that includes deboarding.
jamiek88··on My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps
Shenzen! It’s like looking at the near future. Half expect to see androids wandering about and sometimes see robots.
jamiek88··on Back and shoulder surgery is often worse than useless
Yes and a lot of these old pro athletes are in agony when older as a result. Hip and knee replacements in their 40’s for example.
jamiek88··on Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?
Says who? Please expand on this discrediting.
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