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seventytwo··on My AI skeptic friends are all nuts
Yep. It’s going to do all of those things you fear. And worse.

But you’ll be armed with AI also, if you choose to pick it up. The choice is yours.

seventytwo··on German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal
Seems everyone in here recognizes the problem. I wonder how many actually choose to empower regulators when it comes time to vote each year…
seventytwo··on TSMC bets on unorthodox optical tech
Seems hard to imagine there’s not some non-linear optical property they could take advantage of
seventytwo··on Claude can now search the web
The CCC needs to come back
seventytwo··on AI tools are spotting errors in research papers
This is a fantastic use of AI.
seventytwo··on Advanced Magnet Manufacturing Begins in the United States
Great!
seventytwo··on Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries
Just use Kagi
seventytwo··on Is the world becoming uninsurable?
Not sure I agree with housing insurance as a public service… we do want to expose some risk to drive behavioral changes. People really shouldn’t be building houses in low lying areas near the shoreline in Florida. But if there’s no risk because it’s covered by other tax payers, then they will.
seventytwo··on Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was launched (2007) [pdf]
If you don’t eat your own lunch, someone else will…
seventytwo··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
Any country is free to do this.
seventytwo··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
Good.

And I want this to set a precedent that we CAN reign in the social media companies.

seventytwo··on Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic clearance during sleep
In that case, the body would theoretically adjust to down regulate the production of norepinephrine, since there’s already reuptake has been reduced.

But… I’m not sure it really works that simply in a real brain.

seventytwo··on Mozilla wants CAs to revoke 30 random certificates per year
Why though? What’s the problem this solves?
seventytwo··on Scientists uncover how the brain washes itself during sleep
If it were biologically possible, other organisms would have evolved that capability. There’s some fundamental, biological reason why all animals sleep.
seventytwo··on In my life, I've witnessed three elite salespeople at work
That only works as a sales strategy with savvy customers.

If you’re cold-selling people on a shitty widget they don’t need, you’re going to have to be a sleazeball.

seventytwo··on 4.5M Suspected Fake Stars in GitHub
Amish culture doesn’t scale across humanity though. It’s a walled garden.
seventytwo··on Tesla Cybertruck sales are disastrous
How could anyone have seen this coming?!
seventytwo··on Coke, PepsiCo Lobby to Keep Sugary Sodas in Food-Stamp Program
Literally every decision is a slippery slope.
seventytwo··on Coke, PepsiCo Lobby to Keep Sugary Sodas in Food-Stamp Program
A broken clock - he’s right about this.
seventytwo··on Dumb TVs deserve a comeback
“Smart” things are basically just bullshit.
seventytwo··on Test
Bravo
seventytwo··on Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder
Designs look great. Only comment would be to hide the wires better on the espresso machine. Maybe find a way to route them down through the supports?
seventytwo··on A transformer supply crisis bottlenecks energy projects
Found the cyber truck owner
seventytwo··on Show HN: Replace "hub" by "ingest" in GitHub URLs for a prompt-friendly extract
It’s dead Jim
seventytwo··on In SSRI withdrawal, brain zaps go from overlooked symptom to center stage (2023)
This gives me hope
seventytwo··on Apple Shares Full iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro Repair Manuals
Oh, give me a break.

You can still do all the same shit with iFixit tools. These are just the genuine tools aimed at repair shops.

seventytwo··on Antifragility in complex dynamical systems
Entropy always wins
seventytwo··on What are the odds, II: the Venezuelan presidential election
Yes. That’s what “expected outcome” means.
seventytwo··on What are the odds, II: the Venezuelan presidential election
That’s exactly the conclusion, except it’s 1 in 100 million.

You’d need to run that election 100 million times to expect an outcome with vote totals that landed on percentages that all rounded to exactly 0.1.

seventytwo··on Pattern of brain damage is pervasive in Navy SEALs who died by suicide
I think this is probably correct. There are people who shoot thousands of rounds per year and there hasn’t been any mind of established pattern of brain damage like this (at least to my knowledge).

It’s possible small arms fire doesn’t make big enough shockwaves. To cause the effects. I’d hypothesize it’s the larger blasts… perhaps even a frequency component to it? Blasts from a fast explosive like C4 could do more damage than slower shockwaves like mortar or artillery shots.

Idk. Interesting subject.

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