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sigspec··on Pentagon grants DHS permission to test heat ray weapon for use at border
I write them constantly. I've tried calling, emailing, faxing, snail mail. I've only ever received a handful of generic form letter responses.

The lobby is louder.

sigspec··on Websites are closing their doors to AI agents
The openweb will go the way of usenet. Bots talking to bots, fetching information for a higher tool.
sigspec··on Can you tell which images are AI-generated?
Someone got a low score
sigspec··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
How do you expect to have a trade balance with a country that is 10% of your population.
sigspec··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
With each other maybe? In practice they are very aligned.
sigspec··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
I've always said that the only way Trump would "Make America Great" would be to show the world how completely hollowed out by kleptocrats we've become.

These moves increase other countries independence of us, lessening our power and forcing us into a more post America world.

If Trump isn't a double agent then he missed his calling. It feels like every decision they are making is intentionally the "wrong" one.

sigspec··on The Weather Channel – RetroCast
Get this man to Apple
sigspec··on The Weather Channel – RetroCast
This is rad. Any info on running it on a small box for the living room? It would be perfect for my parents.
sigspec··on The Weather Channel – RetroCast
I can't remember either but they nailed it. When the sax comes in and the voice overlay hit's you with "Your extended forecast"; I'm right back in the kitchen before school eating cereal with the kitchen TV on the weather channel.

Edit: another comment mentioned it was generated with Suno

sigspec··on The Weather Channel – RetroCast
I love how it's built. How they did the blurring and filter stacking. I assumed the whole thing was being streamed in as video.

Good job Weather Channel dev. I just wish it would loop forever. Make a loop checkbox at the start screen.

Also the music slaps.

sigspec··on Show HN: Respectify – A comment moderator that teaches people to argue better
Double Plus Good

*revision requested

sigspec··on The Waymo World Model
UBI or war, or both
sigspec··on Programming the Commodore 64 with .NET
I think you're in the wrong place for that sort of nonsense
sigspec··on Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for nuanced AI image generation
regarding buzzword usage

"YOU WILL BE PENALIZED FOR USING THEM"

That is disconcerting.

sigspec··on What good are whizzy new drugs if the world can't afford them?
You can be emphatic all you want but I refuse to believe that pharma has no say in pricing. Ludicrous.
sigspec··on What good are whizzy new drugs if the world can't afford them?
You can get human insulin from Walmart for 25 a vial without a prescription.

Insulin analogs are most prescribed and subject to pricing issues. Particularly important to those with insulin resistance.

sigspec··on The Worst Website in the Entire World
Terrifying
sigspec··on Tesla's in Its Flop Era
FSD just killed a guy today.
sigspec··on USAF Test Pilot School, DARPA announce aerospace machine learning breakthrough
Hooray. More ways to end life.
sigspec··on Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks
Pegasus and NSO.

(Edit: of course I'm flagged for this. Surprise surprise)

sigspec··on Show HN: My first programming project – userscripts to change forum UIs
If you can't find what you need, make it.

Well done.

sigspec··on Nvidia hits $2T valuation as AI frenzy grips Wall Street
Wall Street is a scam. We can't move on as a society while it is in control.
sigspec··on German Bundestag Passes Cannabis Legalization
"I'm just asking questions here guys"

No new ideas.

womp womp

sigspec··on Original WWW proposal is a Word for Macintosh 4 file from 1990, can we open it?
Yeah we read the article--- which matches your screenshot.
sigspec··on Apple releases MGIE, an AI-based image editing model
Suggests what? SUGGESTS WHAT???

Apple must have got to him...

sigspec··on Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to popular food brands
Are you sure?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/1...

sigspec··on US oil lobby launches ad campaign to promote oil as 'vital' to global security
The real threat to global security is single-focus energy plans formulated by oligarchs.
sigspec··on Fewer people are buying electric cars in the US
It's always the "vacation that I take once a year" that people use as an excuse, meanwhile families are filling two vehicles twice a week.

Get real and get new material.

sigspec··on Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices
I live 20 minutes outside of a major US city. The fastest I can get for home service is 20/1. It's terrible. I use my cell phone half the time.

I hate what we've become. Maybe we were always this way.

sigspec··on FCC Is Trying to Stop Discrimination in Broadband Deployment. Telecoms Are Mad
You mean delegating a task to people whose actual JOB is to complete that task?

You'd rather this be decided by a failed football coach?

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