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sirshmooey··on Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production
Congratulations, you've rewired the metaphor.
sirshmooey··on Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production
Probably a better question for Elon's harem of birth-mothers
sirshmooey··on Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production
Have fun driving a Scarlet Letter, bro.
sirshmooey··on Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row, found dead
Don't construct worldviews from internet comments
sirshmooey··on Trump announces 2028 presidential bid
Insane equivalency
sirshmooey··on SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
Can you empirically say internet access improves wellbeing? Anecdotally, my answer is a resounding "no".
sirshmooey··on Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2026 [So Far]
If those guys are "comedians" then I'm Elvis Presley.
sirshmooey··on SpaceX: Flying High on Impunity
Try it out in front of your employer. Then prattle on about Great Replacement theory semi-regularly. See what happens.
sirshmooey··on US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid
Predictable, wind-up doll response from the siloed information consumption crowd.
sirshmooey··on Sam Altman's sister amends lawsuit accusing OpenAI CEO of sexual abuse
The film Magnolia dramatizes just such a character. Her father, the perpetrator, is a well-connected, well-respected TV game show host. She's an isolated, mentally unstable drug abuser. Not hard to imagine which person people are incentivized to believe. You're right, we'll probably never know.
sirshmooey··on Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
Party balloons along the southern border beware.
sirshmooey··on A sitting US president launched two memecoins that wiped out $4.3B+
His stablecoin, USD1, is his primary instrument for laundering. It now constitutes roughly 1/3 of his entire net worth. Attached article gives a great breakdown.

https://archive.is/4ieKD

sirshmooey··on ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree
That would certainly explain the lack of publicized confrontation. If they were mostly deporting actual criminals / gang members, one would expect more stories akin to the events today.
sirshmooey··on Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN?
I use the Stylus Chrome extension with CSS:

html {background: #000;} body {filter: invert(.95) hue-rotate(12deg);}

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stylus/clngdbkpkpee...

sirshmooey··on Secret Deals, Foreign Investments: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm
What were their roles in the Biden Administration?
sirshmooey··on How did they make cars fall apart in old movies (2017)
Just don’t look up how they made the horses fall down.
sirshmooey··on Riven
There are some terrific point & click games on iOS (preferably iPadOS). The Room series, The House of Da Vinci series (superb Room knockoff), and The Eyes of Ara (personal fav) just to name a few.
sirshmooey··on Disney invented two colors (2022)
“Gilding the Mickey” would be an apt description of this article.
sirshmooey··on Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter crash
Tangentially related, there’s Eastern Air Lines Flight 401. The flight crew unwittingly crashed the plane while preoccupied with a burnt out landing gear confirmation light.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401

sirshmooey··on Titan sub vs. refugee trawler: how much is a human life worth?
Precisely, the story of the Titanic is nearly ubiquitous. A fair amount of Americans probably couldn’t even locate the Mediterranean on a map.
sirshmooey··on 12 horses die from injuries over the past month at Churchill Downs
Horse meat would be a few euros cheaper.
sirshmooey··on 12 horses die from injuries over the past month at Churchill Downs
You’re not wrong, but lots of breeds are bred for just such a purpose, particularly thoroughbreds. They’re very expensive animals. Losing those competitions would come with consequences.
sirshmooey··on The Origins of Creativity
That blank stare from Super Dave gets me every time.
sirshmooey··on University administrators used ChatGPT to write email following mass shooting
> Prayer gets a bad wrap from anyone that gets their theology from ’The Simpsons’

If you found yourself in a strange city at night with ten men approaching, god willing a Simpsons convention just let out.

sirshmooey··on Trump’s Major Announcement Is $99 Digital Trading Cards
Either case is speculative. With Trump, a narcissistic gesture is far more believable than one of reverence.
sirshmooey··on Trump’s Major Announcement Is $99 Digital Trading Cards
His usage of pseudonyms throughout the years is stranger than fiction. Stranger yet, he named his youngest child after one of them.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonyms_of_Donald_Trump

sirshmooey··on A Practical Guide to CSS Media Queries
Let the design dictate the media breakpoints. Targeting certain devices will drive you to madness. Today’s common resolutions may not be tomorrow’s.
sirshmooey··on ChatGPT passes the 2022 AP Computer Science A free response section
"Open the pod bay doors"

I'm sorry, but I am not capable of opening physical doors as I am a text-based AI and do not have a physical form. I do not have the ability to interact with the physical world in that way.

sirshmooey··on Chess Investigation Finds U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times
This aptly describes the modern state of thoroughbred horse racing. The sport is littered with these so called “super-trainers”. All of which possess precedent defying win percentages. It’s gotten so bad, a federal governing body has been tasked to combat it. The anti-doping rules will take effect this January [1].

[1] https://www.hisaus.org/about

sirshmooey··on Ask HN: Why is dark mode so bad in browsers?
It’s a valid point. Which is the best dark mode iOS app in your opinion? Might as well give one a spin. I do a fair amount of surfing on the iPad.
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