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soniman··on What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing in on
So it is traveling 1/18250 the speed of light. That is pretty fast.
soniman··on A free Omarchy course: 25 modules and a capstone
Can you explain why a normal linux user would want to use Omarchy and take your course? I haven't installed Omarchy yet but what are the benefits to this significant investment of time. Thank you for putting the course out there free.
soniman··on Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died
It was his kids running a Mineserver Kickstarter. If you fund a bunch of kids on Kickstarter never seeing a finished project are very high. Cringely and his kids obviously made a good faith effort.
soniman··on Police Across the US Welcomed Cop Show "The First 48." Then Relationships Soured
Those cities don't want to be associated with crime. The show is not exactly flattering to Memphis, Atlanta, etc
soniman··on Is the world becoming uninsurable?
HN just had a "Whoops we undercounted plant C02 absorption by 40% for the last 40 years" post so I would say the errors mostly go in one direction.
soniman··on I have made the decision to disband Hindenburg Research
38 seems young to quit. Is there another story here?
soniman··on Hey, wait – is employee performance Gaussian distributed?
It's the marginal dollar that contributes profit so the marginal employees are actually the most profitable.
soniman··on I attended Google's creator conversation event, and it turned into a funeral
They're complaining because they run human written sites but they've been deranked because Google can no longer tell human content from AI. Google is now privileging sites like Forbes, USA Today and Reddit. Google wants to rank their sites but it can't distinguish their content from the ocean of AI content. They have a legitimate gripe, that Google is no longer favoring niche content sites.
soniman··on Insider trader had all the answers
Wow. I didn't think anyone was actually doing it but now I think it must be going on.
soniman··on Insider trader had all the answers
Maybe "ad targeting info" is more accurate

https://www.wired.com/story/how-pentagon-learned-targeted-ad...

soniman··on Insider trader had all the answers
Wouldn't it be easier to get mobile tracking info about M&A bankers and figure out which companies and websites they're visiting?
soniman··on Comedy Theory (2022)
If you are going to make a video about how comedy works you have to begin it with a joke and then use your theory to explain that joke. I don't want to hear your theory unless you give me something to think about first.
soniman··on How to succeed in MrBeast production (Leaked PDF)
Brownlee is such a mystery to me. The #1 rule of Youtube is show energy, show enthusiasm. Brownlee is like if Urkel were given a sedative and told to review the latest iPhone
soniman··on Intel is on life support. Can anything save it?
Of course it does. Do you think Nvidia likes being dependent on TSMC?
soniman··on Intel is on life support. Can anything save it?
Microsoft bought shares of Apple when it was on its knees. The foundry business doesn't compete with Nvidia.
soniman··on Intel is on life support. Can anything save it?
If Intel is critical to the US industrial base, why aren't Nvidia and Apple stepping up to support Intel? What is the point of $3T national champions like Apple and Nvidia if they ship the industrial base overseas.
soniman··on They don't make 'em like that any more: the 3.5mm headphone jack socket
Does anyone else use a cheap MP3 player and RSS feeds or am I the last dinosaur?
soniman··on Don't use "enshittification" use "platform decay"
The wikipedia article for enshittification is only about platforms because the word applies specifically to how networks grow and are monetized. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
soniman··on The Triple Failure of 2U, EdX, and Axim
Platform decay is more accurate becasue it's not about general worsification, it's about platforms specifically. I realise that "platform decay" doesn't sell books but it's perfectly usable in ordinary speech .
soniman··on We found North Korean engineers in our application pile
THe NK developer will think, wait, I'm making a fraction of what I'm actually earning, I will smuggle in a Starlink receiver and set up a bank account in China and work for myself. This is how Communist regimes end.
soniman··on EasyOS: An experimental Linux distribution
How much faster / smaller is this than a minimal Linux distro like Xubuntu?
soniman··on Elon Teases Tesla Telephone After Apple AI Announcement
A Grok phone would be cheap to develop, would generate lots of data for his AI, and would fit with his strategy at X (everything app). It's not that far fetched.
soniman··on Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it's not
Is the DOD buying these? I can see soldiers using these as enhanced night vision goggles. No need to look at a map with a flashlight or bring a computer.
soniman··on Aldi: Culture and Operations of a Hard Discounter (2023)
If you want to listen

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/in-practise/aldi-cultur...

soniman··on Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars
It could mean the astronauts are currently dropping the bag, which is not true. The ambiguity would be resolved by using past tense.
soniman··on Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars
I know what the historical present is but its use here is confusing. Just use "dropped." If the headline needs the present use "leave".
soniman··on In Defense of RAM
What is a good level of PCIe NVMe bandwidth?
soniman··on History of Philosophy without any gaps
One guest jokes with him that most of history is gaps without any philosophy.
soniman··on Google to invest up to $2B in Anthropic
FTX Anthropic worth a lot now or has it been diluted ?
soniman··on Cratering motor fuel sales in Norway show the death spiral that can end oil
So you're saying that something like Powerwall will be the backup power solution? An additional $15,000?
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