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tedajax··on When I reject AI code even if it works
I'd rather blowtorch my nipples off than yell at a computer all day
tedajax··on Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users
Increasingly these kinds of apps are a requirement for a lot of features so ...
tedajax··on Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online
Is there a way to sign up without using Google/Apple sign-in?
tedajax··on Hertz desperate to unload Tesla inventory, asking customers to buy rentals
Ahead of the market maybe but Teslas just suck eggs.
tedajax··on Bluesky is ushering in a pick-your-own algorithm era of social media
Generally speaking, in real life, people tend to get kicked out of places for being bigots.
tedajax··on When You Call a Restaurant, You Might Be Chatting with an AI Host
Lol what a waste of money
tedajax··on Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be coming for your Tesla
Keep boot licking I guess
tedajax··on “Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after MS update
One of the more satisfying things I do with new computers is disable secure boot.
tedajax··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
The first time I experienced crowdstrike in a corporate environment it seemed obvious that something like this would eventually happen.
tedajax··on The Rise and Fall of BNN Breaking, an AI-Generated News Outlet
Until it doesn't
tedajax··on FDA denies petition against use of phthalates in food packaging
Also most microplastics in the environment are from rubber tires grinding away on road surfaces so the food packaging stuff is a little forest for the trees imo.
tedajax··on Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare
Yeah but a screenshot is an explicit action by the user where they have the opportunity to curate what is captured. That is not the case when it's just going on in the background.
tedajax··on I want flexible queries, not RAG
Demos well, falls over in production after you've made the sale.
tedajax··on AI Needs Enormous Computing Power. Could Light-Based Chips Help?
There's also composite bosons like cooper pairs which are just made up of two electrons.
tedajax··on Microsoft set to unveil its vision for AI PCs
Is anyone else just tired?
tedajax··on Conviction of Tornado Cash programmer: Privacy is not a crime
> The only service being run is a web client and relayers to permissionless smart contracts. I believe these are/were being run by a foundation.

They didn't build a service because it's "just" a web client and relayers is an interesting take but sadly, very stupid.

tedajax··on Conviction of Tornado Cash programmer: Privacy is not a crime
I don't think you understand how courts work
tedajax··on Conviction of Tornado Cash programmer: Privacy is not a crime
I'm going to imagine because when the government tells Spotify that people are laundering money through their platform they kill the account and hand over data to investigators?

They don't deliberately run a service explicitly built to enable money laundering.

Basic things you can think about if you try really.

tedajax··on Conviction of Tornado Cash programmer: Privacy is not a crime
No, privacy is not a crime... But money laundering is.
tedajax··on Leaving Rust gamedev after 3 years
This comment is nonsense
tedajax··on 20 Years of "Not Even Wrong"
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab
tedajax··on CEO of data privacy company Onerep.com founded dozens of people-search firms
Not really it's just a cost of doing business and if paying that cost "legitimizes" you then the ROI is probably significant.
tedajax··on On reddit: Someone in IT trolled me for over a decade
These stories are always outrageous and catharsis seems designed to be out of reach to encourage engagement with the problem.
tedajax··on Ask HN: Did you encounter any leap year bugs today?
"look, today the math just doesn't work out, try tomorrow"
tedajax··on Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood?
Yeah you're ignoring a lot of people's realities to swallow that propaganda so voraciously.
tedajax··on Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood?
Honestly, no real productive thing to say here I just think you're a judgemental asshole and I hope your underwear itches forever.
tedajax··on Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood?
The point is people watched their parents struggle to raise kids and decide they aren't going to do that to themselves or their hypothetical kids.

There is more to do in a life than work and raise children.

tedajax··on Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban social media for kids < 16
Answering a problem with unenforceable garbage like this doesn't seem like a very sound strategy.
tedajax··on Heads up – effectively offline for now
Beyond just the charging (lol), whatever happened to allowing inclement weather to slow life down for a few days? Snow days are the universe forcing you to take a break.
tedajax··on Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC
Yeah because MIT, BSD, etc don't exist or anything
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