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KevinMS··on AI has already killed academia as we know it?
Lectures are just a jobs program for academics who are stuck on thousands of years old teaching traditions. If a sane world, they'd polish their material, record a video, add graphics, and make it available for students to watch it and rewatch it at their convenience. Pretty much what they do on youtube and in documentaries.
KevinMS··on Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says
what if the terrorist is repeatedly launching rockets?
KevinMS··on Job application asked for my SAT scores
Nothing is worse than a smart bad programmer. There's no limit to the technical debt they can pile up.
KevinMS··on Use AI for reviewing code especially when the diff is huge
I'm 100% opposed to AI generating my code, but I could see myself using it as an advanced linter. I suspect this will be considered best practices after the AI Slopocalypse
KevinMS··on Organic foods are not healthier or pesticide free
I don't really believe in "organic foods" but I believe they sometimes are higher quality because their consumers expect more from them, although at a higher price. Just look at supermarket tomatos for example.
KevinMS··on Old'aVista – The most powerful guide to the old Internet
It seemed to take them a really long time to get rid of the digital part, probably because marketing thought it was good thing. At least it didn't require you to prepend www.
KevinMS··on Anthropic/OpenAI may be spending more than $1000 for every $100 you pay them
Its AI wrongthink
KevinMS··on Martin Scorsese Is Embracing A.I.
> TFA says he's using it for storyboarding.

I'm not a fan of AI but this seems like a legit use for it. Story boarding is basically film prototyping, and one of AI's legit uses seems to be prototyping.

KevinMS··on AI Doesn't Have ROI
Please, flagging posts, and downvoting comments, you disagree with is not how we do things around here.
KevinMS··on My Students Can't Read
> are the voters who will not be able to read a bill

politicians don't even read bills anymore, they are too large

KevinMS··on Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series
> Variety reports that executives at the studio were concerned that Gero’s take on the series “would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase.”

in other words, it would have been good

KevinMS··on Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll
> It wasn't for one particular case. There were 3,000 lawsuits filed using it.

Sure thing, totally a coincidence, it was just really bad luck for Trump

> And frankly a three year statute of limitations for sexual assault is ridiculous.

But 30 years is fine? You try finding a witness after 30 years, or security camera footage.

KevinMS··on Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll
Agreed. Eliminating the status of limitations temporarily for one particular case so the defendant has no way of defending himself from a 30 year old claim is indeed corrupt.
KevinMS··on AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
> In any case, why are you defending the giant corporation doing this?

You are just not getting it. When they add new pipes, or attach to mains, they interrupt the flow of water. When its turned backed on, the flow of water kicks up the sediment that's already in the pipes. There's probably also a little that comes in from construction. Why people don't know this I have no idea, its happened to me many times in multiple locations. It goes away in a few hours usually. Never seen it last for more than a day.

KevinMS··on AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
you missing the point that its a very temporary thing, or are you being deceived into thinking its permanent? If you are, then you are helping making my point for me.
KevinMS··on AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
If you didn't get the point: this is a temporary thing that is normal and has nothing to do with big bad data centers. It usually clears out in about a day and its just sediment.
KevinMS··on AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
Happens at my house sometimes. And has also happened at my previous apartments. Looks exactly the same. When they do construction on water pipes some of the sediment gets in and has to be cleared by the neighborhood. She is either lying or doesn't know what she's talking about. I also guarantee she shook up the bottle before her presentation because the sediment would have settled after a few hours.
KevinMS··on Google changes its search box
Its becoming like a parasite killing its host
KevinMS··on AI is too expensive
It not impossible that hyperscale AI turns out to be a very expensive proof of concept for when hardware is fast and cheap enough decades from now, like those first video games played on mainframes and minicomputers.
KevinMS··on I 3D Printed Origami [video]
shims, plates (the hardware kind with holes), etc. It would be great for anything assembled together with plates and spacers (robots, stands, etc). The alternative would be cutting those shapes out of something, with lots of waste and dust.
KevinMS··on I 3D Printed Origami [video]
When I got my first 3D printer one of the first things I learned, in a surprising twist, was how great they are at printing flat things.
KevinMS··on AI is making me dumb
Since I've never touched AI except for google search results I feel like I'm in a sci-fi show like Pluribus
KevinMS··on The FCC wants your ID before you get a phone number
Sometimes they'd screw up their message and call me "patient", and once even called me "file".
KevinMS··on People Hate AI Art
Its not that I'm against AI as a tool for artists, but there's this cousin of uncanny valley where art looks like waaaay too much effort went into it for what is needed. I find that off putting, but not because of some moral sentiment like unemployed artists, but because it just looks gaudy, out of place, or just inappropriate. Its like the modern version of the filigree. Looks like we might need a new word for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filigree

KevinMS··on The FCC wants your ID before you get a phone number
I can understand the motivation. I've had the same number since the 90's and never once got a spam call until I was in the hospital last year and since then I've been getting 2-3 a day every day. They've probably left at least a thousand voice mails for a great loan opportunity, all from different numbers and different loan amounts.
KevinMS··on Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit
I got rid of half of my VSCode extensions a couple days ago, its too risky.
KevinMS··on Show HN: Explore color palettes inspired by 3000 master painter artworks
> is because of dirty & old oxidised varnish

And the pigments fade. And even worse, they fade at various rates and some are almost completely gone.

KevinMS··on Lessons for Agentic Coding: What should we do when code is cheap?
Is it cheap though? Do we actually know how much it costs? Isn't it possible that TODO app you vibe coded in 15 minutes actually costs investors $50k?
KevinMS··on Suspected YouTube bug spikes RAM over 7gbs users report lag and frozen tabs
I'm glad I'm not the only one, this was giving me big problems, with Firefox on my mac

I'd click on a youtube video, nothing would happen, and I'd tab over to my CPU monitor (which I kept running for just this purpose.) and I'd see the load up around 230%. I'd have to kill the process and usually give up on the video. It would only happen to some videos, but consistently the same ones. And I'd definitely see a problem with the buttons below the video - seemed like when the tab locked up sometimes the far right button would be rendered beneath the column on the right, like the reflow failed.

I haven't seen it happen again in the last few days.

KevinMS··on Uncle Bob: It's Over
Shouldn't we first find out how much it actually costs before we reach these conclusions?
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