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SirFatty

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Cause he's a mean motor scooter and a bad go-getter.
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SirFatty··on AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
I agree, that's why I use this:

https://web.archive.org/web/20050210102349/http://archive.nc...

SirFatty··on AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
That'll teach 'em!
SirFatty··on Michael Keating has died
Time to retire your NetZero dialup account.
SirFatty··on America's Greatest Strategic Blunder: The Imprisonment of Qian Xuesen
whooosh...
SirFatty··on America's Greatest Strategic Blunder: The Imprisonment of Qian Xuesen
lighten up Francis.
SirFatty··on There's no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going
Ah, then it's ok then.
SirFatty··on Haiku OS runs on M1 Macs now
I meant what I said. People here seem to have a very narrow definition of useful.
SirFatty··on Haiku OS runs on M1 Macs now
"What a depressing thing to read..."

You should get out more...

Your link is not, in any way, a response to my comment.

SirFatty··on An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in at Least 4 Deadly Shootings
"Police have a lot on their plate, after all, and firearms skills are just one of those."

Hardly an excuse... since it is a deadly device, perhaps said plate should be optimized to emphasize gun training/safey.

Although I suppose that won't help with people that are just trigger-happy.

SirFatty··on NASA still maintains some of the Voyager spacecraft code from the 70s era
Video isn't there... but I found it on YT.

https://youtu.be/RIP1p5gAoak?si=ftTEGYFJscXJPaJm

SirFatty··on Eric Schmidt booed at University of Arizona after praising AI
Apples and oranges.
SirFatty··on Ask HN: How to be SOC2 Type 2 compliant as a solo-entreprenuer?
Mr. Maguire: "I just want to say one word to you. Just one word." Benjamin: "Yes, sir." Mr. Maguire: "Are you listening?" Benjamin: "Yes, I am." Mr. Maguire: "AI."
SirFatty··on Ryan Cohen hits back at eBay, says his takeover proposal should not be dismissed
Pretty judgmental. Cohen is the CEO of a multi billion dollar company. He must have done something right to get there.
SirFatty··on A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools
And Snoopy.. but that might predate the late 90s
SirFatty··on Show HN: I asked AI to write Sci-Fi for eternity
"I wanted to find something to read, and finish, in one or two evenings. Over the years, I grew a slight disgust for ultra-long forms that drag on like soap operas, no matter how epic or interesting."

They seem like a prime candidate for Gilligan's Island reruns on MeTV.

SirFatty··on Reimagining the mouse pointer for the AI era
It only took Google and their AI offering to come up with Graffiti.
SirFatty··on Operation: Epic Furious
"This was fun until the mocking of Jesus."

Are you referring to Trump?

SirFatty··on Arcadia, CA, Mayor Federally Charged with Acting as Illegal Agent of PRC, Pleads
Do you think this is an isolated incident?
SirFatty··on Iran's two-tier internet access fuels anger and exposes cracks in the regime
I can feel your anger. It gives you focus, makes you stronger.
SirFatty··on The FCC wants your ID before you get a phone number
And how would you know that no one complained?
SirFatty··on OurCar: What I learned making an app for my family
"I'd find a way to read that data somehow..."

Kind like the ? before Profit!

SirFatty··on Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard
"crypto and stablecoins will destroy them sooner or later."

LOL!

SirFatty··on Motherboard sales 'collapse' amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI
I can't speak to it now, but it used to be the go to source of CPU and 3D card benchmarking.
SirFatty··on Egg Intake and the Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease in Adventist Health Study-2
And AdBlock Plus interferes with it, so I have to pause blocking to even see the human check dealio.
SirFatty··on CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87
Well, that and Wayne's World...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi_t54HNeIg

SirFatty··on Some kids are bypassing age verification checks with a fake mustache
Riiight... just ask Kevin Mitnick (if he were still alive).
SirFatty··on Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
Completely missing the point.

https://share.google/aimode/WOJL4sf0GK2Vyi6kA

SirFatty··on IBM didn't want Microsoft to use the Tab key to move between dialog fields
And this is a great example of why I read the comments on HN stories... thanks for the info!

RIP /.

SirFatty··on Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
Look at how many headlines indicated that something is silently happening. It's a weird trend at the moment.
SirFatty··on US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
"The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 is a US federal law designed to protect sensitive patient health information from disclosure without consent."
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