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alphabettsy

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Remote SWE in Midwest US
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alphabettsy··on I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
> Most nations don’t have flat open fields where signals can reach far away drones unimpeded by line of sight for tx/rx.

Citation needed.

alphabettsy··on Tesla Robotaxi Videos Show Speeding, Driving into Wrong Lane
Is there that substantial of a difference in hardware and manufacturing cost?
alphabettsy··on 16B Apple, Facebook, Google passwords leaked in largest data breach
Yes
alphabettsy··on GitHub MCP exploited: Accessing private repositories via MCP
It’s as much a vulnerability of the GitHub MCP as SQL injection is a vulnerability of MySQL. The vulnerability results from trusting unsanitized user input rather than the underlying technology.
alphabettsy··on CarPlay Ultra, the next generation of CarPlay, begins rolling out today
I thought it might be satire, but you’re worried about the poor car companies?

You’re right that phone giants have too much power, but car companies are already selling our data and injecting ads or preferred partners into the infotainment. It’s CarPlay that currently lets you avoid the abysmal and often subscription-based experiences they’re pushing.

I would love to see more open systems that would allow third-parties or users to provide software for vehicles.

alphabettsy··on Show HN: OpenRouter Model Price Comparison
OpenRouter already has a GUI chat. What’s different?
alphabettsy··on Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview
Aider
alphabettsy··on A militarized conspiracy theorist group believes radars are 'weather weapons'
I think so. Now we have the internet and social media to connect people. It means we get to find like-minded individuals. It also means you’re exposed to the thoughts and opinions of people whom you might not have been otherwise.
alphabettsy··on Anthropic Development Partner Program
Those are opt-out and Google afaik doesn’t give you the option unless you have a paid membership or use paid APIs.
alphabettsy··on The latest executive order creates a police state
> Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall review all ongoing Federal consent decrees, out-of-court agreements, and post-judgment orders to which a State or local law enforcement agency is a party and modify, rescind, or move to conclude such measures that unduly impede the performance of law enforcement functions.

Chicago was under one of these for having a secret site where they regularly violated people’s constitutional rights and beat them. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-poli...

This is what they’re hoping to return to?

alphabettsy··on The latest executive order creates a police state
> strengthen and expand legal protections for law enforcement officers

How much stronger can they possibly get? Anything outside of murder on tape seems to be excused as justifiable and even that’s not a situation where accountability is guaranteed.

alphabettsy··on The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They're Closing
While schools were once segregated by law, today we continue to have de facto segregation that seems deliberately maintained.
alphabettsy··on Big brands are officially worried about American shoppers
People are unaware that companies were so daring to add chalk to milk and random dark substances to coffee. Unregulated capitalism is not something we should want to return to.
alphabettsy··on People say they’ll pay more for “made in the USA” so we ran a test
I guess I’ll be the “technically” guy and point out that’s not true. Trump has more votes than any other candidate, but the majority of voters were for Harris or 3rd party.
alphabettsy··on How I built an AI-generated news site with daily articles
Summarizing information without critical analysis is certainly not journalism. I’m glad the blog post mentions this, but I’m not convinced the conclusion is accurate.

I’m not sure this project addresses the root cause of the problem, which is the current funding model for news. Regurgitating information without analysis exacerbates the issue.

This article, https://agentictribune.com/article/20250423-openai-introduce..., reads like a summarized press release. Maybe using deep research type loop to do critical analysis would be better, idk.

alphabettsy··on US judge finds administration wilfully defied court order in deportation flights
The man in question wasn’t here illegally. If there’s no due process of any kind to determine legal status it doesn’t matter anyway.
alphabettsy··on OpenAI o3 and o4-mini
Higher limits and operator access maybe?
alphabettsy··on Social Security Administration Moving Public Communications to X
They could easily centralize government updates and such. TBH I’d rather they use a Squarespace site than X.
alphabettsy··on Evidence suggesting Quasar Alpha is OpenAI's new model
It’s likely not in training data but system instructions. It makes sense that a stealth model wouldn’t.
alphabettsy··on Federal cuts disrupt repairs to iconic U.S. trails
There was one in the first term too. Farmers suffered quite a bit if I remember correctly.
alphabettsy··on Rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia
How is maintaining two operating systems simpler?
alphabettsy··on Trump's Tariffs Wipe Out over $6T on Wall Street in Epic Two-Day Rout
He’s shown himself to be deeply motivated by petty slights so that makes a lot of sense.
alphabettsy··on Trump's Tariffs Wipe Out over $6T on Wall Street in Epic Two-Day Rout
I’m not sure what your sources are but if Bernie Sanders is the left, then he’s been saying the same thing for a long time and continues to. Maybe there’s some nuance to it?

2025 https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-s...

2011 https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/senate-speech-...

alphabettsy··on Dow plunges 2,200 points, Nasdaq enters bear market
Why would you include restaurants in household food spending rather than something like entertainment?
alphabettsy··on I don't think I can trust Google as my search engine anymore
I felt the same way. Tried it for a week or so and decided to buy. That was over a year ago.
alphabettsy··on US administration revokes $11B in funding for addiction, mental health care
Where did this claim come from?
alphabettsy··on Heavy chatbot usage is correlated with loneliness and reduced socialization
Sounds similar but not the same as social media.
alphabettsy··on OpenAI's o1-pro now available via API
Is it secure?
alphabettsy··on JFK Files in Text (from replit founder)
Files are on GitHub, no need to visit Twitter: https://github.com/amasad/jfk_files

Official source: https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/release-2025

alphabettsy··on Tesla Cybertruck deliveries on hold as trims are flying off 'bulletproof' truck
I do think people take themselves too, seriously, but I don’t think trolling is the solution or generally good.
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