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asauceon Show HN: Coinboot – a framework for diskless computing

I can't wait for dataless computing

asauceon Internal Tensions at Facebook Are Boiling Over

Facebook gives employees corporate phones. It seemed to me that these "burner" phones were just personal phones sensationalized for the article.

At my last job I was given a corporate phone as well as my own personal phone. Some coworkers decided to do everything on their corporate phone. I chose to keep the two separate, but I wouldn't say that I was using my personal phone as a "burner".

asauceon A new look for rust-lang.org

Well said. As a programmer I prefer the old site, however you bring up a good point. The new site is a lot better for people in management to see that Rust is used by other large companies and to not immediately discredit it.

asauceon How Our Relationship Survived When My Partner Got Sick

One of the hardest parts of grieving is trying to ignore all the "What if?" questions. What if I had listened more? What if I hadn't tried to fix everything? etc.

It sounds like you were a great friend. Those visits probably meant the world to him, regardless if you were massaging his feet or just chatting.

asauceon Wooden bikes

This guy's writing style is fantastic. I just read through all of the posts you linked, and I'm not even into bikes!

However I must say, the Renovo Aerowood is a good looking piece of wood.

asauceon Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k

I fully agree. I believe that AI will be used in the future to pump out aesthetically pleasing, but "meaningless" art. The type of art that would be hung on a living room wall to bring the room together.

I am skeptical how much art by AIs will actually feature in museums and exhibits. High-caliber art is very reliant on its emotional context and the message that the artist is trying to convey with the piece. However, I could see AI art featuring when an artist invents a new algorithm or new AI-based technique. Again, going back to the context of the artist and the piece itself.

asauceon How Manhattan Became a Rich Ghost Town

This is exactly what is happening in Vancouver. The rich have parked their money in downtown real estate, so the working class is being pushed further and further out of the downtown district.

asauceon Tesla’s Model 3 Is Becoming One of America’s Best-Selling Sedans

Yea I fully agree. In my experience the truck market is the one that is the most attached to their ICE's. I could be wrong, but Tesla will probably have a lot of trouble taking a solid portion of that market.

asauceon The ugly truth about the ugly produce movement

Hey, next time you comment please take a look over HN's comment guidelines[0]. The parent comment brings up a good point about subsidies, however it would be great to also learn if there is a flaw in their reasoning (as you so strongly believe). Comment's like yours just discourage conversation.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html