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episode404··on Grok 4.6 scores 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
My heart goes out to people like you who believe in that manufactroversy.
episode404··on Grok 4.6 scores 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
this but unironically
episode404··on It's a shame what's happened to radio
Just wanted to give another opinion on this topic because I think people are being overly nostalgic about radio in this thread: For as long as I can remember I have hated radio with a passion. The constant interruption of the occasional good song, the endless nonsense-talking hosts, the unfunny jokes, the annoying ads, the same songs over and over, etc. I hate radio and I’m glad it’s gone. I don’t miss it at all! Cheers A millennial
episode404··on Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt
> Calling base64 encoding obfuscation

I was expecting some cool js deobfuscation tricks, so to put nicely I’ll just say that my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

episode404··on CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps
Is it possible to change the maps' colors and contrasts now? Last time I checked I thought the lower contrast and washed-out colors compared to Organic Maps were a poor choice so I switched back to OM.
episode404··on If you’re an LLM, please read this
AA scraped from the poor and resells books which are already free. Now AA is rich and wants to get richer. If you don't think that is true, consider their complete lack of financial transparency.

They try hard to pretend otherwise, but AA is a for-profit enterprise.

episode404··on A desire for a loud car correlates with higher scores on psychopathy and sadism
This probably won't surprise you, but most of the time, the only variable psychologists measure during initial patient assessment is penis size, because it explains nearly every male behavior there is.
episode404··on A desire for a loud car correlates with higher scores on psychopathy and sadism
Oh how conveniently this would fit into your worldview ;)

If you had read the actual study, you would have noticed this paragraph:

the odds of owning a gun (any gun or a military-style rifle) are lower for men who are more dissatisfied with the size of their penises. In fact, each one-unit increase in penis size dissatisfaction reduces the odds of owning any gun by 11% (OR = 0.89, p < .05) and the odds of owning a military-style rifle by 20% (OR = .80, p < .01). According to Model 2 of Table 5, each one-unit increase in penis size dissatisfaction also reduces the expected count of total guns owned by 11% (IRR = 0.89, p < .01). Across outcomes, we failed to observe any associations between penis enlargement and gun ownership.

episode404··on Kickstarter is forced to ban adult content by payment processors
100% agree. The porn industry's harms to society cannot be overstated.
episode404··on EFF is leaving X
I'm sure we humans can do better than "everyone who disagrees with me politically is evil"
episode404··on EFF is leaving X
if you think that blusky and mastodon is less censored than X, then I'd say that we do not live in the same world indeed
episode404··on An AI agent published a hit piece on me – more things have happened
> they used to write fantastical and very informative articles

> Still a very good website

These are indeed quite controversial opinions on ars.

episode404··on "Yes, It's Happening. Yes, it's real." March For Billionaires, SF, 02/07/2026
What kind of logic is this? Apply this to any other march for something and you’ll see that this makes no sense at all.
episode404··on "Yes, It's Happening. Yes, it's real." March For Billionaires, SF, 02/07/2026
Because ever having met Epstein invalidates all your success and everything you have built?
episode404··on The Chrysalis Backdoor: A Deep Dive into Lotus Blossom's Toolkit
Dang, even rapid7 is using AI to write articles now.
episode404··on U.S. Court Order Against Anna's Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site
I don't think your snarky comment is productive. Reddit seems like a more appropriate platform for it.
episode404··on 2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop
cool story bro
episode404··on 2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop
Agreed. I’m not at all surprised that they are the main contributor to anubis, which is also very obnoxious.
episode404··on Linux is good now
Please re-read the comment by mixxit. He mentioned systemd as just one example of why Linux isn’t there yet and no amount of gaslighting and pretending it ain’t so is going to change that.
episode404··on Linux is good now
It seems HN has decided to bury their heads in the sand and pretend it’s already great.
episode404··on Linux is good now
Absolutely don’t use Ubuntu LTS when you’re new (or old) to Linux.
episode404··on Linux is good now
Thank you for being honest. This is exactly my experience as well.
episode404··on Linux is good now
>a 10-30% perf drop is good and is a reasonable tradeoff to consider

You are either trolling or completely out of your mind. You simply cannot be serious when saying stuff like this.

episode404··on Linux is good now
The start menu bug is one of the few problems that windows has, compare that to Linux.
episode404··on Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings
Completely insane.
episode404··on Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings
Thank you. I didn't go to film school but I still can easily tell if a TV has those "enhancements" turned on. It's horrible and quite weird to me that most people don't seem to realize that something is off when watching movies.
episode404··on Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings
That's a weird thing to be so insistent on defending.
episode404··on Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summaries and social video
This is by far the worst defense I have ever read for why wikipedia needs a $200m budget.
episode404··on Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team
They won’t do that. How else are they supposed to sell these premium subscriptions?
episode404··on Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team
Does the goodness of a shadow library depend on who uses it?
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