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flakeoil··on Claude Sonnet 4.6
It's amazing how slow their websites are. Both anthropic.com and claude.com suck in loading speeds and CPU usage.

I would have thought their tools should have helped them make good websites. Either the tools are not good or they do not use them.

flakeoil··on Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass
I think firstly the kids need to get education about this subject in school. The dangers online, the tools to use to protect oneself etc.

Secondly the parents need some similar education, either face-to-face education or information material sent home.

It will not prevent everything, but at least we cannot expect kids and parents to know about parental control features, ublock origin type tools or what dangers are out there.

We have to trust parents and kids to protect themselves, but to do that they need knowledge.

Of course some parents and kids don't care or do not understand or want to bypass any filters and protections, but at leaast a more informed society is for the better and a first step.

flakeoil··on Ex-GitHub CEO launches a new developer platform for AI agents
If he believes in the product he could have kept 100% of his company.
flakeoil··on Soldering Prototypes with Enamel Magnet Wire (2020)
I wasn't mainly thinking about the actual soldering process, although that can also be an issue with small components or when not focusing on where the iron touches while reading a schwematic. But more like when the solder iron is stuffed back in the holder and something else gets pushed against it or when I get stuck in the solder iron's power cable and the solder iron is pulled out of its holder. I guess with more space, less junk on the table and the power cable fixed somewhere would help, but still, it's an annoyance.

I would prefer holding a wire-wrapping pistol than an iron.

flakeoil··on Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction
> Affordable housing, education, universal healthcare will make us all happier and healthier.

Everyone would like that, but it is easier said than done.

> We know how to fix lots of problems, and money is orthogonal to the issue.

Great that you have the answer, so how do we fix it?

flakeoil··on Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction
The thing is that wether the ruling party is right or left there are limits to what they can do based on the real world we live in. For example there is a limit to how much they can lower or increase the tax. There is a limit to how much they can save on one thing and invest in another.

Often when a new party takes power, no big real changes are seen as it is not so easy to implement considering the real world. They have to go down some kind of middle path.

flakeoil··on Ask HN: Where do all the web devs talk?
Web dev is quite a big subject. I suppose you have to focus on a certain framework or technology.

Probably narrow down on: - Laravel - Rails - Django - React - VueJS - Javascript - Typescript - PHP - Ruby - Tailwind - CSS - MySQL - PostgreSQL etc...

flakeoil··on Soldering Prototypes with Enamel Magnet Wire (2020)
Yes, wire-wrapping is/was so great. Really good quality connections, no accidental connections due to solder ending up at the wrong places, easy to remove or change.

And no solder-iron that risks burning stuff. And no smoke either.

The only draw-back is that it seems to be so expensive and almost non-existant today.

flakeoil··on Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher tha human drivers
But is that electrec's or Tesla's fault?
flakeoil··on Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher tha human drivers
The robot could leave the ironer standing on your clothes and walk away; it could leave your empty pan on the stove at max heating; it could take a nice hard grip of your throat for a few minutes.
flakeoil··on Tesla ending Models S and X production
Maybe it is the best selling car (not sure), but that does not mean it is the best car.
flakeoil··on Tesla ending Models S and X production
They say Tesla cars are not better than any other EV nowadays. They say the Tesla stock is overvalued. They say the Tesla robot will likely not be a super hit in terms of sales.

I don't see it as hate. It's quite pragmatic views.

flakeoil··on AI on Australian travel company website sent tourists to nonexistent hot springs
> No one is admitting it but AI is one of the easiest ways to shift blame.

Similar to what Facebook, Google, Twitter/X, Tiktok etc have been doing for a long time using the platform-excuse. "We are just a platform. We are not to blame for all this illegal or repugnant content. We do not have resources to remove it."

flakeoil··on Heathrow scraps liquid container limit
If you look into the details, in the US, aviation fuel is taxed very low and for international flights not taxed at all.

"Kerosene-based jet fuel used for commercial aviation (transporting persons or property for hire) is taxed at a reduced rate of 4.4 cents per gallon." [0] That is $0.044 per galon.

For cars the tax is between $0.31-$0.74 per gallon depending on state + federal tax of $0.184 so in total somewhere between $0.494-$0.924.

That means aviation fuel is taxed 1/10-1/20 of what car fuel is taxed. So in essence aviation fuel is barely taxed.

For international flights it is tax free: "The tax code provides statutory exemptions that result in zero or near-zero tax liability for specific fuel uses. Exemptions generally apply to fuel used in foreign international flights, military aircraft, governmental entities, farming, or by nonprofit educational organizations." [0]

[0] https://legalclarity.org/federal-jet-fuel-tax-rates-exemptio...

flakeoil··on Tesla ending Models S and X production
People are just being rational and pragmatic.
flakeoil··on Tesla ending Models S and X production
> Their electronics, batteries, motors, etc., are world class.

This was maybe true 5-10 years ago, but not today.

flakeoil··on Heathrow scraps liquid container limit
You can do whatever calculations and speculations you want, but the fact is that airlines do not pay any tax on fuel and no VAT on fuel. Not sure why they should not.

Another thing with flying is that it is so easy to go long distances as it takes limited time. A trip London-Barcelona is a 1.5-2 day trip one-way by car. You think twice before doing that. An intercontinental trip London-Bangkok is impossible by car, but creates more CO2 than all energy one person uses in a year (heating, cooking, going by car to work etc). Dirt cheap and in the blink of an eye.

flakeoil··on Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study
On the other hand, it's a great way to attract visitors.

If they have chargers, people will stop and charge and also have something to eat.

Especially for towns not too far away from highways, but any town really.

flakeoil··on Heathrow scraps liquid container limit
On the other hand, one can also question if the £16 cost for the flight makes any sense. A more correct price would be £500. It's about time that the airlines pay the same taxes for fuel as everyone else.
flakeoil··on Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study
In the US, money talks. I believe EV cars will be much cheaper to produce than ICE cars in 10 years from now. They will also have lower maintenance costs, better performance and lower energy costs. So there will be no reason to buy an ICE car over an EV in 10 years from now.
flakeoil··on Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study
I mentionedf a lifetime of 10-20 years for a car. So 20 lifetime and 10 years from now is when the last ICE car is sold that makes 30 years from now there will be basically no ICE cars circulating.
flakeoil··on Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study
> But 50 years from now most of that ICE infrastructure will have disappeared.

I'm guessing it will be already in 20-30 years from now. In 5-10 years from now, no-one will buy an ICE vehicle. Add to those 10 years a lifetime of 10-20 years for the last sold ICE vehicle and you get 20-30 years. So 20-30 years from today there will not be many ICE cars rolling on the streets and most gas stations and other needed infrastructure will be gone as it is not economical to stay in business.

flakeoil··on We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste our time on crap reports
It's the same in the UK (when it comes to giving directions). Maybe for completely different reasons. I guess they just want to be nice and helpful.

And always with a cheerful: "...you can't miss it."

Yeah, sure.

flakeoil··on The Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button
There is a Vue version as well.

Here it is: https://www.shadcn-vue.com/

flakeoil··on The 500k-ton typo: Why data center copper math doesn't add up
They don't buy a mine they buy the output.
flakeoil··on What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025
Yes, it does. I haven't tried it as a do not have the cable for it, but the user interface for discharge is there and the manual also talks about this feature.

It's probably not ideal for running a full house (as it would require some other electronics and installations), but a couple of appliances should work.

flakeoil··on What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025
Or you can by a car instead. An MG4 costs less than 20000 euros with a 51kWh LFP battery. In addition to a good battery, it's a great car as well.
flakeoil··on Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work
It's even more ironic that the AI support cannot answer it.
flakeoil··on My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020)
I'm using org mode too. For time based tasks I like to get an overview of tasks and timestamped notes by using EasyOrg [0]. You can search based on schedules and deadlines.

[0] https://easyorgmode.com/docs/org-agenda

flakeoil··on Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices
> Perhaps serious finance professionals learnt double entry accounting, checks and balances etc. and know how to avoid those errors?

Sure, but they also use accounting software, not Excel.

> Software developers on the other hand never make mistakes Sure they do, but they use testing and typed languages etc.

The problem with Excel is comma vs dot, locales, fat fingering, out of range errors, too easy to change a cell formula by mistake etc.

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