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johnjames87··on FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me
what a salty comment
johnjames87··on Qwen3-Max-Thinking
The US govt doesn't force censorship of its history, good or bad.
johnjames87··on Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service
Haven't noticed any AI problems or annoyances on GH.
johnjames87··on Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world
Wow, evolution is so intelligent.
johnjames87··on Britain's railway privatization was an abject failure
Great reply
johnjames87··on Reminder to passengers ahead of move to 100% digital boarding passes
> Until all other short-haul airlines copy them

Like it or not, we live in a market economy with market competition. There are new airlines every year. In 2022 there was a net increase of 13 airlines in europe alone. If people want paper boarding passes, some competitor will give it to them. Always been like that in market economies, and socialists will keep fearmongering about "what one company does" like its the end of the world.

johnjames87··on Reminder to passengers ahead of move to 100% digital boarding passes
Remember: you can always pick a different airline.
johnjames87··on AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending is
Everytime automation replaced jobs the economies created by this replacement always created new jobs that replaced the previous ones. The USA has always been on the forefront of automating away jobs and it's unemployment rates show that new jobs were always created and that there was no long-term unemployment due to automation. AI won't be any different.
johnjames87··on EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages
I prefer proprietary LLMs that are actually good products - byproducts of free market competition (capitalism), instead of products created from govt initiatives that lead nowhere (good).
johnjames87··on Greenland’s national telco, Tusass, signs new agreement with Eutelsat
> Piers Morgan has no integrity and is extremely biased

He frequently disagrees and argues with right and left wing guests he has on. You can argue that he's wrong, but that he's biased? You either don't know Piers Morgan or you really want to believe that.

johnjames87··on Greenland’s national telco, Tusass, signs new agreement with Eutelsat
exactly
johnjames87··on Greenland’s national telco, Tusass, signs new agreement with Eutelsat
Anti-gun Piers Morgan is now right wing.
johnjames87··on Greenland’s national telco, Tusass, signs new agreement with Eutelsat
Even Piers Morgan acknowledged that that "salute" was a "my heart goes out to you" and not a nazi salute, but with the latent tribalism we have in politics, I'm sure you will refuse to even consider that as a possibility. And the comparison with pol pot is just downright dumb. Elon Musk as always been pro freedom.
johnjames87··on Who's Submitting AI-Tainted Filings in Court?
"AI-tainted"
johnjames87··on How to turn liquid glass into a solid interface
I'm sure the misalignment is there but I honestly havent noticed anything. Maybe I'm too busy getting things done.
johnjames87··on How to turn liquid glass into a solid interface
I don't mind the liquid glass
johnjames87··on Show HN: I built a simple ambient sound app with no ads or subscriptions
I needed this
johnjames87··on Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado
Everyone knows who the real winner is.
johnjames87··on Generation X may be the first to need a universal basic income
Your comment just shows the paroquialism of your knowledge of economics. Were the keelboat men affected personally when they lost their jobs to the steam boats? Yes. Did the benefits of the steam boats (10 times faster, can travel up and down river and carry more cargo) benefit everyone - including the keelboat men? Also yes. Economic growth will sometimes require pivoting of the economic agents' activities but they're always better off.

> Just because something happened in the past, doesn't mean it will happen in the future

Say no more, let's ignore what always happened and go in the opposite way.

johnjames87··on Generation X may be the first to need a universal basic income
Jobs taken by automation have always been replaced by jobs created by the economies resulted from automation.
johnjames87··on Doom crash after 2.5 years of real-world runtime confirmed on real hardware
Literally unplayable
johnjames87··on Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team
"attacks on our mission"("our mission" being stealing).