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regularjack··on French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence
President
regularjack··on Heroin addicts often seem normal
"Most" doctors are obviously not quacks.
regularjack··on Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas
You only say this because you're not the one suffering the consequences
regularjack··on German government comes out against Chat Control
Nothing has to give. Police did their work fine for centuries, they can continue doing it without mass surveillance.
regularjack··on Swiss glaciers have shrunk by a quarter since 2015, study says
Are you aure that in those other times when it happenes it didn't end in catastrophe?
regularjack··on 3M May Escape Toxic Chemical, PFAS Manufacturing Legacy
They just seem like facts to me. If the reader reacts with fear, that's because they interpreted those facts as things that induce fear.
regularjack··on Who needs Git when you have 1M context windows?
It is often easier to review commit-by-commit, provided of course that the developer made atomic commits that make sense on their own.
regularjack··on Jeff Bezos says AI is in a bubble but society will get 'gigantic' benefits
How is compsumption a measure of good times? We are citizens, not consumers
regularjack··on Why I gave the world wide web away for free
Reading theae comments is just fucking depressing. How can you ask more of Tim Berners fucking Lee. FFS.

It's not his fault that most people use the web through the lens of a few tech oligopolies. The state of the web is not his fault.

This site used to recognize its heroes, not any more apparently.

regularjack··on Why I gave the world wide web away for free
He created the thing and made it free. I don't think we can ask more of him.
regularjack··on Suno Studio, a Generative AI DAW
Many artists don't use samples.
regularjack··on Suno Studio, a Generative AI DAW
Completely agree with this. "The audience comes last" is a phrase that perfectly encapsulates this sentiment (can't recall who said it).

Somehow it's assumed that artists make music for the audience, but many make it for themselves, because they enjoy the process.

Contrary to other comments in this thread, typing prompts on a keyboard is not the same as picking up a guitar and playing it.

regularjack··on LaLiga's Anti-Piracy Crackdown Triggers Widespread Internet Disruptions in Spain
Wouldn't the traffic pattern be similar to watching Netflix?
regularjack··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
Is there any data that supports these statements? Specifically that the program is abused and that it "hurts" the middle class.
regularjack··on Claude is the drug, Cursor is the dealer
Doesn't Rider have JetBraims AI? It's basically the same thing as Cursor.
regularjack··on Proxmox Donates €10k to the Perl and Raku Foundation
This thread has more than 100 comments, so seems it is indeed newsworthy.
regularjack··on The U.K. closed a tax loophole for the global rich, now they're fleeing
Good riddance
regularjack··on NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester
I don't get why this is downvoted. I'm gonna guess it's because of "attempted"...
regularjack··on NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester
The fact that you can do it in a larger scale is the problem
regularjack··on Doge Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting with Lobbyists
Same in Portugal
regularjack··on Upcoming coordinated security fix for all Matrix server implementations
Depends on what the question is.
regularjack··on Show HN: A Raycast-compatible launcher for Linux
I'm not one to care for age usually, but I think it's worth mentioning that OP is 15 years old. Well done, great work, please keep building and writing.
regularjack··on We're light-years away from true artificial intelligence, says martha wells
I have to admit I also found it weird that scientific american is using a unit of distance as if it was a unit of time.
regularjack··on Conspiracy theorists unaware their beliefs are on the fringe
If you make outrageous claims for which there is abundant proof of the contrary (e.g. flat earth), it's on you to provide proof, it's not on me to pretend that you're not making outrageous claims.
regularjack··on Linda Yaccarino is leaving X
Your ban was deserved
regularjack··on Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down
You don't need to "believe" that there's bias, you look at the data and you can tell whether they're biased or not.
regularjack··on U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
No one can possible forget, given that we're reminded daily of it, you know, by the ongoing genocide.
regularjack··on U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
Please. The Israeli government is currently engaged in genocide, and has been illegally occupying neighboring lands for decades. They are not the good guys
regularjack··on U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
I'm more scared of the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons than I am of Iran
regularjack··on U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
The US is the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons. You don't get to do that, and still keep the moral high ground.
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