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thevillagechief··on Court throws out killer's sentence after judge said he loved AI video of victim
Perhaps the prejudice is that the AI video is a means of manipulation making the victim appear more sympathetic. "This person must be an absolute monster to shoot such a good, kind forgiving guy." That was exceptionally poor judgement on the part of the judge. -Edit: Exactly what the comment above said.
thevillagechief··on Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years
This was meant to say Kenya
thevillagechief··on Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years
The state usually provided loans for University, not high school.
thevillagechief··on Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years
Grew up/Went to high school there. Which is why this post resonated. I know exactly what this means and what difference it can make. I'm in the US now.
thevillagechief··on Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years
This is great man. I've been on the other end of this. My annual high school fees cost $700. Couldn't afford it, and it was extremely stressful. If not for the benevolence of my high school principal, I have dropped out. It completely changed my life. You're making a massive difference.
thevillagechief··on Google ending ChromeOS support two years early
So far so good for the rest of us without brains. Pixel 6 got it's full 5 years of promised support. We're hoping it's cheaper to provide the full promised 7 years of support than to pay the class action lawyers.
thevillagechief··on What Sun got wrong
I think this is a case of AI ruining the hardware market. We used to almost exclusively use Dell, but now we've been forced to look elsewhere and go through validating new vendors. The lead-times are ridiculous, and these guys now only pay attention to the really big guys. Not sure I can blame them though, you've gotta do what's best for your business.
thevillagechief··on Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP
I don't think this is actually true. Phone makers seem happy to have the platform locked down even further. They're putting even more roadblocks, as evidenced by most of them making bootloaders unlockable.
thevillagechief··on Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout
I ran a half marathon this weekend. Maybe 70% of people, including myself, had Brooks. The rest were Hoka mostly Hoka and a mix of Nikes and Asics. I had never heard of Brooks until a few years ago when I googled best running shoes and went down a rabbit-hole that barely cared about Nike.
thevillagechief··on More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math
You know, I don't think I've ever accused anyone of being a shill. I've thought about it maybe a few times (daringfireball). This is going to be as close as I get. I don't know the facts in this case but I cannot believe the argument being made here with a straight face. Is it common sense that tools you use and pay for steal your work and profit off of it at your expense and without recognition? If this isn't the textbook definition victim blaming, I don't know what is.
thevillagechief··on Hitachi launches CO2 heat pump water heaters with solar-friendly tariff controls
Big fan of Etymology as well, mostly because my brain seemingly needs to understand the origin/history of terms to feel like I've fully grasped concepts.
thevillagechief··on I Don't Think I Can Stay in Tech
The question is, where are you going to go? Finance? Farming, Logistics? Writing/Literature/Philosophy? Big Pharma? All those people are funneling funds to people you find utterly objectionable. You'll find that every career/industry is probably proportionally representative of people who share your values as those who don't. Tech is is only so visible to you because you are so immersed in it. Care less about "Tech" and more about your family/community/friends.
thevillagechief··on Pixel Watch 5
I decided I was just gonna get the Fitbit air as an accessory to a smart watch for sleep tracking. 7 days of battery life and a 5 minute charge for a full day battery is enough for that. And it's not nearly as clunky as a smart watch.
thevillagechief··on Ente – Opening Our Books
I worked for similar company. And yes, it basically depended on the relationship with the local bank managers and suppliers. Unfortunately, it wasn't so successful.
thevillagechief··on Ente – Opening Our Books
Does this really need any evidence? There's lots of businesses that are in this situation, ambling along for years until they run out of runway. Not saying anything about the original blog. There are even actual fraud cases you can look up.
thevillagechief··on Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find (2025)
Listen to this advice. I took off the winter and then just jumped back into running in the spring like nothing happened and it has not been fun. Should have started way slower and with much shorter distances. I won't races longer than 8K this year due to niggling injuries.
thevillagechief··on Write code like a human will maintain it
Are you my colleague? It's fine if it's your own personal app, but please don't do this in a large complex codebase in a team. It's entirely depressing. You can use AI and still write good code. I think it's actually probably easier to write maintainable code with AI.
thevillagechief··on John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement
The point is there are already many millions of Ring cameras installed. Most people aren't just going to rip them out for open source ones.
thevillagechief··on Why skilled workers come to Germany and then leave again
My experience in Scotland says different. Unless the Scots don't count. Or maybe they just can't help their accent.
thevillagechief··on Half-Baked Product
Brilliant! And this isn't really just about startups. Large companies are operating the exact same way.
thevillagechief··on Angular v22
Everything is signals now.
thevillagechief··on Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
Not really. Whenever I manually edit the code, the next turn will overwrite the changes back. You kinda have to let them know not to do that.
thevillagechief··on Google changes its search box
I understand the consternation here about this change. And I've noticed recently getting frustrated because I'm looking for a search list but the UI throws me into AI mode first. But the think is I use traditional search so much less now that those annoyances are the exception. I can't say whether they are making a mistake, but they've got to have extensive data, and I'm going to bet that an overwhelming amount of people don't click through to the search results anymore for most quick queries. They probably really don't have a choice if they are going to effectively keep ChatGPT at bay. Of course, all this is terrible for the internet. That headline should have been: The Internet as you know it is over.
thevillagechief··on Googlebook
Googlebook Pixel? Or PixelBook running GooglebookOS?
thevillagechief··on Googlebook
I think it's the overexposure to the inside workings of tech that leads a dislike of these brands. As long as Amazon delivers to you the next day and accepts free returns, you're pretty happy.
thevillagechief··on Knitting bullshit
It's always absolutely shocking using a regular person's computer. How can they live like this? I have lived in this ad-free bubble for so long that I forget that's not the real world. If I had to live without adblockers, I don't think I'd ever visit the internet.
thevillagechief··on OpenAI CEO's Identity Verification Company Announced Fake Bruno Mars Partnership
I do agree here. Being a CEO is in fact stressful. I think as someone pointed out, your first problem is you're thinkin 3, 5, 10 years. Unless you're a founder building your company, my observation is think in quarters. A year at most. You just need to survive long enough to move on to bigger things. The mess you leave is the next guy's problem. And I don't know how to live like that.
thevillagechief··on OpenAI CEO's Identity Verification Company Announced Fake Bruno Mars Partnership
Lately I’m realizing what an absolute drain imposter syndrome is. I see things like this and I think maybe I could jump three levels up into a completely different department and be just fine, at least for a while. Then maybe fail up?
thevillagechief··on Tim Cook Is Leaving. Good
And Steve Job's Apple was an ethical company because... he pushed people to produce sleek devices? Which is fine, but then I'd propose that growing the company was ethical because it helped retirement portfolios and employed lots of people. The only Apple product I own is a prime-day deal Beats Pill, but I'm not going to claim that Apple grew because of bribes. People do seem to love their products, in ways I find irrational sometimes.
thevillagechief··on TorchTPU: Running PyTorch Natively on TPUs at Google Scale
This right here is exactly right. If it hasn't come for you yet, it's coming.
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