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thorncorona··on That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus
As the joke goes, in soviet Russia you are also free to criticize America.
thorncorona··on Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos
This line of reasoning doesn’t make sense because 3MB is marginal for the amount of work put in to develop this feature.

Google photos offers a save as copy / save as original feature when editing photos and videos. Removing the save as original button would be cheaper and significantly more effective.

thorncorona··on OpenAI and Nvidia announce partnership to deploy 10GW of Nvidia systems
Where do you live? How old is your house?

500 is insane.

thorncorona··on OpenAI and Nvidia announce partnership to deploy 10GW of Nvidia systems
We deplete our midwestern aquifers to make ethanol which we burn, and we grow almonds in California.

Both of those have significantly more water impact. Both of those are significantly less useful.

Why not focus on issues that matter.

thorncorona··on California electric vehicle drivers will lose carpool lane privileges
If anything drivers are subsidizing trucks
thorncorona··on The Asus gaming laptop ACPI firmware bug
Yes, and how much did you pay for it.
thorncorona··on Waymo has received our pilot permit allowing for commercial operations at SFO
Faith in the fact that Elon has never lost investors money.
thorncorona··on I bought the cheapest EV, a used Nissan Leaf
+1 i was thinking of getting a bolt but it’s not a viable option if you like doing road trips.

either you get 2 cars or a fast charging ev. i chose the latter

thorncorona··on How to install TrueNAS on a Raspberry Pi
i have had a random $10 sata card, has worked fine over the last 5 yrs
thorncorona··on Ask HN: Best codebases to study to learn software design?
Most swe is just crud
thorncorona··on Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking?
Honestly from the summary this seems pretty.. reasonable?
thorncorona··on U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel
China tried to do it, and they aren’t even close despite their massive state subsidy programs, so no.
thorncorona··on Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City
That isn’t what they meant, and you know it.
thorncorona··on Homekit-steam-user-switcher: A way to remotely switch Steam users using HomeKit
It’s coming. GLMs are the best thing to happen to automation.
thorncorona··on Court records reveal Sig Sauer knew of pistol risks for years
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thorncorona··on Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI?
Anecdata is fine to extrapolate from. I have ridden more than a few cars which rattle like they won’t see tomorrow.

The only thing which has gone downhill more is Airbnb.

At best a middling experience these days, and on average a poor experience.

thorncorona··on I want everything local – Building my offline AI workspace
I mean outside of HPC why would you when the browser is the world’s most ubiquitous VM?
thorncorona··on US reportedly forcing TSMC to buy 49% stake in Intel to secure tariff relief
Unsurprisingly, this correlates with antidepressant usage.
thorncorona··on Show HN: Ten years of running every day, visualized
get an indoor trainer if that’s the case
thorncorona··on Why email startups fail
marketing emails are mildly annoying until you want to buy something and they become useful for the 20% coupon
thorncorona··on Typing 118 WPM broke my brain in the right ways
The site he uses, https://www.keybr.com/typing-test, has such lovely design.

I am a big fan.

thorncorona··on Ask HN: Why are dating apps so bad? Why hasn't anyone made a good one?
Or put the other way, only users which do not succeed at finding someone will stay long enough to grow the user base enough for the app to spread.
thorncorona··on How the 2025 US Financial Crisis is Different than 2008
inflate our debt away
thorncorona··on 21-year old dev destroys LeetCode, gets kicked out of school
> 21 year old advertising his interview cheating product and gets suspended
thorncorona··on Google’s two-year frenzy to catch up with OpenAI
I wouldn't underestimate Microsoft either. They are much more successful at enterprise than Google or ChatGPT, and are one of few companies to compete successfully in almost every tech vertical.
thorncorona··on Airline Demand Between Canada and United States Collapses, Down 70%+
the blaine folks are in my experience more chill than the peace arch folks
thorncorona··on I won't connect my dishwasher to your cloud
agitators cause pilling, fading, etc. general wear and tear on your clothing that front load washers don't cause
thorncorona··on I won't connect my dishwasher to your cloud
Speed Queens are great at destroying your clothing and being very expensive in the process you mean.

Please don’t buy a top loader for the love of your clothing.

thorncorona··on Comparing Fuchsia components and Linux containers [video]
Driver instability is hardly a feature
thorncorona··on TSMC expected to announce $100B investment in U.S.
Not really..

USA will not have a hostile cuba, just as Russia won’t have a hostile Ukraine, and China won’t have a hostile Taiwan on its doorstep.

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