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542458 commented on Wisconsin communities signed secrecy deals for billion-dollar data centers wpr.org/news/4-wisconsin-... · Posted by u/sseagull

phkahler · 12 days ago

There is an obvious question I don't see anyone asking. Why do these data centers have to be built in every state? I guarantee it's not to run LLMs.

542458 · 12 days ago

Same reason the F35 manufacture is awkwardly distributed throughout the US - the shore up political support (voting to kill jobs in your state is usually unpopular) and dip into as many subsidies as possible.

542458 commented on People who know the formula for WD-40 wsj.com/business/the-secr... · Posted by u/fortran77

CamperBob2 · 16 days ago

It requires a special key, nondisclosure agreements, passage through a bank vault and, typically, an executive title. The drinks don’t flow, members don’t rub elbows with notable people and chefs aren’t filling plates with tasty bites. The only perk is knowing the secrets of the world’s most famous lubricant. And yet, for those in the know, there’s no greater privilege.

In other news, WD-40 is not a lubricant.

542458 · 16 days ago

It is absolutely a lubricant - it is a combination "lubricant, rust preventive, penetrant and moisture displacer". Whether it's the correct or best lubricant for many applications is iffy, but that doesn't mean it isn't a lubricant!

542458 commented on People who know the formula for WD-40 wsj.com/business/the-secr... · Posted by u/fortran77

hurricanepootis · 16 days ago

Couldn't WD-40's formula be reverse engineered using analytical chemical techniques? GC-MS, NMR, etc.

542458 · 16 days ago

Related, somebody recently did this for Coke. There's a video on YouTube (I'd link it but my anti-procrastination filter is on).

But yes, I strongly suspect a motivated party could use analytical chemistry to work it out.

542458 commented on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability apple.com/newsroom/2026/0... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

ubercore · 16 days ago

I bought a third party one to do just that, and it's worked fine for me: https://chipolo.net/en-us/products/chipolo-card-spot

I think there are other options too

542458 · 16 days ago

Do the third party ones have UWB/"Precision Finding"?

542458 commented on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability apple.com/newsroom/2026/0... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

jsheard · 16 days ago

Building an attachment point into the tag itself is still beyond current technology though. We just don't know how to do it.

542458 · 16 days ago

Different people want different attachment types (or no attachment point at all), so it makes sense for that to be external. I've used other trackers with integrated attachment points, and because the attachment point has to be very compact it tends to be flimsy or hard to fit.. vs the Apple one where you can add a larger attachment point that makes sense to you.

542458 commented on Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback 404media.co/comic-con-ban... · Posted by u/cdrnsf

wink · 21 days ago

That's a weird comparison because it's a mechanical and deterministic task. Bad autocomplete is just a bad algorithm. As far as I know, (word) artists are usually following the grammatical (or orthographic) rules of their target language by default, and if they want to do something else they would disable that. But it's not really a question of style if you misspell certain words. Your example would be like letting a Thesaurus suggest different words in every sentence.

542458 · 21 days ago

Maybe a linter is a more accurate allegory. I think there are parts of art that could sometimes be suggested in terms of anatomy, symmetry, shading, color theory, etc. You'd configure your art linter to your preferences/style (or target style) and it would point out the things you're doing wrong and offer suggested fixes.

542458 commented on Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback 404media.co/comic-con-ban... · Posted by u/cdrnsf

542458 · 21 days ago

Today there's a (mostly) clear line between "AI" and "not AI" art in terms of process, but I believe as time goes on we'll see more and more blurring of that. I'm thinking the equivalent of the spell-check tool for art, something that takes explicit human input and tidies the details in an interactive, human-in-the-loop sort of way.

542458 commented on Scott Adams has died youtube.com/watch?v=Rs_Jr... · Posted by u/ekianjo

nunobrito · a month ago

Why is this post being shadowbanned?

This topic has over 200 points, +180 replies and was published one hour ago.

Admins: don't play around and be fair.

Scott deserves respect and proper condolences.

542458 · a month ago

Youtube links always have gotten downweighting. Enough votes can overcome it, but there are a few domains that HN penalizes.

542458 commented on Apple Creator Studio apple.com/newsroom/2026/0... · Posted by u/lemonlime227

H1Supreme · a month ago

Seems like a pretty solid deal, if you need everything. I don't know who that person is though. The intersection between Final Cut Pro and Logic users is pretty small, I'd imagine.

542458 · a month ago

TBF, you can say the same thing for adobe creative cloud - the intersection between After Effects and Indesign users is also effectively nil!

But having one simple opex line item for "software I buy for the creative types" is appealing for a lot of orgs.

542458 commented on People who come off slimming jabs regain weight four times faster than dieters bbc.com/news/articles/c05... · Posted by u/breve

Lalabadie · a month ago

The few doctors I've seen react to these news all seem to share the same opinion, which is: Duh, if you're prescribed GLP-1 for a medical reason, you're expected to keep taking it basically for life, it's the safe way to proceed. It's not a diet pill.

542458 · a month ago

I'll second this, the medical opinion that I've seen is "You should take the drug as prescribed, if you tolerate it well it's safe to take indefinitely".

Now this does get a bit more complex when you consider the nontrivial financial cost to someone without insurance or who's insurance does not cover their intended use.

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