When people say “our values” or “Western values”, it’s just a made up term that means European Christian values. When it should mean classically liberal values.
Spot on.
Readit Newsbytesandbits commented on State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship' npr.org/2025/12/04/nx-s1-... · Posted by u/seattle_spring
Mind you IBM makes +7B from keeping old school enterprise hooked up on 30 plus year old tech like z/OS and Cobol and their own super outdated stack. their AI division is frankly embarrassing. of course they would say that. IBM is one of the most conservative, anti-progress leaches in the entire tech industry. I am glad they are missing out big time on the AI gold rush. to me if anything this is a green signal.
bytesandbits commented on Pebble Watch software is now open source ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-... · Posted by u/Larrikin
For some of us software freedom enthusiasts it is worth noting that PebbleOS contains some proprietary blobs for some peripherals in the watch[1]. This is not just firmware you upload to the peripheral but also properietary .a libraries that run on the main core.
Though to be fair to OpenDevices, this is source code they don't have acces to either.
[1]: https://github.com/coredevices/pebbleos-nonfree/tree/57a94e2...
By that reasoning the linux kernel is also not open source. Be reasonable.
Damn. Windows might lose!
bytesandbits commented on The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia cnn.com/2025/11/12/busine... · Posted by u/andrewl
We eliminated pennies in Canada in 2012 and the transition was a non-issue. The vast majority of retailers would round cash transactions to the nearest $0.05, but a few would round down to the nearest $0.05 in favor of the customer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_low-denomination...
Canadian cash is better than American cash in several ways: No penny, durable polymer banknotes (instead of dirty wrinkly cotton paper), colorful banknotes (instead of all green) that are easy to distinguish, $1 and $2 coins in wide circulation (instead of worn-out $1 bills).
I mean. I can't remember last time I used cash. Not in the last 5 years that is for sure. Once I paid someone with Venmo as that was the only way they could take it. Other than that time, I don't remember using cash at all. In SF the two only moments I can recall needing cash for is either some old self-service laundromats or funnily, chinatown where most of it is still cash. In fact recently a bunch of locations I go to often have become cashless. So you wouldn't be able to pay cash even if you wanted to. Business that are cash only do it for one reason, and one reason only, and we all know what that reason is. Slowly but steadily the volume of retail consumer cashflow is turning to digital. Cash is not going away today. Many seniors don't want / know how to use digital payments. Trends show we are moving toward all-digital. Probably 10 years from now +95% of retail will be cash-less.
Came this close to buying an AVP, before learning that they only mirror a single screen with no virtual monitors.
Like, guize, c'mon. Virtual desktop can do three. For 3.5k you gotta do better. I don't particularly need a virtual me in space as much as I need more screens that can do, like, actual work.
is this still the case even with the new M5? if so, wtf apple
I don't want an AI browser and don't understand the attractiveness of it. Like. What does it add that a normal browser + chatgpt extension doesn't? It is a gimmick to boost usage and token count and fake growth I think. This is the reason I dont trust Altman. He is all about fake growth.
Anyone feel like OpenAI is acting like Google lately? They announce a lot of products/features and then kill them when they realize people don't use them[0]. They also announce products way before they're ready for launch, just like google[1].
- GPT Plugins? (HN went crazy over this, they called it the "app store moment"...)
- GPTs?!
- Schedules?
- Operator?
- The original "codex" model?
[0]: I know, the diff is that google kills them despite knowing that many people use them.
[1]: I know, the diff is that google sometimes doesn't launch the announced product at all...
This is what happens when one third of your employees is Xooglers
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Not the rest of the world, but China. 80% of all panels come from there, and they want to keep it that way.
It'll lead to sone interesting and unpleasant political fights in the future, I suspect.
US is the only country besides China with significant solar panel manufacturing (although much much much lower). It's not that.