We can't even make a robot that folds clothes yet ..
Where we're going... we don't need clothes
Readit Newsdpkirchner commented on Ask HN: What are your predictions for 2026? · Posted by u/mfrw
dpkirchner commented on Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo blog.mozilla.org/en/mozil... · Posted by u/recvonline
What's so fundamental about marriage?
I don't think childless couples (of any gender) should get any societal advantages yet I have no problem working with people that disagree. Why has everything to be black-or-white, left-or-right, with us or against us? That's not a productive way to think about others.
It has to be us vs against us because that's what law is all about -- outlawing certain actions.
It's one thing to believe as you do, it's quite another to push for legislation that would (in your example) deny childless couples societal advantages, whatever that actually means.
If you're not in favor of a-or-b arguments the answer is to allow a and b, eh?
dpkirchner commented on Upcoming Changes to Let's Encrypt Certificates community.letsencrypt.org... · Posted by u/schmuckonwheels
and we're back to: How do I create an API token that only enables a single record to be changed on any major cloud provider?
Or.. any registrar for that matter (Namecheap, Gandi, Godaddy)?
The answer seems to be: "Bro, you want security so the way you do that is to give every device that needs TLS entire access to modify any DNS record, or put it on the public internet; that's the secure way".
(PS: the way this was answered before was: "Well then don't use LE and just buy a certificate from a major provider", but, well, now that's over).
One answer I've seen to this (very legitimate) concern is using CNAME delegation to point _acme-challenge.$domain to another domain (or a subdomain) that has its own NS records and dedicated API credentials.
dpkirchner commented on Elevated errors across many models status.claude.com/inciden... · Posted by u/pablo24602
"There's a problem and we already know about it" is so much better than "there's a problem and we don't know about it and/or are hoping it will magically go away and that we won't be embarrassed".
"If we admit to it we may have to compensate per SLAs, so dishonesty it is!"
I wish there are more comments like this on HN - well done :)
the number of people commenting like “well I don’t do/use/…” is mind-boggling
Maybe they're one of today's lucky 10000, learning that other people are different.
dpkirchner commented on Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration ankursethi.com/blog/gemin... · Posted by u/speckx
You are also a developer though, and developers are notorious for wanting self serve.
Someone who works in finance or conpliances might want a demo, or views those things as signals the product is for serious use cases.
Sure, and they should have that option. But in my experience business-folks ask techies to evaluate services all the time, and ideally we can just start out in the low-/no-touch tier to feel things out. If that tier isn't available, us techs might just try a different service.
dpkirchner commented on US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela usatoday.com/story/news/p... · Posted by u/geox
So, to be very clear, what do you believe were in those 55 gallon drums on that multiple engined long hull speed boat?
I'm not going to assume they are drugs, I'm not that weird. I'm confident our military could figure it out and share the evidence, though. They should be competent enough.
dpkirchner commented on US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela usatoday.com/story/news/p... · Posted by u/geox
So? And what about my point that fishermen don't move at 100 knots in speedboats filled with plastic wrapped packages they start dumping as soon as they're spotted?
How does Venezuela have so much oil and yet their population suffers tremendously?
Let me guess that is also somehow the fault of USA/capitalism/colonialism?
You seem to have more proof of their alleged crimes than the government has offered anyone else, where did you get it?
dpkirchner commented on US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela usatoday.com/story/news/p... · Posted by u/geox
I suspect it's loaded with drugs rerouted from the speedboats that have been getting BTFO.
I have also seen people believe that those boats have drugs, it's wild. I mean if they had drugs we would gather proof and hold trials instead of just murder, murder, murder.
dpkirchner commented on Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
> But North Carolina law caps penalties at $5,000 per inspection, offering retailers little incentive to fix the problem
This is a huge problem with all manner of laws in the US. We are not willing to insist that fees be limited only by their ability to prevent the prohibited behavior. Fines should continually escalate, if necessary until the offender is bankrupted, at which point their assets are taken. If Dollar Tree keeps doing this, the fines should eventually reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars, even the billions. Such penalties should also apply to company executives and board members who are responsible for the company's overall conduct.
I'm not convinced that anything short of prison for executives and board members would be enough.