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sambeau commented on NIMBYs threaten to sink Project Sail, a $17B datacenter development in Georgia   theregister.com/2025/08/2... · Posted by u/rntn
sambeau · 3 days ago
These giant datacentres bring nothing to a community; they only take, take, take. Why would anyone want one in their neighbourhood?
sambeau commented on CO2 Battery   energydome.com/co2-batter... · Posted by u/xnx
sambeau · a month ago
What is the advantage here over compressed air?
sambeau commented on Tell HN: Stop using "dropped" to mean "added"    · Posted by u/OutOfHere
OutOfHere · 2 months ago
"Released" is indeed one implied meaning of it, perhaps the main one, but not the only one. I have witnessed "dropped" being used in diverse contexts to mean "added", and it's getting worse.
sambeau · 2 months ago
I can't think of a single example where dropped means added.
sambeau commented on Tell HN: Stop using "dropped" to mean "added"    · Posted by u/OutOfHere
dingaling · 2 months ago
But if Microsoft drops support for old PCs, it means removed; de-released. That's why overloading words is a bad idea and should be resisted.
sambeau · 2 months ago
"The player was dropped and released from his contract."

Dropped == released

sambeau commented on Tell HN: Stop using "dropped" to mean "added"    · Posted by u/OutOfHere
sambeau · 2 months ago
Dropped doesn’t mean added: it means released.
sambeau commented on Show HN: AI game animation sprite generator   godmodeai.cloud/ai-sprite... · Posted by u/lyogavin
sambeau · 3 months ago
This is so depressing.

Also, why does the female ninja suddenly grow a penis?

sambeau commented on Is It JavaScript?   blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
sambeau · 3 months ago
Typescript is not just javascript; Javascript is just Typescript.

/pedantry

sambeau commented on German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal   politico.eu/article/germa... · Posted by u/Tomte
sambeau · 3 months ago
Can we so CrowdStrike next?
sambeau commented on Amdash – Human only punctuation mark   theamdash.com... · Posted by u/wymerica
quinncom · 3 months ago
You can tell I’m not AI because I use the british-style parenthetical separator ` – ` (space en-dash space) instead of the American em dash. It’s subtle, but even the smallest acts of rebellion count.
sambeau · 3 months ago
Is that a British vs American thing? I had always thought it was a newspaper vs Novel thing.
sambeau commented on Show HN: I made an app to create personalized stories for children in 5 minutes   unlimitedtales.com... · Posted by u/xcanchal
xcanchal · 3 months ago
Thanks for your comment. Curious about what he/she built or how is contributing to improve the world.
sambeau · 3 months ago
Amongst other things, I'm writing children's books.

Each one is a labour of love that takes years to produce. It requires detailed thought from word choices, character design, world-building, characters, to fun plot twists. It's really hard and takes a lot of work. It's taken me over a decade to teach myself how to do it. I've been working on my current book for over two years.

My government has decided that my copyright is invalid for AIs. So, as soon as it is published, years of hard work will be slurped into the mediocracy machine for anyone—like you—to abuse.

It's theft and you are a fence.

u/sambeau

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