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> The PLC is usually in a control cabinet that can be opened by a control cabinet key: As far as I can tell, that thing's $50. Why would Joe from shipping have one? > Usually, a lo…

> You mean like, just hang a thumb drive on a lanyard inside of the cabinet -- with source code and such? This guy is very happy when someone literally does that: https://www.youtu…

> In your example, humans are the horses And, frankly, fuck 'em if they can't keep up. It's truly the best and most ethical outcome for everyone if the people the economy no longer…

> Overpopulation is not solved. Many African and Middle Eastern cultures continue to have a dozen children per wife. It will be (eventually) when the worldwide birth rate drop belo…

> And if that is the argument, there are plenty of local business billboards in the Bay Area as well. I don't have an argument, it's just what you describe doesn't match my experie…

> If you drive through farm country, all the billboards are about the local cash crop. Have you ever driven through farm country? I do fairly regularly (on an interstate). There's …

Struggling with things is important for understanding and thinking about things, and AI gives you a way to bypass that struggle. People will take that bypass, because to resist it …

I use one of these to check the wiring of the USB cables I get, especially if I'm getting a weird one. I've always been a little freaked out by the story of that Google employee wh…

> However government officials might find themselves in a courtroom having to demonstrate how they applied the law equally, and would be subject to discovery to see if they were be…

> Whoever thought it was ok to approve the purchase of xAI by SpaceX deserves to be hung, dug up, hung again, and repeated 4x over. I want this person's liver on my dinner plate. D…

> Yes, and big part of it is public is ok with that. For example, did you protest while Uber was breaking many local laws while growing? I never supported what Uber, either. Why wo…

> Technologists would be thrilled to build them in California? I'm certain none of the people actually ordering these things would be thrilled to have them anywhere near where they…

> The rumor is going around on X that foreign enemies of the US (especially China) are trying to influence Americans through social networks against building data centers. X is own…

> The point of industrial capacity is a positive externality for the country not that it makes someone's backyard prettier. Yeah, that' true. What's the problem with building them …

> It's sad. For all the lamenting that the US is losing industrial capacity (or lost it long ago), we can't even handle some of the lightest industry possible. A big building that …

I don't think that would work. Per your article: > While many theme park fans may initially believe there is only one ‘magical’ go away green color that was developed by Imagineeri…

> One under-discussed topic is whether Americans hate data centers in their neighborhoods, or whether they actually just hate gas turbine generators running 24/7 in their neighborh…

> ...which resulted in an increase in local air emissions that was technically illegal. Isn't it technically legal, but obviously offends the spirit of the law (and being a good ne…

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> I don't think we can sweep the worst parts of it under the rug because the bad impacts are only happening to "the poors". We can and we will. If you read HN for any period of tim…

Does this include the several stupid "thin wrapper on ChatGPT to 'help' people with depression/ADHD/etc." startups that I recall from about two seconds after ChatGPT came out? Basi…

>> When I see pictures of food on a menu, I expect them to be real pictures of an example of the actual dish I'd get > I don't get who would think that's a good idea. It's super he…

> Yesterday I encountered AI-generated food photos on a menu for the first time. I immediately felt grossed out before even realising why. Their generated focaccias didn't even loo…

> Are you speaking in the abstract, or would you, personally, like that when reading a blog? It's better than the current status quo, where people post LLM writing without attribut…

> If they can exhaust all their firepower in a couple weeks fighting Iran, China would have no reason to feel threatened in the first place. I think the reason China has no reason …