DougN7

I have a friend (engineer) working on a data center in Texas. It is closed loop. What’s interesting is the chillers have so much condensation that they pump it out to sprinklers which water the desert which now has grass growing. So at least water doesn’t seem to be as big of an objection now. Power though? Still a problem.

Too bad all those Nazi saboteurs back in the 1940’s weren’t all caught and dealt with! (Right?)

I figured n8n was another annoying acronym I didn’t know. So after clicking to the article, and then the repo, and then scanning the repo doc, I guess it’s not an acronym after all?

I have come to the same conclusion. Not sure how we pull people towards the center.

ASTS - though I think their satellites are supposed to connect to phone hardware

I’m disgusted too. But it helps to read some history and gain some perspective. Despite everything going on, this is still historically and pretty darn good time and place to be alive.

It’s just cultural. I don’t think Americans wear red, white and blue as much as the Dutch wear orange on their holidays as an example.

From what I understand that is what IBM Bob is supposed to be going. I don’t have any affiliation with IBM.

Look at G2.com - they found their website is highly references by AIs and they are leaning into it hard.

Long enough for them to IPO and all the execs to retire. I doubt they care beyond the IPO.

I was on one of the insurers that denied the fewest claims. However, they also had the fewest doctors. I live in a good sized metro area, but the only podiatrist was 50 miles away in a tiny town. I imagine that had the same ultimate result of denying claims.

This is so true, and it’s true of libraries, OSS, etc. I frequently build instead of using a library simply because I’ll know and can fix the warts, I’m automatically in tune with the state of the code, and I’m in control of maintenance. Of course if the code is too big (TLS library like OpenSSL) then it changes. But I still try to avoid external stuff just because of the costs you listed.

The demo is attracting the HN crowd and it’s getting… well, let’s just say this crowd is about as good as it gets online.

Those are very cool. Worth a visit if you’re ever in the St Louis, Missouri area.

As an American, where we have comparatively little history (we’re celebrating 250 years - some folks in Europe live in houses older than that!) visiting Rome is almost mind blowing to see SO MUCH ancient history right there, and almost everywhere. So cool!

That’s what surprises me. To truly believe and live your life by a set of rules, and then think you’ve hoodwinked the Creator. I’d like to know exactly how they expect their final judgement to go. There must be more going on in their thoughts than appears.

Are they doing what they are doing for a profit motive?

My bet is AI

A visual way to compare model outputs

I’ve had the exact same experience with weed barrier - even the best and thickest. Weeds poke through or grow on top by the third year. In the midwest US.

From what I understand, that is sort of how IBM Bob works - multiple models behind the scenes and they route the request to the model that will handle it best at the lowest price.

Violence and discipline are not the same thing.

I’m curious about your age. I don’t think I’ve ever met a person that was grateful to their parents for their beatings, and that was in any way close to them. I’m not claiming in any way that you beat your kids - but violence never creates virtue. Maybe public-facing good behavior at best, but below the surface is a lot of pain looking for a way out.

No it doesn’t, but style never makes financial sense.

I do the same thing in a project I’ve worked on for 25 years. I’ve had mediocre at best results with AI. It’s useful to discuss concepts with, but the code never handles the nuances of the edge cases.

Looks like the Iran War is no longer distracting from Epstein enough so some new shiny thing needs to be put out there to distract the populace. It works.

I'll be honest - I was thinking authorization (a11n?) - so I didn't read it closely enough. But despite that, and being on HN from almost the beginning (with a different account I lost the password to), I still didn't know what a16z was, though I do recognize Andreessen-Horowitz.

Would it be possible to stop using aXXb nomenclature within the titles? Some of us aren't hip enough to know what all of them mean.

It absolutely delights me to see someone overcome something that is hard for them. We all have them. When I read about someone succeeding like this, I look at myself and find the next one on the (long!) list and decide to work on it.

What aspects and experiences do you miss? Which country did you move to? I know I romanticize moving to Europe so would love to hear some balance.