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urup2l8 | 23 days ago | on: Our Computer Using agent just solved CAPTCHA up to Level 6

If it rids the world of captchas, I’m all for it!

urup2l8 | 1 month ago | on: Tim Cook sold Apple's soul

I am thinking the same thing as the author of the article. Long time Apple Fanboy here. I remember Steve Jobs doing things for free to improve customer loyalty. Now that Ernst Röhm, oh I mean Tim Cook is kissing up, I’m looking for an off ramp. After the dividend is paid my Apple stock is gone.

urup2l8 | 2 months ago | on: Amazon is ending all inventory commingling as of March 31, 2026

The other issue I have is when you go to a local store they don’t stock items, they say “we can order it”. I needed a gasket for my Kamado Joe grill. I went to my local dealer. They didn’t have one and proceeded to order one for me - the salesman was looking on the Amazon site! Why would I buy it from them? I haven’t been back since.

urup2l8 | 2 months ago | on: Make a Living in a Bad Job Market

Might not be everyone’s dream but a union tradesperson can make a living. Now it looks like jobs will be available. I’m a retired union electrician with a paid off second snowbird home in Florida. Funny thing is with in a stone’s throw from that house are three other retired union trades people snowbird homes.

urup2l8 | 8 months ago | on: Belkin ending support for older Wemo products

I will never buy another Belin product. If they screw us once they will screw us again! Teaching these companies a lesson by never buying their products again is the only option consumers have in this day and age.

urup2l8 | 10 months ago | on: Kermit the Frog gives commencement speech at University of Maryland

Kermit should have talked about trophy wives, like the great orators of our day.

urup2l8 | 10 months ago | on: Amazon says displaying tariffs 'not going to happen' after White House blowback

There is a line for sales tax why not a line for the largest tax ever imposed? I thought he loved tariffs, why not be proud of what you did?

urup2l8 | 11 months ago | on: Amazon denies tariff pricing plan after White House calls it "hostile/political"

Conservatism is the fear of everything: change, new ideas, people that don’t look like us, education, science, the list goes on and on... Why do you think they love their guns so much? They are scared.

You can’t go back to “the good ol’ days” because THEY’RE GONE!

urup2l8 | 1 year ago | on: Ask HN: Do US tech firms realize the backlash growing in Europe?

I’m an unhappy American. With D-ump’s anti science and education stance Europe (and china) will have an unprecedented chance to lure some great talent. With grants being suspended, colleges, government science, and technology professionals will have to find employment, Europe would be very attractive to a lot of educated people in the USA. My daughter holds a phd and is on the chopping block, I plan to tell her and her husband if they get job offers in Europe, I would gladly sell everything here and move to Europe too!