Hacker News: 127https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=127Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:29:59 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech"]]>It's not democracy when it's not the votes that determine what government does, but money.

]]>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:06:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47412869127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47412869https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47412869<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "3D-Knitting: The Ultimate Guide"]]>No, it doesn't miss the point. Different people have different interests. Knitting just hits more overlapping Venn diagrams than just one.

]]>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:12:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47348237127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47348237https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47348237<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "From RGB to L*a*b* color space (2024)"]]>To people who aren't yet aware also: https://bottosson.github.io/posts/oklab/

]]>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 09:01:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47295742127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47295742https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47295742<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "The whole thing was a scam"]]>You are against private property rights? Because abolishing the right to owns things is the only way to prevent any form of capital accumulation.

]]>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 15:59:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47207874127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47207874https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47207874<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "The whole thing was a scam"]]>Every unmaintained system degrades. That's next to a tautology. In my opinion, the base problem is modern technology itself that creates the capability for widespread wealth inequality and social fragmentation, without needing real labor or social bonds anymore.

]]>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 15:58:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47207858127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47207858https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47207858<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "The whole thing was a scam"]]>Free market capitalism and corporatocracy are two opposite things. (Free markets don't exist without strong institutions and regulation)

]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:59:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47201949127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47201949https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47201949<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market rate"]]>The cure for high prices is high prices.

]]>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:32:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105552127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105552https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105552<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market rate"]]>Only if you don't want or need any geopolitical gradient at all.

]]>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:30:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105534127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105534https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105534<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest reveal the severity of U.S. surveillance state"]]>...because the point of surveillance was never to solve crime.

]]>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:10:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024314127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024314https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024314<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "The Responsibility of Intellectuals (1967)"]]>I don't see how that is related to my comment in any way.

]]>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:53:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750853127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750853https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750853<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware"]]>...for Putin

]]>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:45:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750803127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750803https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750803<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "The Responsibility of Intellectuals (1967)"]]>Responsibility of intellectuals, or wise men/women, has always been to guide the tribe towards security, happiness and prosperity. Not to sow dissent inside the tribe by moralizing, while completely ignoring all the ills in other tribes.

So called "intellectuals" who do it just to further their own selfish goals, should not be awarded high ranking positions.

]]>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:41:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750782127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750782https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750782<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "I'm 34. Here's 34 things I wish I knew at 21"]]>Mating is where humans are still closest to nature. Traffic has rules. Love has none.

]]>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:47:39 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46718549127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46718549https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46718549<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "I'm 34. Here's 34 things I wish I knew at 21"]]>Sex and violence intersect and interweave. It's not realistic to avoid any hurt.

]]>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:40:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46718474127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46718474https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46718474<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "Rust--: Rust without the borrow checker"]]>You call it a straightjacket, I call it a railroad track for reliably delivering software.

]]>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 18:18:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46456519127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46456519https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46456519<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges"]]>Another argument for open source devices that are easily repairable and modifiable by the user (or a 3rd party shop).

]]>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:24:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46276573127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46276573https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46276573<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "Europeans' health data sold to US firm run by ex-Israeli spies"]]>"People in EU" are Hungary and Slovakia for pipeline gas and crude oil. Belgium, France and Netherlands for LNG. Most see a huge problem with it and pledge to phase it out by 2027.

Source: https://energyandcleanair.org/june-2025-monthly-analysis-of-...

]]>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 15:56:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46263959127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46263959https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46263959<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "I wasted years of my life in crypto"]]>Easier than with either cash or gold.

]]>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:00:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46193837127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46193837https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46193837<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out"]]>Moment of truth.

]]>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:12:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46088127127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46088127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46088127<![CDATA[New comment by 127 in "PRC elites voice AI-skepticism"]]>Yeah, this is one of those points that are likely to get drowned out in the noise, until they are too late to do anything about.

]]>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 23:12:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46051969127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46051969https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46051969