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New comment by 41amxn41 in "Kissinger: “ChatGPT Heralds an Intellectual Revolution”"

41amxn41 — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 06:24:06 +0000

meh "crypto" means nothing nowadays.

The only relevant "crypto" is Bitcoin, when you're actually holding the keys and not delegated to an exchange, and it's primary purpose is not speculation but just transfering money without a trusted third party. I've been using it to move money for over 10 years, and many people I know do too.

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Place Your Bets"

41amxn41 — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 21:57:55 +0000

Whatever. Despite its occasional mistakes, I have found it to be incredibly useful.

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Signal says it'll shut down in UK if Online Safety Bill approved"

41amxn41 — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 18:20:24 +0000

No one is talking about Brexit here.

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN?"

41amxn41 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 07:30:25 +0000

Exactly. It's unnatural, not to mention, boring.

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN?"

41amxn41 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:55:52 +0000

>non-aggresive spirit

It's more like passive-aggresive here. It's also harder to tell signal from noise if someone has to write a 500-word essay instead of saying "you're an idiot".

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Tell HN: Do not store any funds in PayPal or use them for anything critical"

41amxn41 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:49:17 +0000

Crypto definitely solves lots of problems for me and for many people I know IRL

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN?"

41amxn41 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:45:02 +0000

It's fine to step out to the danger zone once in a while, you should try it. Just don't go overboard

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Humans Could Go the Way of the Dinosaur"

41amxn41 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:32:34 +0000

This would be funny if it wasn't because you actually believe it. Holy shit

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Tell HN: Do not store any funds in PayPal or use them for anything critical"

41amxn41 — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 21:30:40 +0000

Yea keep the funds in a wallet, not in a fucking exchange. That's the entire point.

Not your keys, not your coins.

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Reddit co-founder’s quest for unseizable property"

41amxn41 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:57:13 +0000

Because the state never overreaches and exerts power over people. Jesus christ. Try living in China for a month

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Gmail spam is out of control"

41amxn41 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:04:05 +0000

Never had that problem my man. Stop entering your email in shitty websites

Also check haveibeenpwned.com

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Declining sperm count: Much more than you wanted to know"

41amxn41 — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 02:36:39 +0000

Yeah we've been hearing about POOR WAMYN endlessly for the past decade. Let's just stop talking solely about women, because no, they are not the only ones disadvantaged.

New comment by 41amxn41 in "It’s not aliens. It’ll probably never be aliens. So stop. Please just stop"

41amxn41 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:54:27 +0000

I don't even think there's such thing as "aliens", and if there is, it's like the most primitive life on Earth (microbes and such). The idea of being visited by anthropomorphic yet foreign beings from another planets is fun, but I'm certain it will never happen.

>inb4 the drake equation

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust"

41amxn41 — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 15:27:28 +0000

Nobody should be forced to interact with someone they don't like, I agree

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust"

41amxn41 — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 15:17:19 +0000

What if I don't give a shit about what you 'tolerate' or not?

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust"

41amxn41 — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 14:54:48 +0000

Yes hi, ehh, asking questions is extremely antisemitic and should be banned.

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Tech CEOs Should Be Held Accountable, or Even Fired, Amid Layoffs"

41amxn41 — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 19:04:45 +0000

No. Government officials and politicians should be held accountable.

Instead, sadly, I can predict they will become more and more comfortable and untouchable which is exactly what they want. The reason? Social control has become really cheap in the last decade.

New comment by 41amxn41 in "The rise of universities’ diversity bureaucrats (2018)"

41amxn41 — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 02:39:34 +0000

He's absolutely and undeniably right, though.

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Ask HN: Why are so many PHP projects moving to Node?"

41amxn41 — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 21:55:03 +0000

I wouldn't pay too much attention to what "the webdev industry is doing". That's how we ended up with MBs worth of javascript to display a simple website, not to mention the cpu required to render single page apps that won't even let you open a separate tab and constantly break.

Most people in this industry are either junior devs that have no idea what they're doing, mid level devs that fall for the hype and don't like "boring" tech (battle tested, reliable) and end up using stuff that's not even production ready, and senior devs that overengineer and optimize prematurely.

Just keep on your path and don't pay attention to the dummies. PHP is great and will never die.

New comment by 41amxn41 in "Ask HN: Did HN just start using Google recaptcha for logins?"

41amxn41 — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 23:19:15 +0000

Then create an open source, non-profit CAPTCHA and make money via donations. Win win.