Hacker News: Cytobit

New comment by Cytobit in "Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospora Recall"

Cytobit — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:35:05 +0000

Until regulatory capture kicks in. Bad actors will always exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

New comment by Cytobit in "Man convicted of child sex crime by added _ char "Fus Ro Dah" Skyrim username"

Cytobit — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:38:54 +0000

Your title is unbiased by way of incomprehensibility.

New comment by Cytobit in ""We have information that Moonshot distilled Fable for the development of K3""

Cytobit — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:01:37 +0000

You make it sound like a bad thing.

New comment by Cytobit in "VTubing: How a Japanese Phenomenon Is Going Worldwide"

Cytobit — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:31:11 +0000

Supposed by whom?

New comment by Cytobit in "Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies"

Cytobit — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:25:24 +0000

With some experimental peptides sprinkled in.

New comment by Cytobit in "Please stop the AI confidence theater"

Cytobit — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:27:55 +0000

People seek out services when a need arises. Marketers' job to invent new needs that didn't exist before

New comment by Cytobit in "U.S. officials believed Israel was plotting to kill Iranian negotiators"

Cytobit — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:46:40 +0000

The scenario of Israel saying to the US "let's bomb the people you are negotiating with" is how the war started in the first place.

New comment by Cytobit in "A record 242 US cities now have starter homes that cost $1M"

Cytobit — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:19:11 +0000

The concept of a "starter home" has always seemed asinine to me.

New comment by Cytobit in "Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min"

Cytobit — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:35:52 +0000

Literally the next two sentences describe eye tracking.

> The computer is going to notice all this. It approves of rereading.

New comment by Cytobit in "Toy Story 5 shows 'terror' of children's screen addiction, says Tom Hanks"

Cytobit — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:51:32 +0000

I think it would have been slightly more valid if they were independent, yes.

New comment by Cytobit in "DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms"

Cytobit — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:47:28 +0000

Well, the AIs are supposed to find and fix the bugs too. So now what's our excuse?

New comment by Cytobit in "UCF Commencement Speaker Draws Boos After A.I. Remarks"

Cytobit — Mon, 18 May 2026 09:36:43 +0000

Speaker: "XYZ is revolutionary!"

HN: "That is a very neutral statement about XYZ."

Ok dude.

New comment by Cytobit in "Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying"

Cytobit — Sat, 16 May 2026 14:17:22 +0000

Interesting, I hadn't considered the bigot angle.

New comment by Cytobit in "Iran's two-tier internet access fuels anger and exposes cracks in the regime"

Cytobit — Mon, 11 May 2026 15:10:38 +0000

Two things can be true.

New comment by Cytobit in "Talking to strangers at the gym"

Cytobit — Tue, 05 May 2026 12:26:37 +0000

You can find contrary advice for any given topic, all upvoted highly, if you look for it.

New comment by Cytobit in "Youth Suicides Declined After Creation of National Hotline"

Cytobit — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:10:17 +0000

If we want people to feel safe talking about suicidal thoughts, we need to rework the involuntary commitment laws. As it is now, a person has every reason to be fearful about opening up. You can be imprisoned, humiliated, and medicated against your will, all without due process of law, just because you were careless with your words.

New comment by Cytobit in "Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed"

Cytobit — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:57:59 +0000

There is no country in the world where the ultra wealthy don't weild influence over the government.

New comment by Cytobit in "Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed"

Cytobit — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:54:08 +0000

Cigarettes are usually sold at an increased tax rate already.

New comment by Cytobit in "Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed"

Cytobit — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:51:25 +0000

We should empower people to live healthier lives, not subjugate them.

New comment by Cytobit in "New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production"

Cytobit — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:19:43 +0000

What do you think they are feeding the animals for? To make food.