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New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "It's death"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:45:59 +0000

Another way of saying that is "be the change you want to see in the world". That's all anyone can do. In that you can't do more than that, by definition. But you can do less. Positive change comes only from those who make the choice to do what they can, however small and local that may be.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "The Case for Free Online Books (2014)"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:27:04 +0000

Then students will just end up paying more in tuition, possibly more than the costs of textbooks. That extra money of course will go to increasing either/both the university president's or lead football coach's salaries.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "Dopamine Fracking"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:51:29 +0000

I was fully triggered by the hollandiase bit. This is something I look for constantly when I travel for real eggs Benny. It's never real, even at higher end hotels. They just use better quality fake stuff. And it's so good when it's real.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "SDSU Wired Its Dorms with 1,300 AI Cameras Without Telling Students"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:43:57 +0000

More cameras does not equal more security. They aren't put there to protect your property in the same way that HR departments don't exist to protect employees.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "Do we need billionaires?"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:37:30 +0000

It was indeed an eggcorn, and I knew it was but it had so completely replaced the correct phrase in my mind that I just looked at it like 'that's not right, but I don't know what exactly is wrong about it'

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "Bullets don't shoot people. So why do cars 'kill' cyclists?"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:32:13 +0000

If you've ever spent time in a city area that has these car bans/restrictions in place. It's fantastic.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "Bullets don't shoot people. So why do cars 'kill' cyclists?"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:29:24 +0000

What was anthropomorphized in that sentence? Inanimate objects can burst through things and kill people.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:26:41 +0000

This is a relationship question. Like any other relationship in your life that you might see early warning red flags or full-on toxicity right now, you have to consider if continuing to dedicate your limited time and energy to them is healthy for you. That a job takes up a very significant portion of a persons waking time, often as much or more than is given to family, friends, and romantic partners, then it is very important question to have a good answer to.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "Do we need billionaires?"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:22:11 +0000

You know what, I knew it was wrong when I was typing it but I just couldn't remember what the right way was so I just left it. So thank you for this.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "My two light switches got stuck in an infinite echo loop"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:59:09 +0000

> I thought the whole purpose of blogs was to share an individual perspective.

This is where you went astray. That is the purpose of some blogs, but the purpose of most internet activity now is to increase some metric that somehow can be transformed into money.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "I'm skeptical about efforts to revolutionize schooling"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:54:10 +0000

Also, there is no 'right way to teach', but there are 'right ways of teaching'. This difference being that people can respond very differently to the same approach, so many approaches are needed to be effective.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "Do we need billionaires?"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:50:38 +0000

> you are worth more than like $20 million

Nick pick ahead. I really dislike this phrasing about people's wealth. 'this person is worth $X', when they really mean 'this person has assets valued at $x'. They own things that have monetary value, they themselves are not assessed that monetary value. Some may think this is an innocuous shorthand, but I see it more of a Freudian slip revealing the the actual belief that the rich really are many 1000s or 100000s of times more valuable than other lesser humans.

Try phasing it another way, 'person x is hoarding over $20M in assets'.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "Ask HN: Is the web for machines (/llm.txt) the one we wished we had as humans?"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:41:43 +0000

Regulations can and do work, but its never a 'one and done' kind of solution because people find workarounds and loopholes. It requires a unceasing effort to maintain the balance.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "Ask HN: Is the web for machines (/llm.txt) the one we wished we had as humans?"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:31:01 +0000

For the same reasons why we eventully pollute and corrupt every system and environment we use. If there is any benefit that can be extracted for some while the costs are borne by many, than this will occur and generate a positive feedback loop that grows over time.

It's the law of monetization.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapse"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:55:37 +0000

Remove the source of evidence and its easier to deny the claim.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "Michael Burry says neither SpaceX nor Anthropic is worth $1T"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:04:49 +0000

This time is different.

It may well though, because now we have an automatic buy from the government to 'fix' the market if it 'breaks'. The line goes up.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "LLMs Are Closer to Religion Than They Appear"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:56:07 +0000

Falsifyability is the key difference between a religious vs scientific claim.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Sun, 31 May 2026 12:43:06 +0000

Is it just me or does anyone else feel a cold sinister gloom whenever they hear any phrase starting with 'Meta develops...'

Oh an AI pendant, what kind of dystopian thing are they going to use this for.

Or is it just me.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Sun, 31 May 2026 12:32:38 +0000

In this context 'enforcing the law' means letting them get away with (via token inconsequential fines or the like) and then giving them even more money.

New comment by Eddy_Viscosity2 in "WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants"

Eddy_Viscosity2 — Sat, 30 May 2026 22:17:58 +0000

Grants are important because they fuel the process by which we create highly trained scientists. It's not a day to day concern (except for the people who depend on them), in the short term, but would have longer term effects.

I understand that there are people in the US who do not think that this is important and actually would prefer fewer scientists that are more poorly trained. There is nothing more infuriating then believing the world is flat and having some egghead prove it isn't.