Hacker News: Extropy_

New comment by Extropy_ in "Wikipedia was in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise"

Extropy_ — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:07:01 +0000

Even if they reset to several days ago and lose, say, thousands of edits, even tens of thousands of minor edits, they're still in a pretty good place. Losing a few days of edits is less-than-ideal but very tolerable for Wikipedia as a whole

New comment by Extropy_ in "OpenClaw is dangerous"

Extropy_ — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:26:39 +0000

That's a total mischaracterization. OP is saying there are no safer fireworks, so some damage will be done, but until someone develops safer and better fireworks, people will continue to use the existing ones

New comment by Extropy_ in "Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die"

Extropy_ — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:00:44 +0000

How is intent relevant to this? Or is it not? If you did happen to play out your scenario, your intent would clearly be to insidiously confirm delusions. What is OpenAI's intent? To confirm delusions?

New comment by Extropy_ in "Kitchen optimizations"

Extropy_ — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:33:17 +0000

That's a nice trick. What we do is use a reversible magnet that says "dirty" on one side and "clean" on the other

New comment by Extropy_ in "Kitchen optimizations"

Extropy_ — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:31:57 +0000

I understand your confusion. If you clean off and rinse your dishes before you put them in the dishwasher, it can sometimes get confusing

New comment by Extropy_ in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

Extropy_ — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:05:06 +0000

Banning substances naturally decreases use, that's obvious, but prohibition criminalizes use, which will always persist. You cannot stop drug use. Drug legalization so far has resulted in declining use of dangerous substances like tobacco and alcohol. Far more young people today choose smoking pot over smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol. Many people choose not to drink because they've observed the widespread dangerous effects of it since it's been legal. If heroin was made legal all over the world today, you'd 100% see increased use. But maybe humanity needs to see the consequences in order to respect them? Just like alcohol and cigarettes?

New comment by Extropy_ in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

Extropy_ — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:02:29 +0000

I like your libertarian approach. You're right the line can move a lot. Of course, my support/interference would (hypothetically speaking) be different on a situation to situation basis, my reasoning is simply love. If I love someone, like my son, I want them to be free to make mistakes and hurt themselves, and certainly if they start hurting others I would seek to stop that. I think it's important, though, to be there for people, nut the line does change like you pointed out. So I'm really not sure- my decisions would be situationally dependent. I'm still inclined to say that prohibition is ineffective and potentially more dangerous for some people

New comment by Extropy_ in "French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]"

Extropy_ — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:29:53 +0000

Cheers bro!

New comment by Extropy_ in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

Extropy_ — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:28:16 +0000

What happens when he goes to school? Moves out? You die? Who will be there to block TikTok on the LAN?

New comment by Extropy_ in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

Extropy_ — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:27:21 +0000

I'd rather have my heroin addicted son do it at home, where I can be there to take him to the hospital, talk to him about it, etc., rather than make him go out into the streets alone. Banning it doesn't seem like a productive approach

New comment by Extropy_ in "French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]"

Extropy_ — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:23:36 +0000

What was the McDonald's ad? Could you drop a link, perhaps?

New comment by Extropy_ in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

Extropy_ — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:22:18 +0000

The assertion is not that something will inevitably happen because of this other than the further normalization of government authority over individual autonomy. That is an inherent result of this, as well as the prohibition of sale of alcohol and drugs to kids. You can argue on and on whether or not these are good, righteous, moral laws, but you cannot deny the intrinsic fact that widespread acceptance and even support of widening the scope of government control normalizes government control

New comment by Extropy_ in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

Extropy_ — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:05:29 +0000

I'm curious to understand why your approach to TikTok is banning it. Why do you think this is the right solution? Are you concerned at all about your son's ability to cope independently from oversight and control?

New comment by Extropy_ in "What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?"

Extropy_ — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:16:42 +0000

That they're upset does not mean that the world should bend to their feelings. I think you would agree that getting upset does not necessarily mean something is wrong externally, oftentimes things are wrong internally. Thank you for taking the time to reply

New comment by Extropy_ in "What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?"

Extropy_ — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:32:44 +0000

It's clear that "privacy " in public spaces requires a fair bit of entitlement, why can't we all just love one another and let it go? What harm comes from being in someone's cool AirSoft video? Is it just a matter of principle that bothers you or something deeper?

New comment by Extropy_ in "LLMs should not replace therapists"

Extropy_ — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:47:52 +0000

They still are. Some people are just trapped online like they say- socializing still exists.

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Extropy_ — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:02:53 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/tvanderb/Cronkite

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New comment by Extropy_ in "Gig Companies Violate Workers Rights"

Extropy_ — Mon, 12 May 2025 15:39:52 +0000

To what extent is a "gig" considered employment?

New comment by Extropy_ in "Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought"

Extropy_ — Mon, 12 May 2025 10:51:23 +0000

This is the original paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14734

They say their findings set "a general upper limit for the lifetime of matter in the universe."

New comment by Extropy_ in "Intellect-2 Release: The First 32B Model Trained Through Globally Distributed RL"

Extropy_ — Mon, 12 May 2025 10:43:34 +0000

This looks like a startup company. Why shouldn't it have a name and logo?