Hacker News: FactKnower69

New comment by FactKnower69 in "Wishing for a more orderly disruption may misunderstand government reform"

FactKnower69 — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:46:56 +0000

>Fuck we cured sickle cell anemia and got a FDA approved treatment out like 2 years ago, and other branches of science keep trucking along.

The US's life expectancy was recently eclipsed by Cuba lol, medical science is absolutely not the field you want to try and champion as exemplary of American exceptionalism

New comment by FactKnower69 in "BlenderGPT"

FactKnower69 — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:09:34 +0000

any relation whatsoever to Blender? any relation whatsoever to generative pretrained transformers? at all??

New comment by FactKnower69 in "Launch HN: Double (YC W24) – Index Investing with 0% Expense Ratios"

FactKnower69 — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:36:57 +0000

>I'm just really, really wary of new fintech products to save like .3% on fees

off by an order of magnitude, you're saving 0.03% on fees

New comment by FactKnower69 in "What we know about CEO shooting suspect"

FactKnower69 — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:26:46 +0000

+10 FICO credit score

New comment by FactKnower69 in "What we know about CEO shooting suspect"

FactKnower69 — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:14:21 +0000

>Instead of plotting to kill the CEO of some healthcare company, he found a solution to his problem instead.

invoking "bootstraps" unironically in this exact, specific context is one of the dumbest fucking things I've ever, ever seen

New comment by FactKnower69 in ""This is not a joke, Funko just called my mom""

FactKnower69 — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:21:18 +0000

it's a made up word for a bullshit concept we'll be free of very soon; many of us already live our lives free of such trifles

New comment by FactKnower69 in "My second year without a job"

FactKnower69 — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:49:34 +0000

Impossible to estimate the amount of damage the runaway real estate market has done to competitiveness, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the interest of funnelling more free money to entitled landlords sitting on their asses cashing rent checks

New comment by FactKnower69 in "United Health CEO Decries "Aggressive" Media Coverage in Leaked Recording"

FactKnower69 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:38:28 +0000

you should grow some thicker skin :(

New comment by FactKnower69 in "TikTok divestment law upheld by federal appeals court"

FactKnower69 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 20:34:36 +0000

Heckin' wholesome news: Eglin Air Force Base revealed as the most HN addicted city!

New comment by FactKnower69 in "TikTok divestment law upheld by federal appeals court"

FactKnower69 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 20:25:18 +0000

>People who live in a lot of African countries don't play much of a role in deciding what their governments do.

Holy fuck, are you saying this as someone who lives in the UNITED STATES? Incredible

New comment by FactKnower69 in "ChatGPT Pro"

FactKnower69 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:20:36 +0000

little did we know that all it would take to cure cancer was $2000 in store credit to Google But Sometimes It Lies (Professional™ Edition)

New comment by FactKnower69 in "ChatGPT Pro"

FactKnower69 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:13:09 +0000

If anything LLMs have delayed AGI by a decade by rerouting massive amounts of funding and attention away from promising areas and into stochastic parrots

New comment by FactKnower69 in "ChatGPT Pro"

FactKnower69 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:58:50 +0000

for every tier that costs 10x more than the previous, they add a "very" to the "You are a very, very, very smart AI"

New comment by FactKnower69 in "ChatGPT Pro"

FactKnower69 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:54:04 +0000

Did you read the post you're replying to? It's very short. He was paying for top-tier service, and now, despite paying the same amount, has become a second-class customer overnight.

New comment by FactKnower69 in "McKinsey unit will pay $123M to settle claims it bribed South African officials"

FactKnower69 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:04:50 +0000

federal minimum wage is $7.25 actually :(

New comment by FactKnower69 in "McKinsey unit will pay $123M to settle claims it bribed South African officials"

FactKnower69 — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 23:53:30 +0000

apply your critical thinking skills before posting. $85M in 2014 dollars is $113M in 2024 dollars, and something tells me McKinsey didn't just leave the money sitting in a high yield savings account all this time

New comment by FactKnower69 in "McKinsey unit will pay $123M to settle claims it bribed South African officials"

FactKnower69 — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 23:51:39 +0000

$85M in 2014 dollars is $113M in 2024 dollars, and something tells me McKinsey didn't just leave the money sitting in a high yield savings account all this time

New comment by FactKnower69 in "UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan"

FactKnower69 — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:03:39 +0000

you already knew this when you made your post, but the calculus changes a little bit when there is a positive financial incentive to letting people die

New comment by FactKnower69 in "UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan"

FactKnower69 — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:55:59 +0000

what is this post? are you under the impression that you get to choose your health insurance provider in the US? your job picks for you

New comment by FactKnower69 in "UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in midtown Manhattan"

FactKnower69 — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:52:10 +0000

Crafting of US legislation has absolutely no basis in efficacy or data, it's entirely driven by the news cycle. Something attention grabbing (like a Mandalay) happens, something extremely specific from the headlines but largely secondary to enabling the actual crime (like bump stocks) are banned, then the whole thing is forgotten about