Hacker News: Georgelemental

New comment by Georgelemental in "The desperation of NYTimes"

Georgelemental — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:01:09 +0000

> I'm aware media and journalism sites have been getting hit hard over the last few years, but is it this bad?

The New York Times is actually doing quite well financially, they are the exception to the trend

New comment by Georgelemental in "12,060 piece, $799.99, Sagrada Família is the largest Lego building set to date"

Georgelemental — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:38:07 +0000

Why would you scale by height and not volume?

New comment by Georgelemental in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

Georgelemental — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:57:21 +0000

Yes, they falsely classified him as white in order to deny him the promotion (because discriminating against white people is 100% non-controversial in that environment)

New comment by Georgelemental in "Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording""

Georgelemental — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:06:06 +0000

I think some of that is just Larry Ellison

New comment by Georgelemental in "Show HN: 500 years of Joseon court omens as an observability dashboard"

Georgelemental — Sun, 31 May 2026 02:28:00 +0000

If you need to ask, you don't have it

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

Georgelemental — Sat, 30 May 2026 12:00:34 +0000

You can probably tell it's for hitting things. But not what things

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

Georgelemental — Sat, 30 May 2026 03:35:03 +0000

Science is a tool. It does not "guide", no more than a hammer guides.

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

Georgelemental — Sat, 30 May 2026 03:29:06 +0000

> “We warned of this exact form of government overreach in science a year ago,” says Colette Delawalla, founder of the science advocacy group Stand Up for Science. “It replaces expertise with political appointees, globally decouples the U.S. and completely guts our scientific ecosystem.”

If you want to be independent of the government, don't take money from the government. If you are mad because you don't agree with how the government is making decisions, say so. But don't pretend it has anything to do with "government overreach"

New comment by Georgelemental in "Hotel that refused to give tourist tap water acted lawfully"

Georgelemental — Fri, 29 May 2026 12:03:38 +0000

Serving only bottled water is normal in Italian restaurants.

New comment by Georgelemental in "FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack"

Georgelemental — Tue, 26 May 2026 01:02:35 +0000

> Russian oil sanctions are lifted for the second month in a row

Yes, because of aforementioned war Trump chose to start on behalf of aforementioned genocidal other foreign leader.

Do you understand the difference between:

- Imposing heavy sanctions on a foreign leader and his nation, and giving extensive support to the military forces actively fighting them—but not going quite as far as some would like; versus

- Giving tens of billions of dollars, plus large quantities of irreplaceable military hardware, in support to a nation and its military; having very regular friendly discussions with its leader, and inviting him often to visit in person; commanding your own troops to fight and die on his behalf; and torching the global economy and your own political prospects for his benefit

New comment by Georgelemental in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

Georgelemental — Sat, 23 May 2026 14:18:28 +0000

I hear it a lot too. It makes no sense. Obviously, if only the illegality was the problem, we could just declare all immigration legal and that would "solve" it. But it wouldn't, obviously, because that's not what people are concerned about at all

New comment by Georgelemental in "FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack"

Georgelemental — Sat, 23 May 2026 14:07:33 +0000

Trump is currently quite mad at Putin because Putin refused to accept Trump's terms. They are not friends, and never have been. Meanwhile, there's another foreign leader that Trump has decided to start a war on behalf of—but the leadership of the other American party loves that foreign leader just as much as Trump does, so their loyal media outlets downplay it and distract with the fake Russia nonsense.

New comment by Georgelemental in "US tech firms share Dutch regulator officials' names with Senate"

Georgelemental — Sat, 23 May 2026 14:03:09 +0000

No, not France either. It used to be, and some inertia from the Gaullist past remains, but the current leadership is as useless as everyone else.

New comment by Georgelemental in "FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack"

Georgelemental — Sat, 23 May 2026 02:21:34 +0000

Amazes me that, after the events of the past 3 years, so many people still think Russia is the major foreign influence on our politics.

New comment by Georgelemental in "Who's to Blame When an Ivy League President Drives into His Students?"

Georgelemental — Sat, 23 May 2026 01:40:13 +0000

I never said the president did nothing wrong or didn't break the law! In fact, I agree he probably did. The protesters did too, though, and I am not sympathetic

New comment by Georgelemental in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

Georgelemental — Thu, 21 May 2026 03:00:09 +0000

Ideals? I didn't say anything about ideals. Cynicals, though…

New comment by Georgelemental in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

Georgelemental — Wed, 20 May 2026 19:00:41 +0000

Even disregarding the ability to criticize the government, Western expats seeking 0% tax want to be able to talk with their family, friends, and business partners elsewhere in the world. UAE banning Meta platforms reduces the country's appeal for foreigners

New comment by Georgelemental in "Everything in C is undefined behavior"

Georgelemental — Wed, 20 May 2026 16:47:41 +0000

> Strict aliasing? Union type punning. Literally documented to work in any compiler that matters, despite the holy C standard never saying so.

It does say so, actually, since C99 TC3 (DR 283).

New comment by Georgelemental in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

Georgelemental — Wed, 20 May 2026 16:33:20 +0000

If it was western propaganda, it would be pro-Saudi and pro-UAE

New comment by Georgelemental in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

Georgelemental — Wed, 20 May 2026 16:32:18 +0000

Lol at the idea of "Western propaganda" being opposed to these regimes. They are friends with Our Greatest Ally, so they are friends with us