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New comment by GroksBarnacles in "Japan Lost 3M People in Five Years"

GroksBarnacles — Fri, 29 May 2026 13:03:11 +0000

Consider that the world is complex and there's more than one factor. Conservatives cultures have higher birth rates, as do families with lower educational levels. Both are common in the third world. In developed countries, there's constant conversation about how people are being priced out of feeling safe or able to hit traditional milestones like having children. I myself didnt have kids in a marriage only because we couldn't afford it, and I worked around the clock hoping to soon.

New comment by GroksBarnacles in "Japan Lost 3M People in Five Years"

GroksBarnacles — Fri, 29 May 2026 12:56:41 +0000

They meant awkward in this context because it seemed contrary the theory of the comment above them.

New comment by GroksBarnacles in "Starship V3"

GroksBarnacles — Wed, 13 May 2026 03:15:46 +0000

I'm with you. Everything government that at least still pretended to serve the public interested and greater good has been openly captured by individuals and movements concerned with some more selfish agenda.

New comment by GroksBarnacles in "They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker"

GroksBarnacles — Tue, 12 May 2026 13:14:16 +0000

People have jobs and lives, let them make things quick with the tools available if its for fun.

New comment by GroksBarnacles in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)"

GroksBarnacles — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:21:26 +0000

I'm making a program to build Magic: The Gathering decks from first principles of card data, no reliance on user-posted deck aggregation or EDHREC, and no AI. A slew of internal knobs exposed.

New comment by GroksBarnacles in "Before GitHub"

GroksBarnacles — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:18:33 +0000

The most insane response I've ever read here, so far.

New comment by GroksBarnacles in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"

GroksBarnacles — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:04:53 +0000

Dumb question, can you explain the benefits of IOS? I've only tried using an iPhone ~10 years ago before I got into tech

New comment by GroksBarnacles in "The Last of the Lost Generation"

GroksBarnacles — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:49:01 +0000

You went to great lengths to make this seem more convoluted than it is. An article about a book detailing a man responsible for shaping how we read is pretty straightforward

New comment by GroksBarnacles in "God sleeps in the minerals"

GroksBarnacles — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:14:54 +0000

Not a theist myself, but I can certainly imagine a believer seeing god in all the wonders of nature.

"The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you."

New comment by GroksBarnacles in "We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees"

GroksBarnacles — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:20:43 +0000

Reengaging customers is not gaining customers. I haven't been an engineer all my life, but I've been "on the ground" that entire time and I sure have gained a lot of disdain for a lot of companies because they won't stop emailing me.

New comment by GroksBarnacles in "We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees"

GroksBarnacles — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:40:31 +0000

No company has ever gained users by forcing emails on users.