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Deliberate indifference: NY state put imprisoned man's life at risk, judge rules

GurnBlandston — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:09:15 +0000

Article URL: https://gothamist.com/news/deliberate-indifference-ny-state-put-imprisoned-mans-life-at-risk-judge-rules

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49127366

Points: 1

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New comment by GurnBlandston in "Elevators"

GurnBlandston — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:27:36 +0000

"Have you stopped urinating in public?"

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Busy Bar"

GurnBlandston — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:50:19 +0000

Much better site than fandom: https://cari.institute/aesthetics/cassette-futurism

OPM in the Midst of a Hostile Takeover

GurnBlandston — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:42:48 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1ibbbh7/this_was_posted_about_opm_in_our_union_chat/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42857692

Points: 6

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New comment by GurnBlandston in "Google employee resigns after ‘retaliation’ for protesting Israeli contract"

GurnBlandston — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 21:02:03 +0000

> Israel treats Palestinians actually quite well for being foreigners

Please, I'd love to hear you try and explain this one.

New comment by GurnBlandston in "TypeScript is terrible for library developers"

GurnBlandston — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:42:09 +0000

> React has its roots in StandardML

Really? This is fascinating, is there anywhere with more on this?

New comment by GurnBlandston in "US Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade [pdf]"

GurnBlandston — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 21:39:19 +0000

Well, yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Tell HN: My Microstartups make $500/day while I'm sleeping"

GurnBlandston — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 07:39:39 +0000

How many products have you built and later shut down as a failure? How long have you been building microstartups? How many tries did it take to get the 3 successes in your post?

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Apple Introduces AirTag"

GurnBlandston — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 02:24:09 +0000

That's comparable to existing products. I was hoping to read that Apple made the device sealed and rechargeable via a mat or the like.

This device will be used like find my phone - a removable battery will make it trivial for thieves to disable the tracking.

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Why doesn’t “Look Around” cover more areas?"

GurnBlandston — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:13:39 +0000

This is still strange though - it's not like images are destroyed when they are used for testing. Is there a reason for not using these in Look Around that I've missed?

New comment by GurnBlandston in "The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company"

GurnBlandston — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 20:57:34 +0000

What?

Libertarianism basically sees two possible crimes: force and fraud. Totally incompatible with "might makes right".

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Weak Men Are Superweapons (2014)"

GurnBlandston — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 19:53:09 +0000

This has been my strategy for a long time, and it works.

The hard part is the bar for opening up is impossibly high. There's also the chicken/egg problem: someone can't get to know you without you opening up, and you can't open up until someone gets to know you.

I feel like this is a big factor in increasing loneliness among adults.

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?"

GurnBlandston — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 22:02:17 +0000

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second one orders half a beer. The third one orders a fourth of a beer. The bartender stops them, pours two beers and says, “You guys should know your limits.”

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Donate to Signal"

GurnBlandston — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:32:12 +0000

https://messages.google.com/ manages to do it by routing the SMS through your phone.

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Ask HN: What is your passive income 2020?"

GurnBlandston — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:36:57 +0000

That's just inspiration for more screaming.

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Why Is 1 World Trade Center Missing from Spider-Man?"

GurnBlandston — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:17:14 +0000

It's the lighting system of Theseus.

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?"

GurnBlandston — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:22:04 +0000

A more modern extension: Everything in moderation, especially moderation.

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?"

GurnBlandston — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:57:23 +0000

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing!

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Police-issued "courtesy cards" help friends and family out of minor infractions"

GurnBlandston — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 21:13:25 +0000

The public would be better served by reducing the number of things that are illegal to only those things that deserve to be enforced with 'zero tolerance'.

New comment by GurnBlandston in "Police-issued "courtesy cards" help friends and family out of minor infractions"

GurnBlandston — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 21:07:56 +0000

This is a good question to call out - the answer to the deeper question is that jaywalking (and many other "crimes") need to be decriminalized.