Hacker News: JaimeThompson

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado

JaimeThompson — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:50:10 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43527001

Points: 1008

# Comments: 467

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Drasi: Microsoft's open source data processing platform for event-driven systems"

JaimeThompson — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 17:49:35 +0000

Just my luck. I get stuck with a race that speaks only in macros.

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Geico terminating insurance coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks"

JaimeThompson — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:10:43 +0000

Absent things that are pure math isn't everything Humanity "knows" basically a series of, while highly supported by evidence in a lot of cases, just assumptions about the way things really work?

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Starlink direct-to-cell enabled for hurricane helene emergency messaging"

JaimeThompson — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:58:48 +0000

Some are bothered by his positions that explicitly want to roll back rights for people while others are bothered by his current "government aid is bad" position given how much such aid he has received.

I'm guessing if he actually lived the beliefs he said he used to have more people with support him.

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Starlink direct-to-cell enabled for hurricane helene emergency messaging"

JaimeThompson — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:56:42 +0000

Check out the Orion series of Sigint birds[1]

" The satellites have estimated mass close to 5,200 kg and very large (estimated 100 m diameter) radio reflecting dishes."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(satellite)

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Judge stops FTC from enforcing ban on non-compete agreements"

JaimeThompson — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:53:17 +0000

Rosa Parks and those who got arrested simply for their skin color aren't victims?

New comment by JaimeThompson in "John Deere Dismissing 15% of Workforce"

JaimeThompson — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:15:23 +0000

Leadership should resign or take drastic pay cuts if they are unable to execute the jobs they are paid so much to do.

Holding them accountable for their failures isn't too much of an ask.

New comment by JaimeThompson in "John Deere Dismissing 15% of Workforce"

JaimeThompson — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 23:53:12 +0000

I'm guessing that few, if any, of the leadership will lose their jobs in this event. It's also very likely the current leadership will receive additional compensation to keep themselves in their current position since they are so knowledgeable and skilled.

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Amazon grows to over 750k robots, replacing 100k humans"

JaimeThompson — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:59:57 +0000

Here are some links about food insecurity.

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/10/26/1208760...

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Amazon grows to over 750k robots, replacing 100k humans"

JaimeThompson — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:03:27 +0000

>just says that you want people to carry on doing that work

Or that we don't want them to starve. We are talking about the US where their isn't really an effective solution to help people without jobs.

New comment by JaimeThompson in "LLMs approach expert-level clinical knowledge and reasoning in ophthalmology"

JaimeThompson — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:38:39 +0000

Maybe it enabled modern MBA mode for that question ;)

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Many FBI agents are struggling to make ends meet. Housing costs are to blame"

JaimeThompson — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 20:31:51 +0000

I would expect that someone discussing this topic would be familiar with the various things Adam Smith and others have said about collusion to increase prices and related topics.

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Many FBI agents are struggling to make ends meet. Housing costs are to blame"

JaimeThompson — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 15:07:14 +0000

Adam Smith would disagree.

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Many FBI agents are struggling to make ends meet. Housing costs are to blame"

JaimeThompson — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 14:11:43 +0000

Then why are rents going up drastically all over texas, even in small towns where damn near anything can be built?

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Research into why some people have a better sense of direction"

JaimeThompson — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:49:26 +0000

Some inexpensive phones don't include it due to cost reasons, it could also be bad software or a defective magnetometer in the unit.

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Research into why some people have a better sense of direction"

JaimeThompson — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:11:04 +0000

The phone may be using GPS for headings instead of an actual compass causing it to act that way.

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Research into why some people have a better sense of direction"

JaimeThompson — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:07:34 +0000

Do you have Aphantasia?

New comment by JaimeThompson in "End of the Line? Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for desert megacity"

JaimeThompson — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:19:25 +0000

Less than 10 years ago Dubai arrested a British woman for reporting a rape, that is rather oppressive.

New comment by JaimeThompson in "How Google fights Invidious (a privacy YouTube Front end)"

JaimeThompson — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 21:07:43 +0000

It would be nice if I didn't have to subsidize Youtube Music to get no ads.

New comment by JaimeThompson in "Wendy's Is Introducing Uber-Style 'Surge Pricing'"

JaimeThompson — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 02:34:59 +0000

>This is the basis for almost all that is good in our society.

You have a rather interesting definition of good that doesn't include helping others for reasons other than profit and a great many other things that keeps society a society.