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New comment by Mallory_Ringess in "New York to tax luxury second homes in NYC"

Mallory_Ringess — Mon, 18 May 2026 21:39:43 +0000

Who will build those homes? Who will pay for them? If it were a lucrative business to build those homes I'd assume someone would be building them but that does not seem to be the case. Why is this?

New comment by Mallory_Ringess in "New York to tax luxury second homes in NYC"

Mallory_Ringess — Mon, 18 May 2026 21:37:43 +0000

Before long Mamdani will provide yet another proof of Thatcher's well-known dictum on socialism:

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money

New comment by Mallory_Ringess in "Mistral's CEO: Europe has 2 years to stop becoming America's AI 'vassal state'"

Mallory_Ringess — Sun, 17 May 2026 19:39:34 +0000

It would plummet relative to those using 'AI', not in absolute terms. That in turn would impact your employability compared to those who do use it.

New comment by Mallory_Ringess in "Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?"

Mallory_Ringess — Sun, 17 May 2026 00:02:39 +0000

They didn't. There was a bit of an interval between the days of diversity - the Commodores, Sinclairs, Ataris, the CP/M machines, everything from build-your-own to sleek futuristic designs, etc - and the free software revolution which saw Linux and the BSDs cement themselves as the future in some or other form. Now? Software is free and open, hardware is cheap and plentiful, hardware hacking is back, if you want to create something which has not been created before there's a fair chance of success. If you succeed you can easily publish your designs, others get to pick them up and improve upon them and publish their improvements. Computers are more capable than ever, just stay away from the walled gardens and the shiny traps created by the likes of Microsoft and Apple and Google and you're free to do what you want.