Hacker News: MrRiddle

New comment by MrRiddle in "North Korea – teenagers executed for distributing South Korean movies"

MrRiddle — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 13:15:57 +0000

Maybe it’s fine for you to be ok with lying but it’s generally frowned upon.

New comment by MrRiddle in "What to do if a nuclear disaster is imminent [pdf]"

MrRiddle — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:33:05 +0000

Everyone now admits it’s Ukrainian, but all media initially reported it was stray Russian missile.

New comment by MrRiddle in "Ask HN: Help me pick a front-end framework"

MrRiddle — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 21:20:06 +0000

There is not reason whatsoever to use JS over TS for UI. None of the things you said are true.

New comment by MrRiddle in "Ask HN: Should I be panicking about jobs in Europe?"

MrRiddle — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 23:04:23 +0000

That doesn’t count, that was a mistake /s

New comment by MrRiddle in "As Britain awaits a new prime minister, its cost-of-living crisis mounts"

MrRiddle — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 20:44:58 +0000

Sure buddy.

New comment by MrRiddle in "As Britain awaits a new prime minister, its cost-of-living crisis mounts"

MrRiddle — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 17:50:31 +0000

Not sure what experts you are talking about, Russia itself said Ukraine is no more if it continues to pursue NATO membership. They were saying that since orange revolution in 2004.

Also, looks like your neighbors don’t share your opinion.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-prague-european-un...

New comment by MrRiddle in "As Britain awaits a new prime minister, its cost-of-living crisis mounts"

MrRiddle — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 16:10:48 +0000

If he didn’t want to prolong the war, why he sent only a fraction of his army? Why they’re attacking only southern and eastern parts and not from Belorus?

Looking at last 2 decades you think Putin is incompetent? You can say many things about him but that’s the last fucking thing on the list.

New comment by MrRiddle in "As Britain awaits a new prime minister, its cost-of-living crisis mounts"

MrRiddle — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 15:51:51 +0000

Yet people didn’t oppose when their own governments were slaughtering people. Countries ruined for decades if not centuries. Whataboutism would be if I justified Russian actions, but I’m not doing that. I’m looking at the western butchers pointing fingers at Russian butchers. Hypocrite.

New comment by MrRiddle in "As Britain awaits a new prime minister, its cost-of-living crisis mounts"

MrRiddle — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 14:44:43 +0000

Interesting how people care about Ukraine where Russian actions are arguably very localized to military targets but no one is concerned for over 500k dead in Iraq and their current civil war, all caused by certain NATO countries. Half of the ME is on fire, but no one care. Just a bunch of hypocrites.

New comment by MrRiddle in "As Britain awaits a new prime minister, its cost-of-living crisis mounts"

MrRiddle — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 14:34:08 +0000

They are trying to quickly end the war, it’s Russia who’s prolonging it on purpose. Russia attacked with 1 against 4 in manpower, and is completely fine with the war lasting for a long time.

We now see how western powers are forcing Ukraine to do devastating counter offensives that will lead to quicker defeat. And even then I think Russia will take its time.

We’re approaching a 10 year long business cycle where cheap energy is everything, and Russian’s know that. There is no way out without huge money printing to replace Russian energy, all the while we finished biggest money printing cycle in our lifetimes.

Russia waited since 2014 and chose a best time. Europe will fold sooner or later.

New comment by MrRiddle in "Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?"

MrRiddle — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:53:30 +0000

Maybe the increase of population was mostly in affected areas, not 5 times worse.

New comment by MrRiddle in "What’s a Fair Price? Or: You’re Not Underpaid"

MrRiddle — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 12:04:39 +0000

Can't have more first world statement than this one.

New comment by MrRiddle in "EV shipping is set to blow internal combustion engines out of the water"

MrRiddle — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:06:25 +0000

But is it completely green? I live fairly close to a huge lithium deposit, and while people from western world are enjoying the benefits of EVs, people around here might get their habitat destroyed.

In my book it’s not green if it’s not completely green. And EVs are certainly not.

New comment by MrRiddle in "The gathering crisis in the UK"

MrRiddle — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 19:41:34 +0000

Eh, we have something similar, the problem seems to be we’re not putting those who deserve it in them.

New comment by MrRiddle in "Why is rent skyrocketing?"

MrRiddle — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 19:34:21 +0000

> but at the end of the day the corps doing this are taking crappy properties and renovating them. They want to fix it up and resell it or charge higher rents than the current owners.

Could it be the reason that those properties are too expensive for a regular Joe to fix up because of investors in the first place.

New comment by MrRiddle in "US Mortgage Lenders Are Starting to Go Broke"

MrRiddle — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 13:05:43 +0000

08 shook the whole world, 01 not even close.

New comment by MrRiddle in "Why aren't smart people happier?"

MrRiddle — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:30:07 +0000

If we take outliers into the account, then any statement ever regarding human behavior would be false.

New comment by MrRiddle in "Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)"

MrRiddle — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 08:20:08 +0000

Let’s not forget brake dust which is a lot worse than microplastics, EVs create a ton of that.

I bet all things considered, ICE Toyota Yaris is less bad for the environment than some Tesla.

New comment by MrRiddle in "Obesity Is Now the Top Modifiable Dementia Risk Factor in the US"

MrRiddle — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 11:32:30 +0000

Exactly how I feel about gender revolution. Mental illness is not something to be proud about and is dangerous to public health.

New comment by MrRiddle in "Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on 'Taiwan' labeling"

MrRiddle — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:00:57 +0000

> Provoked by an old lady flying in and giving a few speeches?

This statement is just ridiculous.