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New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "How Olinia Turns Mexico's EV Ambition into Reality"

MyHonestOpinon — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:54:53 +0000

Those are left-leaning only if you do not the details. Please consider that this government has a fantastic propaganda machine.

For example, We already had a Universal Basic Healthcare called Seguro Popular. Which was destroyed in 2018 by this regime on a tantrum which left millions without coverage. We went from 9% uncovered to 26% uncovered. They are still trying to figure out how to fix that.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12639676/

The "Abrazos, no balazos" approach turned out to be the party colluding with organized crime to win elections.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "How Olinia Turns Mexico's EV Ambition into Reality"

MyHonestOpinon — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:38:17 +0000

That was not my intention, but thanks for clarifying it.

Now days we have to ask if political movements are committed to democracy even before we ask if the lean left or right.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "How Olinia Turns Mexico's EV Ambition into Reality"

MyHonestOpinon — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:16:39 +0000

The current government of Mexico sells itself as a left leaning party. But it has been destroying or capturing every institution we had built to support our democracy, the separation of powers and the rule of law. From the judicial branch, the electoral institute, the transparency institute and many more.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "How Olinia Turns Mexico's EV Ambition into Reality"

MyHonestOpinon — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:10:51 +0000

> Mexico most cabs there just have windows rolled down or even no windows at all aside from the windshield.

That is mostly untrue. I have only seen those in Mazatlan and other turisti destinations.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)"

MyHonestOpinon — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:30:25 +0000

In your example, (it seem to me that) is not that the problems is expanding (getting worst) but it is reaching (helping) more people.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)"

MyHonestOpinon — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:27:24 +0000

"KOA stands for Kampgrounds of America, the world's largest system of privately owned and franchised campgrounds"

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war"

MyHonestOpinon — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:58:00 +0000

The US had the power to start the war. The US doesn't have the power to stop the war.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions more U.S. chips"

MyHonestOpinon — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:33:24 +0000

Well thought out strategic tariffs are ok. But this is knee jerk tariffs. Even in the best case scenario introduces a lot of uncertainty which freezes investing and decision making in general.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "Programmers need to start meditating"

MyHonestOpinon — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:47:47 +0000

Just wondering if we are working a lot but perhaps we do not get the same feeling of accomplishment that we used to get since we feel that we are not really doing the work?

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "The Fear of Dying Before You Become Yourself"

MyHonestOpinon — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:24:01 +0000

We may solve it for Humans. Earth will continue living without us.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "22-year-old Mozart's handwritten notebook unearthed in 'major discovery'"

MyHonestOpinon — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:04:57 +0000

While interesting. Is it a 'Major discovery' ?

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "Early adversity leaves lasting molecular imprint across the body: primate study"

MyHonestOpinon — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:26:00 +0000

Can you explain ? I understand each word but not the meaning of the whole sentence.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "Early adversity leaves lasting molecular imprint across the body: primate study"

MyHonestOpinon — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:38:59 +0000

I am not sure if your initial paragraph was meant to be sarcastic. I do believe we should give additional help based on economic need rather than race or skin color.

Free universal preschool seems to have big impact. Also free universal school lunches are too. There may be other examples too.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "There are a few things that I look back on as my mistakes in the early days"

MyHonestOpinon — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:57:09 +0000

I am under the impression that a big part of the current AI progress is the result of the availability of chips that were created for gaming.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "There are a few things that I look back on as my mistakes in the early days"

MyHonestOpinon — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:14:50 +0000

But it is not only about the money. People just have their own lives, interests, and passions. For me, the lack of autonomy when doing my job kills a lot of the motivation.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "There are a few things that I look back on as my mistakes in the early days"

MyHonestOpinon — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:11:39 +0000

I always thought that an Engineering degree with an MBA is a very good combination. You get very practical, useful things when you are younger. Once you have acquired enough life and work experience then you can appreciate the subtleties of cases that you study in an MBA.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "There are a few things that I look back on as my mistakes in the early days"

MyHonestOpinon — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:05:58 +0000

Not disagreeing with you. Successfull people tend to have IQs between 120 and 135. (citation needed) It makes sense because there are a LOT more people in that range than in the 135+ range. 120-135 is often sufficient. I suspect that something similar on the rich scale. People like Gates, Bezos and Musk were not fabulous wealthy, but they had enough to be able to bet big and take big chances.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara on Her 100th "Little People, Big Dreams" Book"

MyHonestOpinon — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:23:37 +0000

Girls are doing great, which is great! However boys are not doing so well. To add insult to injury, they are still blamed for what we (the rest of men through history) did.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation"

MyHonestOpinon — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:13:29 +0000

I don't feel the parent post is about bad envy. There is also good envy, when you feel happy for someone's blessings. But you also would like to have it for yourself.

New comment by MyHonestOpinon in "Did my old job only exist because of fraud?"

MyHonestOpinon — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:15:51 +0000

Oh, I think I know who is this. The CEO is fantastic (he is very technology oriented) but he is super convinced this is the right way. It has all kinds of perverse consequences. The constant loss of experience shows everywhere. Cliques are formed as means of protection. People focus on being seen, rather than in doing a great job, etc.