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New comment by OKRainbowKid in "The dead economy theory"

OKRainbowKid — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:43:28 +0000

I sincerely hope your optimism doesn't turn out to have been naivety.

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "EU fines Temu €200M for allowing sale of illegal products"

OKRainbowKid — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:33:51 +0000

As an EU consumer, I appreciate laws and regulations that ban selling cheap junk that might burn my house down or poison my baby.

I take it you don't?

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "I moved my digital stack to Europe"

OKRainbowKid — Thu, 14 May 2026 11:35:41 +0000

Not sure, boatloads of money perhaps? And status as the global hegemon?

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "Life During Class Wartime"

OKRainbowKid — Wed, 06 May 2026 21:58:05 +0000

And it seems like the winners capitalism brought about don't actually care all that much about both "social" and "democratic" aspects of "social democracy", if they stand in the way of ever increasing wealth and power.

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft"

OKRainbowKid — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:52:44 +0000

Do you think your comment has any substance beyond expressing your disdain for Europe / the EU? Are you aware that Switzerland is not a member of the EU?

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "Two Months After I Gave an AI $100 and No Instructions"

OKRainbowKid — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:15:20 +0000

It's not sampling randomly though.

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement"

OKRainbowKid — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:29:02 +0000

Because when they do, they receive snide remarks like "just don't buy their stuff then".

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "Epic Games lays off over 1k employees"

OKRainbowKid — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:40:28 +0000

Is this supposed to be a joke?

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "Ask HN: Have you successfully treated forward head posture ("nerd neck")?"

OKRainbowKid — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:33:15 +0000

Much appreciated!

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "Palantir CEO Makes Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power"

OKRainbowKid — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:32:32 +0000

Ah yes, of course. I recommend you look up the definition of fascism. Words have meanings.

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "Ask HN: Have you successfully treated forward head posture ("nerd neck")?"

OKRainbowKid — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:28:53 +0000

I was hoping to find a video for this exercise, and instead got a video on Peter Thiel. Is that intentional?

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "Palantir CEO Makes Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power"

OKRainbowKid — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:04:29 +0000

What party are you talking about?

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future"

OKRainbowKid — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:37:23 +0000

It most definitely is not?

The decision was made in response to Fukushima, 15 years ago. Generational trauma from Chernobyl probably played a role as well. How does this relate to nuclear weapons at all?

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future"

OKRainbowKid — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:34:32 +0000

You are accusing me of belittling "you", after you wrote "gaga show".

That's ironic. And no, money is not flowing in one direction only. As I already wrote, Bavarian industry is effectively massively subsidized by the north investing massively in renewable energy production and overpaying for their own energy because demand is driven by the south (who is fighting tooth and nails against building their own wind turbines for ideological reasons).

Greetings from Hessen (another Geberland, just like Bavarian, but without the Bavarian exceptionalism, which most of Germany just sees as arrogance)!

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future"

OKRainbowKid — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:09:46 +0000

Nuclear reactors are about the most expensive way of producing energy. If you want cheap energy you certainly want to phase out nuclear, which is only viable with massive subsidies or externalities paid for by the tax payer.

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future"

OKRainbowKid — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:07:03 +0000

What gaga show? Bavarian industry is being subsidized via cheap electricity from the north, who in turn is paying higher prices than they would otherwise.

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future"

OKRainbowKid — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:02:37 +0000

What are you talking about? Greens are neither pro-gas nor pro-Russia. They were amongst those warning previous governments of energy dependence on Russia, and were basically the most decisively pro-Ukranian party in the previous government. They also weren't the ones who made the decision to shut down the remaining nuclear plants, despite what "conservatives" would like you to believe.

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "FFmpeg at Meta: Media Processing at Scale"

OKRainbowKid — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:51:53 +0000

The exact opposite? Can you elaborate?

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "U.S. Capabilities Are Showing Signs of Rot"

OKRainbowKid — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:59:15 +0000

There's no inherent contradiction between rotten morals and high morale.

New comment by OKRainbowKid in "BMW Group to deploy humanoid robots in production in Germany for the first time"

OKRainbowKid — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:17:58 +0000

That's my impression as well. The future is being sold for the present.