Hacker News: Pay08

New comment by Pay08 in "Midjourney Medical"

Pay08 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:16:17 +0000

What does PE mean?

New comment by Pay08 in "The 2-Year Apartment Rule"

Pay08 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:09:44 +0000

Can't say I share your experience. I lived in a house built sometime in the 18th century and mold, leaks, and ants were all issues.

New comment by Pay08 in "Loreline – Tools for writing interactive fiction"

Pay08 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:28:33 +0000

Not really related to the post, but does anyone else get a reflexive negative reaction to a .app TLD?

New comment by Pay08 in "Grit: Rewriting Git in Rust with agents"

Pay08 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:40:03 +0000

That's essentially the same thing as modding a game, though. I know there have been lawsuits to stop modding, but I don't think any were successful.

New comment by Pay08 in "German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews"

Pay08 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:08:54 +0000

Then Google can either discontinue their AI or make damn sure it's good.

New comment by Pay08 in "EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices"

Pay08 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:03:40 +0000

Corruption like Orbán stealing my taxes to fund a palace for himself? This is the most smug, privileged thing I've read in a while. If you're fine with corruption, say it loud and proud.

New comment by Pay08 in "EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices"

Pay08 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:09:04 +0000

No, it's just good old corruption and/or nepotism.

New comment by Pay08 in "EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices"

Pay08 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:52:14 +0000

In common parlance, that's called corruption.

New comment by Pay08 in "EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices"

Pay08 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:51:11 +0000

The dog thing specifically was very heavily policed in the part of Spain I used to live in. It being unenforced would be unheard of.

New comment by Pay08 in "Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore Story (2023)"

Pay08 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:35:01 +0000

It's pretty common in countries that don't have strong democratic traditions. Democracy is just as much a culture as it is a political system.

New comment by Pay08 in "Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore Story"

Pay08 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:45:48 +0000

How so?

New comment by Pay08 in "Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore Story (2023)"

Pay08 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:44:41 +0000

That's relevant how? It's extremely far from establishing a humanity-wide trend.

New comment by Pay08 in "Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore Story (2023)"

Pay08 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:41:34 +0000

From what I've read (and this may very well be outdated), Singapore is generally democratic, but the PAP does such a good job of running the country that people don't vote for other parties.

New comment by Pay08 in "Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore Story (2023)"

Pay08 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:40:24 +0000

A country shouldn't be a factory. It doesn't need to be "productive".

New comment by Pay08 in "South Korean Forums Will Need to Scan Every Images with AI Censorship Tools"

Pay08 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:32:40 +0000

Apparently not, since most of the results I get (that are in English) are about a lawsuit they lost for violating the AGPL.

New comment by Pay08 in "South Korean forums will need to scan every images with AI censorship tools"

Pay08 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:30:50 +0000

That has largely worked for private trackers.

New comment by Pay08 in "South Korean forums will need to scan every images with AI censorship tools"

Pay08 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:25:34 +0000

> the de-facto document format are crappy hancom formats

What's hancom?

New comment by Pay08 in "UK media fails to disclose defence sector links in nearly 60% of cases"

Pay08 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:19:22 +0000

The whole colonialism talk is their trademark.

New comment by Pay08 in "How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry"

Pay08 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:28:30 +0000

Europe isn't the EU.

New comment by Pay08 in "KDE at 30"

Pay08 — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:06:17 +0000

Since antiquity.