Hacker News: PickledHotdog

New comment by PickledHotdog in "Miscellanea: The War in Iran"

PickledHotdog — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:10:41 +0000

It would be miniscule compared to the damage Israel inflicted on Lebanon for decades

New comment by PickledHotdog in "Miscellanea: The War in Iran"

PickledHotdog — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:08:53 +0000

Iran was "contained" under Obama's deal with them....that Trump tore up....and when he was in the middle of negotiating a new one he attacked Iran who were in good faith negotiations.

The rogue nation here is the US.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "FCC updates covered list to include foreign-made consumer routers"

PickledHotdog — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:36:34 +0000

Isn't the person you're replying to suggesting people can update the firmware to the trusted version via a website? So it doesn't matter if you get one from 'the next batch' - provided you're on top of updating the firmware.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "Cuba's national electric grid collapses, leaving millions without power"

PickledHotdog — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:39:15 +0000

And yet millions of people starve, are tortured and are worked to death in the name of Capitalism. How many die or are made destitute due to lack of affordable healthcare in the US alone?

Not to mention the trillions of dollars (and lives) given up in the pursuit of halting what we're told is a fragile, prone-to-collapse form of government for a hundred years now.

Strange that.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "The word 'bot' is increasingly being used as an insult on social media"

PickledHotdog — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 08:46:24 +0000

Yeah, in my experience it's typically used by people who can't counter your argument and people who seem likely to be fooled by actual bots. They're the same people, as it happens.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "GameStop stock influencer Roaring Kitty may lose access to E-Trade, report says"

PickledHotdog — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 04:50:09 +0000

Where's the proof Roaring Kitty is a pump and dump scammer? He made the connections, concocted the thesis and is now taking it to its natural conclusion.

He wields enough power in his position that he doesn't need anyone to bring it about.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "GameStop stock influencer Roaring Kitty may lose access to E-Trade, report says"

PickledHotdog — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 04:48:29 +0000

Given how he's handled other things, I doubt he's just using e-trafe

New comment by PickledHotdog in "GameStop stock influencer Roaring Kitty may lose access to E-Trade, report says"

PickledHotdog — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 04:47:46 +0000

He hasn't done anything illegal. He posts his positions after the market closes and he's talked about his thesis for years now.

We're all just getting front row seats to the show.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "GameStop stock influencer Roaring Kitty may lose access to E-Trade, report says"

PickledHotdog — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 04:46:45 +0000

How is it a pump and dump? He doesn't need anyone to do anything.

He has the position and the funds to make the play himself.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "Is the Sun Conscious? (2021) [pdf]"

PickledHotdog — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:54:38 +0000

Speak for yourself

New comment by PickledHotdog in "Julian Assange granted permission to appeal against extradition to US"

PickledHotdog — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:36:59 +0000

Traveller and expat here - "free world" is absolutely correct.

Even its allies aren't free of government interference from the US.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "Julian Assange granted permission to appeal against extradition to US"

PickledHotdog — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:32:59 +0000

Lions don't attack every animal that sets foot on their turf.

The release of "Collateral Murder" damaged public opinion of the US invasion of Iraq and US foreign policy in general. If journalists embarrass the US government by telling them their nose looks funny, Assange embarrassed them by pulling their pants down at the half time show at the Superbowl.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "The man who bought Pine Bluff, Arkansas (2022)"

PickledHotdog — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:47:37 +0000

For Australians: Right-wing, Sky News talking head, Rita Panahi, was born in Pine Bluff, AK, according to its wikipedia page. Sure would explain her hatred of the poor.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "Meta Has Had Enough of Australia's Link Tax Shakedown; Will Not Renew Any Deals"

PickledHotdog — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 02:31:43 +0000

Those few days where Facebook blocked news org posts was absolute bliss. The platform is better without them.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "Brain Resting-State Connectivity Significantly Correlates with ADHD Symptoms"

PickledHotdog — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 08:46:09 +0000

Perhaps the term "wired differently" wasn't so far off the mark after all?

New comment by PickledHotdog in "Acme Klein Bottle"

PickledHotdog — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 08:45:07 +0000

People look at beautiful sunrises that way too, sometimes

New comment by PickledHotdog in "Australia to ban engineered stone"

PickledHotdog — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 07:38:36 +0000

Trade unions were involved in the push for the ban. So, rather than cynical motives, it might actually just be regular old "the health and safety of workers" behind it.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "Australia to ban engineered stone"

PickledHotdog — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 07:31:02 +0000

There's a substantial amount of lobbying, but the reporting requirements on it are laughably low. Agree it's not at the level of the US, though. The member for Kooyong was working to establish a bill about it. At the moment lobbyists have unfettered access to parliament house.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "What will enter the public domain in 2024?"

PickledHotdog — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:42:43 +0000

Scandinavian, right? It blew my mind to hear about the enduring popularity of Donald Duck at the top of the Disney food chain.

New comment by PickledHotdog in "What China's slow-motion real estate crisis means for the global economy"

PickledHotdog — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:28 +0000

I mean, that is certainly an opinion