Hacker News: Prbeek

New comment by Prbeek in "Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit"

Prbeek — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:49:26 +0000

Someone now needs to buy NYT and NY Post and deny the neocons pro-war platforms.

New comment by Prbeek in "WhatsApp, Signal Sign letter against UK privacy bill, say they will not comply (2023)"

Prbeek — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 02:14:31 +0000

How much does Apple make in the UK? Removing ADP for users worldwide could badly damage brand Apple

New comment by Prbeek in "OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole from Us"

Prbeek — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:45:34 +0000

Add PS1 too. The US government banned sale of PlayStation to China because the PLA would apparently have access to cutting edge chips for their missiles

New comment by Prbeek in "Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon"

Prbeek — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 07:15:42 +0000

Fantastic news for the guy probably responsible for the wide adoption of bitcoin. I hope curl php no longer troubles him.

New comment by Prbeek in "TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users"

Prbeek — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 20:47:46 +0000

I love how the US government had exempted US government accounts from the ban.. Lmaooo

New comment by Prbeek in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

Prbeek — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:34:39 +0000

A globally used social media app without American narrative and propaganda. A huge loss for American soft power.

New comment by Prbeek in "Scientists uncover how the brain washes itself during sleep"

Prbeek — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:42:50 +0000

Early last year, I lost my phone and I intentionally delayed replacing in some kind of smart phone detox. I have never had better sleep than in those two weeks.

New comment by Prbeek in "Are there more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way? (2016)"

Prbeek — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:27:24 +0000

"which is about the age of the universe" The more I think about the big bang the more it doesn't make sense because it would mean that the universe came out of nothing.

New comment by Prbeek in "The British Empire Was Much Worse Than You Realize"

Prbeek — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:37:53 +0000

There's no way the inventor of concentration camps could be a force for good.

New comment by Prbeek in "The British Empire Was Much Worse Than You Realize"

Prbeek — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:35:36 +0000

The Soviet Union was pro choice and empowered women.

New comment by Prbeek in "Cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland 'was loaded with spying equipment'"

Prbeek — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 14:05:59 +0000

I remembered those airstrikes that killed Turkish troops and thought he just didn't make sense about "zero further provocations"

New comment by Prbeek in "Intel's Fall from Grace"

Prbeek — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:59:46 +0000

"Every Thursday I do a 24 hour prayer and fasting day . This week I'd invite you to join me in praying and fasting for the 100K Intel employees as they navigate this difficult period. Intel and its team is of seminal importance to the future of the industry and US".

https://x.com/PGelsinger/status/1865783256551133472?t=So3tqq...

Former CEO seems to think that the problems are spiritual

New comment by Prbeek in "Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes"

Prbeek — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 08:18:43 +0000

Put 20 men in a room and they can come up with a pretty comprehensive manual of life.

New comment by Prbeek in "ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials"

Prbeek — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:02:57 +0000

It looks like ICC is not part of the fantastic rules based order.

New comment by Prbeek in "Japan ranked 31st in digital competitiveness, 92nd for English skills"

Prbeek — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 21:59:28 +0000

I'm surprised that Kenya is not in the list.

Very high English proficiency and a large industry that does assignments for American students

New comment by Prbeek in "Humans have caused 1.5 °C of long-term global warming according to new estimates"

Prbeek — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 21:47:30 +0000

It will make much of Siberia habitable and the northern sea route viable. Russia is probably the only country that will benefit from global warming

New comment by Prbeek in "Marine pilot loses command after ejecting from F-35B that kept flying"

Prbeek — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:52:09 +0000

Take Vietnam for instance where the Soviets supplied the Vietcongs with AD systems and at times manned them The Americans lost over 10,000 aircrafts over a 10 year period which is an average of 3 per day.

The US airforce cannot survive the attrition rate that a war with Russia or China would bring.

New comment by Prbeek in "TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers"

Prbeek — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:40:19 +0000

As someone who tracks Chinese semi equipment in Chinese forums, your assertions are laughable.

New comment by Prbeek in "U.S. chip revival plan chooses sites"

Prbeek — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:38:11 +0000

Does the US' engage with the repressive monarchies of the Middle East in the hope that they will democratize ?

New comment by Prbeek in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

Prbeek — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:34:41 +0000

Given what democrats stand for, you don't even have to be charismatic to push them into a corner. Any candidate who will shout anti trans anti illegal immigrantion talking points will always carry the day