Hacker News: Qazpqaz

New comment by Qazpqaz in "I Became a Citizen of Japan"

Qazpqaz — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:10:16 +0000

I can recommend keeping a list from now on. It's helped me quite a few times.

New comment by Qazpqaz in "China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024"

Qazpqaz — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:28:24 +0000

Yes big caveat in that I mean developed, democratic countries.

New comment by Qazpqaz in "Do dentists know what they're doing?"

Qazpqaz — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:13:49 +0000

Sorry to hear that. Likewise I wish I'd have gotten my wisdom teeth out earlier. It's all situation dependent.

New comment by Qazpqaz in "Do dentists know what they're doing?"

Qazpqaz — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:12:35 +0000

A little trick I use - tell a dentist your friend is a dentist and you'll be asking for their second opinion. Stops them selling/doing unnecessary work.

New comment by Qazpqaz in "China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024"

Qazpqaz — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:06:44 +0000

I feel like government is on easy mode if you have a huge amount of natural resources vs your size. See Norway too.

Not saying these countries don't do good things too, but a lot of bad things compound when the government has to balance its books.

New comment by Qazpqaz in "Religious scholars met with Anthropic"

Qazpqaz — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:44:52 +0000

There was a great article in the Financial Times about how while bankers are looked down upon for the financial crisis etc, they at least work in global cities and mix with regular people.

SV tech bros are completely insular and in this bubble where they don't interact with the common person in the same way.

It's just a theory, but I think it has some weight.

New comment by Qazpqaz in "Kids turned low-traffic NPR Spotify comments into a secret group chat"

Qazpqaz — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:38:58 +0000

You can turn off videos for your own account and likewise for your childs account.

New comment by Qazpqaz in "Coding is not solved"

Qazpqaz — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:00:47 +0000

I loosely know the person who wrote an article on Anthropic's blog about coding being solved. They've literally never been a software engineer.

New comment by Qazpqaz in "Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners"

Qazpqaz — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:58:28 +0000

It's mostly criminal gangs from other countries yes. Either from or linked to Turkey or Syria, with the largest being Kurdish.

New comment by Qazpqaz in "Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners"

Qazpqaz — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:19:09 +0000

You don't have a automatic right to live in another country in my opinion. I don't blame Swedes for slamming a door shut that has turned their incredibly safe country into the gun and bomb capital of Europe.