Hacker News: Quillbert182

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Pope tells priests to use their brains, not AI, to write homilies"

Quillbert182 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:56:57 +0000

In Catholicism the homily is not the main point of Mass, it takes a far secondary role to the Eucharist. Bad homilies definitely show up, but from the Catholic perspective that does not diminish or detract from the purpose of the Mass as a whole.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

Quillbert182 — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:56:37 +0000

Then why could they not also legally get away with using account age as a proxy?

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

Quillbert182 — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:51:36 +0000

But under that argument, you would have to prove your age on a regular basis, the plan right now appears to be that each account would only need to do so once.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Pentagon warns Scouts to restore 'core values' or lose military support"

Quillbert182 — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:36:05 +0000

Historically, it actually has been very closely aligned with he military. The Scout Oath said at every meeting begins with "On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country." There are undercurrents of military influence throughout a ton of their other traditions as well.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left"

Quillbert182 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:40:18 +0000

Looks like the third attempt was actually in Edinburgh

New comment by Quillbert182 in "B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers Begin Unannounced Deployment to Diego Garcia"

Quillbert182 — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:45:49 +0000

I would assume Diego Garcia does have the facilities for B-2s. The B-2 has been based there fairly frequently in the past, I believe.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "TikTok divestment law upheld by federal appeals court"

Quillbert182 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:32:52 +0000

I honestly would be surprised if the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case, there does not seem to be a huge amount of controversy here from a legal standpoint.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2025?"

Quillbert182 — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:17:47 +0000

Grant wrote his autobiography pretty much entirely out of desperation to provide for his family after his death. He had lost everything he had in a Ponzi scheme and was heavily in debt as he was dying from cancer, and the autobiography was his last chance to make money for his family.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2025?"

Quillbert182 — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:13:45 +0000

It actually was, he was almost entirely destitute when he died and the autobiography was his last desperate at providing for his family.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Do AI detectors work? Students face false cheating accusations"

Quillbert182 — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:31:49 +0000

One of my professors has started doing that, and I would much rather write an essay. I hate interacting with the chatbot. It feels unnatural, and the chatbot tends to drag out the conversations far longer than they need to go. Ideally, they would have students have conversations with TAs instead, which is what several of my classes have done to great success.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "US Employers Brace for 16M Super Bowl Sick Days"

Quillbert182 — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:44:44 +0000

I believe they can because it falls after the new year, multiple NFL playoff games are held on Saturday.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "ICJ orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza, stops short of ordering ceasefire"

Quillbert182 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:41:02 +0000

That assumes that Israel would allow a China-run port in Gaza, which is no guarantee.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "ICJ orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza, stops short of ordering ceasefire"

Quillbert182 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:39:49 +0000

If China tried to land troops in Gaza I imagine they absolutely would.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "The largest US dam-removal effort to date has begun"

Quillbert182 — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 01:52:22 +0000

I think energy created through a massive, man-made ecological disaster is not really "clean." Maybe low in carbon, but there's more to the environment than the atmosphere.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Half of high school seniors won't apply to colleges costing more than $40k"

Quillbert182 — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 23:00:19 +0000

Some states effectively do. Georgia and Florida will pay full tuition for In-State students with high enough GPAs. Students still have to pay some fees, so it isn’t perfect, but it provides incredible value.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules"

Quillbert182 — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 00:48:15 +0000

I can’t seem to find it now, but I remember a news story a while back where a police agency was able to unlock an iPhone with a 6 digit numeric passcode in a little over a year, bypassing the hardware security module and time limits.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Walking has plummeted across America"

Quillbert182 — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:58:57 +0000

They still need reasonable suspicion: https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-rights/what-is-sto....

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Ask HN: How are you bypassing YouTube anti-adblocker?"

Quillbert182 — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:19:55 +0000

UBlock Origin on Firefox has been working for me, I just have to update my filters once a week or so.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Stop Arguing over Elite Schools. Just Make Public Colleges Free"

Quillbert182 — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:02:17 +0000

It’s already free in several states. Georgia pays full tuition for in-state students who maintain a certain GPA, and I know Florida does something similar, both funded completely by a tax on the lottery. Students do still have to pay some fees, but the cost is relatively quite small.

New comment by Quillbert182 in "Close to 2k environmental activists killed over last decade"

Quillbert182 — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 16:36:27 +0000

They didn’t disable their bodycams. The department that shot Teran doesn’t have them in the first place. This is obviously a problem, but it’s not as serious of a problem as willfully disabling them before shooting someone.