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New comment by Ritewut in "Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores"

Ritewut — Fri, 01 May 2026 13:43:33 +0000

I'm not a big "check your privilege" person but you are the definition of privileged if you actually think food deserts are because people don't want to shop at Kroger.

New comment by Ritewut in "We need a federation of forges"

Ritewut — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:51:48 +0000

I believed Thiel was still part of YC and included in my original statement I absolutely do mind if Thiel is funding a company.

New comment by Ritewut in "We need a federation of forges"

Ritewut — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:06:58 +0000

Not in my opinion

New comment by Ritewut in "We need a federation of forges"

Ritewut — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:20:23 +0000

I believe YC is a organization run by bad people. Like, people who actually want to do harm to you. You can peek at Garry Tan's X to get a taste of the type of things I'm talking to.

New comment by Ritewut in "Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs"

Ritewut — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:31:58 +0000

Surveillance models.

New comment by Ritewut in "Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores"

Ritewut — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:30:46 +0000

Doing the bare minimum research would tell you 6% of Americans live in a food desert and 14% live in "food insecurity" but you clearly have no interest in understanding the issue.

New comment by Ritewut in "Waymo in Portland"

Ritewut — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:46:34 +0000

5,000 units of apartments is not mixed use so unless there is more to the story you're leaving out, this is not mixed use.

New comment by Ritewut in "Waymo in Portland"

Ritewut — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:45:28 +0000

Yes, trains are much more efficient than busses.

New comment by Ritewut in "Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores"

Ritewut — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:42:22 +0000

I used to live in a food desert. Glad to know I imagined it and lived in fantasyland.

New comment by Ritewut in "U.S. Debt Tops 100% of GDP"

Ritewut — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:41:57 +0000

And now Trump and the GOP want to further increase debt by adding billions to ICE budget which is what this current shutdown is about.

New comment by Ritewut in "Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores"

Ritewut — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:33:44 +0000

Many people do not have more than 1 grocery store as an option.

New comment by Ritewut in "U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official"

Ritewut — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:19:29 +0000

I won't say I never see it because I do but the reason you rarely see it is Bernie Sanders. The DNC played dirty when it came to Sanders in 2016 and it tainted Clinton's entire campaign and it really continues to taint the DNC to this day. A lot of Obama to Trump voters would've voted Sanders and progressives never forgot or forgave how the DNC treated Sanders.

New comment by Ritewut in "Online age verification is the hill to die on"

Ritewut — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:12:49 +0000

Just a reminder that the YC funds many of the companies pushing these laws and building the surveillance state.

New comment by Ritewut in "U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official"

Ritewut — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:25:37 +0000

Trump kidnaps a sitting president of a foreign nation after months of conducting strikes in the Caribbean. This is not a war but calling him "averagely warmongering" is just wrong.

New comment by Ritewut in "U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official"

Ritewut — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:14:17 +0000

I guess one of the Koreas should watch out since Trump might want to end that "forever war" as well. Flip a coin to decide which one.

New comment by Ritewut in "Waymo in Portland"

Ritewut — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:06:05 +0000

You assumed they are against density and not just mourning a nostalgic place for them?

New comment by Ritewut in "U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official"

Ritewut — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:04:57 +0000

Funneling lots of money to the AI-Military industrial complex has been accomplished

New comment by Ritewut in "U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official"

Ritewut — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:02:20 +0000

I remember before the election I read a few people on HN say Trump is the most anti-war president they have ever seen and that all the talk about him letting Israel flatten Palestine was fearmongering. Wonder how they feel now.

New comment by Ritewut in "Mistral Medium 3.5"

Ritewut — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:00:31 +0000

Is GPT 5.5 the best in the field? I think Opus is still better despite Anthropic's recent stumbling.

New comment by Ritewut in "Waymo in Portland"

Ritewut — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:51:46 +0000

I don't know many if any YIMBYs who are opposed to density. I know people who are opposed to density being seen as only apartments and condos.