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New comment by WHA8m in "Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year"

WHA8m — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 12:54:29 +0000

The last election must have been around the recent middle-east events (framing it purposefully neutral), because I remember I had some conflicting thoughts about their stance. I can't (honestly) remember if I voted for them then or not - but I strongly considered it, that much I know.

Edit: Writing this out I think, I'm probably part of the problem. Voters should remember who they voted for and benchmark the results against their campaign pledge. Keeping politicians responsible with the little power we individuals have.

New comment by WHA8m in "Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year"

WHA8m — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:51:54 +0000

Tangential: I'd love to vote for a political party whose only thing is to copy stuff that works in other neighbor countries. Everyone wants to reinvent the wheel or is too proud or something, idk.

New comment by WHA8m in "We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness"

WHA8m — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 14:27:44 +0000

I see that they come as a bundle. But I am not so sure about "educated". You yourself hinted that it's inherent to humankind. People have been "educated" in several different ways all across the globe and I wouldn't know where to look to see a difference.

New comment by WHA8m in "Ask HN: Is true democracy possible in online tech communities?"

WHA8m — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 14:10:30 +0000

We're talking to AI, aren't we?

New comment by WHA8m in "Ask HN: Is true democracy possible in online tech communities?"

WHA8m — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 14:01:32 +0000

haven't looked into the link, but the way you phrase it, I'd be worried you're creating a system that only gets gamified. Trust should not directly feel like a reward.

New comment by WHA8m in "We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness"

WHA8m — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:54:23 +0000

Same here: I agree. On the other hand, it's a pest upon humankind that we can't leave public spaces clean and respect public property. We need money to pay people to make nice things, because apparently there is no critical mass that cares about the community. It's always individuals that burden it on their shoulders. And that's obviously not sufficient. Solution: money. Yeah, I hate it too.

New comment by WHA8m in "We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness"

WHA8m — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:47:51 +0000

I agree. On the other hand, I don't want to give away all the responsibility. There is plenty of space for doing sports or going in nature. Art is pretty affordable in cities. Public transportation is pretty cheap (at least for the youth and in Europe). But still, I agree.

New comment by WHA8m in "Tell HN: Google Maps reviews in Germany are basically dead"

WHA8m — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:41:16 +0000

I generally think "web of trust" may be the only solution to save the internet.

New comment by WHA8m in "We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness"

WHA8m — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:25:25 +0000

Agreed. Maybe people misunderstand loneliness with boredom.

New comment by WHA8m in "We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness"

WHA8m — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:21:46 +0000

Sure, but kids don't drink as much these days anyways anymore. At least in Germany, and we have drinking at 16 year old. I'm not at the age, but I wouldn't know an alternative to hang out at weekends. I mean, I do, but I can't think of a popular alternative. In my teen years people already haven't had any hobbies. With social media this surely has gotten worse.

New comment by WHA8m in "Ask HN: Has your opinion on AI changed over the past year?"

WHA8m — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 07:43:19 +0000

I only hear people talking about the AGI hype itself, never hype AGI. Where's the hype about AGI? Is it on X?

New comment by WHA8m in "Why I do programming"

WHA8m — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:33:14 +0000

And most importantly: wHy i dO PrOgRaMmInG?

New comment by WHA8m in "Ask HN: Why didn't people 40 years ago worry about population collapse today?"

WHA8m — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:20:52 +0000

I seem to be misunderstood here. You could read OPs comment as if low income people should not get kids. I kinda doubt this is what he meant, but I wanted to reassure.

I completely resonate with what you said, but I don't see a connection to what I wrote/meant.

New comment by WHA8m in "Ask HN: Why didn't people 40 years ago worry about population collapse today?"

WHA8m — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:18:38 +0000

I know. But is the conclusion here, that low income people should not get kids? If that's the point OP made (which I doubt, but still asked to reassure), I disagree wholeheartedly.

New comment by WHA8m in "ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship"

WHA8m — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 07:11:18 +0000

Generally I agree with you. From the article it seems as if the chat bot has led them there. Maybe one of those "Are you further interested in A or B?" questions. If that's the case, there might be more nuance to it.

New comment by WHA8m in "US AI Action Plan"

WHA8m — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 06:52:00 +0000

Is there ANY substance behind such a hypothetical question? If not, I don't want to hear about it. It's a sensitive topic and you're doing no one a favor.

New comment by WHA8m in "Ask HN: Why didn't people 40 years ago worry about population collapse today?"

WHA8m — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 06:42:51 +0000

I just assume when you say "broken" you don't mean "poor".

New comment by WHA8m in "Itch.io: Update on NSFW Content"

WHA8m — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:15:44 +0000

Sailing is already back. Interestingly for very legit reasons. Maybe it's another case of who they say are the common early adopters...

New comment by WHA8m in "Itch.io: Update on NSFW Content"

WHA8m — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:10:46 +0000

But you CAN use Bitcoin without being scammed. It's just new (to common people) and there are new things to learn.

(I hate to defend the crypto space. I don't want the crypto bros to win. I really hope it doesn't come that far and it's the only option left...)

New comment by WHA8m in "Jitsi privacy flaw enables one-click stealth audio and video capture"

WHA8m — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:04:54 +0000

Can't spy on me. Linux drivers not working. /s