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New comment by abliefern in "Tesla on track to smash targets after producing almost a million EVs in 6 months"

abliefern — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 07:03:40 +0000

Excuse me if this is a bit forward but who asked? In other words, why do hn commenters go off on tangents to the extent that in some posts you'll find more irrelevant tangents than discussion of the article in the link?

New comment by abliefern in "US Congress doubles down on claims of illegal UFO retrieval programs"

abliefern — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 07:36:09 +0000

> But you don't have to take my word for it. Please, continue to believe that spaceships from other planets have crashed and some elite division within the US government managed to retrieve them and keep it secret for 50+ years. Look past the failing state of our infrastructure and continue to believe that an alien species capable of interstellar travel is interested specifically in Americans, but "they" are keeping you from knowing the truth!

I don't believe any such thing.

New comment by abliefern in "US Congress doubles down on claims of illegal UFO retrieval programs"

abliefern — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:38:31 +0000

This does not track for me at all. I'm sorry but why would anybody in the DOD have an incentive to "make Americans believe in US military and intelligence superiority"?

New comment by abliefern in "[dead]"

abliefern — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 14:25:40 +0000

- The dark line is on the lane going south.

- Google shows the same areas as road blocks, not traffic.

- This is no where near the Moscow suburbs, as the map clearly shows.

Atrocious tweet.

New comment by abliefern in "Travel across Germany with the 49 Euro ticket"

abliefern — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 17:21:47 +0000

Obviously true. Traveling while black alone in Sachsen Regionalbahn is a risk.

New comment by abliefern in "FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says"

abliefern — Sat, 20 May 2023 16:08:27 +0000

That's a mockery of real authoritarian countries, where you most definitely wouldn't have the checks and balances of a court that finds a law enforcement agency misused data and with a free press to publicize that fact.

New comment by abliefern in "A guidance language for controlling LLMs"

abliefern — Wed, 17 May 2023 07:45:44 +0000

What about that makes you think GPT-4 has agency?

New comment by abliefern in "Chrome ships WebGPU"

abliefern — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:26:24 +0000

Many, many more people own smartphones than laptops.

New comment by abliefern in "The day Windows died"

abliefern — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 05:53:35 +0000

I've never seen those apps on my machine, very strange. Is this an OEM choice?

New comment by abliefern in "Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?"

abliefern — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:35:50 +0000

We were talking about flights?

New comment by abliefern in "Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?"

abliefern — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:14:26 +0000

Grandchildren and great-grandchildren don't factor in, we'll be close to carbon neutral by then anyway.

New comment by abliefern in "Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?"

abliefern — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:12:09 +0000

> So you shouldn't feel bad for your occasional air travel.

I don't understand the implied ethical rule behind this mentality. CO2 emissions are always a problem and to be avoided. What am I missing?

New comment by abliefern in "Improved audio rendering with an optimised version of memcpy (2013)"

abliefern — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 08:31:10 +0000

I hope they put on new shoes every time they leave their daily new house

New comment by abliefern in "Deutschlandticket for regional bus and rail services to be offered for €49/month"

abliefern — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:35:54 +0000

45% of people in Germany don't work.

Many with low incomes who do work have access to free or cheap transport tickets as part of social benefits.

New comment by abliefern in "Deutschlandticket for regional bus and rail services to be offered for €49/month"

abliefern — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:31:51 +0000

What do you mean it's not an option? I already ordered the ticket as a chip card here in Berlin.

New comment by abliefern in "Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone"

abliefern — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 22:31:00 +0000

Wow. So "the majority of security issues are patched immediately and silently through the play store" seems catastrophically incorrect.

New comment by abliefern in "Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone"

abliefern — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 22:26:11 +0000

I expect manufacturers not to offer bad options like a 150 € phone with 3 years of updates. Give me a 200€ phone with 5 years? Or a 10€ service fee per year of updates.

New comment by abliefern in "Bard and new AI features in Search"

abliefern — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 09:18:21 +0000

> This doesn't address the parent's excellent question

That's a large part of HN in a nutshell.

New comment by abliefern in "Helping mentally ill people in the Philippines (2022)"

abliefern — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 15:56:54 +0000

Psychosis, schizophrenia and suicidality are not about "sitting around talking about your feelings". What an insane take.

New comment by abliefern in "Ain't it funny how the knight moves?"

abliefern — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 12:21:08 +0000

Aahhhhh.