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New comment by aburd in "Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI"

aburd — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 06:51:51 +0000

I understand that you are writing your general opinion, but I have a feeling Rob Pike's feelings go a little bit deeper than this.

New comment by aburd in "The toll climate change is taking on oceans"

aburd — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 17:34:02 +0000

Well, to a degree, that's precisely right. Only a massive movement will fix this systemic problem. Throwing out plastic bottles won't fix the problem, although I wish it would.

Tech Industry-Funded Think Tanks Work to Overturn California Privacy Law

aburd — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:21:54 +0000

Article URL: https://theintercept.com/2019/04/16/consumer-privacy-laws-california/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19673845

Points: 249

# Comments: 63

New comment by aburd in "How Japanese Police Turned Cyber Prank into Arresting Cases"

aburd — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:30:53 +0000

No, police looking for a crime when there is none is not something to celebrate.

Your second point is spot on, though.

New comment by aburd in "NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', experts say"

aburd — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:52:17 +0000

The maximum fare in Tokyo is nowhere near 2.75 USD. It's kind of a moot point because there is no such thing, lol. But for example the fare from Nippori to Kichijoji, which are both comfortably in Tokyo, is almost 5 USD.