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New comment by actionfromafar in "A 'cold blob' in the Atlantic could be a sign of AMOC shutdown"

actionfromafar — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:45:09 +0000

Capitalism is just a way to manage numbers.

If the true costs were accounted for, Capitalism would work great. The problem is a lot of the costs are left for someone else to eat.

New comment by actionfromafar in "Extinction-Level Capitalism"

actionfromafar — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:35:55 +0000

And unchecked Capitalism coopts the state.

New comment by actionfromafar in "Extinction-Level Capitalism"

actionfromafar — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:34:34 +0000

One of them wants an eschatological, world cleansing war. The other wants to usher in an eschatological, world cleansing war.

New comment by actionfromafar in "Dangerous hormone-disrupting chemicals found in US breast milk samples"

actionfromafar — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:27:30 +0000

The gay frogs were the trauma actors, right?

New comment by actionfromafar in "Solar generates more energy in US than coal for first time"

actionfromafar — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:34:59 +0000

Have EMBER been vetted by the Ministry of Truth?

New comment by actionfromafar in "The RCE that AMD wouldn't fix"

actionfromafar — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:15:36 +0000

The argument I have read here on HN, is that CUDA is made for NVidia hardware, and the AMD hardware is not the best fit.

Essentially it forces AMD to play by NVidias rules, exactly like how they were forced to follow Intel rules. (Ignore for a second that the API / ISA boundary is different.)

But despite that, I also believe AMD would be better off just implementing CUDA.

New comment by actionfromafar in "Where is the AI jobs crisis?"

actionfromafar — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:01:00 +0000

That's a really old joke. :)

Here's a new one. Musk goes to a concert. On average everyone there is a billionaire.

New comment by actionfromafar in "Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'"

actionfromafar — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:44:47 +0000

Poe's Law.

New comment by actionfromafar in "Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M"

actionfromafar — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:22:06 +0000

Yeah... but aren't there many more poor people in Japan, too?

New comment by actionfromafar in "APC–2 – A professional record cutter for producing original playback discs"

actionfromafar — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:08:51 +0000

The Eiermann looks more sturdy at a glance too, since the legs aren't at the corners.

New comment by actionfromafar in "APC–2 – A professional record cutter for producing original playback discs"

actionfromafar — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:45:32 +0000

Isn't a vinyl cutter the first step when pressing records?

New comment by actionfromafar in "Tracing a powerful GNSS interference source over Europe"

actionfromafar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:29:10 +0000

American AWACS bombed on the ground, that is smaller than a city.

New comment by actionfromafar in "Tracing a powerful GNSS interference source over Europe"

actionfromafar — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:18:28 +0000

It's wild how far Motorola has fallen.

New comment by actionfromafar in "Ultra-processed foods in the global food system: The role of tobacco companies"

actionfromafar — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:45:48 +0000

Yes, but why do they choose it?

New comment by actionfromafar in "Mornings and nights no longer exist at 47C: A day in the hottest place in India"

actionfromafar — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:06:59 +0000

But then why not "mad rush to build battery banks everywhere" instead of "mad rush to fusion power"?

It can't very well be any more expensive.

Batteries give returns right now, fusion only in the future. Maybe.

New comment by actionfromafar in "Iran Shock Jolts Asia and Europe to Speed Up Energy Transition"

actionfromafar — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:59:08 +0000

... is this a common sentiment?

New comment by actionfromafar in "Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?"

actionfromafar — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:43:33 +0000

Exactly. Nerfed. Unions without collective bargaining is more like a social club.

New comment by actionfromafar in "American Wealth, Sliced Up"

actionfromafar — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:12:33 +0000

The poorest US states are wealthier through redistribution of wealth to them from other states.

New comment by actionfromafar in "Retro-Tech Parenting"

actionfromafar — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:41:42 +0000

It's a heavy approach, but I think with Claude Code you could set something up that mirrors between whatever groupchat they use and her SMS.

New comment by actionfromafar in "French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56"

actionfromafar — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:58:45 +0000

And it probably saved a lot of problems or harm for others, further down the line. OP might have become a career criminal without that lenience.