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New comment by affinepplan in "US economy shrank 0.5% in the first quarter, worse than earlier estimates"

affinepplan — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 20:34:53 +0000

Leavitt's statement doesn't deserve further scrutiny beyond shallow dismissal.

New comment by affinepplan in "Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme"

affinepplan — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:54:26 +0000

Some People In The World Sometimes Have The Same Name As Each Other

New comment by affinepplan in "Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme"

affinepplan — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:53:45 +0000

gotta love how credulous you people are to the most insane statements by this administration, and how skeptical you are of the most unsurprising events in the world.

this just in: agency infamous for fragile egos and abuse of power got their ego bruised and abused their power.

New comment by affinepplan in "Brad Lander detained by masked federal agents inside immigration court"

affinepplan — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:45:43 +0000

"banal" --- what a word to use !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichmann_in_Jerusalem

Dyad: A New Language to Make Hardware Engineering as Fast as Software

affinepplan — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:22:29 +0000

Article URL: https://juliahub.com/blog/dyad-making-hardware-as-easy-as-software

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44310704

Points: 20

# Comments: 5

New comment by affinepplan in "Brad Lander detained by masked federal agents inside immigration court"

affinepplan — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:13:52 +0000

> They are not "thugs". They are federal officers.

are they? maybe they should identify themselves as such with names, badge numbers, and warrants?

> They are upholding federal law.

they clearly aren't given the number of court cases the Trump administration is rapidly losing related to its deportation activity.

> This constant manipulation of words is tiring

this constant sanewashing of cruelty is tiring. you should find it horrifying.

but I'm not going to go in circles with you. I hope you eventually look back on this part of your life with shame about your beliefs and who and what you defended.

New comment by affinepplan in "Brad Lander detained by masked federal agents inside immigration court"

affinepplan — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 23:57:37 +0000

I've watched the video several times.

> Any average citizen would be arrested and detained.

yes, ICE thugs would probably behave equally lawlessly towards any civilian challenging them for a warrant. that doesn't make what happened less horrifying.

New comment by affinepplan in "Brad Lander detained by masked federal agents inside immigration court"

affinepplan — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 23:38:08 +0000

what on earth "other side" could there be to unidentified secret police arresting politicians of the opposite party

New comment by affinepplan in "US pauses new student visa interviews as it mulls expanding social media vetting"

affinepplan — Tue, 27 May 2025 18:28:54 +0000

it also covers anyone "presumed to be" an us citizen, even if the gov. does not have specific knowledge that they definitively are.

New comment by affinepplan in "Ugly infrastructure: Why can't we have nice things?"

affinepplan — Mon, 19 May 2025 14:20:16 +0000

> Why can't we have nice things?

cars.

New comment by affinepplan in "Changes since congestion pricing started in New York"

affinepplan — Thu, 15 May 2025 17:39:11 +0000

> That the marching masses entering their neighborhoods were black is completely irrelevant

LOL. sure it was.

New comment by affinepplan in "USPTO refuses Tesla Robotaxi trademark as "merely descriptive""

affinepplan — Fri, 09 May 2025 16:20:15 +0000

they're not the leader for FSD cars. he just claims to be, through a little-known trick called "lying"

New comment by affinepplan in "NYC home prices rise 10% in early 2025"

affinepplan — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:34:38 +0000

unsustainable. and should be unconscionable. almost every pressing social problem can be traced back to the lack of housing supply (of course, some traces are looser than others)

New comment by affinepplan in "White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways to 'Deport' U.S. Citizens"

affinepplan — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:30:00 +0000

it is not out of context. you are being deceptive that somehow surrounding context of the statement justifies such a horrible proposition from POTUS.

New comment by affinepplan in "White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways to 'Deport' U.S. Citizens"

affinepplan — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:35:50 +0000

it was not deceptive. the words I wrote were said by Trump verbatim. please watch the video. I didn't remove the word "criminal" from the middle of the sentence.

New comment by affinepplan in "White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways to 'Deport' U.S. Citizens"

affinepplan — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:35:13 +0000

except it was an honest quotation. what I wrote was said by Trump in the video.

New comment by affinepplan in "White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways to 'Deport' U.S. Citizens"

affinepplan — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:34:20 +0000

I quoted directly from the video. the quote I wrote was said verbatim

New comment by affinepplan in "White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways to 'Deport' U.S. Citizens"

affinepplan — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:14:52 +0000

he was also caught on hot mic today telling Bukele

"home-growns are next... you're going to need to build about five more places"

https://bsky.app/profile/coreyryung.bsky.social/post/3lmrygf...

New comment by affinepplan in "Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries"

affinepplan — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:58:31 +0000

stop normalizing this idiocy. there was no country that wasn't already willing to negotiate trade relations with the US.

New comment by affinepplan in "Congestion Pricing Is a Policy Miracle"

affinepplan — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:57:14 +0000

so somehow roadways are "basic public services" but railways are not?

this kinda just exposes the depth of car-centric bias. to any competent urban designer, in a place like Manhattan, public transit is the "basic public service" and cars & roadways are a LUXURY.