Hacker News: albatross13

New comment by albatross13 in "US banks lost $472B in deposits in the Q1 2023"

albatross13 — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:11:15 +0000

Imagine if we had just given that money to Ukraine instead, sheeeesh I can't believe the pro-russian banks wouldn't do that

New comment by albatross13 in "iPhones will be able to speak in your voice with 15 minutes of training"

albatross13 — Tue, 16 May 2023 14:05:31 +0000

Fidelity does it. I've had to explicitly decline 'voice authorization' multiple times.

New comment by albatross13 in "Infosec company pwned by 4chan user"

albatross13 — Wed, 10 May 2023 19:40:03 +0000

Several people have been arrested based on 4chan posts recently, after 'threatening' a law enforcement official in florida.

So...yes. Yes I do.

New comment by albatross13 in "Infosec company pwned by 4chan user"

albatross13 — Wed, 10 May 2023 17:00:24 +0000

1. post link to jenkins job in a 4chan thread relating to something nefarious

2. see who clicks it

3. now you have IP addresses of possibly nefarious people without needing to subpoena 4chan

Something like that.

New comment by albatross13 in "Infosec company pwned by 4chan user"

albatross13 — Wed, 10 May 2023 16:47:11 +0000

Anyone setting up a honey pot. Half of 4chan posts are 3 letter agencies trying to bait people into violence.

New comment by albatross13 in "Running a movie theater is more expensive than you can possibly imagine"

albatross13 — Wed, 10 May 2023 15:30:33 +0000

I will say, after not going to a movie theater for awhile and then subsequently seeing D&D in theaters twice...going to a movie theater is actually really nice.

There's something to be said about going to a movie theater and being able to watch a movie distraction-free. No phones, no tablets, etc.

It was nice.

New comment by albatross13 in "Three failed US banks had one thing in common: KPMG"

albatross13 — Wed, 03 May 2023 18:23:12 +0000

There's nothing irrational about not trusting banks, especially when they're directed by the federal reserve to have 0% of their deposits on hand.

New comment by albatross13 in "Cops, firefighters bewildered as driverless cars behave badly"

albatross13 — Mon, 01 May 2023 18:15:10 +0000

You can flatten a tire with an anti material rifle.

New comment by albatross13 in "Cops, firefighters bewildered as driverless cars behave badly"

albatross13 — Mon, 01 May 2023 18:02:48 +0000

> US solution - equip all emergency services with anti-materiel rifles

Yes.

New comment by albatross13 in "Twitter fueled run on Silicon Valley Bank, new paper finds"

albatross13 — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:43:55 +0000

:shrug:

Get lost in the technicalities if you want- either way it's all a scam of loaning money they don't have. I hope you don't bank with first republic :)))

New comment by albatross13 in "Twitter fueled run on Silicon Valley Bank, new paper finds"

albatross13 — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 22:13:56 +0000

I don't think banking loses its purpose, but I do think it loses its insane profitability.

A bank is supposed to be a safe location to store my money, because storing it under my mattress is a far less guarantee of safety. It should be a slow burn towards profitability.

To your point, that goes out the window with fractional reserve banking and it's exacerbated when the Federal Reserve pulls shenanigans like remove reserve requirements...which still seems to be the case.

Either way the points are moot, the banking system ain't gonna change until we have some ungodly catalyst. Hopefully no one blames some dumb social media website for that either.

New comment by albatross13 in "Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots: study"

albatross13 — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 17:21:07 +0000

Your parrot sounds like a riot. Give him a pat for me.

New comment by albatross13 in "Twitter fueled run on Silicon Valley Bank, new paper finds"

albatross13 — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 17:19:24 +0000

Ah yes, let's blame everyone else for the woes of fractional reserve banking.

Here's a novel idea- don't loan money you don't have ^_^

New comment by albatross13 in "Car thieves using tech disguised inside old Nokia phones and Bluetooth speakers"

albatross13 — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 16:36:01 +0000

Just drive a stick shift.

New comment by albatross13 in "The NIH has poured $1B into long Covid research, with little to show for it"

albatross13 — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 20:45:53 +0000

Are you up to date on your boosters?

New comment by albatross13 in "Farmers ‘crippled’ by satellite failure as GPS-guided tractors grind to a halt"

albatross13 — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:27:32 +0000

You should start your own farm and scale it to feed tens of millions of people, simply by driving a truck in a field :)

New comment by albatross13 in "FTX stored private keys to crypto assets in plaintext, without access controls"

albatross13 — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:32:48 +0000

The fact that you're surprised by this is the most alarming thing in all of this.

New comment by albatross13 in "Bosses want hard workers, so they’re hiring older people"

albatross13 — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:54:56 +0000

Wrong. Saudi Arabia forces countries to buy oil in USD.

New comment by albatross13 in "Bosses want hard workers, so they’re hiring older people"

albatross13 — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 17:38:52 +0000

The stock market is fake and manipulated, and propped up by an empty fiat currency that has one leg left: the military might of the USA.

How fast is your precious stock market gonna plummet once the world starts abandoning the USD as its reserve currency?

New comment by albatross13 in "Cheetah Walks over to Photographer for a Head Rub During Photo Shoot"

albatross13 — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 17:33:22 +0000

This unfortunately gives people the wrong idea about wildlife photography.

He's clearly on either a reserve or a game farm, shooting with what I'm assuming is a 70-200mm lens- i.e. he's way too close to this animal.