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New comment by amriksohata in "Washing machines took decades to catch on"

amriksohata — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:01:25 +0000

The machines were supposed to save us time and make our lives easier which initially they did, but instead that time got filled with other things to do for someone else.

New comment by amriksohata in "Elon Musk's foundation is opaque, miserly and self-serving"

amriksohata — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:49:26 +0000

No Musk fan here, but this article is just envy disguised

New comment by amriksohata in "I refused to train the AI that could replace me"

amriksohata — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:42:19 +0000

People said this when self checkouts came to supermarkets, "i refuse to use them so that people stay in employment" within a few years most are self checkout and very few lanes left for staff to supervise on normal checkouts (mostly for elderly or disabled). Both remained but the weight went towards more people going through self checkouts (even if the other lanes take more space);

My point is that people can resist training it, but someone else will.

New comment by amriksohata in "You Know GDPR Is Good Based on Who Hates It"

amriksohata — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:39:58 +0000

If someone hates something doesnt mean that the other thing is good, thats a bizarre assumption. Im all for GDPR but has it helped stopped our data truly getting out? No just look at social media companies using subversive tactics.

New comment by amriksohata in "No Babies? Blame Capitalism"

amriksohata — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:35:28 +0000

Or birth control pill?

New comment by amriksohata in "London Mayor Blocks Palantir"

amriksohata — Thu, 21 May 2026 20:13:18 +0000

Possibly blocking it from pressure from his own community that it might be used against them? Similar to how Birmingham CCTV cameras were blocked by certain members of the communities in Birmingham as they thought they were spying on them.

Anyway its a conflict of interest that a Mayor that is not a technocrat decides what software the Police uses. Seems so wrong.

New comment by amriksohata in "AI is wiping out entry-level jobs"

amriksohata — Fri, 15 May 2026 15:56:48 +0000

No, it should help a person achieve their purpose and be happy.

New comment by amriksohata in "What the Hell Was Going on with Cigarette Ads in the 70s? (2024)"

amriksohata — Thu, 14 May 2026 11:38:44 +0000

For those who are not that old, when cigarettes were mainstream there were many scientists (or business backed science) telling people that smoking was healthy. Then they decided to change tact when it became obvious it was causing lung disease.

New comment by amriksohata in "Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed"

amriksohata — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:47:38 +0000

this

New comment by amriksohata in "Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed"

amriksohata — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:47:23 +0000

Kinda pointless the government looking muscular on this when the real issue has moved on anyway to vaping, access to weed etc. The industry lobbying wont come after the govt anyway so no blocks right, as they are getting profit from elsewhere

New comment by amriksohata in "The East India Company in Japan"

amriksohata — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:19:36 +0000

Supplying high grade explosives and ammunition was seen as a way to profit from potential conflict, which eventually made the Shogun wary of their presence.

New comment by amriksohata in "Creating West Coast Buddhism (2024)"

amriksohata — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:18:12 +0000

Many of these philosophies are repackaged Hindu traditions

New comment by amriksohata in "India's VIP culture is out of control"

amriksohata — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:36:48 +0000

There is nothing surprising about this, nor the fact that a western news outlet doesn't understand local culture. The levels of security required in India is much higher.

New comment by amriksohata in "The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection"

amriksohata — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:54:38 +0000

its like the food industry blaming parents, sugar like apps/games are designed to be addictive to the point they are act like a drug, stop the drug dealer, not the consumer.

New comment by amriksohata in "A programmer's guide to leaving GitHub"

amriksohata — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:37:47 +0000

We all know where cancel culture ends, polarity wars and the cancellers eventually end up getting cancelled when identity politics emboldens the other side of the spectrum

New comment by amriksohata in "The eight ways that all the elements in the Universe are made (2021)"

amriksohata — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:42:35 +0000

White dwarf explosions result in zinc? Can someone ELI5 as to how they know this if a white dwarf has never actually been monitored closely? Or are these just theories? Pluto for example was found to have a haze with newer telescopes so what if the observarions from white dwarfs which are so far away based on assumptions - are not correct?

New comment by amriksohata in "Mamdani Targets Junk Fees and Hidden Charges in Two Executive Orders"

amriksohata — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:49:00 +0000

https://x.com/OnTheNewsBeat/status/1923610786683027484

New comment by amriksohata in "Intermittent hypoxia increases blood flow and benefits executive function"

amriksohata — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:52:26 +0000

Nisshesha Rechaka and Kapalvati prescribe very similar processes to create a similar (but different) state of hypoxia, i.e yoga

New comment by amriksohata in "India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app"

amriksohata — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:45:32 +0000

yes and it was overturned when they realised it was faked by the opposition

New comment by amriksohata in "India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app"

amriksohata — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:45:17 +0000

yes because he felt they did everything they could to prevent islamists fanning the flames, next?