Hacker News: anon2549

New comment by anon2549 in "Palantir CEO's new book says Silicon Valley has 'lost its way'"

anon2549 — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:10:42 +0000

Palantir is one of the more overtly evil tech companies. Their CEO is the last person who should be talking about anyone losing their way.

Although I agree, a culture that allows companies like Palantir to be successful has indeed lost its way.

New comment by anon2549 in "Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE"

anon2549 — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:01:12 +0000

I haven't seen evidence that such "banning and censoring" ever happened to any meaningful degree.

New comment by anon2549 in "U.S. votes against a U.N. resolution urging Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine"

anon2549 — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:40:28 +0000

I guess we have the answer to the question "are we the baddies?"

New comment by anon2549 in "Americans, Russians have held undisclosed talks on Ukraine in Switzerland"

anon2549 — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:00:27 +0000

If the funding is the issue, then we could just end that. That could be done without selling out Ukraine and rewarding Russia for invading neighboring nations.

> it's obviously not treason

I suspect he meant morally, not legally. The present administration appears to be doing everything possible to destroy the US from within. Call that what you will.

New comment by anon2549 in "These Are the SpaceX Engineers Working Inside the FAA"

anon2549 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:50:56 +0000

Those engineers have chosen where their loyalty is. It may not be of their making, but they are eagerly supporting it.

New comment by anon2549 in "The Palantir Guide to Saving America's Soul"

anon2549 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:40:31 +0000

Palantir is one of the entities that is working to destroy what's left of America's soul.

New comment by anon2549 in "DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data"

anon2549 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:44:34 +0000

I think they have nothing but ill intent. Everything they've said and done so far just screams it.

New comment by anon2549 in "Trump's national-capitalism likes to flaunt its strength, but it is fragile"

anon2549 — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:47:17 +0000

I can speak about europe, but I don't think that that the US started on a serious downward trend until nationalism started rising.

But let's say that the US was really on a downward trend -- it's still a big logical leap to say that it's because of some sort of lack of nationalism, especially because whatever downward trend there was has been sped up a lot with the rise of nationalism.

Nationalism of the sort we're seeing now is correlated with the collapse of nations, not with healthy ones.

New comment by anon2549 in "America stopped caring how poor kids do in school"

anon2549 — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:02:44 +0000

The US stopped caring about truth, justice, and basic humanity. Caring about people is not in the cards at all.

New comment by anon2549 in "Trump's national-capitalism likes to flaunt its strength, but it is fragile"

anon2549 — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:59:49 +0000

I disagree. This is absolutely a decline.

New comment by anon2549 in "Elon Musk's Doge Targets US Gold Reserves"

anon2549 — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:53:27 +0000

Prove it.

New comment by anon2549 in "[dead]"

anon2549 — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:35:09 +0000

There will be no off-world colonies, at least not within our (or Musk's) lifetime.

New comment by anon2549 in "Ask HN: Is it safe to file for taxes in the US, at this time?"

anon2549 — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:19:56 +0000

No, it's not safe at all, but it's legally required.

New comment by anon2549 in "Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers"

anon2549 — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:15:56 +0000

The only thing you need to be in order to have the support of this administration is anti-human, anti-freedom and/or evil.

New comment by anon2549 in "Ask HN: Is there a individualistic alt to e/acc?"

anon2549 — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:52:24 +0000

> E/acc (effective acceleration) seems focused on pushing technological progress for the greater good.

That's not what it looks like to me.

New comment by anon2549 in "Do UX design and AI empower people to live consciously or lull into passivity?"

anon2549 — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:50:56 +0000

I just wish that UX design people would go back to prioritizing usability. Usability has been getting worse for years.

New comment by anon2549 in "Doge-affiliated employee expected to seek access to IRS system"

anon2549 — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:44:15 +0000

Isn't it funny, then, that when the Democrats had all three branches of government, the Republicans remained a reasonably effective opposition.

The Democrats are failing at that, and it's wrong to say that's because they're actually powerless. They aren't. What they are is ineffective.

New comment by anon2549 in "Musk Team Seeks Access to IRS System with Taxpayers' Records"

anon2549 — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:36:14 +0000

And I trust any random person off the street far more than I trust Musk. I spend a great deal of effort trying to keep my data out of the hands of Musk and his crowd out of a sense of self-preservation.

This is handing very sensitive personal data to a group who has made it clear that they are my (as well as most of the people in the nation) enemy and want the worst for us.

New comment by anon2549 in "[dead]"

anon2549 — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:35:17 +0000

No amount of gentrification would be able to hide the stain of ethnic cleansing.

New comment by anon2549 in "Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials"

anon2549 — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:03:17 +0000

So far, Trump has easily been the most pro-crime president in my lifetime. I weep for my country and the horrible years these people are bringing to us.