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New comment by arretevad in "OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon"

arretevad — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:11:35 +0000

*Formal education

New comment by arretevad in "r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming"

arretevad — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:56:13 +0000

You’re describing a hypothetical that doesn’t exist. Even if we assume it will exist someday we can’t reasonably compare it to what exists today.

New comment by arretevad in "Prediction markets are ushering in a world in which news becomes about gambling"

arretevad — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:24:01 +0000

I guess I’m trying to say that in both cases you outline, the purpose of the act lies solely in the risk itself. Believing something is mispriced simply means the perceived risk is very low (or even negative) but the action is taken _because_ of the risk itself. No other purpose is served. Unlike other monetary instruments which could be consider stores of wealth. or other life decisions which have outside intrinsic values in which the risk is a consideration but not the primary object.

New comment by arretevad in "Prediction markets are ushering in a world in which news becomes about gambling"

arretevad — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:13:31 +0000

I think by your own definition the headline is warranted in its use of gambling. The act of betting on predictions is in service of “being right” ostensibly. But is really just about the monetary reward. I don’t see betting on predictions serving any other purpose. Other risks in life have other purpose, in which the risk is accepted because of the reward of the other purpose. Gambling is risk without any other sort of side reward or effect.

New comment by arretevad in "US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes"

arretevad — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 04:35:45 +0000

I fail to understand how your quote doesn't describe land lords? It is: 1. An act of growing one's own wealth (no other purpose to land lording) 2. It is accomplished by taking advantage of economic conditions (perhaps not "manipulating") 3. Does not create any new wealth.

And a little further down is this: > Rent-seeking implies the extraction of uncompensated value from others without making any contribution to productivity.

Which to me certainly sounds like someone who's only contribution is ownership.

New comment by arretevad in "Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M"

arretevad — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:49:15 +0000

> literally no impact on anyone

How does this make any sense in any context? An individuals actions can never have zero impact on others. The mass concentration of wealth in the hands of a few has an enormous impact on the rest of the population.

New comment by arretevad in "Cory Doctorow: "centaurs" and "reverse-centaurs""

arretevad — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:26:50 +0000

Like all problems, It’s possible there are many contributing factors. Power laws may be one. The usual suspects might carry some of the blame as well. These things are not mutually exclusive. It’s unlikely there is one “solution” that will fix the systemic issues that create reverse centaurs. I don’t see the value in writing someone off simply because they do not explore the entire solution space.

New comment by arretevad in ""Do you not like money?""

arretevad — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:20:18 +0000

One thing to consider is that Many people simply do not have the time, energy, and/or equipment to cook food from raw ingredients. These factors are common in poorer households where people are working multiple jobs, etc.

New comment by arretevad in "Nobody cares"

arretevad — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 06:12:22 +0000

Elon only cares about enriching himself.

New comment by arretevad in "The Raspberry Pi CM5 Is Weeks Away?"

arretevad — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:34:43 +0000

Do you have an example n100 you like / would recommend? Been thinking of trying one out.

New comment by arretevad in "The tech utopia fantasy is over"

arretevad — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:03:25 +0000

This doesn’t make sense to me. People will always pay when there is value to them. Or at least perceived value. Libraries are free but people still pay for books and subscribe to audible.

New comment by arretevad in "CEOs are running companies from afar even as workers return to office"

arretevad — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:08:52 +0000

Well it has to go somewhere. I’m personally against hoarding in general. Less concentration means more equality.

New comment by arretevad in "Ask HN: Is anybody getting value from AI Agents? How so?"

arretevad — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 18:43:32 +0000

Whenever I read about how AI is going to automate art or some other creative job I think about a quote I read (maybe here) that went something like “that which is made without effort is enjoyed without pleasure”.

New comment by arretevad in "New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on code quality'"

arretevad — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 05:12:55 +0000

I agree and hold a similar theory. The human mind prefers to put things in boxes. And the simpler the box, the better.

New comment by arretevad in "Exploded SpaceX rocket devastated a town and a wildlife reserve"

arretevad — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 05:07:08 +0000

Isn’t life already multiplanetary? There’s no way we are the only planet with the only life. Seems like we are just destroying vans for no reason. Also seems like we are destroying this planet for no reason.

New comment by arretevad in "Mountpoint – file client for S3 written in Rust, from AWS"

arretevad — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:53:20 +0000

I find all the “written in Rust” qualifier in all these post title to just be a distraction. It doesn’t feel like it’s telling me anything.

New comment by arretevad in "S.F. landlords, property owners sue to block voter-approved vacancy tax"

arretevad — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 06:22:09 +0000

Selling doesn’t transfer the “issue” to someone else. It houses someone in need.

New comment by arretevad in "S.F. landlords, property owners sue to block voter-approved vacancy tax"

arretevad — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 06:18:30 +0000

Imo, rent seeking in general should be illegal.