Hacker News: balozi

New comment by balozi in "The desperation of NYTimes"

balozi — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:10:15 +0000

I gave up on and unsubscribed from the Times about 20+ years ago. Even back then the unsubscribe process was painful. I guess nothing has changed.

New comment by balozi in "At long last, InfoWars is ours"

balozi — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:54:34 +0000

A half decent Board of Directors at The Onion mothership would have asked the question: Is this what we should be spending time and money on?

New comment by balozi in "Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill"

balozi — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:08:56 +0000

What recourse would Illinois have against open-source operating systems? Anyone can roll their own Linux distro and share it with whomever they want.

New comment by balozi in "Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras"

balozi — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:13:09 +0000

Some of the "news" items these days read more like suggestions.

New comment by balozi in "Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months"

balozi — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:14:43 +0000

As presented, that dude's story as makes little sense to anyone familiar with the immigration process. There is more to this story, I wish the reporter would just tell it.

New comment by balozi in "Greenland tensions harden Europe's push for energy independence"

balozi — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:12:41 +0000

Decarbonization needs to happen anyway - that statement is issued as if its fact. A realist would would posit that energy independence, or energy security and its underlying national security implications should be arrived at by any means necessary, carbon or non-carbon based.

New comment by balozi in "Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties"

balozi — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:42:35 +0000

There is a reason they publish opeds right next to hard news. Its not by accident.

New comment by balozi in "Amazon strategised about keeping water use secret"

balozi — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:53:09 +0000

Concerns about inconsequential water usage at datacenters is a far more welcome problem for the the industry than the other real issues they could be dealing with. People distracted by water concerns will not notice the very real energy usage and AI ethics/practices issues.

Say what you want but the industry has figured out how to manage public perception and sentiment. Water usage problem is easy to fix, while energy usage is a far tougher nut to crack.

New comment by balozi in "US cities pay too much for buses"

balozi — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:58:05 +0000

Federal subsidies don't stop at paying for much of the bus purchase costs, they are also paying for much of the roads and bridges the busses run on. Subsides cover of the operating costs, especially labor and energy. And at the very end, the reason most localities are able to offer free rides or very low cost rides is because federal dollars are subsidizing the final ride fares.

New comment by balozi in "Epistemic Collapse at the WSJ"

balozi — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:16:47 +0000

I'll argue that this Woit post is no better. Its lazy. What was the point?

New comment by balozi in "iPhone Air"

balozi — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:16:09 +0000

Obviously, the next move is to build and sell the new iPhone Air 2 which has a two-day battery and improved camera system.

New comment by balozi in "America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back"

balozi — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:31:20 +0000

For better or worse the man is exposing the mindboggling scale of deindustrialization that was hidden underneath America's transition to a "knowledge economy". Decades of failed economic policy has led America to this point.

New comment by balozi in "Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row"

balozi — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:54:03 +0000

Technically, they are leaving the front door open to all interested parties

New comment by balozi in "Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger"

balozi — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:24:59 +0000

New allies, same as the old allies.

New comment by balozi in "Earth Is on the Brink of Breaching a 7th of Nine 'Planetary Boundaries'"

balozi — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:12:08 +0000

The cynic in me sees people building careers off promotion of pseudo-science, and other on the creation of content around said pseudo-science. Reminds me of string theory for some reason.

New comment by balozi in "Is My Blue Your Blue?"

balozi — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 03:09:28 +0000

What does it mean when I get better and better at picking blues/greens on second or third attempts? Does it mean my ability to pick colors can be somehow influenced or improved?

New comment by balozi in "Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon"

balozi — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:49:27 +0000

Patreon also stands to gain from this change. Come think of it, the new arrangement is a win for everyone involved - except the actual patrons ofcourse.

New comment by balozi in "Apple Maps on the web launches in beta"

balozi — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:47:01 +0000

Heaven knows Apple would never give me anything for free. So, Apple will have to PAY ME to try their beta product. The era of free work is over.

New comment by balozi in "Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement"

balozi — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:16:50 +0000

I totally agree. I have also been captivated by the oral arguments. To the extent that I find myself pre-researching some of the cases' background beforehand. Makes for compelling entertainment when you have a sense on why the justices approach questioning the way that they do. Beats any podcast I know.

New comment by balozi in "Google shuts down GPay app and P2P payments in the US"

balozi — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:16:30 +0000

Well...they will just sell your $900 debt to a brass-knuckled debt collector for $19. That's what I would do.