Hacker News: bastloing

New comment by bastloing in "Self-Funding Harberger Taxes"

bastloing — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:58:33 +0000

Comments like these make me wish ycrapinator had a -100 downvote button.

New comment by bastloing in "Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals"

bastloing — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:55:28 +0000

If anything it's easier now than ever to invest in stocks. Online trades, no commissions, and fractional shares. When I started I had to pay a broker to do the trades. And still against those odds somehow it worked.

New comment by bastloing in "Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals"

bastloing — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:25:42 +0000

Everyone I know is doing well and looking forward to the next 4 years. Just look at the stock market, which anyone can invest in. I started back when I was making $4 an hour, now doing very well.

New comment by bastloing in "AI helps researchers dig through old maps to find lost oil and gas wells"

bastloing — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:22:01 +0000

Some articles are more opinion than fact, even though they might be presented as fact

New comment by bastloing in "Self-Funding Harberger Taxes"

bastloing — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:21:01 +0000

Since it's so easy to invent with AI there's no need for patents or copyrights anymore. The money isn't the idea anymore, it's the product.

New comment by bastloing in "Self-Funding Harberger Taxes"

bastloing — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:23:02 +0000

As AI takes hold it's obvious parents and copyrights will have to be revisited.

New comment by bastloing in "AI helps researchers dig through old maps to find lost oil and gas wells"

bastloing — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:21:55 +0000

Yeah they're pro AI and pro business. Sounds about right.

New comment by bastloing in "No NAT November: My month without IPv4"

bastloing — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:20:13 +0000

My isp filters all incoming ipv6 traffic for me and lets my outgoing ipv6 out. What could possibly go wrong?

New comment by bastloing in "FTC takes action against Gravy Analytics, Venntel for selling location data"

bastloing — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:55:50 +0000

I wish they would take action on collecting data

New comment by bastloing in "Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support"

bastloing — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:30:08 +0000

I would think someday we can use AI to port the software. Maybe even use AI to design the cards.

New comment by bastloing in "Vintage digicams aren't just a fad. They're an artistic statement"

bastloing — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:36:20 +0000

Nice! I've got a whole basement full of computer stuff from the late 1970s until a few years ago, probably time to put some of that stuff up on eBay!

New comment by bastloing in "Student rocket group shatters amateur space record"

bastloing — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:10:07 +0000

Bright kids, great support, can't wait to see what they can do with their careers! Bravo!

New comment by bastloing in "Company claims 1k% price hike drove it from VMware to open source rival"

bastloing — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:11:43 +0000

There's no claim about it, it actually happened. Always amazed at companies that extort their customers because it might be too expensive to move off those products. I remember Computer Associates back in the 1980s and 1990s, that was their business model, buy out a company, fire all the engineers, and Jack up license fees. Rinse and repeat. I remember seeing them at unix expo at the javits center, they always gave out the best chachkis

New comment by bastloing in "World Labs: Generate 3D worlds from a single image"

bastloing — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:35:04 +0000

What a great start, it's only going to get better from here!

New comment by bastloing in "Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain"

bastloing — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:38:32 +0000

Takes more brain cells to handwrite. I'd be interested in brain activity of qwerty vs dvorak keyboards, now there's a study

New comment by bastloing in "The Influence of Bell Labs"

bastloing — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 23:37:06 +0000

Once Facebook and tiktok got invented that was pretty much it for big new discoveries. Everybody now just posting crap and eating Cheetos.

New comment by bastloing in "Interview of Robert Shingledecker, Tiny Core Linux and DSL Developer (2009)"

bastloing — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 20:29:19 +0000

That's back during the evolution of the operating system, I remember getting CDs of DSL with our console switches. What a great time to be building out our massive server rooms! Lots of fun back then!

New comment by bastloing in "How Honeycrisp Apples Went from Marvel to Mediocre"

bastloing — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 18:53:02 +0000

Really enjoy honeycrisp apples with caramel or chocolate coating! Yummy!

New comment by bastloing in "Core copyright violation moves ahead in The Intercept's lawsuit against OpenAI"

bastloing — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 16:49:03 +0000

I'd actually leave it up to the owner. Some want their work removed, some don't care.

New comment by bastloing in "California scientists accidentally find nuclear fever dream in Arctic snow"

bastloing — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 13:40:08 +0000

Sometimes I read the headlines and then click on the story and the headline here doesn't match the story. Maybe it's Google translate losing the thought? But in this case they match exactly! Nice!