Hacker News: bitlax

New comment by bitlax in "Ask HN: Did past "bubbles" have so many people claiming we were in a bubble?"

bitlax — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:17:28 +0000

Peter Schiff was right!

New comment by bitlax in "Pentagon readies 1,500 troops to possibly deploy to Minnesota, US media say"

bitlax — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:14:53 +0000

New comment by bitlax in "Pentagon readies 1,500 troops to possibly deploy to Minnesota, US media say"

bitlax — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:51:23 +0000

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-readies-1500-soldi...

New comment by bitlax in "U.S. veterans helped Venezuela's Machado escape"

bitlax — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:50:27 +0000

false dichotomy

New comment by bitlax in "Apple cuts Vision Pro production and marketing after weak sales"

bitlax — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 13:25:27 +0000

I absolutely do, I just don't want to wear BCGs.

New comment by bitlax in "South Korea police say 120k home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage"

bitlax — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:05:38 +0000

Oh are we not making bad faith arguments now?

New comment by bitlax in "South Korea police say 120k home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage"

bitlax — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:57:21 +0000

Suspects cheating.

Finds evidence of cheating.

"Try not being so paranoid."

New comment by bitlax in "Majority of teens hold negative views of news media, says report"

bitlax — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:48:11 +0000

This was the theory with the universities.

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:19:43 +0000

I see where you're coming from.

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:00:04 +0000

> you're unlikely to permit yourself to empathize with anything else besides your ingroup.

But in your example you described an attitude of depraved indifference, which is exactly how I described the motivations of many drug dealers, including ones I know and that you do not.

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:16:11 +0000

On re-read I may have been caught by Poe's Law here, in which case Thank God. I need sarcasm tags.

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 23:08:18 +0000

There goes that empathy. Glad you do in fact realize that dealing fentanyl is wrong. Not something fantastic people do.

Edit: After your edit you seem to have found a rationale for rounding up and executing drug dealers "because reasons" so I think we're all done here.

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:36:02 +0000

"I'm sorry ma'am. Your son is dead, but the drug dealer is FASCINATING. No you won't be able to tell."

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:35:39 +0000

So the point WAS to just make stuff up to excuse bad behavior!

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:15:31 +0000

So I've taken a deep dive into the mind of the local fentanyl dealer. I feel every emotion he has. I'm motivated by his motivations. He doesn't want to go to jail for dealing fentanyl. He doesn't care about the people who die from using his fentanyl. What was the point of this exercise?

New comment by bitlax in "Peter Thiel, Would-Be Philosopher King, Takes on Democracy"

bitlax — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:35:23 +0000

> watch as I undermine my own counterexample!

New comment by bitlax in "Peter Thiel, Would-Be Philosopher King, Takes on Democracy"

bitlax — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:39:12 +0000

Brand-new account posts slop. Gets defended with slop from brand-new account.

New comment by bitlax in "Peter Thiel, Would-Be Philosopher King, Takes on Democracy"

bitlax — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:10:40 +0000

Lotta brand new accounts posting slop lately.

New comment by bitlax in "Buckle Up, the Smart Glasses Backlash Is Coming"

bitlax — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:41:40 +0000

Probably the "dumb fucks" comment.

New comment by bitlax in "Buckle Up, the Smart Glasses Backlash Is Coming"

bitlax — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:10:24 +0000

Google is also creepy.