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New comment by bitwank in "With one million displaced, Lebanon turns to digital wallets for aid"

bitwank — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:48:54 +0000

Thanks. It seems a bit more complicated than I’d assumed. I probably should spend more time researching these things. I’d seen a BBC prince on the Christian section of Tyre and extrapolated. I had previously heard about the priest. I think these was one in Gaza as well. Such terrible, bloody times these are.

New comment by bitwank in "Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game"

bitwank — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:37:45 +0000

That’s absurd. It is the only game I’ve ever played other than chess. Maybe it’s not popular with FPS gamers, but a lot of people don’t like FPS.

New comment by bitwank in "With one million displaced, Lebanon turns to digital wallets for aid"

bitwank — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:50:49 +0000

Is Israel firing into Christian neighborhoods? I think I saw something saying they were not. That seems consistent with Israel’s strikes being intended to target Hezbollah specifically (because Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel at the outset of the military operation in Iran).

New comment by bitwank in "Sam Altman's sister amends lawsuit accusing OpenAI CEO of sexual abuse"

bitwank — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:41:38 +0000

He is well known to be morally troubled— his postings here over the years gave off that vibe for most who paid attention— but even if he were a hypersexual psychopath or something like that, it doesn’t prove he molested his little sister all those times. There’s a lot of grey area in childhood sexuality, and Sam seems like a “grey area” sort of guy fwiw. He is probably mostly innocent.

New comment by bitwank in "Ask HN: Analysis of credit card receipts to show one does not buy alcohol"

bitwank — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:32:55 +0000

You protest too much. If I were a betting man, “where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”

New comment by bitwank in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

bitwank — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:23:39 +0000

We don’t need to. We already won at least a half dozen times already. We’ll have won a few more times before it’s over in two or three more weeks.

New comment by bitwank in "Axios compromised on NPM – Malicious versions drop remote access trojan"

bitwank — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:20:36 +0000

Good to know. Where were the places you worked at?

New comment by bitwank in "1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History"

bitwank — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:13:42 +0000

Even if there was a 29 style crash, assuming you can hold for 20 or so years, less than the length of most home mortgages, you would still come out ahead. Not that it wouldn’t be painful for seniors and those who are middle age and not well diversified, but it’s hard to not see a US crash as a buying opportunity for international capital.

New comment by bitwank in "Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email"

bitwank — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:09:45 +0000

Yeah, the fact they announced it proves it’s nothing. I saw a picture of him smoking a cigar. We’ve already seen him drinking beer and acting foolish; probably enough to get you executed in Isfahan, but a giant nothining in the USA.

New comment by bitwank in "The 'paperwork flood': How I drowned a bureaucrat before dinner"

bitwank — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:04:08 +0000

Nope. It’s like thinking you can overthrow the government by littering. It’s just being lame. If you’re going to be lame to other people, don’t gloat about your lameness online. “If everybody littered, they’d have to do something about it!”

New comment by bitwank in "Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case"

bitwank — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:47:28 +0000

I’ve watched YouTube daily for nearly 20 years. The majority of the content as well as the algorithm have changed substantially over that period of time. I’m not the only one to notice this btw. There is even a word to describe the phenomenon, “enshitification”. I do clear my watch history, and have never signed into YouTube, frequently resetting the app and watching online in private sessions with adblock. The frequency with which I have to reset the app to prevent the algorithm feeding me terrible undesired content has gone up overtime, I now do it once every few weeks. That’s how much I dislike what it pushes on me. I used to get stuff like “philosophy overdose” and sapolosky’s stanford lecture series, good operas. I now get stuff like “these 5 things are killing you while you sleep!!!” and “mom is shocked to find out her teenage son is raping and eating babies severed limbs.” I’m not being hyperbolic; that’s actually what YouTube recommends.

New comment by bitwank in "Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case"

bitwank — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:34:38 +0000

I never made that claim, and in fact believe the opposite. I simply disagree that heroin is a drop in replacement as a mental model. The differences between the heroin trade and YouTube are meaningful. For example, one is a physically addictive illegal drug that is a commodity exported by certain foreign nations while the other is a digital platform that makes money by ad sales and is a monopoly. Both can be addictive, but they are not the same thing.

New comment by bitwank in "Landmark L.A. jury verdict finds Instagram, YouTube were designed to addict kids"

bitwank — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:24:33 +0000

Heroin is a different business model than advertising. Respectfully, you are wrong.

New comment by bitwank in "Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case"

bitwank — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:20:58 +0000

I will never pay a subscription for the current clickbaity slop. I might if the algorithm were better, closer to YouTube of 10 years ago, when it would suggest lectures, artfully done film shorts, and overall more interesting, high quality content.

New comment by bitwank in "Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case"

bitwank — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:17:00 +0000

Certainly not. People don’t want the slop they push, the anxiety provoking, salacious, clickbaity spam that it has devolved into. Anybody that used YouTube before the last few years can tell you the difference is pretty major. This is not content people want, it’s content that maximizes clicks and ad sales.

New comment by bitwank in "Iran avoiding talks with U.S.; Trump proposal to end war being reviewed"

bitwank — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 03:14:30 +0000

Everybody seems to want a drawn out conflict. There was going to be a blue wave in the midterms anyway, now Trump can blame the Iran conflict so it’s a win for him. A long drawn out war is in Israel’s interest so it’s a win for them too. Iran obviously isn’t interested in another agreement that won’t be honored so forever war it is. The losers will be European countries, places like Australia, the Philippines which are running out of fuel.

New comment by bitwank in "Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case"

bitwank — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:07:36 +0000

>But does anyone believe for a second that YouTube is responsible for a person's internet / video watching addiction?

Yes? Is there an algorithm or not?

New comment by bitwank in "OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies at 43"

bitwank — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:16:24 +0000

Only the good die young.

New comment by bitwank in "Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded in the US"

bitwank — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:39:32 +0000

There are no beds in most bars and nightclubs.

Can the world get its supply of oil by bypassing the Strait of Hormuz?

bitwank — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:33:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-blocked-possible-alternatives-oil-gas-supply-13989112.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47482949

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