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New comment by boringg in "Women are getting most of the new jobs. What's going on with men?"

boringg — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:06:11 +0000

I believe your referring to the exception and not the rule.

New comment by boringg in "Women are getting most of the new jobs. What's going on with men?"

boringg — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:55:43 +0000

Academic achievement isn't rewarded socially for boys except a select core group. Therefore you don't get as much effort on boys who aren't in that core. Knock on effects could continue through the education system to the working world.

Also there is certainly a world right now that says, oh your a man? Life is pretty grand to be a man - especially if you are a certain social economic class. There is some truth to that but thats the exception not the rule.

New comment by boringg in "Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation"

boringg — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:50:16 +0000

I can agree with that -- however the amount of money the trial lawyers make comparatively is wildly disproportionate. I think that 186$ figure is an example on the high side of payouts to individuals.

New comment by boringg in "Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation"

boringg — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:18:28 +0000

I mean those class action lawsuits enrich trial lawyers and maybe force companies to behave better (though i bet empirical evidence would show that its more a cost of business).

The 20$ dollars people get is nothing but a guise that the trial lawyers are helping people.

NERC is 'actively monitoring the grid' following Iran-linked cyber threat

boringg — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:44:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nerc-cisa-iran-war-cyber-hacking/816914/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693673

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New comment by boringg in "Renewables reached nearly 50% of global electricity capacity last year"

boringg — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:34:32 +0000

The point is that its a proxy for more renewables being deployed on the grid. Thats the take away. It is a piece of good news. From one fellow energy nerd to likely another one - don't get hung up on the details. There is still a lot of work left to do.

New comment by boringg in "OpenAI Acquires TBPN"

boringg — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:37:08 +0000

Why though? Great for the TBPN crew.

New comment by boringg in "A forecast of the fair market value of SpaceX's businesses"

boringg — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:31:09 +0000

Anyone in this thread know how much SpaceX investors got diluted when they bought xAI/GROK?

New comment by boringg in "Renewables reached nearly 50% of global electricity capacity last year"

boringg — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:27:25 +0000

True but having capacity allows for generation - doesn't work the other way around.

AKA the forward march of progress.

Notably absent from X during Artemis launch: Elon

boringg — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:16:54 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47608862

Points: 3

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New comment by boringg in "Artemis II Launch Day Updates"

boringg — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:57:30 +0000

That's your own thing. Think about it to applause the dedicated work of people who have spent their life building these missions and have to do this work through multiple different administrations.

New comment by boringg in "Air Canada CEO to Step Down Amid Backlash over Lack of French Comments"

boringg — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:15:45 +0000

It really feels like the onion - its wild. A crash that was not the fault of Air Canada and the CEO gets canned for not having a french enough response because he doesn't speak fluently enough french. Can't make it up.

Air Canada CEO to Step Down Amid Backlash over Lack of French Comments

boringg — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:08:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/business/air-canada-ceo-crash-retire.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587627

Points: 1

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New comment by boringg in "OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped"

boringg — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:43:21 +0000

Satellites on the outside as well kind of neat. Does Africa not have much opendata sharing or little mapped? Its wildly different on the map for sparsity of info.

New comment by boringg in "Tcl to buy majority stake of Sony Home Entertainment"

boringg — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:55:28 +0000

"April 2027, making TVs under the Sony and Bravia names but using TCL’s display technology".

New comment by boringg in "Tcl to buy majority stake of Sony Home Entertainment"

boringg — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:53:59 +0000

https://archive.is/sXTXW

New comment by boringg in "U.S. stocks are set to deliver their worst quarter in nearly four years"

boringg — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:52:31 +0000

This is what happens when sales is the leader of your organization.

Tcl to buy majority stake of Sony Home Entertainment

boringg — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:49:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-31/china-s-tcl-to-buy-majority-stake-in-sony-s-home-entertainment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47586607

Points: 1

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New comment by boringg in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

boringg — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:31:30 +0000

I see your argument and has some merit but isn't persuasive enough. I would posit that its a bit too loose and that it breaks down on biological people have many more complicated systems that aren't simply re-categorized similar to your car and boat comparison.

For better or worse nor is our medical science sophisticated enough to swap out the systems to be true comparables (and I don't mean to offend anyone).

New comment by boringg in "The Resolv hack: How one compromised key printed $23M"

boringg — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:10:12 +0000

Unless you are also trying to prop up the us government by buying treasuries (us based stable coins)