Hacker News: budsniffer952

New comment by budsniffer952 in "With Wall Street’s help, you’re about to be forced to buy stock in SpaceX"

budsniffer952 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:41:35 +0000

Such a boring statement.

Many people have built products used by far more people, that have generated far more utility, and accumulated far less personal wealth. These things aren't connected.

New comment by budsniffer952 in "AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less"

budsniffer952 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:26:06 +0000

So, in other words, all the "awesome engineers" can't really tell good code from bad unless it's really obvious? Why should we listen to you about AI code being crap, then? Maybe, in the end, you don't really know. Maybe AI is better at it than you?

New comment by budsniffer952 in "A 'cold blob' in the Atlantic could be a sign of AMOC shutdown"

budsniffer952 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:43:06 +0000

Yes. It "conveniently" stops after showing 50 years of declining per captita carbon footprint. The last 4 years are what matter. Classic hacker News take. This is why you will continue to lose.

New comment by budsniffer952 in "A 'cold blob' in the Atlantic could be a sign of AMOC shutdown"

budsniffer952 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:41:04 +0000

Yes. You can just buy containers of PV equipment from China and have it delivered anywhere in the world. Until they decide not to sell it to you, or they decide to stop subsidizing it. Or we go to war with them. Then you're gonna wish you had built those coal plants.

Have you paid attention to anything since 2020? Are you paying attention to anything now?

Suggesting PV is "cheaper" because of the per-watt cost to install it misses so much reality it's hard to take seriously. We live in the now, not some idealized future state. We need energy NOW. Do you think solar cells are immune to supply and demand? And that the economics will not be affected by a global shift?

New comment by budsniffer952 in "GPT‑NL: a sovereign language model for the Netherlands"

budsniffer952 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:38:06 +0000

>total shit show

Are there people legitimately brain-rotted such that they believe stuff like this?

Outside of the constant flow of "hey guys, look at the latest dumb thing Trump did" coming from entertainment outfits posing as news, what are we even talking about? Life goes on as normal for the Americans. You are way too online.

New comment by budsniffer952 in "A 'cold blob' in the Atlantic could be a sign of AMOC shutdown"

budsniffer952 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:21:27 +0000

Coal technology is cheap and wide spread. PV technology is not, yet.

New comment by budsniffer952 in "A 'cold blob' in the Atlantic could be a sign of AMOC shutdown"

budsniffer952 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:19:19 +0000

>Same can't be said about USA under current administration.

The reason half the population won't take climate alarmists seriously are statements like this.

Saying the West, generally, or the US, specifically "aren't doing anything" is ridiculous.

https://ourworldindata.org/profile/co2/united-states