Hacker News: butterbomb

New comment by butterbomb in "Log messages are mostly for the people operating your software"

butterbomb — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:27:54 +0000

Oddly enough though, my journey into computers was greatly assisted by my curiosity at random log files that were being dumped to my desktop constantly.

New comment by butterbomb in "US economy sheds 92,000 jobs in February in sharp slide"

butterbomb — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:39:01 +0000

> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47277727

None of those are tech

New comment by butterbomb in "How Much Money Jeff Bezos Made Since You Started Reading This Page"

butterbomb — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:26:02 +0000

> They'll kick you to the curb and remove democracy since any real democracy is a direct threat to them.

Not a threat, these people rarely feel truly threatened, but an obstruction.

New comment by butterbomb in "A man who broke into jail"

butterbomb — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:20:49 +0000

> I thought this was going to be about someone that wanted to go to jail in order to receive meals and/or healthcare.

Tbf, there’s probably an easier way to achieve that goal that involves much less serious charges than breaking into the jail lol.

New comment by butterbomb in "Palantir and other tech companies are stocking offices with tobacco products"

butterbomb — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:18:53 +0000

Ah that makes sense. Was something changed recently to enable this? I’ve certainly seen employer health insurance discounts for not smoking for years, but the complete ban, listed in a job application, and explicitly including cessation aids feels like something I’ve only seen in recent years.

New comment by butterbomb in "Palantir and other tech companies are stocking offices with tobacco products"

butterbomb — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:10:02 +0000

Funny. At least since Covid, I’ve noticed a number of employers, often at municipalities or other governments, but sometimes at private companies, are adding terms that employees cannot use any nicotine products whatsoever. What’s even stranger is the always go out of their way to explicitly note that non tobacco cessation aids are not allowed either. Seems like pure virtue signaling, though at least one person has suggested to me that the companies engaging in this are serious and go as far as blood testing.

New comment by butterbomb in "Iran war wreaking havoc on shipping and air cargo, could create global delays"

butterbomb — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:27:37 +0000

It is good proof the mods lie about moderation though. Regardless of what you think of this particular user, I’ve seen dang jump down even long time user’s throats for much less.

New comment by butterbomb in "An interactive map of Flock Cams"

butterbomb — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:24:58 +0000

> Hot take: AMBER alert is a way to keep the public paranoid about child abduction by strangers, an evil but extremely rare act

I thought they were mostly custody style kidnappings anyway.

New comment by butterbomb in "TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption, saying it makes users less safe"

butterbomb — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:14:44 +0000

> how do they implement this?

Centralized power and being unafraid to use authoritarian tactics. Also the general cultural ethos of the people.

New comment by butterbomb in "I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services"

butterbomb — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:30:54 +0000

> Put on your tinfoil hat and ask yourself: why is that suddenly a topic in so many different countries?

Ooh I know, the elite classes across the globe have been exposed as degenerate pedophile subhumans. Knowing the information would release soon, they began to coordinate this campaign to provide lip service virtue signaling about child predation while also tightening their grip on the underclasses before it gets too heated.

New comment by butterbomb in "El Paso ICE Camp East Montana under quarantine after measles outbreak"

butterbomb — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:13:55 +0000

> Wouldn't unvaccinated people and outbreaks strengthen my case for ICE and dumping these people into quarantined facilities?

Way to discriminate against neurotypicals.

New comment by butterbomb in "India's top court angry after junior judge cites fake AI-generated orders"

butterbomb — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:43:07 +0000

> people crowing about how much time they are getting back

Trust me, if it wasn’t for RTO, I probably would be lol.

New comment by butterbomb in "Florida public universities to pause hiring new H-1B workers"

butterbomb — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:28:16 +0000

Probably enough to live amongst the lower middle class till carpetbagger real estate speculation and the general clown economy push you back to the rust belt shithole from which you came.

New comment by butterbomb in "How do you plan to make a living after AI takes your job?"

butterbomb — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:24:56 +0000

Well then it sounds like I’ll be free of my problems soon enough

New comment by butterbomb in "U.S. science agency moves to restrict foreign scientists from its labs"

butterbomb — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:38:00 +0000

God, maybe I could buy if it it came with significant work to repair US education and investment in a domestic science workforce, but unfortunately in the US, these nationalist waves have to also come with a strong air of anti-intellectualism.

New comment by butterbomb in "U.S. science agency moves to restrict foreign scientists from its labs"

butterbomb — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:26:36 +0000

It’s less about any of that. It’s more that I’m glad I won’t have to hear them deify the constitution anymore because they don’t care for it much anymore.

New comment by butterbomb in "U.S. science agency moves to restrict foreign scientists from its labs"

butterbomb — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:16:11 +0000

> Not only they voted all of this, but keep believing this paranormal constitutional nonsense where winner-takes-all elections where you rule under no oversight, you have no opposition, and don't even depend on your own party support is actually a sane democratic system.

Honestly I’ve been filled schadenfreude with as the American civic religion collapse. Even the right is giving it up as they view it as too obstructionist.

The silver lining in all this is that the American people might come out a bit less retarded. It’s been fascinating to see the explosion of political thought amongst Americans in the last few years.

New comment by butterbomb in "Pentagon chief blocks officers from Ivy League schools and top universities"

butterbomb — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:48:04 +0000

> The wild thing is that America pretends itself that it is a meritocracy while

If you haven’t been paying attention, the elite have give up on that lie. They know it’s indefensible to even the dumbest Americans anymore.

Additionally the risk is over. The American people are so disgustingly impotent, they no longer need to placate them with lies of meritocracy and other false values. They can now transparently tell you “we will rule you as we wish and face no consequences”. The Epstein saga solidifies this.

New comment by butterbomb in "Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule"

butterbomb — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:39:41 +0000

> If the standard is historical continuity, Jews are indigenous to that land. Their sovereignty was interrupted by conquest. It was not invented in the 20th century.

Cool, I guess I need to find wherever my ancestors lived 3000 years ago. Turns out. I have a claim to it still!

New comment by butterbomb in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

butterbomb — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:10:26 +0000

> Only I’m not exactly sure what constituency will support this war.

The remaining neocons who have surprisingly managed to weasel their way back into influence.