Hacker News: cad31

New comment by cad31 in "Google workers fired for protesting Israeli contract file NLRB complaint"

cad31 — Wed, 01 May 2024 19:59:22 +0000

This idea that projects are "confidential" is a classic for keeping employees on their toes and preventing them from asking questions.

New comment by cad31 in "Google workers fired for protesting Israeli contract file NLRB complaint"

cad31 — Wed, 01 May 2024 19:38:18 +0000

Dammit this is so dumb. Half of google employees I know are literally racist against Chinese people. This is about China vs Israel, not a change in approach.

New comment by cad31 in "Google workers fired for protesting Israeli contract file NLRB complaint"

cad31 — Wed, 01 May 2024 19:35:06 +0000

Let me fix this for you

> Rule number one of being a rebel

Work for the Empire. Just don't be surprised when you get fired, but complain about it anyway, because why not.

New comment by cad31 in "Google workers fired for protesting Israeli contract file NLRB complaint"

cad31 — Wed, 01 May 2024 19:31:49 +0000

This has nothing to do with "a few years", and has everything to do with Israel being perceived as a US ally and China being perceived as an enemy. Basically nothing has changed.

New comment by cad31 in "Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to President Biden's desk"

cad31 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:08:36 +0000

I guess you are not a tiktok user...

New comment by cad31 in "Future of Humanity Institute shuts down"

cad31 — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:58:11 +0000

By "enemies" you mean the sinking boat that e/acc people jumped out of, giving way for the next scam.

New comment by cad31 in "Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel"

cad31 — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 06:11:21 +0000

You are saying they are get paid to stay quiet about this kind of thing?

New comment by cad31 in "Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel"

cad31 — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:47:46 +0000

It is because the CIA is not using AI to create strike target lists.

New comment by cad31 in "Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel"

cad31 — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:35:44 +0000

I am with you but unfortunately the sense of "hacker" here is closer to what it is in "hackaton".

A "hackaton" is an event where ivy league students compete to write sloppy code using APIs from different corporations. They also get branded t-shirts and free redbull (paid by said corporations).

New comment by cad31 in "Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel"

cad31 — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:16:57 +0000

Freedom to profit from war in privacy.

New comment by cad31 in "Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel"

cad31 — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:04:41 +0000

These are called sit-ins or "sitdown strike", and are not particularly uncommon. They happen in many democracies around the world (not at google though).

New comment by cad31 in "'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza"

cad31 — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:34:34 +0000

do you have any examples of a military using a statistical model that names targets, which were then killed without any human vetting?