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New comment by cake_robot in "U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6"

cake_robot — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:35:48 +0000

That was via law passed by congress not executive fiat, which Trump's executive branch was illegally delaying until it was sold to a political ally.

New comment by cake_robot in "Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?"

cake_robot — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:58:41 +0000

What might feel like "damage control" is more likely to be the outcome of the even-handedness you get with serious, rigorous reporting. Something the New Yorker is known for.

New comment by cake_robot in "Show HN: Gemini can now natively embed video, so I built sub-second video search"

cake_robot — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:19:30 +0000

Yeah, the panopticon is now technically very feasible it's just expensive to implement (for now).

New comment by cake_robot in "Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia"

cake_robot — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:08:48 +0000

Yes absolutely. They're a perfect example of the unique issues w/ collective bargaining for public services.

New comment by cake_robot in "IRS lost 40% of IT staff, 80% of tech leaders in 'efficiency' shakeup"

cake_robot — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:16:37 +0000

The point of prior recent investments in tax police (that the GOP worked to claw back) was specifically to enable the enforcement of complex cases (rich people) that they didn't have the bandwidth to engage.

New comment by cake_robot in "Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft"

cake_robot — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:11:42 +0000

IDK given where they've gone w/ Xbox naming, pre-LLMs

New comment by cake_robot in "Some thoughts on LLMs and software development"

cake_robot — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:22:12 +0000

Just taking your first example, yes I believe you could characterize a lot of the investments in electrification as speculative bubbles even though there was underlying value that was borne out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Utility_Holding_Company...

New comment by cake_robot in "OBBB signed: Reinstates immediate expensing for U.S.-based R&D"

cake_robot — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 18:11:21 +0000

Would you say the Chinese government is operating more short-term than "people with children"?

New comment by cake_robot in "The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs"

cake_robot — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:22:39 +0000

When someone pays for labor to build an apartment building they profit off for decades, do they amortize that labor?

New comment by cake_robot in "Abundance isn't going to happen unless politicians are scared of the status quo"

cake_robot — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:29:17 +0000

Maybe it's not the bulk of the cost but site development fees for a new ADU in Portland are like $40k, to say nothing of the cost of actually getting approval checked off.

New comment by cake_robot in "43K fewer drivers on Manhattan roads after congestion pricing turned on"

cake_robot — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 03:06:34 +0000

Internalizing externalities is good, actually.

New comment by cake_robot in "How good are American roads?"

cake_robot — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:17:29 +0000

Internalizing the costs you create are good though. In a perfect world I would think weight x miles would be what you'd want to tax on. I say this as someone who owns an EV; I should have to account for the higher road deterioration my heavier vehicle causes. If someone's income is too low you fix that other ways than trying to subsidize their externalizing behaviors.

New comment by cake_robot in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

cake_robot — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:11:12 +0000

Trump campaigned on BROAD BASED tariffs, not the targeted actions you're describing. Maybe he's bluffing but the effects are very different.