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New comment by chronc6393 in "Gold overtakes U.S. Treasuries as the largest foreign reserve asset"

chronc6393 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:48:58 +0000

> People have been convinced of that my entire life, and I'm old now.

People in the UK still think they are the #1 superpower today

New comment by chronc6393 in "Gold overtakes U.S. Treasuries as the largest foreign reserve asset"

chronc6393 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:33:46 +0000

> It has more to do with gold is now worth almost 3x what it was 2 years ago.

And why is it worth 3x?

But S&P500 is not?

New comment by chronc6393 in "Show HN: Travel Hacking Toolkit – Points search and trip planning with AI"

chronc6393 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:48:25 +0000

lol you conveniently left out 50% of the ticket fees

New comment by chronc6393 in "Artemis II Launch Day Updates"

chronc6393 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:10:15 +0000

> Better this than slinging Tomahawks at school children.

I’d rather the one be slinging tomahawks, than the one receiving tomahawks because my country decided to reduce military spending.

New comment by chronc6393 in "OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation"

chronc6393 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:36:25 +0000

> One does not “simply” reduce spending.

Why does stock price go up after mass layoffs?

New comment by chronc6393 in "OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation"

chronc6393 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:26:09 +0000

> what profits are you talking about to offset the losses?

You don’t need profit to offset the losses.

You can simply reduce spending / expenses.

New comment by chronc6393 in "OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation"

chronc6393 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:23:36 +0000

> When it becomes a bigger problem, other indices with higher quality controls will out compete the current ones and be used by asset managers seeking safety

Doubt it.

The world does not allow perfect competition.

New comment by chronc6393 in "ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state"

chronc6393 — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:31:23 +0000

> Hi Nick, your software is a horrendous encroachment on users' privacy and its quality is subpar to those of us who know what we're working with. We don't use your product here.

It’s ok, OpenAI is cooked.

Feel bad for anyone who joined OAI in the past 12 months. Their RSU ain’t going to be worth much later this year. IPO is too late.