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New comment by coremoff in "U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel"

coremoff — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:27:31 +0000

I don't think I'm qualified to provide an answer - trying to detail how execs should not be able to profit from fail-cases like this is a mine-field of edge cases, I expect.

I do think that you shouldn't be doing anything to destroy their lives "no pension" (outside of any judicial outcomes); but it should be sufficiently comprehensive such that you can declare both that no one profited from malfeasance/incompetance and that poeple in positions governed by these provisions are strongly encouraged to make sure that they don't fall foul of them.

New comment by coremoff in "U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel"

coremoff — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:55:00 +0000

I agree with what you're saying, however I think talking in absolutes is counter-productive:

> No golden parachutes, no deferred bonuses, no pensions

In my opinion, hard cutoffs like this create perverse incentives, but there definitely need to be consequences for actions.

New comment by coremoff in "A teen was suicidal. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in"

coremoff — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:47:02 +0000

The tradeoff suggested above (not saying that it's the right way around or correct) is:

* If you provide ChatGPT then 5 people who would have died will live and 1 person who would have lived will die. ("go to the doctor" vs "don't tell anyone that you're suicidal")

* If you don't provide ChatGPT then 1 person who would have died will live and 5 people who would have lived will die.

Like many things, it's a tradeoff and the tradeoffs might not be obvious up front.

New comment by coremoff in "A teen was suicidal. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in"

coremoff — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:06:10 +0000

It's the trolley problem reframed; not sure we have a definitive answer to that.

New comment by coremoff in "So you think you've awoken ChatGPT"

coremoff — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:45:59 +0000

that sounds like something that would be worthwhile presenting to a wider audience

New comment by coremoff in "Sycophancy in GPT-4o"

coremoff — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:50:51 +0000

GP's reply was written to emulate the sort of response that ChatGPT has been giving recently; an obsequious fluffer.

New comment by coremoff in "Atlassian announces end of support for Opsgenie"

coremoff — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:25:52 +0000

FYI that page linked does not work in firefox

New comment by coremoff in "Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?"

coremoff — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:08:39 +0000

Sonos were originally great, when they were a platform to injest your music and stream to your various rooms.

That was years ago, and now they want to own the whole thing, from music to speakers, and are willing to brick old devices to force you onto more isolating versions of their app.

I'm very glad I never switched to them (was close when Logitech killed squeezebox), and would not recommend them to anyone for any reason.

New comment by coremoff in "The meme-ification of the “Demon Core”"

coremoff — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:31:52 +0000

Explain XKCD to the rescue: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1242:_Scary_Names

New comment by coremoff in "Google reacts angrily to report it will have to sell Chrome"

coremoff — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:16:07 +0000

Something needs to be done; Google's mission is at odds to good browser development, and having an effective monopoly with the world using a single browser is not good for users even without the advertising conflict of interest.

New comment by coremoff in "Joint Declaration by Ministers of Germany, France, Poland, Italy, Spain, UK"

coremoff — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:27:19 +0000

A timely message, particularly given the apparent sabotage of undersea cables and other hubrid warfare we've been seeing recently.

I hope this also helps with morale in Ukraine.

New comment by coremoff in "The Silurian Hypothesis"

coremoff — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:56:45 +0000

it's a bit more involved than that, IIRC (been a while) - the civilisations involved typically migrate around the galaxy, entierly abandoning entire arms of the milky way and moving to another; agreements with other non-compatible civilisations mean that those that remain exist in an extremely hostile environment (the wars between the oxygen and hydrogen breathers, in particular, were notable until they managed to come to this arrangement).

There are also significant numbers of extremely agressive and militaristic civilisations, mostly held back by the laws and customs of setting, who would gleefully seek out and destroy anyone not following along.

New comment by coremoff in "Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day"

coremoff — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:48:31 +0000

I have a wobble board at my standing desk; keeps me moving constantly without distracting me.

New comment by coremoff in "Jaywalking legalized in New York City"

coremoff — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:57:55 +0000

Pedestrians have quite broad right of way in the UK - you can't step into moving traffic and expect them to slam on the brakes, but you will see people crossing anywhere and everywhere at any time:

https://www.thewindscreenco.co.uk/help-advice/highway-code-2...

New comment by coremoff in "Jaywalking legalized in New York City"

coremoff — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:43:48 +0000

I've posted in the sibling thread r.e. the density (which I believe you have underestimated by several orders of magnitude), however a stroll around london will show you that, excepting arterial roads, cars always have to deal with pedestrians crossing at any time and place, including between you and the car ahead if you come to a stop, or if there's more than a couple meters between you and the next car. Even busy arterial roads will have to deal with people walking across them if there are large gaps or the traffic is slow or stalled.

New comment by coremoff in "Jaywalking legalized in New York City"

coremoff — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:40:41 +0000

I believe you'll find that the London number you mention is the average density of the Greater London Metropolitan Area.

The City of Westminster has a day-time population of around 1 million people, and its area is around 8 sq miles; (doing casual searching).

New comment by coremoff in "Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more"

coremoff — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:18:46 +0000

unfortunately it's not much different carrying an adapter around than carrying the cable; but I'll have a look at options, thanks

New comment by coremoff in "Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more"

coremoff — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:17:38 +0000

ah, I missed that announcement - that's a shame; thanks for the info

New comment by coremoff in "Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more"

coremoff — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:26:29 +0000

no oasis refresh?

no buttons? no purchase.

Been waiting a long time, I suppose it's time to move to alternatives, as it's a pain to carry around a usb-micro cable just for my kindle.

New comment by coremoff in "The U.S. Navy's $100M checkbox (2019)"

coremoff — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:12:22 +0000

FYI Reader mode solves most of these problems (not that it should be needed)