Hacker News: cortexio

New comment by cortexio in "The Problem with C (2020)"

cortexio — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:08:55 +0000

For me, C is perfect and just works and C++ doesnt. That being said, both their std libs are a big mess. It's absolutely horrible. The problem is the macro preprocessor. It's a horrible feature that should not have existed.

New comment by cortexio in "Facebook chooses profits over people"

cortexio — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:48:01 +0000

Facebook again? Why is there always negative news about facebook? What about google & twitter? They do the exact same evil stuff. I swear, at this point it seems like facebook is being targetted by some propaganda group. Not saying facebook is good, but this is suspicious.

As for the "whistleblower"... she told nothing, absolutely nothing. Everything she told was already known. It was like a show for the media.

Also, "showing that whenever there was a conflict between the interests of the company and the public good, the social media giant would choose its own interests"

That's good. That's how it should be. What shouldnt be is when u use your company to hurt the public. And in my opinion, that is what all these giant companies do. These companies decide which opinions are right and which are wrong. That is wrong. It's playing dictator. It's not their job. It's mis-use of power.

Whether FB wants to show ads for Trump or Biden, it shouldnt matter. These companies should not be allowed to decide which information you should be allowed to see and which not. If they do, which they do, it's called interference aka. meddling with elections aka. bias'd system.

I hope fb, google, twitter disappear one day. The world would be better off.

New comment by cortexio in "I ****Ing Hate Science"

cortexio — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 10:37:58 +0000

You're missing the point, his point is that alot of science is unscientific. He explains that the main problem is that either the study is full of gaps, aka. unanswered questions. Or either it's a good study, but then continue to make conclusions about an entire subject while their data only represents a part of the subject. And this happens all the time, over and over again. It happens at google, IBM or any other research company. Science is hard! and the people working at these companies are just people like any other people. People like to rush things or claim that they have proven something.. because.. fame, money, recognition, etc etc..

New comment by cortexio in "Brave Search beta"

cortexio — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 08:29:40 +0000

not if it's opt-in... if i install a firefox plugin that puts all pages full of ads, it's not firefox doing that.. it's me.

New comment by cortexio in "Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting competition and consumers"

cortexio — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 13:56:38 +0000

Google and apple are not securing your data. Any app on your phone that uses the internet already talks to an external API. And they can sell your data to anyone at any time without google/apple ever knowing about it. And that's normal. https doesnt really do much to make your data secure. But google/apple arent even needed to force apps to use https. Your phone can just say it's required by default. Google/apple are just pretending they do something for you, it's just all about control, so they can have all the profit. It's basically the same as the government saying they do not allow any other foodstores other than storeX. Because other stores might sell you food that's poisoned or expired. So to protect u, we dont allow any other stores. And storeX can just decide what the price is, what food you're allowed to buy, etc etc. It's shit. You dont want this.

New comment by cortexio in "Why AI is harder than we think"

cortexio — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:45:17 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up. I was already suspecting this for a while. Who/what is dang? U mean the HN user named dang?

New comment by cortexio in "Why AI is harder than we think"

cortexio — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:06:46 +0000

i personally believe it's do-able. But it's not going to happen using machine learning and certainly not with quantum computers. I think u just need plain old code. It's just really complex to understand how a brain works. I mean, words, actions, experiences and concepts have to all work together. Let alone emotions, perception of others, projecting the future and a value system. But even that said, im sure it's do-able.

New comment by cortexio in "Google have declared Droidscript is malware"

cortexio — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:38:59 +0000

i hope one day someone hacks google and puts all their servers offline and puts a text saying: this service is not inline with our guidelines. Even if it's for 1 day, just to give them a small taste of their own non-sense. If you buy something, it should be yours to control. If i buy a plate, you dont get to decide what food i eat. The phone space is currently completely controlled by 2 giants... it's sad.

New comment by cortexio in "81k UK-owned .eu domains suspended as Brexit transition ends"

cortexio — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 17:43:37 +0000

The problem isnt Brexit, it's how the EU handles it. There's literally no reason to suspend those domains, just block them from extending it and creating new ones. Everyone happy. but.. nope... Let's just force shutdown these websites, just so we can tell other countries, see, this is what happens when u leave the EU. The EU is so pathetic.

New comment by cortexio in "Do You Trust This Computer? [video]"

cortexio — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 21:46:05 +0000

It's just a sensationalized docu. Take it with a grain of salt. I enjoyed it though.

New comment by cortexio in "NASA Revives Plan to Put Nuclear Reactors on Mars"

cortexio — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:25:02 +0000

Read my 2 comments below. Sry for the confusion.

New comment by cortexio in "NASA Revives Plan to Put Nuclear Reactors on Mars"

cortexio — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:16:36 +0000

Yeah, i used the wrong word there. I meant, "put" instead of "build"

New comment by cortexio in "NASA Revives Plan to Put Nuclear Reactors on Mars"

cortexio — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:08:33 +0000

Mini reactors are useless on Mars. The power they generate is waaay to low compared to the money that is needed to bring them there. Also putting nuclear reactors on sattelites almost never happens and is VERY DANGEROUS. It's what the Soviet Union did in the 70s-90s. The last sattelite launched with a nuclear reactor was in 1988.

You have to be pretty insane to launch large amounts of nuclear material from earth in a rocket that can randomly explode in our atmosphere.

New comment by cortexio in "NASA Revives Plan to Put Nuclear Reactors on Mars"

cortexio — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 10:25:51 +0000

I'm getting kinda sick of the media putting more & more non-sense in our heads instead of actual news. This is pure fantasy. They can't build nuclear reactors on Mars! The only reason why they write this article is because the topic "Mars" generates large amounts of views. News shouldn't be a bussiness :(

New comment by cortexio in "Take Naps at Work"

cortexio — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:41:11 +0000

it being "unsubstantive" is your opinion. I think it's important to look at the author/company behind the article, so i can determine if it can be taken seriously or not.

New comment by cortexio in "Why You Should Hire an Old Programmer"

cortexio — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 13:25:09 +0000

didn't read the article, clearly just self promotion.

New comment by cortexio in "Take Naps at Work"

cortexio — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 05:54:11 +0000

nytimes.. i'll skip

New comment by cortexio in "The Machine of Tomorrow Today: Quantum Computing on the Verge"

cortexio — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:45:26 +0000

Same.