Hacker News: creamynebula

New comment by creamynebula in "Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone"

creamynebula — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:17:52 +0000

As I said, in my opinion, of course, one regulator trying to do solve it could never succeed in the regulation having its intended consequences. As it is, trying to control big tech fails, and tend to leat to those that try being replaced from their positions, being them elected officials or not.

There is a legal, political, informational and economic system in place guaranteeing that those who have real power (big tech, finance, military-industrial compelx, etc) can not have that power challenged through the regular means that, formally, do exist to keep them in check. They are able to circumvent and rewrite rules, to manipulate public discourse and elections through lobbying, traditional media and the algorithm.

This system could only be broken through a very radical change akin to a revolution, I think.

New comment by creamynebula in "Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone"

creamynebula — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:36:31 +0000

I think that it is necessary a radical political change in the US, akin to a revolution, to be able to pass and enforce meaningful regulation against big tech companies. It's the same as going against the military-industrial complex or big finance. They integrated themselves to this power structure that guarantees their interests come first not only in internal policy, but also in foreign policy. Big tech is a limb of the US empire.

New comment by creamynebula in "Google has abandoned Google News?"

creamynebula — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:40:52 +0000

If you have to search several times you see more ads. (I know you probably have adblocker tho)

New comment by creamynebula in "The lost civic life of movie rental stores"

creamynebula — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:19:02 +0000

Capitalism replaced businesses that had a social value, in that they helped to form communities, foster dialogue, and promote concrete experiences that you had with your body, mediated by your senses and your will, for usage of tools that only exist to lock you into consumption, withour a community, in experiences that are virtual and meaningless, mediated by the tool itself and for itself.

New comment by creamynebula in "The fun has been optimized out of the Internet"

creamynebula — Tue, 05 May 2026 18:27:00 +0000

More like a consequence of capitalism, as big tech companies used their massive capital to instrumentalize and develop knowledge to keep mostly everyone dependent and addicted to their systems. Due to the way capitalism work, when a push back against it through public policies was staged, they bought their way out of regulation of their toxic platforms and were allowed to retain their monopolies.

New comment by creamynebula in "CIA publicly acknowledges 1953 coup it backed in Iran was undemocratic"

creamynebula — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 19:16:18 +0000

They did it all over Latin America and Africa during the entire cold war as well. And, I assume, they still back coups all around, if it is deemed that the dictatorship to be instated will better foster the interests of the government of the United States and the oligarchies behind it...

New comment by creamynebula in "Franz Kafka was a healthcare claims administrator and insurance underwriter"

creamynebula — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:46:20 +0000

Rather than it being greediness by a class of individuals, in my view, it is that capitalism rewards greediness, and sometimes it obligates you to be greedy when you are just an employee or selling a service. People are inserted in a system composed by many layers that incentivize and obligate greediness.

New comment by creamynebula in "Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement"

creamynebula — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 18:32:18 +0000

I rather think the naming is so that as little people as possible trust the site, so less people claim the money they are entitled to.

New comment by creamynebula in "Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around"

creamynebula — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 22:37:04 +0000

"and this being russia...", is there a place where most people are not, for the most part, looking out for themselves? You seem to be implying that Russia is special in that regard.

New comment by creamynebula in "What is ChatGPT doing and why does it work?"

creamynebula — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 23:19:52 +0000

To correct your mistakes won't you read again, or be equivalently aware, of what you previously wrote?

New comment by creamynebula in "As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anomalous phenomena"

creamynebula — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:47:41 +0000

The clever aliens always make the evidence they leave ambiguous enough, and then they enjoy themselves reading the threads.

New comment by creamynebula in "What ever happened to webrings? (2015)"

creamynebula — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:07:46 +0000

Thank you! I got interested in using scuttlebutt, I would like to get involved in a social network not used by many; was sad to see that it isn't maintained anymore, so probably not safe.

New comment by creamynebula in "The elaborate set-up of a scam HQ, staffed by people forced to scam"

creamynebula — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:10:50 +0000

If not wanting to harm others, AND wanting to help others were core beliefs held by everyone, I think quite soon we would have nothing to worry about.

New comment by creamynebula in "FTC to crack down on companies taking advantage of gig workers"

creamynebula — Sat, 17 Sep 2022 19:26:35 +0000

The fact that they willingly took those jobs does not mean they are being treated fairly, it means they had no better option and need to survive.

New comment by creamynebula in "Nobody wants to teach anymore"

creamynebula — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 18:22:33 +0000

Education is one of the most important things for human and economic development, yet teachers are severely underpaid. Quality and availability of education would improve dramatically if salaries were higher.

New comment by creamynebula in "Google's PageRank patent has expired (2019)"

creamynebula — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:21:49 +0000

My search results were a lot better in 2006 when, I assume, they didn't have all these ML pipelines...

New comment by creamynebula in "How This Ends"

creamynebula — Sun, 22 May 2022 15:15:52 +0000

I thought it was very weird how the parent comment just glossed over it all as if it wasn't an issue.

New comment by creamynebula in "I thought I’d have accomplished a lot more today and also before I was 35 (2020)"

creamynebula — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:15:04 +0000

You realised it just in time!

New comment by creamynebula in "Shoplifting reaches crisis proportions"

creamynebula — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 20:46:12 +0000

Or perhaps poverty and inequality are to blame? If people had a place in society and could afford basic things, why would they steal?

New comment by creamynebula in "Shoplifting reaches crisis proportions"

creamynebula — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 20:44:59 +0000

I don't know what needs to start happening for society to reach a consensus that we need to address the problems of poverty and inequaliy in income and access to good education