Hacker News: cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cscurmudgeonHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:55:00 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta"]]>If you are talking about Khalil, he didn't just speak against Israel, it seems like his role in an org which openly supported Hamas may have played a part but didn't matter legally. The legal issue was that he left out facts on his green card application.

I am 100% sure that support of terrorist orgs can invalidate your green card.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-administration-claims-palest...

> According to recent court filings, President Donald Trump's administration said Khalil failed to disclose when applying for his green card last year that his employment by the Syria Office at the British Embassy in Beirut went "beyond 2022" and that he was a "political affairs officer" for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees from June to November 2023.

> "Regardless of his allegations concerning political speech, Khalil withheld membership in certain organizations and failed to disclose continuing employment by the Syria Office in the British Embassy in Beirut when he submitted his adjustment of status application. It is black-letter law that misrepresentations in this context are not protected speech," the government said in the filing.

Most of these things are not black/white. We should wait for all the facts to come out.

]]>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 05:05:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43661518cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43661518https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43661518<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "Let's knock down social media's walled gardens – Tim Berners-Lee"]]>The analogies are all over the place lol.

Is social media pure evil like tobacco OR is it a necessity like a utility?

How can it be both?

EU pretends it is both while getting backdoor access.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2024/6/20/orwellian-eu...

]]>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 05:18:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43385402cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43385402https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43385402<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "Stoicism's appeal to the rich and powerful (2019)"]]>Hard core meditators in Hindu traditions were ascetic beggars and still are.

We just don’t see them writing books or posting on YouTube.

]]>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:34:20 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43363630cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43363630https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43363630<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s"]]>To any neutral non European observer, this is what they may see

1. Europe propped up Russia despite Obama and Trump’s warnings before the war

2. Europe still buys more from Russia than they give Ukraine in financial aid

3. Europe is more friendly towards America’s rival China

4. Europe expects US to spend more protecting Europe than Europe

]]>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 16:18:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43310541cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43310541https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43310541<![CDATA[EU spends more on Russian oil and gas than financial aid to Ukraine]]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/eu-spends-more-russian-oil-gas-than-financial-aid-ukraine-report

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43235272

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]]>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 21:22:20 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/eu-spends-more-russian-oil-gas-than-financial-aid-ukraine-reportcscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43235272https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43235272<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "GPT-4.5: "Not a frontier model"?"]]>My assumption: There will be use cases where cost of using this will be smaller than the gain from it. Data from this will make the next version better and cheaper.

]]>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 17:59:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43233084cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43233084https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43233084<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "China tells its AI leaders to avoid U.S. travel over security concerns"]]>The green card queues for employment based green cards for China born applicants tell another story

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/green-car...

]]>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 01:24:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43226116cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43226116https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43226116<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "China tells its AI leaders to avoid U.S. travel over security concerns"]]>Even per capita more Chinese are leaving the country for US than the other way round.

]]>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 01:22:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43226101cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43226101https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43226101<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "China tells its AI leaders to avoid U.S. travel over security concerns"]]>[flagged]

]]>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:54:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43225922cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43225922https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43225922<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working"]]>AOC is against taxes and other countries paying their fair share?

She realized prices are going up just now?

]]>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:56:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43215697cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43215697https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43215697<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working"]]>An easier solution would be money not being power.

]]>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:49:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43215640cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43215640https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43215640<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working"]]>The same Gary Stevenson whose memoir claims Financial Times debunked?

https://archive.is/DguLm

]]>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:22:30 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43215443cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43215443https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43215443<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds"]]>Shouldn’t America’s resources (money, military support, Starlink, etc.) then belong to America?

]]>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:15:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43152795cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43152795https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43152795<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds"]]>So the US is within its rights to ban TikTok?

]]>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:13:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43152774cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43152774https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43152774<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "Google Titans Model Explained: The Future of Memory-Driven AI Architectures"]]>Mor businesses participating in health care should drive costs down.

]]>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 02:22:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43135466cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43135466https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43135466<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "South Korean regulator accuses DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance"]]>> A Chinese company used a Chinese cloud.

Using a Chinese company for every thing except for distillation for which they used OpenAI lol.

]]>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:40:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43098950cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43098950https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43098950<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "South Korean regulator accuses DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance"]]>A US Tiananmen-comparable example would be ChatGPT censoring George Floyd's death or killing of Native Americans, etc. ChatGPT doesn't censor these topics

]]>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:22:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43098853cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43098853https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43098853<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "Plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto airport"]]>Is there any evidence that this incidence was due to poor regulation?

]]>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 01:26:39 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43085118cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43085118https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43085118<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit"]]>Do you mean this or the response to it? How does one respond to fluff like this?

> AI’s workplace impact must align governance, social dialogue, innovation, trust, fairness, and public interest. We commit to advancing the AI Paris Summit agenda, reducing inequalities, promoting diversity, tackling gender imbalances, increasing training and human capital investment

]]>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:25:30 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43032928cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43032928https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43032928<![CDATA[New comment by cscurmudgeon in "Advertising Is a Cancer on Society (2019)"]]>Now imagine that but with everyone in that line except the leaders.

]]>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:20:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42999897cscurmudgeonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42999897https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42999897