Hacker News: dark_glass

New comment by dark_glass in "Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies"

dark_glass — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:44:16 +0000

Congress does not mint coins, and this order does not coin new currency. They are separate concerns.

New comment by dark_glass in "Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies"

dark_glass — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:39:29 +0000

>(a) The Secretary of the Treasury—(1) shall mint and issue coins described in section 5112 of this title in amounts the Secretary decides are necessary to meet the needs of the United States;

The secretary decides the amount necessary is 0.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5111

New comment by dark_glass in "GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal databases"

dark_glass — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:26:20 +0000

This could be seen as technical debt, inherited by the current administration. These changes should have never taken place.

New comment by dark_glass in "Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance"

dark_glass — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:11:15 +0000

"We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us"

New comment by dark_glass in "Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3B in Income"

dark_glass — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:08:00 +0000

Yes. Corporations are made of people, and they produce goods and services for other people. The people that compose that corporation pay the tax, or the people they sell to.

New comment by dark_glass in "On DeepSeek and export controls"

dark_glass — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:42:34 +0000

I live here, so I want it to be the best.

New comment by dark_glass in "Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers"

dark_glass — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 05:42:50 +0000

The $100B check is already cut, and they are currently building 10 new data centers in Texas.

New comment by dark_glass in "TikTok divestment law upheld by federal appeals court"

dark_glass — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:01:09 +0000

People in the culture that they live in have a vested interest in it.

New comment by dark_glass in "Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke"

dark_glass — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:28:28 +0000

This was also said about slavery and the economy prospered post-slavery. The US economy is absolutely sustainable by paying citizens legal wages. In fact, it is unsustainable to encourage illegal labor and immigration.

New comment by dark_glass in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

dark_glass — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:24:48 +0000

This is the problem.

New comment by dark_glass in "China sanctions US drone maker Skydio"

dark_glass — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:26:52 +0000

That's what the left is saying illegal immigrants are for

New comment by dark_glass in "Elon Musk interview of Trump hit by technical problems on X"

dark_glass — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:03:32 +0000

There was no video

New comment by dark_glass in "Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption"

dark_glass — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:28:52 +0000

Does a big strong man have more of a right to self defense than a little woman? A gun makes for effective self defense.

New comment by dark_glass in "Tesla Semi’s Enormous Battery Might Weigh 11,000 Pounds on Its Own"

dark_glass — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 19:02:14 +0000

The Youtube channel Engineering Explained went over the Tesla Semi, and the weight of the EV cab should be pretty similar to an ICE cab. Also EV trucks are allowed another 2k pounds.

https://youtu.be/Uv44W7xa4IU

New comment by dark_glass in "Ask HN: Why do HN feel so negatively about Musk?"

dark_glass — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:24:29 +0000

Good thing we have people developing technology towards terraforming, then.

New comment by dark_glass in "Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)"

dark_glass — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:28:18 +0000

This change will have fewer people use Signal. One reason I was able to convince friends and family to start using it is because it is so seamless. I fear that with this change, Signal for most users will simply become unused, resulting in less e2e encrypted messaging overall.

New comment by dark_glass in "Struggling to learn a new language? Blame it on your stable brain"

dark_glass — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:47:06 +0000

Your project looks amazing. I am in the same situation where I am learning Cantonese because my partner and her family speak it (actually Taishanese, but Cantonese is close enough).

Love the Yale romanization for your included Cantonese flash cards! Definitely going to check this out.

As for listening before speaking: It has been incredibly hard for me to pick out specific vocabulary with colloquial Cantonese in movies and other videos. Native speakers talk too quickly for me right now. I did watch a lot of French movies when learning French and that seemed to help more with comprehension later. I likely just need to spend more time with Cantonese since it is more different to my native tongue than French.

New comment by dark_glass in "Twitter appears to have removed the president's last two tweets"

dark_glass — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:30:46 +0000

To add to the sibling comments, Christopher Hitchens literally yelled "Fire" in a crowded room [0].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z2uzEM0ugY

New comment by dark_glass in "California Mayors Join Campaign to Buy Out PG&E"

dark_glass — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 22:50:36 +0000

Do you want a cabin in the woods, or a house? I think most people think very little amenities when thinking of a cabin in the woods, but maybe I am biased.

New comment by dark_glass in "Open Letter from Governments to Facebook Is an All-Out Attack on Encryption"

dark_glass — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 15:24:49 +0000

Why not roll physical dice?