Hacker News: dempseye

New comment by dempseye in "Myocarditis after Covid vaccination: Research on possible long-term risks begins"

dempseye — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:10:36 +0000

The erosion of trust is actually a good thing, because those institutions are undeserving of trust.

New comment by dempseye in "Elon Musk sells $6.9B worth of Tesla stock"

dempseye — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:33:34 +0000

Why would you expect he had things to say outside his area of expertise?

New comment by dempseye in "Study: Flu vaccination linked to 40% reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease"

dempseye — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:01:18 +0000

To get the flu vaccine.

New comment by dempseye in "Study: Flu vaccination linked to 40% reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease"

dempseye — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 21:18:55 +0000

Maybe the ones who developed Alzheimers forgot.

New comment by dempseye in "UK inflation hits 9.1% as prices rise at fastest rate for 40 years"

dempseye — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:33:21 +0000

They supported radical state interventions against covid that affected the economy and forced central banks to run the money printer. Lockdowns, etc.

New comment by dempseye in "State is hard: why SPAs will persist"

dempseye — Sun, 29 May 2022 22:34:55 +0000

That's like saying bad trapeze artists are not a valid argument for safety nets.

New comment by dempseye in "Show HN: Razer x Lambda Tensorbook"

dempseye — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:15:24 +0000

I for one do not believe the battery life claims.

New comment by dempseye in "How Western governments are getting military gear into Ukraine"

dempseye — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:21:45 +0000

If that is the standard by which the population of a country can be judged to be barbarians, then the category of barbarians is a wide one indeed.

New comment by dempseye in "How Western governments are getting military gear into Ukraine"

dempseye — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:12:27 +0000

I see nothing in his comment to justify such a charitable interpretation.

New comment by dempseye in "How Western governments are getting military gear into Ukraine"

dempseye — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 11:54:38 +0000

> Unfortunately the Russians never got that memo and remained barbarian.

I don't believe referring to any group of people as barbarians is an appropriate comment for HN, or indeed for any place purporting to be a forum for civilized discourse.

New comment by dempseye in "Left Alive And Unchanged: The Heaven’s Gate Website"

dempseye — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 14:28:50 +0000

Yes, it's an old SEO hack. It's called "keyword stuffing".

New comment by dempseye in "Tesla Model S Goes 752 Miles with a Startup's Prototype Battery"

dempseye — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 21:57:19 +0000

I would have to charge it every 3 weeks.

New comment by dempseye in "Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs"

dempseye — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:07:07 +0000

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

New comment by dempseye in "Dangerous humid heat extremes occurring decades before expected (2020)"

dempseye — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:34:45 +0000

Regulations on corporations are ultimately backed up by threats of violence too.

New comment by dempseye in "Ask HN: How do you have fun without alcohol?"

dempseye — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:17:07 +0000

Have sex

New comment by dempseye in "Loving Someone with Depression"

dempseye — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:26:03 +0000

Good luck to you.

New comment by dempseye in "Loving Someone with Depression"

dempseye — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:52:03 +0000

Whatever your faults, and I'm sure you have some, gaslighting is abuse and you shouldn't put up with it.

If you don't have kids, you should leave her. People's characters don't usually change or improve.

New comment by dempseye in "Loving Someone with Depression"

dempseye — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:09:01 +0000

The whole "I need to do better because I have ADHD" thing sounds like a narrative she uses to gaslight you into being her slave.

All the focus in your post is on your duties, not on hers.

I obviously don't know your relationship from the inside, but I experienced similar and it was relief to get away from it.

New comment by dempseye in "Marketing is scary for a solo developer"

dempseye — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 18:00:45 +0000

He wasn't though.

New comment by dempseye in "Children born in the pandemic have significantly reduced cognitive performance [pdf]"

dempseye — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 17:49:30 +0000

I live in a country with a vaccination rate over 90% and we still have partial lockdowns.

So I suggest you reassess whether meeting that goal in your location would result in things going back to normal for you.