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New comment by dottjt in "We spoke to the man making viral Lego-style AI videos for Iran"

dottjt — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:33:40 +0000

This comment is completely ignorant of at least the past 80+ years of Middle East history.

New comment by dottjt in "Building a Blog with Elixir and Phoenix"

dottjt — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:52:09 +0000

When I was a lot younger I built a very big and complex platform with Phoenix. Although it was a technical marvel, it's one of my big regrets as far as the tech stack I went with, because it's now useless for my actual work now a decade later.

In retrospect, I wish I had built it with C#/.NET

New comment by dottjt in "Global warming has accelerated significantly"

dottjt — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:27:58 +0000

The technical term for what you're broadly describing is Jevons Paradox.

New comment by dottjt in "Freemediaheckyeah – A collection of free stuff on the internet"

dottjt — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 05:43:01 +0000

Which debrid service do you use?

New comment by dottjt in "Why Affordability and the Vibecession Are Real Economic Problems"

dottjt — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 04:13:00 +0000

Not to justify this, but is this possibly the reason why those opportunities existed?

New comment by dottjt in "14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10k times its own weight"

dottjt — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:53:08 +0000

Of course. But obviously I wouldn't be referring to those other types of autism in this case. Why would I?

New comment by dottjt in "Parking lots as economic drains"

dottjt — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:18:30 +0000

I think you're also forgetting the other aspect that allows this which is having readily available public transport.

New comment by dottjt in "PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible"

dottjt — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:42:33 +0000

On the flip side, maybe those traits are what lead to the existence of the emulator in the first place. Better something than nothing.

New comment by dottjt in "A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch"

dottjt — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:51:05 +0000

It would be great if there was something like this, but for not wearing reading glasses.

New comment by dottjt in "Porsche sold more electrified cars in Europe in 2025 than pure gas-powered cars"

dottjt — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 02:33:50 +0000

I don't know if this is paranoia, but one fear I have for high-tech Chinese products is that if a world war were to start with China, that they'd have the ability to remotely disable these kinds of products.

New comment by dottjt in "EU-US relationship is 'disintegrating,' says Germany's vice chancellor"

dottjt — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:19:32 +0000

When you say "right" are you talking about USA right or European right?

New comment by dottjt in "Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success"

dottjt — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 02:51:01 +0000

Oh right, sorry I completely misread this.

I'm actually not sure in your case. My guess is that it's something you wouldn't need to worry about, but I don't know.

New comment by dottjt in "Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success"

dottjt — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:08:20 +0000

It depends if you forsee potentially having to sell before retirement. Or if it may just happen out of your own circumstances.

Hedging is all about diversification at the end of the day. So it makes sense to hedge if you're coming close to retirement age.

New comment by dottjt in "Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success"

dottjt — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:06:46 +0000

You also can't predict when you might need to sell you stake, so that's ultimately the value of hedging. If you're forced to sell in 5-10 years, then hedging would be valuable.

New comment by dottjt in "Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success"

dottjt — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:06:08 +0000

Hard question to answer without understanding your circumstances.

Ultimately the point of hedging is to diversify. So the degree you should hedge is relative to the degree with which you have exposure to your home currency. So for example, if you already own a home in that country + you already own lots of shares in that home currency, then hedging might be less important.

The recommendation I've seen is around 25% of your portfolio in hedged global equities, assuming you have another 25-30% in non-hedged global equities.

New comment by dottjt in "Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success"

dottjt — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:47:24 +0000

I could be misunderstanding this, but you know that you can buy ETFs that are currency hedged?

Taking Vanguard for example, VGS is global equities, but VGAD is global equities that are AUD-hedged (my home country).

The only downside is that you pay more in fees (and they're less tax efficient). People generally don't bother with it though, because on a long enough time-line currencies usually revert to their long-term average, so if you're holding for retirement there's generally little point.

New comment by dottjt in "Eat Real Food"

dottjt — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 05:06:33 +0000

Why do the two have to be mutually exclusive though? Why can't something healthy also not also happen to benefit corporations/lobby groups?

New comment by dottjt in "Eat Real Food"

dottjt — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 02:26:39 +0000

Isn't every single policy a result of some kind of lobby group? Are you saying that it's corrupt because it's been influenced by a lobby group? Would all policies then be corrupt to some degree? Or is it corrupt because you disagree with the lobby group?

New comment by dottjt in "As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise"

dottjt — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 05:37:15 +0000

That's not happening though, hence why we need more ram.

New comment by dottjt in "EFF launches Age Verification Hub"

dottjt — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:32:33 +0000

Just because it's about surveillance doesn't mean it's a bad thing?

The fact that you need a driver's licence to drive a car, or a document to identify yourself to open a bank account is also surveillance. Yet it seems perfectly reasonable?