<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: gib444</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gib444</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:02:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=gib444" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gib444 in "Leaving Mozilla"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And those are some of the better named config options. Some are pretty opaque, as are their values (and often poorly documented). You can tell there isn't an edict to make config options highly accessible</p>
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<p>The UK copy-pasted EU261 into "UK261", which of course covers intra UK flights. That UK law would apply, not EU261 (London and Belfast are both in the UK)</p>
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<p>I am shocked that Ryanair stoop to such levels, because the Irish always come across as actually morally superior to many other people, and I thought that would extend to just implementing good and honest business practices at the expense of profit. I am also similarly shocked about past GDP shenanigans, aiding in tax evasion by large multinationals, and the Irish privacy regulator being so weak on GDPR violations. I don't get it - just an a few bad apples I guess. And also this happens in other countries so it's ok</p>
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<p>Found a Frontier ticket next week BWI-MIA £42 ($56) [0]<p>[0] <a href="https://www.google.com/travel/flights/booking?tfs=CBwQAhpFEgoyMDI2LTA2LTIwIiAKA0JXSRIKMjAyNi0wNi0yMBoDTUlBKgJGOTIEMTY2NWoMCAMSCC9tLzByaDZrcgcIARIDTUlBQAFIAXABggELCP___________wGYAQI&tfu=CmxDalJJTW5kVGIxUllaMjEwYmxsQlJGUk9PRkZDUnkwdExTMHRMUzB0TFhkbWFYTXhNRUZCUVVGQlIyOXlPVWd3VDFoV01VZEJFZ1pHT1RFMk5qVWFDZ2pQSUJBQ0dnTkhRbEE0SEhEZkt3PT0SAggAIgMKATA" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/travel/flights/booking?tfs=CBwQAhpFEg...</a></p>
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<p>> basically took no action allowing the US to further extend its dominance.<p>I love this. Do you think everything is in Europe's control? Do you know anything about the US has operated since WW2? Have you noticed the mismatch in economic and military might between the two regions?<p>And what about all the US military bases in Europe? Do you think it's simply a case of asking them to please leave within 1 year, thanks, goodbye.<p>They've had us in a headlock for a very very long time</p>
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<p>Well the history is more complex than that - let's not rewrite it. The US bossed around and bullied large parts of Europe for decades (and still does). Often we did not have a choice (or, siding with the US was the least-bad option)</p>
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<p>The 'better' fixes are often for our (human) benefit. These messy fixes serve the AI companies' interests of creating messes that need even more tokens (money) later. Bad and self-serving developers also act the same, creating tech debt</p>
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<p>> but Claude is generating a ton of em. We’re talkin 300 lines of unit tests<p>Of course - it is setting itself up for more token consumption later: when a small change is needed, it may have to parse/adjust 10,000s or 100,000s lines of test data / code...<p>A sensible senior developer would recognise the shackle that huge brittle tests suits can become and correct course. But this is against Anthropic's business strategy</p>
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<p>Next up: a kit to wire up a developer's brain activity direct to the AI companies, so not a single part of their thought process remains in control of the developer, in order to feed the models. You must  brainsignalmaxx 8 hours a day or be fired.<p>Your boss will also demand that you narrate your thought process 8 hours a day. Speakmaxxing will be required to keep your job. There will be a "silence" wall of shame for the non-compliers.</p>
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<p>As someone who's been there and let their skills atrophy and had his career slide backwards...act on that freaking-you-out feeling sooner rather than later.</p>
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<p>Why is scaffolding a PaaS project beyond the current capabilities? Do LLMs not know about the PaaS offerings of GCP/Azure/AWS, Heroku etc? That stuff has been IaC for quite some time now<p>> So what they are missing is a platform to easily deploy and maintain their projects, ... Right now it's quite tedious to set up this scaffolding...Once scaffolding like this is productized<p>You kind of sound like you're pretending PaaS doesn't exist. Have I misunderstood?</p>
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<p>A great way to provide cover for even more fraud</p>
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<p>"
Child sexual exploitation is horrendous whoever commits it, but there have been enough convictions across the country of groups of men from Asian ethnic backgrounds to have warranted closer examination<p>...<p>Ethnicity is shied away from despite being a question for many years and is still not recorded for two-thirds of perpetrators.<p>Rates of collection and accuracy of ethnicity data were much higher in police data from Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Their data shows there has been a disproportionality of group-based child sexual exploitation offending by men of Asian ethnicity in these police force areas."<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-audit-on-group-based-child-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse/national-audit-on-group-based-child-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse-accessible" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-audit-on...</a><p>> Gromer gangs were white just as often<p>Got a source for that?</p>
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<p>I already cited, the data is from the same source: the census.<p>You're not engaging in good faith at all.<p>"I want to zoom out until it matches my world view / provide more sources" is bad faith 101. Did you think I'm so naive?<p>You not willing to discuss the 3 largest cities is absolutely absurd and bad faith. It's akin to sticking your head in the sand.<p>Zoomed-out stats is how to lie with stats 101. The same happens in crime arguments: eg 'oh it doesn't matter if crime in your local area is rising because UK-wide it's declining'. It's an attempt to cover up issues and it's very obvious</p>
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<p>Birmingham (2nd largest city):<p>1991: 78%<p>2001: 65%<p>2011: 57%<p>2021: 48%<p>Manchester (3rd largest city):<p>2001: 74%<p>2011: 59%<p>2021: 48%<p>I can keep going until you get tired</p>
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<p>London, white British %, census data<p>2001: 59%<p>2011: 44%<p>2021: 36%<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_London" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_London</a></p>
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<p>> Why is it okay for one but not the other? Where does this double standard come from ?<p>Because in Japan AIUI they haven't been infiltrated by people pushing narratives that being eg White British is inherently racist, that to not open your borders to one and all is racism and xenophobia (you can see lots of examples of such people in the post about the Swiss referendum on the 10M population limit), which they do in order to gain for them and their communities.<p>The existing minority populations know they can abuse our good nature, our placidity, our leftist politicians, and even the English language in order to gain, and to position themselves as continuous victims. Some feminists do the same. The idea that the whole of the UK is full of angry white supremacist racists is the kind of propaganda I allude to (it's funny how many US folk here fall for it).<p>(I am British, lived here all my life, live in a county with many areas of significant minority populations, and just old enough to have observed plenty of change in England)</p>
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<p>Right. It’s the loopholes that make them bad</p>
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<p>I've always wondered about that and how human fear may override training and advice.<p>Seems like you would be fighting the part of your brain telling you it's (solely) /your/ building collapsing and you need to get out<p>And wondering if the building is up to code, and trusting that in the moment</p>
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<p>What dosage?<p>> in the UK where it's usually gloom & drowsy<p>Luckily this is only September through to July :) ... :(</p>
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