Hacker News: grandpajoey

New comment by grandpajoey in "Pattern matching beats narrative reasoning"

grandpajoey — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:13:28 +0000

> Most of my losing bets, in both business and investing, were driven by narrative reasoning: short compelling stories about the world that sound smart.

> “Marijuana is about to be legalized in Canada. This is a rare opportunity to invest at the ground floor of a new industry.”

> “I’m going to invest in a cobalt mining company because they won a contract with Tesla.”

So the author made some bad investments and now looks to "pattern matching" as his next scheme? How about just some basic research and fundamental analysis? Marijuana is a commodity and blackmarket goods that become legal drop in price historically. Doesn't seem like a good investment with 10 seconds of thought put into it.

Tesla may have a huge market cap but they have pretty paltry sales, also doesn't seem like a good investment after a moment of reflection.

New comment by grandpajoey in "Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank"

grandpajoey — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:10:59 +0000

> outbursts like "I used to support Israel but now I don't support it's right to exist!" from new accounts.

That's not a comment on that article though (not that there's anything wrong with it). The comments on the flagged post seem quite reasonable.

New comment by grandpajoey in "Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank"

grandpajoey — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:13:27 +0000

Why is that flagged?

New comment by grandpajoey in "Israeli settlers attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank beat French mayor"

grandpajoey — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:44:47 +0000

It's not, this happens constantly in the West Bank. It's also weird that attacking civilians would be considered election campaigning?

New comment by grandpajoey in "Israeli settlers attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank beat French mayor"

grandpajoey — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:43:58 +0000

What will the French government do? What does our government do when Americans are attacked by Israelis? Nothing. There can be little more proof that our governments are occupied than that!

New comment by grandpajoey in "Israel makes propaganda video featuring AI generated IAMDDB without her consent"

grandpajoey — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:27:24 +0000

Screenshot of the original video that @israel has now deleted: https://x.com/rafaelshimunov/status/2111168035239203133

Israel makes propaganda video featuring AI generated IAMDDB without her consent

grandpajoey — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:26:43 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/beeechimblind/status/2111227318534279501

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50134241

Points: 25

# Comments: 2

New comment by grandpajoey in "Tesla Roadster"

grandpajoey — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:49:27 +0000

I don't think anyone voted to send their tax dollars to Elon Musk. He lives outside of capitalism and well into the territory of mafia oligarch. Even the SEC, which is supposed to ensure a level and fair investment playing field, simply doesn't enforce the rules on Musk's companies.

New comment by grandpajoey in "Tesla Roadster"

grandpajoey — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:37:08 +0000

Not really. It's a crappy car-shaped box with some rockets on it clumsily moving tiny distances. I don't see what's cool about it.

Top Settler Rabbi Rules Jews May Harvest Olives from Palestinian-Owned Groves

grandpajoey — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:36:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-10-16/ty-article/top-settler-rabbi-rules-jews-may-harvest-olives-from-palestinian-owned-groves/000001a1-4460-de23-a5fb-def5b94f0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50125706

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

New comment by grandpajoey in "Tesla Roadster"

grandpajoey — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:39:52 +0000

It's not a car, it's a car shaped thing that they created for a demo. People will complain because this should not have any impact whatsoever on TSLA, but people act like it will.

That being said, the stock tanked today so I don't think most people are buying it.

New comment by grandpajoey in "Tesla Roadster"

grandpajoey — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:16:15 +0000

Man, why is this comment flagged when it's probably the most relevant in the whole thread?

New comment by grandpajoey in "Tesla Roadster"

grandpajoey — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:15:50 +0000

Maybe it's a cultural thing because this seems extremely lame to me. Cars in general are very "boomer".

New comment by grandpajoey in "Tesla Roadster"

grandpajoey — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:10:34 +0000

Is this cool? It seems like a typical Elon Musk thing some teenager might like, similar to a monster truck rally mixed with heavy dose of financial fraud.

New comment by grandpajoey in "Tesla Roadster"

grandpajoey — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:09:15 +0000

Gotta love slipping Zionist propaganda into 80s movies.

New comment by grandpajoey in "Tesla Roadster"

grandpajoey — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:53:42 +0000

Elon Musk is not an inventor and definitely does not have good taste.

New comment by grandpajoey in "Tesla Roadster"

grandpajoey — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:50:32 +0000

Well this isn't real so that's not a very good analogy. I also don't think Doc Brown (who's also not real) was famous for committing fraud and lying habitually to manipulate the market.

Elon Musk mocks locals concerned about data center water use

grandpajoey — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:49:49 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/essenviews/status/2088217508725559402

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49305005

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Oracle exec boasts about supplying "scary technology" to the IDF for use in Gaza

grandpajoey — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:28:56 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/KweenInYellow/status/2087632844264796176

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290065

Points: 32

# Comments: 0

New comment by grandpajoey in "There's Not a Single Flock Camera on the Upper West Side"

grandpajoey — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:10:46 +0000

I don't think facts are antisemitic nor do I think accusing things of being antisemitic is a viable strategy for winning an argument in 2026.