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New comment by idhegeu in "DJI stops blocking drones flying over airports, wildfires, & the White House"

idhegeu — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 01:07:37 +0000

I wonder how many of mossad-style batteries.

https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2024/turning-everyday-gad...

New comment by idhegeu in "I'm a 17-Year-Old TikTok Junkie. I Need This Ban"

idhegeu — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:53:31 +0000

Adding friction to bad choices is good.

Sports betting apps are worse for society than betting parlors.

New comment by idhegeu in "TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users"

idhegeu — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:26:30 +0000

Don't forget that it was also unanimously upheld by the supreme court!

Maybe this will be the hill he dies on. I can't bring myself to believe that he'll be allowed to literally become the day 1 dictator he that he promised he would.

New comment by idhegeu in "What is there left to believe in?"

idhegeu — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:23 +0000

yourself

New comment by idhegeu in "UK's hardware talent is being wasted"

idhegeu — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:43:27 +0000

Fair enough, I'll add some nuance. The government that I am a citizen of is a special case of a non-human entity, they do have entitlement to my property (which includes my attention).

Traffic signs put up by my government are different than billboards put up by a company. The former is to protect me, the latter is to exploit me.

New comment by idhegeu in "UK's hardware talent is being wasted"

idhegeu — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:43:59 +0000

The fact that ads work doesn't mean that they're beneficial to the economy.

I disagree with the premise that non-human entities are entitled to my attention.

New comment by idhegeu in "TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users"

idhegeu — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:06:35 +0000

Thank you for clarifying!

The english translations are similar enough that I assumed a connection.

New comment by idhegeu in "TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users"

idhegeu — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:44:19 +0000

Trump should launch a Tiktok clone on Truth Social in 90 days when the reprieve expires. I'm surprised there wasn't a new platform ready to pounce on new users. Absolutely nuts that one of the biggest refugee destinations is literally named after a Mao-era propaganda tool.

But in all seriousness, there's 3 branches of government and 2 of spoken. Trump's voice should be moot. Hopefully he's put in his place by our institutions and shamed for attempting to subvert the system of checks and balances described by our constitution.

New comment by idhegeu in "Colossal Biosciences raises $200M at $10.2B valu. to bring back woolly mammoths"

idhegeu — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:11:55 +0000

The Siberian steppe is huge.

New comment by idhegeu in "Ask HN: Underrated emerging fields in science/engineering?"

idhegeu — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 16:41:23 +0000

Embedded systems

There'll always be a demand for physical widgets with ever increasing computational capabilities. And it'lll be a while before ChatGPT can poke a circuit board with an oscilloscope and tell you that your software bug is because your I2C pull-up resistors are too large.

New comment by idhegeu in "Japan's elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail"

idhegeu — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 16:32:43 +0000

Is that true for elderly non-violent men confined in Japan? I thought solitary confinement was mostly a US barbarity. Does Japan use it as frequently?

The women discussed in the article had compulsory work. That's probably part of the appeal, it's good to stay busy and feel useful.

New comment by idhegeu in "Japan's elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail"

idhegeu — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 16:25:55 +0000

Humane jails are the safety net of last resort. I wish the US had a humane enough incarceration system for it to provide that role to unhoused folks.

But yeah, there should be a lot of nets above that too.

New comment by idhegeu in "TCL's bet on screens that look like paper"

idhegeu — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 15:52:55 +0000

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New comment by idhegeu in "UnitedHealth overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%"

idhegeu — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:44:00 +0000

Health insurance profit margins are regulated, so UHC earning higher margins does seem like overcharging.

Perhaps we need antitrust action in healthcare.

New comment by idhegeu in "Shove your office mandates, people still prefer working from home"

idhegeu — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:43:35 +0000

Could companies place an explicit value on WFH vs WFO? e.g. Set WFH salaries to 50% of the WFO rate and let the market sort it out.