Hacker News: insickness

New comment by insickness in "Germany: Amazon is not allowed to force customers to watch ads on Prime Video"

insickness — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:56:51 +0000

It's one thing to enforce contracts but another for government to dictate how private platforms monetize their own property. If ads make the service worse, the answer is competition and exit, not government bans. No one is forcing you to use these platforms.

New comment by insickness in "Massive Attack turns concert into facial recognition surveillance experiment"

insickness — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 23:58:36 +0000

Public photography is not a crime, nor should it be. However, that doesn't mean your likeness can be used for just any purpose.

New comment by insickness in "Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean"

insickness — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:45:41 +0000

I subscribe to Bertrand Russell's hypothesis that the earth was created five minutes ago. Events that you remember do not necessarily have to have happened; memories were put in our minds. Impossible to prove wrong.

New comment by insickness in "Ryanair – when every page is a dark pattern"

insickness — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:54:55 +0000

The only reason I do it is because if you get on the plane last, there may not be any room for your bag in the overhead compartment near you.

New comment by insickness in "Ask HN: Am I dead meat already?"

insickness — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:37:26 +0000

Based on the grammar and spelling mistakes in your post, I suspect that your written communication skills might be holding you back. It's quite easy to paste those paragraphs into ChatGPT and say "rewrite this." It will provide you with a clear and error-free version. I recommend doing this for every email you send. It can significantly increase the respect you receive from both your current coworkers and potential employers. Even though I have good grammar, I still use it for half the emails I send to see if they can be improved.

New comment by insickness in "US has the highest rate of maternal deaths among rich nations. Norway has zero"

insickness — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:52:04 +0000

You can't say that from these statistics if the statistic in Norway does not include murder by spouse.

New comment by insickness in "Covid Subcommittee Releases Dr. Fauci's Transcript, Highlights Key Takeaways"

insickness — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:05:06 +0000

This is a slippery slope. These policies had a vast affect on the lives of millions of people. Business were shut down. Schools were closed. People were instructed to stay in their homes for years. Simply saying, "Well, we made our best guess," is absolutely not acceptable. When the government curbs human rights, they have an obligation to weigh and justify the costs with scientific evidence.

New comment by insickness in "After Furiosa flops, Hollywood could be facing a biblically disastrous summer"

insickness — Wed, 29 May 2024 18:48:35 +0000

That's why I didn't see Dune 2 in the theaters. No way I can sit for three hours straight. It's just not fun after two hours.

New comment by insickness in "AI Ruined Quora"

insickness — Sun, 12 May 2024 11:06:40 +0000

> Fully automated luxury mansplaining

It's surprising to see gendered, pejorative language thrown around in an article that has nothing to do with gender.

New comment by insickness in "Man who mass-extorted psychotherapy patients gets six years"

insickness — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:38:18 +0000

6 years is not enough jail time for this.

New comment by insickness in "Chechnya bans music outside the range of 80-116 beats per minute"

insickness — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:08:13 +0000

New York City had laws on the books until 2017 banning dancing in bars that don't have a "caberet license." I remember going out to bars and seeing signs on the wall that said "No dancing." We thought it was a joke until they came up to us and told us to stop dancing. Places could get hefty fines. It took a big activist push to get the law repealed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Cabaret_Law

New comment by insickness in "Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites"

insickness — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:57:14 +0000

> If kids and young adults lose access to piracy they will develop other interest

Entertainment is a lot more fungible than these companies realize. Pour cold water on movies and people will watch TV. Dampen that and people will play video games. Make me hate Reddit and I'll go to youtube. Start forcing ads on youtube and I'll go to instagram. etc.

New comment by insickness in "How Dating Sites Automate Racism"

insickness — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:28:45 +0000

> Dating sites can do a "DEI" and brute force more variety into skew percentages of click throughs through mere exposure effect.

Why stop at forcing people to choose different races? Let's force women to date men who are short, bald, unemployed or homeless. Let's force men to date women who are overweight, elderly and annoying. Let's take the 'market' out of the dating market.

New comment by insickness in "Pilot study shows ketogenic diet improves mental illness"

insickness — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:45:18 +0000

As anecdotal evidence, I went on a strict keto diet three months ago and my mental state is far more stable. When I have a cheat day, I feel noticeably more anxious.

New comment by insickness in "Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed – study"

insickness — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000

To be fair, there are both positives and negatives. The positive is that the barrier of entry is almost negligible. For less than 20 bucks, anyone can get their song onto the largest platform in the world, accessible to anyone on it, in days. Compared to handing out CDs or cassettes, this is a universe of difference. You no longer have to pander to major record labels to get your music out there.

The downside, of course, is monetization. Even if you get a million streams, which is extremely difficult, you'll only make $4-7k.

New comment by insickness in "New 'Exercise Pill' Could Induce Fitness Benefits Without Exercise"

insickness — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 14:06:51 +0000

From Wikipedia:

SLU-PP-332 is a compound which is a potent but non-selective estrogen-related receptor (ERR) agonist, acting most strongly at ERRα with an EC50 of 98 nM. It was found to counteract metabolic syndrome in mice, suggesting a possible role for compounds from this class as medications for the treatment of obesity.

New comment by insickness in "Google CEO calls Gemini completely unacceptable, vows to make structural changes"

insickness — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:42:23 +0000

How do you define 'unethical conversation'? I have a hard time visualizing such a thing. Sounds like unpopular ideas or ideas you disagree with.

New comment by insickness in "Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?"

insickness — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 03:13:19 +0000

Great animated 10 minute video of him summarizing his ideas: https://youtu.be/OqmdLcyES_Q?si=fljPKtgaU9XoHczZ

New comment by insickness in "Consumption of 100% Fruit Juice and Body Weight in Children and Adults"

insickness — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 01:27:24 +0000

I drank orange juice with every meal growing up. I'm not overweight but I feel like it may have contributed to the severe acid reflux I experience now as an adult.

New comment by insickness in "23andMe is reportedly turning the blame back on its customers"

insickness — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:45:01 +0000

While 23andMe may not be culpable, they certainly look culpable, particularly to the layman. Their messaging in response to this is terrible.