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New comment by jobgh in "Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs"

jobgh — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:43:36 +0000

The severance that is paid out is money that could have been paid out to owners (him)

New comment by jobgh in "Z.ai doubles it's coding plan prices"

jobgh — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:15:29 +0000

I bought the Lite plan back when it was $36/yr on sale and service has been degraded so hard that it literally unusable for coding. I've reverted simply using it to handle simple git operations here and there and using Codex or Claude for anything serious

Wish I could just refund the plan and use the money for API credit

New comment by jobgh in "DaVinci Resolve – Photo"

jobgh — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:44:47 +0000

I'd been trying to migrate from LR to RapidRaw, but it's been tough as most features are just trying to catch up to LR. DaVinci handles a lot of things better than LR from the start. Going to give it a go. Crossing my fingers

New comment by jobgh in "Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only"

jobgh — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:02:57 +0000

No shot. The economy is already in the gutter. The productivity hit of a total internet cutoff would be a death sentence

New comment by jobgh in "Apple should focus on fixing Siri, not redesigning iOS again"

jobgh — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:31:50 +0000

I think everyone knows Apple's rollout of AI features including Siri has been lackluster. No doubt the execs are aware. It's not a case of priorities, but of capabilities

https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/03/13/apple-is-lying-ab...

New comment by jobgh in "The rule says, “No vehicles in the park”"

jobgh — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 18:56:01 +0000

Just because we acknowledge an ambulance would break the rule doesn't mean we wouldn't break the rule anyways.

New comment by jobgh in "Ask HN: How do you deal with information and internet addiction?"

jobgh — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:28:31 +0000

I've found that setting my phone display to grayscale has reduced my phone time by around 15% - 20%, with most of that reduction being in the YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter apps.

I still research topics for fun, but I actively have to Google for information and read wiki articles. It feels much more substantive, and I retain the information better.

New comment by jobgh in "Four thousand weeks"

jobgh — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 09:06:03 +0000

I hadn't really calculated what percentage my life I've used up. This is so anxiety inducing. I'm realizing how much of my time I've wasted. I need to live more.

New comment by jobgh in "Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips"

jobgh — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 17:53:16 +0000

>I find it amusing that you dismissed this in a sibling comment as “just comparing spending to returns”… that’s literally what lobbying is: spending money to secure political favor. If our elected representatives simply agree that something should be a priority, companies wouldn’t need to bribe them to do it.

This is wrong. That's not what lobbying is understood to be. I think you're confusing lobbying with campaign contributions or PAC money. Lobbying is basically just advocating.

>I always assumed it was at least in part because there are a limited number of politicians competing with each other for the same funding sources.

That's kind of dodging the question. Why are there so few funding sources then?

New comment by jobgh in "Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips"

jobgh — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:57:32 +0000

*uninformed

New comment by jobgh in "Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips"

jobgh — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 00:31:20 +0000

Your first two sources are just comparing spending to returns. It doesn't address the hard question which is about causality.

A better explanation for The American Jobs Creation Act is probably the fact that republicans support lower taxes, and they won in 2016.

Regarding the Microsoft case with the IRS, perhaps the fact that everyone hates the IRS is a better explanation?

>Public preference has almost no impact on what legislation gets passed. Why would it have a significant impact? We don't pass laws by poll.

>Not to mention all the gerrymandering This one seems real from what I've seen, but I need to look into it more, and I don't think it should be tied very closely to money in politics.

New comment by jobgh in "Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips"

jobgh — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 00:23:40 +0000

I don't think I am. A good recent example was the ACA under Obama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dog_Coalition#:~:text=The....

This is a big reason why Roe was never codified imo

New comment by jobgh in "Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips"

jobgh — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 00:00:54 +0000

Securing core resources has been a long standing national security concern for countries. Also, there’s a good chunk of populist isolationist sentiment in the zeitgeist.

Senators aren’t unbiased. They’re biased towards what their voters want. If they step out of line, they’ll likely get crushed.

I don’t think money in politics is very explanatory. It seems a basic understanding of the 3 branches and the interplay between the states and federal government explains a lot.

New comment by jobgh in "Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips"

jobgh — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:48:59 +0000

These stats are from likely voters, adjusted for voting power? And could you source your stats on civil asset forfeiture?

I'm getting throttled so I might not be able to reply in a timely fashion.

New comment by jobgh in "Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips"

jobgh — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:16:29 +0000

Do you have data to substantiate a strong majority of support for this bill among voters, and adjusted for voting power? I'd assume a lot of voters would be indifferent to this issue. It seems quite complicated. It seems it's a tradeoff between freedom and saving uniformed people from losing their money.

I'll have to look into it more though.

New comment by jobgh in "Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips"

jobgh — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:10:45 +0000

>I hate to refer you to a search engine, look for any major issue where the population differs in opinion to the donor class.

That's not what I asked. I asked for an issue supported by voters, not population. A lot of people have opinions, but not many people vote, which skews actual legislation. There's also a conservative tilt because rural voters have disproportionate power.

The populist "it's the elite and their money controlling legislation" sentiment doesn't seem to correlate with reality from what I've read.

On healthcare, the support of socialization is complicated. Voters are iffy depending on how questions are phrased, so it's not totally clear on exactly what they want. It seems something like the ACA was pretty close, but even that was very controversial.

For example, I know you can get very high approval for M4A, but if you phrase questions in a more partisan manner, approval tanks. Something along the lines of "Would you support government provided healthcare that would ban private insurance?" would poll terribly, even though they're both referring to the same policy.

New comment by jobgh in "Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips"

jobgh — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:07:07 +0000

Source? General polls don't count either. It needs to be representative of actual voters and then adjusted for interstate voting power difference.

New comment by jobgh in "Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips"

jobgh — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 22:39:43 +0000

What are some examples of legislation that has broad support among the voters adjusted for voting power, and is ignored by our representatives?

New comment by jobgh in "Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips"

jobgh — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 22:35:59 +0000

You honestly think tens of millions in lobbying efforts cause a tens of billions return on investment? Why is it so insanely cheap?

Maybe our elected representatives simply agree that national security is a priority just like the people who voted them into office?

New comment by jobgh in "Ukraine’s Tanks Are So Good, Its Own Army Can’t Afford Them"

jobgh — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 02:30:58 +0000

Title seems misleading. Should be "Ukraine's next generation tanks are too expensive" or similar. From what I've heard, Ukraine's current tank force is very outdated.