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New comment by jonnybgood in "US Air Force B-52 bomber crashes after takeoff, Edwards Air Force Base says"

jonnybgood — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:30:45 +0000

One does not simply take out a SAM system with a cruise missile, especially when that SAM system can also target the cruise missile. So how do you get a cruise missile to launch from the right spot where the SAM system radar can’t see it coming?

New comment by jonnybgood in "What happened to nerds?"

jonnybgood — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:16:41 +0000

I have found those who I would consider nerds to be far from logical or rational. They are some of the most fervent people about the things they care about, which can make them very illogical and irrational.

New comment by jonnybgood in "FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home"

jonnybgood — Thu, 28 May 2026 13:26:15 +0000

CIA recruitment is actually highly competitive. The best avenue to get to the top of the list when applying is if you have an “in”. CIA managers still do college campus visits, and for new college graduates who have done an interview with that individual and decide to apply that can use that person to get to the top of the list.

New comment by jonnybgood in "FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home"

jonnybgood — Thu, 28 May 2026 09:53:34 +0000

Those deaths and disappearances is a big non-story if you actually look in to the details of the cases. The media is making a big deal out of it because the headline grabs eyeballs. So since the media is making a big deal about it the FBI now has to say and do something.

New comment by jonnybgood in "US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Iran war"

jonnybgood — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:05:47 +0000

Taking damage does not mean destroyed.

New comment by jonnybgood in "US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Iran war"

jonnybgood — Tue, 12 May 2026 14:53:46 +0000

Which US bases were destroyed?

New comment by jonnybgood in "Coffee doesn't just wake you up–a biological pathway illuminates health effects"

jonnybgood — Sun, 03 May 2026 16:52:27 +0000

Is there research that links nicotine to cancer? I’m unable to find anything that would suggest nicotine as cancer causing.

New comment by jonnybgood in "Joby kicks off NYC electric air taxi demos with historic JFK flight"

jonnybgood — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:45:35 +0000

Do you know where JFK is? JFK does not sit outside the city like Arlanda. JFK is in the NYC Queens borough surrounded by highly dense urban sprawl. That setup makes sense for an airport that sits far outside the city.

No track to JFK can support anything near a 200km/hr train and building a track for such a train is a nonstarter.

New comment by jonnybgood in "Joby kicks off NYC electric air taxi demos with historic JFK flight"

jonnybgood — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:03:43 +0000

> A train could do this in 20 minutes or so.

There’s already a train that does this. It’s the express A train, which gets you to the AirTran. And as someone who has taken the train from Manhattan to JFK on multiple occasions, it most certainly does not take 20 mins or so. It takes at least an hour and that’s not including the highly likely delays.

I think it would be inefficient to have a dedicated train take up the line just for JFK.

Russia's funeral industry booms amid record losses in Ukraine

jonnybgood — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:26:56 +0000

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/russias-funeral-industry-booms-amid-102400132.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862596

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New comment by jonnybgood in "F-35 is built for the wrong war"

jonnybgood — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:57:08 +0000

> It concerns me how casual the article and some of the comments here discuss an actual war against China, as if that were a reasonable scenario.

It’ll be more concerning if wasn’t discussed in such a way. War is rarely reasonable. China doesn’t find it unreasonable to go to war over Taiwan. And for what? National pride and unity? It’s completely unreasonable, but everything they’re developing militarily is exactly for that. We must approach the subject clearly and explore every possibility as a real one. These discussions are about ending wars as quickly and decisively as possible while causing the minimal amount death.

New comment by jonnybgood in "I gave every train in New York an instrument"

jonnybgood — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:55:34 +0000

> Yeah, I probably don't get art as others do.

There is no consensus on getting an art piece. The great thing I find about art is that it’s different for everyone. Music is art and yet everyone “gets” their preferred genre, instruments, bands, etc.

New comment by jonnybgood in "Nowhere is safe"

jonnybgood — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:29:58 +0000

The flowing of oil is not of primary importance to the US in this conflict. The oil was already flowing. So I think we can reasonably rule that out as an objective.

New comment by jonnybgood in "The Claude Code Source Leak: fake tools, frustration regexes, undercover mode"

jonnybgood — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:20:19 +0000

That merge request would be AI generated content. You wouldn't be interacting directly with the AI system that opened it.

New comment by jonnybgood in "Our Agreement with the Department of War"

jonnybgood — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:29:24 +0000

War Powers Resolution. Obviously, there’s a law of which multiple presidents have used. Congress can change this law but there is a law that does give the POTUS this authority.

New comment by jonnybgood in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

jonnybgood — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:04:40 +0000

Iran attacks its neighbors through proxies: Hizbollah, Houthis, Shiite militias, and Hamas. These groups are armed and funded by Iran.

New comment by jonnybgood in "Palantir Gets Millions of Dollars from New York City's Public Hospitals"

jonnybgood — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:34:04 +0000

So Palantir receives info from governments only to… hand it back to them? It seems like most people really don’t know what Palantir actually does and are just speculating.

New comment by jonnybgood in "Palantir Gets Millions of Dollars from New York City's Public Hospitals"

jonnybgood — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:22:54 +0000

You mean the logging of their web traffic and communications with them like every corporate website does? Can you specify?

New comment by jonnybgood in "The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal"

jonnybgood — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:30:01 +0000

You sound insufferable. Why do they need to be a moron? As you state, designed as a jobs program. So, these workers are low paying government employees who likely have trouble attaining a job or maintaining high job security. You likely live a far more privileged life than these workers. You think they want to do this job? And you call them a moron for simply attempting to do their job?

New comment by jonnybgood in "Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native"

jonnybgood — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:45:26 +0000

What is the American spirit to you? It seems to not include political activism. Or at the very least political activism you disagree with.