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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.

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

jonnybgood — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:37:11 +0000

If they were instead lauding Trump would you also see that as a waste of time and money? If they aren’t doing this in the classroom I don’t see the issue.

New comment by jonnybgood in "Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images"

jonnybgood — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:33:13 +0000

Read the data store user guide. You have to register.

New comment by jonnybgood in "First, make me care"

jonnybgood — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:47:51 +0000

> You can't just find one hook that works and reuse it forever because people will get bored of it

Isn't that the most followed user on TikTok Khaby Lame (his facial expression)? Looks like he just sold his company for $900M.

New comment by jonnybgood in "The Palantir app helping ICE raids in Minneapolis"

jonnybgood — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:02:36 +0000

The US gov (including ICE) uses all of Microsoft Office for coordination and planning: email, spreadsheets, powerpoint, document generation, etc. Would you say Microsoft employees have blood on their hands too? If not, what makes Microsoft different?

New comment by jonnybgood in "How will the miracle happen today?"

jonnybgood — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:43:12 +0000

Yes, he’s a begpacker. Asia is almost always a target. It’s so common that it earned its own moniker. I’ve seen my share of them in South Korea and Japan. They are very much disliked by those who are aware of what they’re doing.

New comment by jonnybgood in "How will the miracle happen today?"

jonnybgood — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:01:39 +0000

Some would call them a begpacker. It’s quite common in Asia.

New comment by jonnybgood in "I canceled my book deal"

jonnybgood — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:47:14 +0000

> This fallacy seems to be brought up very frequently, that there are still blacksmiths; people who ride horses; people who use typewriters; even people who use fountain pens, but they don't really exist in any practical or economical sense outside of 10 years ago Portland, OR.

Did you respond with a fallacy of your own? I can only assume you’re not in or don’t have familiarity with those worlds and that has lead you to conclude they don’t exist in any practical or economical sense. It’s not difficult to look up those industries and their economic impact. Particularly horses and fountain pens. Or are you going by your own idea of practical or economical?

New comment by jonnybgood in "Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US and “debanked”"

jonnybgood — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:12:31 +0000

The US was winning the Vietnam war militarily. The US pulled out because it wasn’t winning it domestically.

New comment by jonnybgood in "Some Epstein file redactions are being undone"

jonnybgood — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:44:31 +0000

For much of NATO history, the US is NATO. The US doesn’t want it to be like that anymore because it needs to strategically shift to the other side of the world. So, the US says “What if Europe can be NATO? If we can force them to meet the GDP commitment then maybe we don’t need to worry about them too much and commit less of our own resources to this theater.” But of course people interpret this as if the US is abandoning the alliance. No, the US just has other problems to deal with in the world.

New comment by jonnybgood in "US threatens EU digital services market access"

jonnybgood — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:08:38 +0000

Is that really the case for the EU? The EU doesn’t seem to foster an environment for competitive companies that can operate at the necessary scale the above listed can.

New comment by jonnybgood in "Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did it get so bad?"

jonnybgood — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:17:43 +0000

I’m curious how Japan’s train network deals with these issues. That map looks like the train network in Tokyo alone. Japan’s network is also quite large, densely packed, and with very frequent trains. Despite Japan being well known for timeliness of its trains, it does have its occasional delays, but not often enough to think about.

Hegseth Introduces Department to New AI Tool

jonnybgood — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:40:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4355797/hegseth-introduces-department-to-new-ai-tool/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46218947

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