Hacker News: jpmoral

New comment by jpmoral in "Effort to prevent government officials from engaging in prediction markets"

jpmoral — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:05:52 +0000

Aren't there already basic laws against officials profiting from their role?

New comment by jpmoral in "CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say"

jpmoral — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:53:46 +0000

It's a horrible idea that will cause untold death and suffering among the civilian population.

New comment by jpmoral in "Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?"

jpmoral — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:44:04 +0000

Ukraine: the Forging of a Nation by Yaroslav Hrytsak, translated by Dominique Hoffman

Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It by Janina Ramirez

New comment by jpmoral in "Patagonian Welsh"

jpmoral — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:04:38 +0000

Hello fellow listener, what games do you play? I'm currently running a play-by-post of Urban Shadows.

New comment by jpmoral in "Ukraine destroys more than 40 military aircraft in drone attack deep in Russia"

jpmoral — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 09:37:32 +0000

Being backed into a corner? They're the aggressor.

New comment by jpmoral in "Root for your friends"

jpmoral — Sat, 24 May 2025 09:00:27 +0000

> he basically explained it was normal

I think this is just him trying to justify it.

New comment by jpmoral in "Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water"

jpmoral — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 11:09:50 +0000

I'm not sure what you're getting at. What I meant was that it was my impression that the argument over fluoride has been going on for longer and is bigger than this one case. How and why the judge ruled and what the ruling was is tangential to that.

New comment by jpmoral in "Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water"

jpmoral — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 06:16:45 +0000

I'm not in the US but doesn't that downplay it a bit? Hasn't this been a contentious topic for some time? It's not like no one's been talking about it and Utah suddenly decided out of the blue.

New comment by jpmoral in "Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water"

jpmoral — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 06:05:51 +0000

More like "there are pros and cons but there doesn't have to be a big political fight about it".

New comment by jpmoral in "Brian Krebs: This Administration Is Completely Compromised"

jpmoral — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:24:57 +0000

> And possibly also because they do similar cyber attacks, so they don't hold it against them.

"We spy on them so them spying on us is not a threat" does not make sense.

New comment by jpmoral in "Shades of Blunders"

jpmoral — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 13:03:51 +0000

The board shows the moves, and the right side lists them in notation along with some commentary. On move 61 Black blunders, allowing White a mate-in-1. White misses it, however, also blundering on move 62.

New comment by jpmoral in "Shades of Blunders"

jpmoral — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 10:02:53 +0000

I encourage you to learn the notation! It's not difficult and will open up a wealth of resources: books, articles, videos, etc.

As for the mate in 1, it's in the analysis next to the game board (you'll need to learn notation to read it).

New comment by jpmoral in "Ask HN: What should I do with an intern who can't complete any task"

jpmoral — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:55:47 +0000

What do they have to say about it?

New comment by jpmoral in "Total Chaos at Meta: Employees Protest Zuckerberg's Anti LGBTQ Changes"

jpmoral — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:57:39 +0000

> the company would be getting “back to our roots around free expression” to allow “more speech and fewer mistakes.”

Regardless of anyone's opinion on this move, as a long-time user it's never felt like Facebook was about free speech.

New comment by jpmoral in "Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad family"

jpmoral — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 09:44:26 +0000

Wasn't a large part of that caused by the de-Baathification of the government and security forces?

New comment by jpmoral in "Siberian Exile in Tsarist Russia"

jpmoral — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 11:20:58 +0000

Just because an article focuses on one topic doesn't mean the subject is being singled out.

New comment by jpmoral in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

jpmoral — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:41:35 +0000

I don't agree it was reasonable that Ukraine couldn't strike airbases when it had the chance. Meanwhile it's Russia that is escalating: targeting civilians on a mass and individual scale, torturing and murdering POWs, using gas. They know there will only be condemnation and hand-wringing but no action.

New comment by jpmoral in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

jpmoral — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:39:20 +0000

Were nukes launched after the Kursk offensive? That eas a bright red line if Russia ever had one.

New comment by jpmoral in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

jpmoral — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 09:02:33 +0000

The West's drip-feeding of support and arbitrary restrictions on the use of weapons was a disaster.

New comment by jpmoral in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

jpmoral — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:55:18 +0000

Regardless of your views on DEI, why should that be up to the government?