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New comment by kritiko in "AI's biggest critic has lost the plot"

kritiko — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:56:08 +0000

Maybe I jumped a bit quickly to my conclusion there.

I think The Argument / Piper know that an “Ed Zitron is wrong” angle drives more traffic than just writing better AI criticism.

Secondly, I don’t think she kicks the tires that well. “AI skeptics underestimate its utility” is a tweet-length observation. (Derek Davidson, another Argument contributor, has made such a Tweet. I think it would be much better if she tried to steelman or engage Zitron a bit on the econ ramifications of the current bubble.

When I say Zitron is annoying, it’s because he’s very strident and can make arguments that don’t make sense or are easy to refute. But that’s also the most boring way to engage with him!

New comment by kritiko in "AI's biggest critic has lost the plot"

kritiko — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:59:30 +0000

Ed Zitron is annoying.

But saying “I wish the argument was being made better” while using him as the basis for your article is more annoying to me! Just make the argument then.

But publications like The Argument need to take shots to get views, I guess.

New comment by kritiko in "Session is shutting down in 90 days"

kritiko — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:09:06 +0000

Investment money is not debt. Equity and debt are different things.

New comment by kritiko in "The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess"

kritiko — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:19:45 +0000

We have credible deepfakes on demand. (To be fair, there have been deceptive photos as long as photos have existed, but the cost of automating their creation going to basically zero has a social impact)

New comment by kritiko in "NYC Families Need over $125,000 in Income to Live in Any Borough"

kritiko — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:58:47 +0000

Majority is correct if you go by the $125k figure (which is skewed by public listing data, I’m sure)

New comment by kritiko in "Scott Adams has died"

kritiko — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:43:12 +0000

I’m interested. Especially if you can point to moments in your career or projects where it has worked.

New comment by kritiko in "Scott Adams has died"

kritiko — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:07:07 +0000

He was into NLP (the hypnosis theory) from way back.

James Hoffman, the coffee YouTuber, had an interesting comment on how he tried to use that in one of his 90s barista competitions, but seemed skeptical of it now. Scott remained a believer.

New comment by kritiko in "Scott Adams has died"

kritiko — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:56:23 +0000

“De gustibus non disputandum est” - no arguing taste. Art is like family.

New comment by kritiko in "Scott Adams has died"

kritiko — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:54:20 +0000

I think art is a lot like family - you don’t get to pick which works really resonated with you and influenced you, even if the artist turns out to be a “bad person.”

And back in the day, Adams was a pretty crunchy California guy. Remember the Dilburrito?

New comment by kritiko in "Polymarket refuses to pay bets that US would 'invade' Venezuela"

kritiko — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:36:37 +0000

I’m quibbling with invasion per the Wiki definition quoted in this thread, which is different from the Kalshi one.

I think the Kalshi one is bad because “intent” is not something that can be objectively defined.

New comment by kritiko in "Polymarket refuses to pay bets that US would 'invade' Venezuela"

kritiko — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:14:20 +0000

It was an extraction/capture operation “with the goal… to alter the established government”

New comment by kritiko in "Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings"

kritiko — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 01:08:06 +0000

This article seems to imply that the default settings are the manufacturer recommended ones for streaming movies - is that bad ux? Should Netflix be able to push recommended settings to your tv?

New comment by kritiko in "Oliver Sacks put himself into his case studies – what was the cost?"

kritiko — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:06:27 +0000

This was sticking to the facts - this is original research into Sacks’ letters and unpublished writing. It’s for readers who read Sacks in the New Yorker and want to see another side of his life.

New comment by kritiko in "Ford can't find mechanics for $120K: It takes math to learn a trade"

kritiko — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:47:49 +0000

US has PISA scores that are roughly equivalent to Western Europe. I think the kids who can do math just get sorted into better jobs.

New comment by kritiko in "In L.A., a new vision of incarceration proves rehabilitation works"

kritiko — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 18:55:47 +0000

Isn’t this article just describing a halfway house?

Doesn’t really seem that Nordic to me.

New comment by kritiko in "Ask HN: Best resources to prep for the Case Study portion of a PM interview?"

kritiko — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 00:06:39 +0000

StellarPeers & Product Alliance are pretty good.

New comment by kritiko in "Ozempic linked to stomach paralysis, other gastrointestinal issues: UBC study"

kritiko — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 18:50:35 +0000

May be his pharmacy struggling with supply -- I hear lots of folks are titrating outside of the guidelines because they can't get the appropriate dosage.

New comment by kritiko in "Why Apple put a Thread radio in the iPhone 15 Pro"

kritiko — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 19:23:02 +0000

It's definitely a strategic move inasmuch as Apple is a sponsor of Thread.

New comment by kritiko in "Big Tobacco’s Legacy: Pushing Hyperpalatable Foods in America"

kritiko — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:33:47 +0000

The study’s author, KevinH_PhD is a good follow on Twitter and generally responsive to his critics there:

“Glycemic index was calculated to be ~52 for both diets with respect to oral glucose. There were no significant differences in CGM determined mean glucose or glycemic variability as assessed by glucose CV.”

From this thread - https://twitter.com/KevinH_PhD/status/1536782331628822528

New comment by kritiko in "Big Tobacco’s Legacy: Pushing Hyperpalatable Foods in America"

kritiko — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:40:29 +0000

Are you familiar with Kevin D. Hall's Ultraprocessed food study?

https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/pdf/S1550-4131(19)30248...

They did it in a metabolic ward, so about as controlled as you can get in a diet study. Created 2 diets that were matched - so caloric density and macronutrients of the food were the same. Let people eat as much of the food as they wanted, and the ultraprocessed group consumed 500 calories per day more.