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New comment by krmboya in "Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise "

krmboya — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:32:46 +0000

I agree with your points. But governments around the world frequently demonstrate that they can be easily compromised.

That's why free speech is an important counterweight to political power.

I credit all those who openly spoke out against the Iraq forever war preventing similar wars since then.

New comment by krmboya in "Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise "

krmboya — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:22:32 +0000

Yes, they being a doctor matters because it is a filter for someone who engages with scientific material and their opinion is more valued than some rando crackpot.

That said, what are your credentials? Perhaps I'm enganging some rando crackpot myself.

New comment by krmboya in "Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise "

krmboya — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:29:57 +0000

One word, transparency. Being open about the research and outcomes. This is a situation good science communicators can help with.

Engage the skeptics in open debate and address their concerns, not censorship and embarking on cancellation campaigns.

However uncomfortable it seems, the median person in society isn't going to do a thorough literature review to make up their mind, they'll do it based on personal instincts.

New comment by krmboya in "I'm 60 years old. Claude Code killed a passion"

krmboya — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:00:06 +0000

What do you all think about the "Solve It" method by the Answer dot AI folks?

It's more like iterating on the REPL with AI in the loop, meaning the user stays in control while benefitting from AI, so real growth happens.

Interesting thing to consider, in a couple of years, will there be a differentiator between people who are good at driving company-specific AI tools and those who are generally better by having built skills the hard way ground up with benefit of AI?

New comment by krmboya in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

krmboya — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:18:10 +0000

Only that you are incorrect that Elon hung out with Epstein. Unless there has been some new evidence

New comment by krmboya in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

krmboya — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:11:08 +0000

But is there proof Elon actually hung out with Epstein as the poster asserted?

New comment by krmboya in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

krmboya — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:07:46 +0000

Did Musk really hang out with Epstein? I only saw email conversations between the two.

By contrast, Bill Gates and Reid Hofmann hung out with Epstein A LOT.

And Hofmann was Epstein's primary connection into the Silicon Valley scene.

New comment by krmboya in "What is Plan 9?"

krmboya — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:55:51 +0000

Is it correct to say Golang is bringing Limbo to the masses?

New comment by krmboya in "Social media time does not increase teenagers' mental health problems – study"

krmboya — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:38:57 +0000

I know that self reported data is unreliable.

The person running this who was probably paid thousands of pounds worth of currency should have put in the time to produce a more accurate measure of mental health

New comment by krmboya in "Social media time does not increase teenagers' mental health problems – study"

krmboya — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 02:27:32 +0000

How reliable is this study given that participants were asked to self report?

New comment by krmboya in "I almost got hacked by a 'job interview'"

krmboya — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:01:36 +0000

Without any context you might as well be arguing about favorite colors

New comment by krmboya in "I almost got hacked by a 'job interview'"

krmboya — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 02:35:34 +0000

Perhaps the reason people keep repeating it is that someone makes the statement without any reasons, provides an alternative again without any reasons.

"Why are you not using docker to sandbox your code?"

"Umm.. someone on HN told me docker is not a sandbox, to use randomtool instead"

New comment by krmboya in "Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchy"

krmboya — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:39:02 +0000

Privacy is a big deal for many, especially if you grew up before the age of telemetry everywhere.

For now, a privacy preserving chromium fork will do, until hopefully the Ladybird project is mature enough to provide alternatives

New comment by krmboya in "Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchy"

krmboya — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 05:06:41 +0000

Firefox doubled down on using/selling user data for advertising purposes, so that's a big reason for avoiding it.

I held onto it as someone who didn't even like the politics of the people behind it (the beauty of open source), for the sake of browser engine diversity, but changing terms of service of use of personal data was the final blow

New comment by krmboya in "Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says"

krmboya — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 06:02:16 +0000

Statistics show that kids brought up with both parents have much better prospects in life.

The decision to have kids should be a deliberate commitment between the parents, not some kind of lottery where one falls pregnant then decides what to do next.

It's better not to fall pregnant at all otherwise

New comment by krmboya in "Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says"

krmboya — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:27:50 +0000

The H1B path has always been harder than hiring remotely/offshoring

New comment by krmboya in "Xmonad seeking help for Wayland port (2023)"

krmboya — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 03:40:45 +0000

> When Wayland replacing X, lots of cool window managers and mini applications will be gone.

There's hope due to the recent x11 fork, xlibre. They intend to keep x11 support ongoing

New comment by krmboya in "Returning to Church won't save us from nihilism"

krmboya — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:06:11 +0000

When thinking about Christianity, I personally make the distinction between the Christian faith, and the various Churches i.e. the political institutions that grew around the Christian faith.

In its first few centuries Christianity was community-centered, until about the 4th century when it started getting institutionalized in Rome.

New comment by krmboya in "U.S. already has the critical minerals it needs, according to new analysis"

krmboya — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:46:28 +0000

Subsidized by the Chinese government.

New comment by krmboya in "Dinosaurs to supercrocs: Niger's bone keepers preserve its ancient fossils"

krmboya — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:53:38 +0000

Great job in training nigeriens to pick up fossil preservation work. Glad the government is taking a rational approach in collaborating with the US based archeologist.