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New comment by michaelsshaw in "America's Expanding Domestic Surveillance"

michaelsshaw — Sat, 02 May 2026 18:12:22 +0000

But it isn't the VC that brings the users here for the most part(I'm literally assuming this, but it seems reasonable), it's word of mouth. Did you join because you love YC, or was it because you thought it was an interesting website at some point?

New comment by michaelsshaw in "America's Expanding Domestic Surveillance"

michaelsshaw — Sat, 02 May 2026 18:10:27 +0000

Such as? Was it "shit" or "dickriders"? Or was it "anarcho-capitalist", a well-defined concept? Sorry if I'm not receptive to waxing poetic about mass surveillance and the fact that you can't skip a move in chess.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "Zugzwang"

michaelsshaw — Sat, 02 May 2026 18:05:41 +0000

This is an article about chess.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "Zugzwang"

michaelsshaw — Sat, 02 May 2026 17:38:57 +0000

Not playing is a losing move.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "The gay jailbreak technique (2025)"

michaelsshaw — Sat, 02 May 2026 01:04:03 +0000

Grok sure didn't seem so at one point

New comment by michaelsshaw in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

michaelsshaw — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:32:37 +0000

I didn't realize that acknowledging the enormous amount of bad blood the US has sowed was sign of mental illness.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys"

michaelsshaw — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:56:18 +0000

Sure. The unnecessary nuclear bombing of two civilian population centers is proof enough. Do you know the ratio of civilians to military deaths in those bombings? Nagasaki is particularly bad: 0.25% military personnel, 99.75% civilian deaths, and that's the most generous count. Not to mention Tokyo, or the numerous other cities which were firebombed. The idea that nuking civilians saved lives is a statement so stupid that only an American could believe it.

Let me ask you a question, directly, UltraSane. Is killing 60,000(minimum) civilians in an instant not terrorism?

New comment by michaelsshaw in "Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys"

michaelsshaw — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:19:26 +0000

Little Eichmanns unable to feel good about themselves now that there's so much bad press? They should've known, in fact, most of them DID know about who they work for and what they do. They just can't handle the pressure. Name, shame and move on, fellas. No words worth listening to from Palantir employees.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys"

michaelsshaw — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:16:38 +0000

The US has always used its military for global terrorism. Only just now, it is more in your face. There is no doubt: the US is responsible for some of the most sickening crimes against humanity the world has ever seen, including directly being the inspiration for the Holocaust, as well as US companies providing logistics for the Holocaust!

I hate the idea that it was ever the DoD. It was always a terroristic, offensive force.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "US tech firms lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret"

michaelsshaw — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:38:00 +0000

Waiting for the brigade of HN users crying ablut how EU regulations are "bad for business"

IETF: Meow

michaelsshaw — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:32:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-meow-mrrp-00.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47803037

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by michaelsshaw in "Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't"

michaelsshaw — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:51:59 +0000

Lets just exclude the best example, as everyone knows, we should never try to be the best. Being the best is dumb, liberal and possibly communist. Settling for 105th, that's freedom and democracy baby.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs"

michaelsshaw — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:12:44 +0000

Full self driving in 2017! Wait, sorry 2018. Okay, 100% we will have FSD in 2019. Actually 2020. 2021? No? Soon(TM) is the new release date.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs"

michaelsshaw — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:06:47 +0000

Are you really comparing race-based hatred to extreme disdain for a company more parasitic than tapeworms? Is that actually what you are saying?

"Corportations are people too, and can experience racism as well!"

Certified YCombinator moment.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs"

michaelsshaw — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:02:55 +0000

Is there now a requirement for disliking something that I advocate for something else? I just hate Tesla, I am a Tesla hater. That really is it.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs"

michaelsshaw — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:01:10 +0000

Just like full self driving robotaxis in 2017...

New comment by michaelsshaw in "“CEO said a thing” journalism"

michaelsshaw — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:50:49 +0000

This is all a result of the techbro "genius" worship culture that YC & co are definitely guilty in helping to create. Writing code on a computer doesn't make anyone smarter than anyone else, and hopefully people will wake up to that fact sooner rather than later.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "DOOM Over DNS"

michaelsshaw — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:46:25 +0000

Does this LLM discussion support LLMs?

New comment by michaelsshaw in "US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement"

michaelsshaw — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:52:33 +0000

BREAKING: Countries other than "U.S." found to be members of so-called "world"

Although I'm not sure what he's on either. Capitalists definitely own and exploit pretty much the entire world, with few exceptions.

New comment by michaelsshaw in "NASA announces overhaul of Artemis program amid safety concerns, delays"

michaelsshaw — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:27:00 +0000

It isn't a fixed-price contract. They've been granted multiple "milestone" extensions as well as new contracts for things they're not capable of, clearly. One thing is for sure, no matter what happens to the mission (it'll probably fail), Elon and his buddies will still get to scrape a couple hundred million for themselves while telling the rest of us we need to be "more hardcore" and preach more austerity bullshit.

Funnily enough, the person who decided to grant SpaceX this contract, Kathy Lueders, did so and then immediately decided to quit NASA and work for SpaceX. Nothing to see there.

>In fact, by far and away the project that have done the worst, are the project NASA does in the old style where they remain the main designers and operate and only work with private companies as builders. That's exactly why SLS is such a shit-show.

How could SLS, a rocket that literally worked the first time, be worse than Starship, a rocket that does not work?