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New comment by mypastself in "Economist Eugene Fama: 'Efficient markets is a hypothesis. It's not reality"

mypastself — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:34:09 +0000

That’s exactly it. I view it almost like Newtonian physics. Sure, it’s inaccurate at some level, but until we find a superior model, it’s safer to make your investment decisions based on it.

New comment by mypastself in "Starting today, YouTube is almost unusable on Firefox"

mypastself — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:41:47 +0000

Same here, with the caveat that Google has managed to successfully bully me into paying for Premium some time ago. Not sure if any Premium users are affected.

New comment by mypastself in "Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressure on content"

mypastself — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:24:18 +0000

Are you disagreeing with the “chilling effect” section of the article, or are you implying the effect could not have been real due to the current length of the article?

New comment by mypastself in "Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressure on content"

mypastself — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:00:23 +0000

If a major government agency repeatedly requests you follow certain guidelines and gets frustrated when you don’t, it might be reasonable to feel pressured or threatened, even if they’re your own guidelines. I know I’d be, even by what was revealed in the Twitter files.

New comment by mypastself in "Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressure on content"

mypastself — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:32:34 +0000

I assume he’s familiar with the transparency standards of his own site. And he still calls whatever happened pressure. So it’s entirely possible it wasn’t as innocuous as you suggest.

New comment by mypastself in "Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressure on content"

mypastself — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:34:06 +0000

Did Zuckerberg himself support conspiracy theories? Or does he regret succumbing to government requests for censoring that type of content? Sounds to me like he wants to allow certain kinds of speech on his platform, regardless of whether or not he personally agrees with them.

New comment by mypastself in "Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressure on content"

mypastself — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:26:32 +0000

Can’t find the claim about the statement not being political anywhere in the linked article. But there’s this:

> Meta’s CEO aired his grievances in a letter Monday to the House Judiciary Committee in response to its investigation into content moderation on online platforms

Sounds like he wasn’t the initiator of the discussion, but I may be misreading the paragraph.

New comment by mypastself in "Can you tell if these images are real or generated?"

mypastself — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:27:07 +0000

Also, it will likely only improve. I expect that none of us here will be able to get a 10/10 on similar tests a decade from now. Or much sooner.

New comment by mypastself in "Panic at the Job Market"

mypastself — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:47:17 +0000

I wonder if companies are now more likely to keep those postings open despite not actually hiring. I’m personally (and of course anecdotally) aware of a number of such cases.

New comment by mypastself in "Blue checks on X deceiving users into engaging with harmful material, EU says"

mypastself — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:30:56 +0000

> “deceives” users into believing such accounts are safe when “there is evidence of motivated malicious actors abusing” the check mark system

In what way do they deceive and abuse? The article doesn’t say.

> a number of high-profile public figures distanced themselves from verification on X

> Hashtags such as #BlockTheBlueChecks trended on X in the backlash, while several celebrities decided to leave the platform

If the public perception has indeed turned against the blue checks, surely there’s no longer a reputation to uphold. What’s X’s legal obligation here?

New comment by mypastself in "[dead]"

mypastself — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:02:39 +0000

The article is from 2019, so its claims about Ethereum are outdated. But even so:

> We start by collecting data on emission rates… for four pollutants commonly created by burning fossil fuels to produce energy

Wait, why focus on fossil fuels alone?

And why focus on cryptocurrency specifically? Did they produce a similar study for e.g. entertainment?

Also, did I miss the part where the impact of traditional mining is estimated and compared? I can’t find anything about the headline’s claim in the body of the article.

Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first

mypastself — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:11:43 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/denmark-cow-tax-greenhouse-gases-9a570518639e0a1990806fd1a05ac11a

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40802152

Points: 42

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New comment by mypastself in "Remote shell to a Raspberry Pi at 39,000 ft"

mypastself — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:12:05 +0000

I hope he flushed the DNS afterwards.

New comment by mypastself in "Remote shell to a Raspberry Pi at 39,000 ft"

mypastself — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 08:09:04 +0000

> It's similar to SSH works, but with SSH you'd need your Pi exposed to the Internet.

How does Pi Connect’s access differ from regular port forwarding? Isn’t the device still exposed to the Internet?

The article mentions Cloudflare tunnels near the end. Does this work on a similar principle as Argo? (I haven’t watched the video yet.)

New comment by mypastself in "Boeing CEO admits it's retaliated against whistleblowers"

mypastself — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 05:26:08 +0000

It is inaccurate to say “Boeing has retaliated” if some employees among over a hundred thousand did so.

Given that size, I’m sure there are plenty of illegal or unethical acts you could attribute to the company on account of individual employee behavior.

New comment by mypastself in "Boeing CEO admits it's retaliated against whistleblowers"

mypastself — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:02:37 +0000

Is there any indication in the quoted statement that the retaliations were initiated or supported by the company management? If not, the headline remains inaccurate.

New comment by mypastself in "Boeing CEO admits it's retaliated against whistleblowers"

mypastself — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 16:59:52 +0000

I obviously have no insight into whether or not the company engaged in whistleblower retaliation or intimidation practices. But that is a different argument from whether or not the headline accurately interpreted the statement.

New comment by mypastself in "Boeing CEO admits it's retaliated against whistleblowers"

mypastself — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 14:27:17 +0000

So, according to the actual statement, the perpetrators were employees who were subsequently disciplined or fired. There’s no indication that the practice was company policy, encouraged, or even tolerated by the management. The headline is clickbait.

New comment by mypastself in "Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic"

mypastself — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 05:00:27 +0000

To my knowledge, organizations like the WHO and countries like Brazil reported weaker effectiveness of the Chinese jabs compared to the likes of Pfizer. I’m not familiar with even China claiming otherwise these past few years. Are you saying the CCP fell for the anti-CCP propaganda?

New comment by mypastself in "Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic"

mypastself — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:59:41 +0000

So part of what you’re angry about is not based on known facts. If the leak never comes, will you retract your comment?