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Coordination Capacity Is a Free Banquet

namlem — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:53:46 +0000

Article URL: https://unfacts.substack.com/p/coordination-capacity-is-a-free-banquet

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47519997

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New comment by namlem in "Malus – Clean Room as a Service"

namlem — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:44:25 +0000

Right. People who only intermittently engage in such behaviors should be treated differently than people who consistently engage in them.

New comment by namlem in "OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent"

namlem — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:37:38 +0000

How much of the development is being done by humans?

New comment by namlem in "Malus – Clean Room as a Service"

namlem — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:17:18 +0000

There is an upside: oppressing people who consistently engage in antisocial behavior is good and necessary.

New comment by namlem in "Malus – Clean Room as a Service"

namlem — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:15:46 +0000

Imperfect enforcement is a feature as often as it is a bug. You can't make "antisocial behavior" in general illegal but you can make certain behaviors (loitering, public intoxication) illegal and selectively enforce against only those who are behaving in an antisocial manner. Of course the other edge of this sword is using this discretion to blanket discriminate against racial or class groups.

New comment by namlem in "IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report"

namlem — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:09:13 +0000

It's not that surprising. Ask the average Jordinian about their opinion of Palestinians some time. Ask an Egyptian or a Syrian if they think their countries should take in Palestinian refugees. The regional Muslim Arabs all hate them too.

New comment by namlem in "IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report"

namlem — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:06:49 +0000

Israel wasn't bombing those neighborhoods for revenge, they were doing it because Hamas build militarized tunnels under dense civilian neighborhoods.

New comment by namlem in "IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report"

namlem — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:05:35 +0000

People with historical trauma are far more likely to inflict further wrongs than people without historical trauma. This is the case for individual trauma too. It has always been this way.

New comment by namlem in "EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear"

namlem — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:51:48 +0000

Typical Eurocrat meddling in people's affairs. The owners of those items should be free to do whatever they want. If the government is concerend about environmental damage, they should raise landfill fees or tax carbon, not limit what firms are allowed to do with their own things.

New comment by namlem in "Why is Singapore no longer "cool"?"

namlem — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:49:40 +0000

That's a matter of opinion. The US has its faults, but overall it's quite easy to have a very high quality of life here, and to live a huge variety of different lifestyles if that suits you.

New comment by namlem in "New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers"

namlem — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 06:07:44 +0000

NJ and CA. You can't make guns at all in NJ, and you need a firearm permit to buy an airgun or bb gun.

New comment by namlem in "Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal"

namlem — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:09:34 +0000

A lot of Iranians would probably love for us to send weapons. There are videos of Iranians celebrating the bombings of IRGC bases during the 12-day war.

New comment by namlem in "Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal"

namlem — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:04:31 +0000

Ukraine didn't attack Russia. Hamas attacked Israel.

New comment by namlem in "Student arrested for eating AI art in UAF gallery protest"

namlem — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:05:13 +0000

They should keep the chewed up pieces and make it part of the exhibit.

New comment by namlem in "Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales"

namlem — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:20:29 +0000

There is a market for luxury electric pick-ups, and it's dominated by Rivian.

New comment by namlem in "Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales"

namlem — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:19:25 +0000

Making it look too much like a regular F-150 was a mistake. You need the vehicle to look distinctive enough for it to market itself.

New comment by namlem in "New bill would revive single-room occupancy apartments in NYC"

namlem — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:04:53 +0000

Yep. If eviction rules aren't loosened, these SROs will only be rented to people with >700 credit scores just like normal apartments. The people who need them most still won't get them.

New comment by namlem in "Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new direction"

namlem — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:18:03 +0000

This makes no sense. Putting the AI issue aside, do Microsoft employees not get annoyed by file explorer frequently hanging or crashing?

New comment by namlem in "'The French people want to save us': help pours in for glassmaker Duralex"

namlem — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 01:47:44 +0000

There are many successful co-ops all over the world, including in the US. You just don't hear about them because they don't look much different from corporations from the perspective of the average person.

New comment by namlem in "Why top firms fire good workers"

namlem — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 06:39:42 +0000

Unions often end up decreasing productivity due to added bureaucracy, leading to ultimately worse compensation in the long run.