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New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices"

noIdeaTheSecond — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:31:50 +0000

I hope each one of you signs this!

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Why are so many young people getting cancer?"

noIdeaTheSecond — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:01:50 +0000

As a kid I used to do that with my family: Grow our own everything.

I'm currently trying to get back to it, until then I try to eat ecological and as much as I can cooked by myself. It is hard though, not everybody can aford a plot of land (ideally next to some decent sized town)

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Why are so many young people getting cancer?"

noIdeaTheSecond — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:56:30 +0000

Upon reading: A bit unclear but yes it seems like unhealthy food + new microbe mutations + obesity

They talk about obesity as a separate cause than ultra processed food, I thought it was quite related, something I need to look into

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Why are so many young people getting cancer?"

noIdeaTheSecond — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:41:19 +0000

My wild guess before reading the article: unhealthy food. A big part of which is herbicides and pesticides.

I will now read the article.

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Changing how we develop Ladybird"

noIdeaTheSecond — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:06:23 +0000

   "A substantial patch used to imply substantial effort, and that effort was a reasonable proxy for good faith. That assumption no longer holds."

I believe this is the key point the article makes and it's valid for most projects out there

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang"

noIdeaTheSecond — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:23:13 +0000

Where there doubts about it? Are there doubts whether a for loop is conscious or not?

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "The Eternal Sloptember"

noIdeaTheSecond — Tue, 26 May 2026 19:35:56 +0000

Markov chains are very useful and imo so are LLMs, the issue I believe stems from calling it "inteligence" which creates some expectation which is often not met

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligence"

noIdeaTheSecond — Fri, 22 May 2026 12:58:53 +0000

One perhaps unpopular opinion: Could it be that the current AI is beneficial for young people in the sense that it is making them stop looking at their phone for a bit, and realize that certain tech is not that important for human well beeing? The change is in their/our hands after all, we just need to become aware, believe and vote with our wallet and the whole society will change in the blink of an eye. The hard part is the awareness and believing.

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "DOS Zone"

noIdeaTheSecond — Thu, 21 May 2026 23:10:18 +0000

I love US' nonchalance for anything regarding copyright (see AI pre-training)

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens"

noIdeaTheSecond — Sun, 17 May 2026 21:49:41 +0000

Is Malta a corrupt country?

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Grand Theft Oil Futures: Insider traders keep making a killing at our expense"

noIdeaTheSecond — Thu, 07 May 2026 12:25:11 +0000

> "The Trump administration is making no real effort to crack down on whoever is trading using inside information, and these inside traders are operating with a complete sense of impunity, assured that they can get away with it."

I think this sums it up.

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Talking to strangers at the gym"

noIdeaTheSecond — Mon, 04 May 2026 20:40:11 +0000

I've learned this by reading Influence by Robert Cialdini.The trick is find something to which they say yes. If they do it their brain kind of tells them: If I did him/her a favor it's because I like him/her.... and liking opens other doors

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants"

noIdeaTheSecond — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:34:16 +0000

Is that the real location or a mere simulation of size? If it's the former I wonder why close to the water? I'd understand if it was a nuclear reactor...maybe for cooling purposes but only for storing the waste? I guess it's just a size simulation, although if it were reality maybe the though is: Oceans are big enough to dilute the whole thing in case it breaks...as a watersports and ocean fan that makes me sad

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw""

noIdeaTheSecond — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:06:30 +0000

Is it just me or everybody finds the "charging extra" a bit vague? I don't deny it simply curious: how much?

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Spain's parliament will act against massive IP blockages by LaLiga"

noIdeaTheSecond — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:56:53 +0000

I understand organizations as LaLiga wanting more money but massive IP blockage seems quite unfair, effective maybe but unfair so this news does not come as a surprise.

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

noIdeaTheSecond — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:09:34 +0000

I have a Fairphone 5 which I'm very happy with. Replaceable battery and security updates for 8 years

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "One neat trick to end extreme poverty"

noIdeaTheSecond — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:54:09 +0000

I do not follow, could you expand please?

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash"

noIdeaTheSecond — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:32:32 +0000

People need to understand the power they have through their wallets

New comment by noIdeaTheSecond in "American importers and consumers bear the cost of 2025 tariffs: analysis"

noIdeaTheSecond — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 01:26:47 +0000

While it seems obvious to many here that americans pay the tarrifs should we also conclude that given the drop in exports to the US (mentioned in the article), our european/german/indian economies are worse off i.e. we're losing money compared to how things were before. Does anybody have reliable figures on how much money are we losing?