<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: perfecthjrjth</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=perfecthjrjth</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:56:31 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=perfecthjrjth" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Pro-Palestinian views face suppression in US amid Israel-Hamas war"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The deeper problem is not discussed at all: is it possible in a one-state solution (non ethnostate, that is) for Jews to co-exist with Muslims when the latter becomes majority? Past drives the decisions for the present and the future.<p>The other issue heavily discussed is settlements in the West Bank. Settlements have caused, and continue to cause, problems: barriers, scanners, street closures (thereby preventing access for non-Jews), etc. Here, Israel downplays problems faced by locals.  This is also a consequence of why it is not possible for Jews and Arabs to live together without barriers, scanners, closures.<p>Arafat scuttled the camp David deal in 2000. Of course, that deal was bad to Palestinians from the latter's perspective. Can they get a better deal than that by NOT 'lay down and die'?<p>From Clinton's biography: 'Finally, Arafat agreed to see Shimon Peres on the thirteenth after Peres had first met with Saeb Erekat. Nothing came of it. As a backstop, the Israelis tried to produce a letter with as much agreement on the parameter as possible, on the assumption that Barak would lose the election and at least both sides would be bound to a course that could lead to an agreement. Arafat wouldn’t even do that, because he didn’t want to be seen conceding anything. The parties continued their talks in Taba, Egypt. They got close, but did not succeed. Arafat never said no; he just couldn’t bring himself to say yes. Pride goeth before the fall.'</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:11:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37990204</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37990204</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37990204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Europeans drain billions from banks, fed up with shrinking savings"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Banks don't need deposits to loan out, as loans create deposits.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2023 01:37:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35824319</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35824319</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35824319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "De-dollarization is happening at a ‘stunning’ pace"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It is good for the developing world, as producers/exporters subsidize countries with reserve currencies. That's why inflation in countries with reserve currencies is always a way lower than other counties. MMT claims that one can swap "printed money" with real products (such as cars, commodities, food, clothes). This kind of swapping is possible for the US, EU, UK (Mostly the Western world and Japan). Who wants to swap million barrels of oil to Zimbabwian dollars.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 03:03:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35797305</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35797305</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35797305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Standoff over 95-year-old judge shows downside of lifetime jobs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Judges are always 'partisan', meaning that they are influenced by some or other ideology, policy choices, theories. As long as a certain segment of population finds their judgments reasonable, that's fine. What is reasonable to one set of people, may not be reasonable to another set of people. The issue is not about truth or falsity, but one of reasonableness.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 03:20:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35635979</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35635979</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35635979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Reasons the banking crisis isn’t a repeat of 2008"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Loans create more money; in other words, according to your proposal, private banks shouldn't lend out more money than what they have (as customers' deposits).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:50:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35296126</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35296126</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35296126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "SVB Used Former McCarthy Staffers to Weaken Regulations, Lobby FDIC"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Janet Yellen during Obama's second term didn't want to raise interest rates to protect Democrats. However, she wanted to raise interest rates during Trump. That's why Trump didn't renominate her. Why blame Powell here? Blame Janet Yellen, when she should have started raising rates under Obama.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 19:52:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35125318</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35125318</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35125318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>with some caveats: if you keep $250k in your personal checking, another $250k in your personal savings, another $250K in a joint checking account, another $250K in a joint savings account, all accounts being with SVB, you will get $1M back. 
FDIC states "The standard insurance amount is $250,000 per depositor, per insured bank, for each account ownership category"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:18:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35103334</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35103334</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35103334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "The FBI Just Admitted It Bought US Location Data"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The third-party doctrine makes it legal to acquire data from third parties, without any consent or warrant.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 05:58:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35078670</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35078670</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35078670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Chicago sold rights to 36k parking meters for $1.2B that generate $200M per year"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What a great deal for the investors with connections to the local political 'mafia'.  If profit is 70% after taking away expenses, that is about $140M. $140M * 7 = $980 (7 multiples).  Where can one find such a profitable business for 7 multiples?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 01:17:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34990707</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34990707</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34990707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Indian opposition leader arrested, few under house arrest in Delhi, India"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Go to Andhra Pradesh, cronies of politicians are filing private cases against CBI officers with the aid of the AP police.  This is with respect to the investigation of the murder of YS Vivekananda Reddy, brother of ex-CM YSR, and an uncle of the current CM of AP. It tells us how weak is CBI is. Every one knows that the current CM of AP is involved in killing his uncle.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 21:34:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34949729</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34949729</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34949729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Indian opposition leader arrested, few under house arrest in Delhi, India"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>hahaha, in India, no one can become a politician without getting arrested. In fact, Indian police makes money by 'false' arrests in resolving civil disputes.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 21:14:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34949526</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34949526</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34949526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Diabetes drug Mounjaro was available at $25/month, then increased to $1k/month"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Well, two conceptions of human beings are in conflict: (a) humans are controlled by their own "will" (b) signaling system (biochemical interactions) control stuff. (a) is a cultural intuition. Now many life sciences researchers sell us a hybrid version: both (a) and (b) are true.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 22:52:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34931322</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34931322</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34931322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Diabetes drug Mounjaro was available at $25/month, then increased to $1k/month"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Calories In Calories Out (CICO) doesn't explain obesity. You are dealing with biochemical machines (humans). CI enters this biochemical machine; here, the signal system should be effective to 'equalize'. Otherwise, you get all kinds of problems: obesity, t2d, cardiovascular events, etc.<p>These new generation of drugs (semaglutide, tirzapatide) deal with the signaling system (endocrine signaling, that is).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 03:36:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34920456</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34920456</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34920456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "35% of the wealthiest people in the US attended one of just 8 elite universities"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It is good for the US to distribute power centers across at least 50 universities, not just tier-1 Ivies and Stanford.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 22:43:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34904084</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34904084</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34904084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "McKinsey Plans to Eliminate About 2000 Jobs in One of Its Biggest Rounds of Cuts"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Are they laying off back office folks or consultants?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 01:47:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34890458</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34890458</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34890458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "DocuSign to lay off 10% of its workforce, or about 700 employees"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Today's juniors are tomorrow's seniors and principals. What's gonna happen in 2030s?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:16:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34828767</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34828767</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34828767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "50% rejection rate for iPhone casings produced in India shows Apple’s challenge"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This remark applies to all IT outsourcing companies: more billable hours. Love to see how a Chinese IT outsourcing company fares in contrast with TCS, Wipro, Infosys of the world.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 22:23:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34797051</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34797051</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34797051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Thoughts on getting laid off after nine years at Twilio"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Integrity as a virtue is given less weight in almost all business transactions, these days.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 22:16:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34796969</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34796969</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34796969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Walmart to close three tech hubs, tells tech staff to return to offices"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Apple is giving verbal notices for not complying 3 days RTO, I heard on blind. Here, HR is forcing the attrition: either come 3 days to office or quit.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 03:01:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34784687</link><dc:creator>perfecthjrjth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34784687</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34784687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by perfecthjrjth in "Tell HN: Salesforce is mandating RTO 3 days/wk for all employee"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, Apple is forcing that now, employees are given verbal notices for not adhering to 3 day RTO, based on the scoop.</p>
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