Hacker News: peterashford

New comment by peterashford in "US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'"

peterashford — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:46:52 +0000

non sequitur

New comment by peterashford in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"

peterashford — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:45:05 +0000

Go check the Suffragettes in the UK. They literally waged war on men

New comment by peterashford in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"

peterashford — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:43:55 +0000

and thus you show it really is precisely a strawman you've put forward. you assume the worst of the argument, where I do not: hence me saying as much and saying that you made a strawman, because you assume the worst.

New comment by peterashford in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"

peterashford — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:40:34 +0000

I really dont think that describes my point at all

New comment by peterashford in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"

peterashford — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:14:04 +0000

Famously, technology didn't exist before Capitalism. No technology was created under Communism, for example

New comment by peterashford in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"

peterashford — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:41:47 +0000

That sounds like a strawman. What you're arguing against is not how I read the parent

New comment by peterashford in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"

peterashford — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:39:43 +0000

I don't think any significant social change has been bought about by people asking nicely. Votes for women, anti racism, worker's rights, land rights - all hard fought for.

New comment by peterashford in "Finally, A True Blue Rose Exists"

peterashford — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 21:27:23 +0000

Qualia vs phenomena. Both are real

New comment by peterashford in "There are no "rogue" AI agents"

peterashford — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:40:56 +0000

It isn't

New comment by peterashford in "US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'"

peterashford — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:27:34 +0000

Being pro Palestine in no way implies a "reverse genocide". JFC

New comment by peterashford in "MiMo v2.6"

peterashford — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:00:44 +0000

As long as that speech doesn't come from CNN or criticise Charlie Kirk, Israel or Trump? I'm sceptical about how much the US really values free speech

New comment by peterashford in "Xiaomi MiMo v2.6"

peterashford — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:57:33 +0000

As a New Zealander, I would agree - no reason to prefer the Chinese. But Trump's America is not an attractive option either and there's no reason to prefer it. And given the choice between two ugly options, the rational choice is the cheaper one, surely.

New comment by peterashford in "Java 27"

peterashford — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:28:22 +0000

what? on every post? is that really practical?

New comment by peterashford in "Java 27"

peterashford — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:08:01 +0000

Yeah, this is the C++ kitchen sink approach and its the reason I don't favour rushing features. Never a second chance to get it right the first time

New comment by peterashford in "Java 27"

peterashford — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:57:51 +0000

I'm always switching to the latest versions. Performance upgrades with no effort. Why wouldn't you (assuming you're not pinned by a dependency)

New comment by peterashford in "I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea"

peterashford — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:42:39 +0000

I was a volunteer in PNG at the PNG Institute of Medical Research, which at that time was run by Michael Alpers, the guy who did the initial scientific investigation into Kuru - the disease mentioned in the article. Fascinating stuff. I lived for just over half a year in Goroka the highlands, then a further year in Madang on the north coast. That was 25 years ago now but I will never forget it.

New comment by peterashford in "AI recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all"

peterashford — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 02:22:55 +0000

It may be tiresome, but it's true. It doesn't refute the article's premise thou, only retesting with newer models would and that would be the same tiresome requirement you already called out

New comment by peterashford in "AI recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all"

peterashford — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 02:20:36 +0000

I agree with you somewhat but I also just this morning read an article from a Blender educator who tried to replicate the Blender demos and couldnt get the same quality of results nor get results without errors that werent evident in Anthropic's demos

New comment by peterashford in "iPhone Duo"

peterashford — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:46:24 +0000

People mythologising Apple design will never get old

New comment by peterashford in "Real photos of young girls were in nudify-app ads on Facebook, Instagram"

peterashford — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:07:53 +0000

Expecting a corporate to police itself is, obviously, a joke