<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: qualeed</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=qualeed</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:27:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=qualeed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by qualeed in "Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5 (2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Calling a <i>comment</i> "ridiculous" is against the guidelines?<p>Okay. Hopefully it isn't against the guidelines to say I think that's a silly guideline. Apparently saying "ridiculous" in response to a comment is very selectively enforced, must be my lucky day.<p>Anyways, this is probably the reminder I needed to stop commenting to HN. Some of the moderator decisions you guys are making lately are just.. way off base to me. Either you've changed or I have. Probably me.<p>Time to randomize the password. Cheers.</p>
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<p>The DSM-5 is from the "American <i>Psychiatric</i> Association".<p>Phillip Zimbardo, and the link you linked to, are the "American <i>Psychological</i> Association".<p>These are two different associations.<p>Theresa Miskimen is the president of the American <i>Psychiatric</i> Association, not Zimbardo.</p>
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<p>Not synonymous with "spreading hate".</p>
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<p>><i>I'd rather look like a goof (nothing wrong with being goofy or weird sometimes) than help spread hatred.</i><p>No one in this thread is helping "spread hatred".</p>
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<p>I'm pretty sure they are implying that it might be a bad policy to not ban nazis.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:42:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45019389</link><dc:creator>qualeed</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45019389</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45019389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by qualeed in "The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>><i>Relative size is what matters here.</i><p>This is where our disconnect is. Relative change in size means nothing to me. I care about the absolute size of the final thing I'm installing.<p>Adobe big, getting bigger. Sumatra small, staying small.</p>
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<p><i>For the purposes of what this post is communicating</i>, I don't think the exact sizes of adobe prior to 2000 or the exact size of sumatrapdf matters at all.<p>The linear graph <i>instantly</i> communicates:<p><pre><code>    - sumatrapdf has barely changed size in the same time that adobe's size has grown exponentially

    - adobe's crazy growth spike started ~6 years ago
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Maybe I'm just dumb, but I didn't realize the graph had a log y-axis at first. Then, once I realized that, I had to spend a bit of time parsing the graph to figure out what it was saying (I don't work with log graphs often at all). And once that was done, the only thing I came away with was "wow, adobe grew a hell of a lot when sumatra didnt", which is the same thing the linear graph told me instantly.<p>Being able to see that sumatras size remains relatively flat while adobes size growth is practically vertical is all the granularity I care about at a glance. If I want to know exact sizes, I'll dive in deeper.</p>
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<p><i>For the purposes of this article</i>, this graph is much more effective at making the point than the log scale one. I think it would have been a better choice to use a graph like this.<p>Thanks!</p>
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<p>1) "De-googling" doesn't need to be a binary, all-in or all-out situation. Any reduction in reliance of Google (or any single point of failure) is good. Diversifying the big stuff (mail, storage, etc.) is a great start. About last on the list is worrying about the occasional allowance for gstatic.com or whatever.<p>2) While I occasionally need to allow some scripts from google, it's absolutely nowhere near 1/3rd of sites.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:48:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44990261</link><dc:creator>qualeed</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44990261</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44990261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by qualeed in "Scientists just found a protein that reverses brain aging in mice"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The research is great!<p>The reporting is typically... not as great. At the very least, the headlines are typically <i>extremely</i> over-stated.</p>
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<p>Spam folder?<p>I feel like I see some strongly-worded headline about anti-aging of some sort <i>here</i> every two weeks.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:47:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44989623</link><dc:creator>qualeed</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44989623</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44989623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by qualeed in "Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>><i>It all depends on who was elected and who votes.</i><p>If I had to pick one thing I dislike the most about HOAs, it would be this. There is never a guarantee that your quiet HOA will remain that way in the future. Which, <i>to me</i>, seems like a crazy chance to take.<p>><i>we have a shared park, community space, and where I live lots of irrigation.</i><p>This is where my confusion comes in. My local government handles this sort of stuff. But I understand that we (as countries) have different thoughts on governments and their responsibilities.</p>
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<p>><i>Things like maintaining a community’s cohesiveness [...] maintain/increase the community’s home values over time.</i><p>I've heard the arguments in favor of them before, I just don't find them convincing.</p>
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<p>Sure, I guess I can kind of understand that. It's just not something I've experienced. I've never felt that there was a "gap" that needed to be filled. Especially not by a group that can also tell me that my paint has to be a certain color or whatever.</p>
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<p>As a non-American, I've always been surprised with how common HOAs are, and how over-bearing they seem.<p>I know that I only hear about the crazy ones because blogs about normal/good HOAs aren't going viral, but I've seen enough horror stories that if I ever moved to the US I would do my best to avoid one like the plague.</p>
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<p>I'm not defending unity, fuck 'em, I'm just saying that the pricing is right on the page that you said pricing isn't available on.</p>
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<p>From the top of the linked page:<p>><i>"$450.00/mo per seat"</i><p>><i>"$4,950.00/yr per seat"</i><p>And under the question "What happens if I am distributing the runtime for commercial purposes?":<p>><i>"Industry Customers requires explicit authorization from Unity and is subject to a fee ("Distribution License') which is generally equivalent to 4.0% of the revenue generated by the software product that incorporates the Unity runtime (discounts may apply)"</i></p>
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<p>><i>If you don't get pedophile vibes from that picture it's on you.</i><p>Wow, what an absolutely wild statement. I hate to break it to you, but I'm not the one sexualizing the cartoon picture.</p>
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<p>Right, but, that's <i>different</i>. Penguins are serious and professional.</p>
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<p>Edge does, as well. It drops a warning in the middle of the screen, displays the resource-hogging tab, and asks whether you want to force-close the tab or wait.</p>
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