<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: quantummagic</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=quantummagic</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:55:35 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=quantummagic" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by quantummagic in "Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They are exactly comparable.  The concept is exactly the same.  We have borders and protected areas, and it is reasonable to make restrictions on other people based on those borders.  It is not racist.</p>
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<p>That's a completely separate issue (if it is one at all), but I was addressing the specific concerns in the OPs question.</p>
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<p>Of course those are real issues that should be addressed.  Just like if a factory producing bicycles is running all night and keeping you awake.  But it's not something that should be concerning for anyone outside the area.  It's not an existential crisis, just a local nuisance.</p>
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<p>I don't know if you're being intentionally obtuse, or you genuinely believe what you're saying.  I was the one saying that a border is a border, and you had better have a good explanation as to why the national border is fundamentally different from your home.   If it's okay to protect your home, why is it WRONG to protect your country?   See?  I was putting the OP to the test:  why is one just fine, but the other reprehensible? Instead, the OP responded with accusations of racism.</p>
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<p>Misrepresenting the argument is not a good look.  The argument is that everyone believes in borders.  And that borders aren't racist.  The only question is where we personally accept them being drawn.  But NOBODY believes they're inherently all bad. Not even the people who pretend to do so, and are all too happy to throw around accusations of fascism and racism, to appeal to base emotion rather than logical and practical arguments.</p>
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<p>Typical response. Defending my home isn't racist.  And your willingness to use that accusation is pathetic and not really worthy of a response...  but understand that a border is the same concept be it for a home, for a community, for a city, or for a nation.  Your dismissal is not cogent, it just hides utter misunderstanding of reality, and a desire to make other people pay a price you're not willing to pay yourself.</p>
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<p>> border fascism<p>I hope you keep to your principles and make sure not to lock your doors at night, and don't deny anyone the right to live in your house with you for free if they desire.</p>
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<p>Why?  An argument stands on its own, regardless of origin.  If it's poorly written, by someone who is say a non-native speaker, it can still be a VALUABLE and VALID argument.  It would be racist to dismiss an argument because it was poorly written by a non-native speaker.  "Racism" against a computer is just as ignorant and petty.</p>
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<p>If the argument is good enough, it worth ignoring who/what the author is.</p>
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<p>You're right, this is the best it will ever be.  But there likely will be ad blockers for them -- local LLMs that filter for any brand placement, etc.</p>
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<p>The point is that to the extent it causes certain individuals to lose faith in humanity, or become reclusive, and as a result not reproduce -- it has the effect of altering the overall genetic makeup of subsequent generations.  The net result being a population "adapted" to this new environment.</p>
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<p>Does it take a human to have agency?  Doesn't a cat have agency and desire?  What about a worm?  Where do you make the cut off, and why?  If an AI is programmed with a bias towards creating and following "desires", how is it fundamentally different than what evolution installed in us?<p>We're way too human focused and dismissive of everything that isn't exactly like us.</p>
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<p>> For example, I recently spent 2 weeks researching Bruce Lee ... [AI] output will just be a reiteration of already common knowledge instead of the actual efforts I made researching all of it.<p>Presumably you researched Bruce Lee by reading and consuming other media related to him, most of which is likely known by the AI models. They just don't have access to any novel idea that you generated, inspired by your research.<p>Regardless of their current inabilities, which you're correct about, there's no logical reason that in the long term they can't be similarly inspired by considering the same information and making new connections / conjectures just as you did.<p>We're making the same mistake that the people who dismissed the early airplane made.  "That's a neat trick, but it's too limited and not robust enough to be very useful".   Not considering how the technology would evolve from the Wright Brother's prototypes.</p>
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<p>It sounds like people ruined them for you — it isn't AI calling you out for using them.</p>
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<p>I'm no fan of the current administration, but this particular loss seems to be a failing of military strategy and leadership, not civilian ineptitude.  It's not like the Whitehouse would have picked this staging area or directly controlled other logistics involved.</p>
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<p>Seriously.  The only way to use it is to be a very religious person.  You have to pray every single time you use it that your system doesn't become compromised.</p>
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<p>It could just be streaming the trailer.</p>
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<p>I'm not missing it at all.  Whatever the damn price is (of course it fluctuates) the only way you can make a bet that the price will go down further, is if someone else thinks it's going to go up.  Therefore for every single short, WHATEVER THE PRICE, there's an exact same amount of optimism and pessimism.  It's the only way a sale is made.<p>So you can focus on the pessimism if you want.  But the point you're missing, is it's exactly offset by an equal amount of optimism (based on that price).  One side is betting it will go down further, the other side is betting it will go up.<p>It turns out there's soon going to be a 20% to 30% increase in the number of stocks available to be traded, and people are betting that those holders will cash out now that they're vesting.  So this is all more about market factors than intrinsic company fundamentals anyway.<p>But people want to always focus on the negative, and get too hung up on the fluctuations of a stock price like it's a message from God or something.<p>Anyway, it's been enjoyable talking with you and others, it seems we're not going to have a meeting of the minds on this one.</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Twuo6rgIE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Twuo6rgIE</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962495">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962495</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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<p>There is pleasure in completing things. In actually producing something, and moving on to the next thing.  It isn't enjoyable to have paralysis by analysis... too afraid to take the next step, because you have less than perfect information.  In the pathological case (since we never really have perfect information), there are people who never get <i>anything</i> done.</p>
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