Hacker News: rfrey

New comment by rfrey in "Mistral Large 4"

rfrey — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:11:32 +0000

Indirect subsidies are an accepted economic concept and well studied. The posts you replied to are obviously talking about indirect subsidies and dismissing them because they didn't say "indirect" everywhere is just sophism.

New comment by rfrey in "Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah"

rfrey — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:40:29 +0000

Why?

New comment by rfrey in "Flock worker calls police on reporter filming public camera installation"

rfrey — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:38:32 +0000

You don't think there's a difference between recording somebody on the street installing mass surveillance devices and peering into person's window?

New comment by rfrey in "Flock worker calls police on reporter filming public camera installation"

rfrey — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:42:07 +0000

I think if you're worried about being harassed by your neighbours if they find out what you do during the day, you should be thinking hard about what you do during the day.

New comment by rfrey in "Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairability requirements"

rfrey — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:36:30 +0000

Child porn is an unavoidable consequence of having computers? Is that what you meant to say? I doubt it but can't find another reading of your comment.

New comment by rfrey in "Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread"

rfrey — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 05:38:45 +0000

Plenty of people have become alienated from their own family due to blind loyalty to Trump and support for his cruelty. They remain loyal.

New comment by rfrey in "Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down"

rfrey — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:49:12 +0000

You do not believe in statistics as a discipline?

New comment by rfrey in "Don't paste the AI, please"

rfrey — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:12:39 +0000

Furthermore, what's aggressive about it?

New comment by rfrey in "Why Estonians invite strangers into their back gardens each summer"

rfrey — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:03:18 +0000

Just go take the food.

New comment by rfrey in "Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots"

rfrey — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:50:19 +0000

There is a lot of variance in the price of cleaning tied to location. Cost of living in the area for sure, but also presence or absence of economic migrants and new immigrants.

New comment by rfrey in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

rfrey — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:26:58 +0000

The studies I'm familiar with have tested recall at various intervals, not brain activity.

New comment by rfrey in "Is The Economist Always Wrong?"

rfrey — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:13:46 +0000

He made money when he was working for other people. He did not make money when he tried to trade off his ideas. That was 25 years ago, since then he just broadcasts his ideas.

No skin in the game, as it were.

New comment by rfrey in "Leaking YouTube creators' private videos"

rfrey — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 05:19:44 +0000

If the toilets at all those firms started operating in reverse, very little would get built. The conclusion is that plumbers are extremely important, not that plumbing is de facto engineering.

New comment by rfrey in "Scientists reverse brain aging, with a nasal spray"

rfrey — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:54:10 +0000

I know lots of writers who have (reluctantly) stopped using em-dashes. Many replaced them with colons, and are now wondering what they will replace colons with.

New comment by rfrey in "Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty (2025)"

rfrey — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 02:41:02 +0000

Yes, but do their publishers need to be compensated for a century after their death?

New comment by rfrey in "Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty (2025)"

rfrey — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 02:39:33 +0000

We certainly wouldn't want to return to the pre-1976 era, where, as we all know, no books were written.

New comment by rfrey in "Scientists reverse brain aging, with a nasal spray"

rfrey — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 02:30:44 +0000

Anybody who still writes using their own mind has stopped using that pattern, along with others. "The thing nobody tells you:" is no longer used by decent writers.

New comment by rfrey in "Tacky men with ridiculous glasses want you to wear them too"

rfrey — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:33:24 +0000

Somebody saying hello to you has you reaching for pepper spray?

New comment by rfrey in "South Korean forums will need to scan every images with AI censorship tools"

rfrey — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:25:04 +0000

So what accounts for the current state of the USA? Not exactly platonic ideals of courage these days.

New comment by rfrey in "Trump signs downsized AI order after weeks of reversals"

rfrey — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:52:15 +0000

Federal crimes such as having an Hispanic name.