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New comment by rhcom2 in "United Wizards of the Coast"

rhcom2 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:54:15 +0000

I'm not sure that's true. Surely doormen, janitors, and security guards are not "irreplaceable" and can't "halt critical operations beyond their industry".

New comment by rhcom2 in "Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft"

rhcom2 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:18:16 +0000

I don't think I follow why your examples contradict the argument. A draft will always be unpopular.

New comment by rhcom2 in "Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft"

rhcom2 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:07:51 +0000

I think you could argue the draft forced the war to be real for more families (and the expansion of TV), intensifying the resistance to it. Quick googling says almost 10% of the population served in Vietnam in some capacity. Less than 1% served in the War on Terror.

This was part of Charles Rangel's (D) reasoning to propose bringing back the draft. [1]

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_National_Service_Act

New comment by rhcom2 in "US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional"

rhcom2 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:08:39 +0000

Republicans in Utah are also trying to remove the power from ballot initiatives because they're upset the Utahans passed an anti-gerrymandering initiative.

New comment by rhcom2 in "The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador with the Avignon Papacy"

rhcom2 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:22:49 +0000

He is also Catholic himself.

New comment by rhcom2 in "Show HN: I pipe free sports streams into Jellyfin – no ads, just HLS"

rhcom2 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:54:26 +0000

NHL is similarly frustrating. I pay for ESPN but some games are on TNT, NHL Network, or a broadcast channel. I'm not paying for two different $60 a month services so now they just don't get any of my money.

New comment by rhcom2 in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

rhcom2 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:17:16 +0000

One crew member rescued, other is still MIA and being actively searched for https://www.axios.com/2026/04/03/iran-us-fighter-shot-down

New comment by rhcom2 in "Artemis II is not safe to fly"

rhcom2 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:46:11 +0000

Of course it isn't the same, but it does show it is just a matter of you not agreeing with the rational

New comment by rhcom2 in "Artemis II is not safe to fly"

rhcom2 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:06:22 +0000

Is jumping on a grenade to save another person suicidal? Or is it just a matter of you not agreeing with the rational?

New comment by rhcom2 in "Slovenian officials blame Israeli firm Black Cube for trying to manipulate vote"

rhcom2 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:56:18 +0000

DNC emails weren't fake either but dumping them all right before the election was certainly intended to be election interference.

New comment by rhcom2 in "Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia"

rhcom2 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:01:04 +0000

It's a crazy airspace. Add to that Teterboro, 12 miles from NYC and Republic ~20 miles from NYC, along with all the heliports on the Hudson.

New comment by rhcom2 in "Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued"

rhcom2 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:35:35 +0000

Past performance is not indicative of future results

New comment by rhcom2 in "Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued"

rhcom2 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:38:59 +0000

The most obvious and expected outcome to everyone except Zuck.

New comment by rhcom2 in "Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure"

rhcom2 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:58:37 +0000

> voting requiring proof of citizenship

Isn't this just a solution in search of a problem though? Multiple investigations have discovered absolutely minuscule amount of non-citizen voting in US elections. It's something that seems reasonable on its face but lacks any purpose and comes with an ulterior motive that it is part of the made up GOP talking points of a "stolen election" and "illegals voting".

New comment by rhcom2 in "Leaving Google has actively improved my life"

rhcom2 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:46:04 +0000

> last I heard they give themselves the permission to parse your emails and serve you targeted ads based on contents of emails you receive.

Stopped doing it in 2017 (according to them). https://fox59.com/news/google-will-no-longer-read-your-email...

New comment by rhcom2 in "CBP signs Clearview AI deal to use face recognition for 'tactical targeting'"

rhcom2 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:03:12 +0000

The targets for the AI are still set by humans, the data the AI was trained on is still created by humans. Involving a computer in the system doesn't magically make it less biased.

New comment by rhcom2 in "Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Critically (2025)"

rhcom2 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 02:35:36 +0000

While I accept that this is how it is done in practice, I think the unintended consequence is it raises the partisan temperature and further ruins the already abysmal trust of Congress.

New comment by rhcom2 in "AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it"

rhcom2 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:29:49 +0000

Unfortunately, I think it's hardwired in our brain to anthropomorphize something with this level of NLP. We have to constantly remind ourselves, this is a machine.

New comment by rhcom2 in "Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Critically (2025)"

rhcom2 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:18:15 +0000

I always felt like Congressional debates should begin with each side trying to explain the opposing position, with debate only beginning when each side agrees with the opposition's framing of their PoV. I also recognize how naive and idealistic this sounds.

New comment by rhcom2 in "Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization” (2025) [video]"

rhcom2 — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:42:26 +0000

Orwell said something similar.

George Orwell - What is Fascism? https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/e...