Hacker News: rizoma_dev

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now"

rizoma_dev — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 22:27:53 +0000

It appears you won't be returning to twitter

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now"

rizoma_dev — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 22:26:04 +0000

It really is criminal how much preferential treatment lott is getting both now and under the previous administration. This alone should be grounds for an investigation into the site

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Why America’s Railroads Refuse to Give Their Workers Paid Leave"

rizoma_dev — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:59:47 +0000

I hope people get how big of a deal is that the government decided to side so blatantly against the workers

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Bitcoin Fails to Produce 1 Block for over an Hour"

rizoma_dev — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:40:36 +0000

(journalist voice) One might say it is a poison. For the planet, that is

New comment by rizoma_dev in "An Interview with Jerry Seinfeld (2017)"

rizoma_dev — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:54:39 +0000

Did you know that Jerry Seinfeld trained for 17 years to prepare for his role in the omonimous sitcom? Google "Jerry Seinfeld 17 years" to learn more

New comment by rizoma_dev in "White House is pushing ahead research to cool Earth by reflecting back sunlight"

rizoma_dev — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:25:40 +0000

I hope we manage to reduce emissions before we're forced to enact these desperate measures. Be prepared to strike if your industry isn't planning to reduce consumption to safe levels

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Comedians sue over drug search program at Atlanta airport"

rizoma_dev — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:10:50 +0000

Reminder that civil asset forfeiture amounts for more loss than burglary each year

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Operation Gladio"

rizoma_dev — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:47:43 +0000

Sure is. He was also sentenced for a ludicrous amount of tax evasion while in office and he is still in politics

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Operation Gladio"

rizoma_dev — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:31:46 +0000

Little domino tile: following the end of WWII, the US installs terrorist cells in Europe in fear of a communist takeover

Big domino tile: Silvio Berlusconi becomes prime minister of Italy in 1994

New comment by rizoma_dev in "San Francisco police can now watch private surveillance cameras in real time"

rizoma_dev — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 20:48:17 +0000

Gotta love a police state aided by unscrupulous technology companies

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Unicode character “ꙮ” (U+A66E) is being updated"

rizoma_dev — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:20:13 +0000

I'm always happy to see some esoteric unicode updates

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Musk admits he announced Hyperloop to get California’s high-speed rail canceled"

rizoma_dev — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 05:04:08 +0000

I don't know if the hl actually influenced the development of the hsr, but that project itself wasn't enough. The USA sorely needs extensive and affordable passenger rail if we want to cut down on airline emissions

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Are Race-Based Firings Legal? Twilio's About to Find Out"

rizoma_dev — Sat, 17 Sep 2022 09:21:58 +0000

That's a terrible outlook. Mentally ill people (and in general the weakest in our society) still deserve representation, and there are no "vastly better" individuals. You're confusing education/health for inherent worth

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Are Race-Based Firings Legal? Twilio's About to Find Out"

rizoma_dev — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 22:06:02 +0000

It was about representation in positions of influence (politics, corporate boards, laboratories), which I think we agree should attempt to reflect the distribution of the populations

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Are Race-Based Firings Legal? Twilio's About to Find Out"

rizoma_dev — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 21:51:29 +0000

I took an ethics class on this. Basically some quotas should be necessary because of unconscious biases (e.g. the resume of a white person being preferred to one of a black person with the exact same qualifications), but it's not enough to fix disparities, mostly because the current structure of the economy benefits from the existence of a precarious underclass

New comment by rizoma_dev in "“I don’t care about cookies“ web extension acquired by Avast"

rizoma_dev — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:18:38 +0000

Does anyone have any alternative extensions to it?

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Companies are buying large numbers of carbon offsets that don’t cut emissions"

rizoma_dev — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 18:34:55 +0000

At some point knowingly engaging in this type of behavior should be considered a crime against humanity

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Ask HN: Why don't we have 3 day weekends yet?"

rizoma_dev — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 06:09:12 +0000

Because there would be an increased chance you would unionize

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Ask HN: Anyone else feels the commoditization of real estate is unethical?"

rizoma_dev — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:34:39 +0000

There's no sense in arguing about it if you're a landlord, you have a monetary interest in the housing market staying this way and your relationship with your tenants is inherently adversarial

New comment by rizoma_dev in "Ask HN: Anyone else feels the commoditization of real estate is unethical?"

rizoma_dev — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 21:51:14 +0000

That's why I said if the tenant has been there for a sufficient time. If they have covered the unit's cost, plus maintenance, they have effectively paid for all the owner's expenses. Shouldn't it be enough to effectively own the property they actually live in?