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New comment by searealist in "Tech Workers Are Fighting Against Silicon Valley's AI Push"

searealist — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 02:24:28 +0000

I think they will understand, but it will be a new perspective.

New comment by searealist in "Tech Workers Are Fighting Against Silicon Valley's AI Push"

searealist — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 01:23:09 +0000

My experience of working in the industry is that many of my peers have had great animosity and little sympathy for blue collar workers who lost their livelihood to globalization.

New comment by searealist in "Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)"

searealist — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:01:04 +0000

I quit over a year ago when one of your moderators banned me for reclaiming an allied unit that was attacking ground on my factory (he was mad at me).

"Green Llama" did not just beat Cascade Platinum Plus

searealist — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:03:33 +0000

Article URL: https://foxchapelresearch.substack.com/p/draft-no-green-llama-did-not-just

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45846489

Points: 62

# Comments: 30

New comment by searealist in "U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days"

searealist — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:43:39 +0000

I sincerely don’t know which side is lying, and I can certainly imagine situations someone might say that.

New comment by searealist in "Why drinking coffee in Iran has become so complicated"

searealist — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 03:35:55 +0000

Just to clarify, many third wave shops do serve medium and dark roasts. My point is that third wave coffee shops often call a roast dark when they are actually medium or light. Additionally, I think only light roasts really qualify as third wave.

Most of the coffees you listed look like actual dark roasts.

"Full City Roast" with "lemon zest" in the flavor notes raises some red flags for me. Indeed, from the reviews: "Yum! I don't like dark roasts, and this is not a dark roast which is why I liked it. Lots of chocolate. Very smooth, not bitterness, a hint of fruit as it cools. I really enjoyed drinking this."

"Imunika Black" might also be an exception: the "blackberry" tasting note makes me think it isn't very dark.

I see more with citrus or other fruity descriptions, and I doubt those are dark roasts either.

New comment by searealist in "Why drinking coffee in Iran has become so complicated"

searealist — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 02:51:44 +0000

This is actually a perfect example. I agree that you can find dark roasts at some third-wave shops, but they are _not_ third-wave coffee.

> Our premier dark roast is a nod to the old style of roasting which is still favored throughout the world

In this case, they even go out of their way to disqualify it as a third-wave roast.

New comment by searealist in "Why drinking coffee in Iran has become so complicated"

searealist — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 01:09:19 +0000

Here the first sentence of Third-wave coffee's wikipedia page:

> Third-wave coffee is a term primarily in the United States coffee industry emphasizing higher quality, single-origin farms and light roast to bring out distinctive flavors.

I also strongly suspect your definition of "decently dark" is still below a medium roast. If not, I would be interested if you could cite a "decently dark" roast you have tried from a third-wave coffee shop.

New comment by searealist in "Why drinking coffee in Iran has become so complicated"

searealist — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:17:57 +0000

There are two axes here:

- Beans

- Roast level

The variation from roasting is far greater than the variation from the beans, and all third-wave beans are lightly roasted. This results in a brew that is dominated by acids.

New comment by searealist in "Why drinking coffee in Iran has become so complicated"

searealist — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:16:05 +0000

I've come across many cafes in San Francisco that only have light roast espresso that tastes like lemon juice.

New comment by searealist in "IBM orders US sales to locate near customers, RTO for cloud staff, DEI purge"

searealist — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 20:28:28 +0000

There would be almost no black people at Harvard if they did not do it.

New comment by searealist in "Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes"

searealist — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 06:39:34 +0000

You don’t seriously think that is a possibility.

New comment by searealist in "Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes"

searealist — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:14:10 +0000

From what I can tell, it all boils down to one of two things:

- Criminal activity

- Support of Hamas

New comment by searealist in "Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes"

searealist — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:47:09 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v...

Compare the numbers for MIT who is somewhat complying vs the Ivy leagues who are mostly not complying.

I agree my original claim is likely not true. I should have said >95% of Asian's SAT scores are higher than the median Black SAT score.

New comment by searealist in "Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes"

searealist — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:06:47 +0000

It's not just Black students over Asians, it is the entire gradient I outlined, and they continue to use race in admissions, they just obfuscate the reasons now.

New comment by searealist in "Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes"

searealist — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:00:07 +0000

The thing is, acceptance at these elite universities is _highly_ correlated with academic performance. It’s just that different racial groups are admitted in different ranges. You won’t find a single Asian at Harvard at or below the median Black SAT score. The range to be accepted as an Asian is also higher than Whites, which is higher than Latinos, which is higher than Blacks. How can you possibly explain this if it’s not a quota system based on race?

New comment by searealist in "Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes"

searealist — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:08:05 +0000

Do you think there's a specific (whether public or hidden) criterion being used to deny Asian students based on "leadership abilities"? Or do you think they're simply being held to higher standards or subject to an informal quota?

New comment by searealist in "Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes"

searealist — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:59:23 +0000

> only had traffic violations according to what I read in the Texas Tribune

I don't think that is true. Do you have any examples?

New comment by searealist in "Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked"

searealist — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:11:46 +0000

Charges are dismissed all the time when there is guilt. It is not the same thing as innocent. There is a close to 100% chance he admitted guilt.

New comment by searealist in "'OLED and LCD will die out': A MicroLED expert explains how"

searealist — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:14:58 +0000

A LED TV basically lasts forever. An OLED TV will last maybe 10 years max. Often less in practice.