Hacker News: sizzle

Ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana files fed civil rights suit; racism/sexual abuse

sizzle — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:55:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20260727ny12568/former-jpmorgan-executive-files-sweeping-federal-civil-rights-complaint-alleging-racism-sexual-abuse-and-retaliation-campaign

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49079142

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

First look at Pan Am plane wreckage after 73 years

sizzle — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:57:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cx25pp3r61xo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040891

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by sizzle in "ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125M to Find Voter Fraud"

sizzle — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:50:43 +0000

So what does this accomplish? I’m just trying to understand if it’s worth it before sending over PII to register

New comment by sizzle in "ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125M to Find Voter Fraud"

sizzle — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:25:29 +0000

What’s the outcome if you submit a DROP request, less targeted spam phone calls/junk mail?

Ferrari Creates a Fake Manual Transmission

sizzle — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:37:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.core77.com/posts/144712/Ferrari-Creates-a-Fake-Manual-Transmission

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48939878

Points: 13

# Comments: 7

New comment by sizzle in "AI-generated videos to maximally drive a target brain region"

sizzle — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:07:52 +0000

This… wow… should be tightly regulated and illegal to use on the general population.

Literally hijacking people’s neural activation pathways on a mass scale that can’t be easily blocked, unless you look away or start meditating.

Are there any other precedents for this kind of neural-subterfuge being released into the wild, effectively lowering the barrier to mass manipulation?

California universities stockpiling AR-15s, grenades and submachine guns

sizzle — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:20:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/09/california-universities-military-equipment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853145

Points: 13

# Comments: 7

New comment by sizzle in "Delta flight hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport on Fourth of July"

sizzle — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:33:27 +0000

Should have launched it off from Geisel library

New comment by sizzle in "Aluminum foil (2021)"

sizzle — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:24:27 +0000

Does aluminum foil contain PFAS and does cooking on them on the grill for example expose the food to forever chemicals?

Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui gets 30 years in U.S. prison for fraud conviction

sizzle — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:00:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/g-s1-130976/chinese-billionaire-guo-wengui-gets-30-years-in-u-s-prison-for-fraud-conviction

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48737632

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by sizzle in "I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI"

sizzle — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:14:27 +0000

Take the output to a Radiologist and verify the veracity of the statements.

New comment by sizzle in "No-One Escapes the Permanent Underclass"

sizzle — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:16:59 +0000

Curious what advice from the book did you not follow if you were already investing in index funds and doing well?

Congress passes largest housing affordability bill and Trump cancels signing

sizzle — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:15:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/23/nx-s1-5867575/congress-passes-housing-affordability-bill

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48666256

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

Algorithmic Monocultures in Hiring

sizzle — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:56:19 +0000

https://algorithmichiring.github.io/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27371

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48649673

Points: 154

# Comments: 160

New comment by sizzle in "I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA"

sizzle — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:07:10 +0000

“We've all experienced watching a company we love or admire be warped and broken beyond recognition; until it's a husk of its former self, or worse. I wanted to understand why. And I wanted to know what all of us can do to stop that from happening.”

Enshittification and maximizing founder/shareholder/c-suite profit?