Hacker News: somedude895

New comment by somedude895 in "Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation"

somedude895 — Mon, 18 May 2026 14:03:38 +0000

"If you don't like AI, you're a nazi."

New comment by somedude895 in "Germany Power Prices Turn Deeply Negative on Renewables Surge"

somedude895 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:26:16 +0000

For anyone thinking negative prices is a good thing: It's not. It's a panic signal because there are no takers for an oversupply of energy, making the grid unstable.

New comment by somedude895 in "NY Times publishes headline claiming the "A" in "NATO" stands for "American""

somedude895 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:25:53 +0000

I thought this meant published online, but no they PRINTED that! Wow. How on earth does that hit shelves?? What's going on over there?

New comment by somedude895 in "Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't"

somedude895 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:18:25 +0000

> Culture can be changed.

Over the course of a hundred or so years maybe. Culture is hard work.

New comment by somedude895 in "Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is stepping down"

somedude895 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:35:20 +0000

YouTube is absolutely flourishing when it comes to quality content. It‘s the only UGC platform I use anymore. Besides the only thing I consume on the internet at this point is the news and check HN once or twice a week.

New comment by somedude895 in "Cuba's regime is in dire straits"

somedude895 — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 05:47:49 +0000

Not sure if you're just trying to be edgy, but hundreds of thousands of Cubans have fled to the US over the past few years. Not very many have gone the other way.

New comment by somedude895 in "Possession of porn featuring strangling to become a crime in the UK"

somedude895 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 05:16:07 +0000

You can already screw over former partners by simply saying that some sex was non-consensual.

New comment by somedude895 in "New South Korean national law will turn large parking lots into solar farms"

somedude895 — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 17:36:17 +0000

That's exactly what I want is for my car's battery to be drained overnight.

New comment by somedude895 in "Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update"

somedude895 — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:23:07 +0000

I had a Samsung TV ten years ago. While watching Game of Thrones with friends, it overlayed an ad at the top of the screen recommending I play Fruit Ninja on my TV. I immediately disconnected it from my WiFi and have not bought a single other Samsung device since, except for one thumbdrive that I needed. Avoiding Samsung as a brand when buying electronics has been really easy as well.

New comment by somedude895 in "Show HN: I built a simple ambient sound app with no ads or subscriptions"

somedude895 — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:05:51 +0000

Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual > Background Sounds

It's quite hidden in there but I think you can create shortcuts / quick access to it.

New comment by somedude895 in "Extreme weather caused more than $100B in damage by June"

somedude895 — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:19:36 +0000

What's also often omitted is population growth resulting in more / larger buildings being built in any given place, so the same event in the same area from 50 years ago would result in much more damage in $ today.

New comment by somedude895 in "BYD builds fastest car"

somedude895 — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:23:06 +0000

Yes, pretty much every modern F1 driver started in karting.

New comment by somedude895 in "Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels"

somedude895 — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:08:18 +0000

It's fitting that solar installations are also very popular in third world countries where the government can't provide reliable / affordable power to their citizens. Godspeed, Germany.

New comment by somedude895 in "Reichstag Fire Decree (1933)"

somedude895 — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:24:48 +0000

Holy wow, where do you spend your time to arrive at that narrative? I read both right and left wing media to get a balanced view, but I haven't seen anyone that far off the deep end yet. The most reasonable actual fact from this whole thing that I've read is that the guy was terminally online and that's what drove him crazy. Some people could learn from that.

New comment by somedude895 in "Nepal moves to block Facebook, X, YouTube and others"

somedude895 — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:10:06 +0000

> governments aiding theocracies in mass murder puts a real "are we the bad guys?" kind of taste in your mouth.

Agree, and I hope the Qatari people can see that too.

New comment by somedude895 in "What is this? The case for continually questioning our online experience (2021)"

somedude895 — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:23:33 +0000

This is why I utterly detest media outlets who amplify those people by reporting on petty "shitstorms", giving them way more power than they deserve. Opinions on the internet are almost always extremely niche all things considered and do not represent the views of society at large, but the media makes it look like they do.

New comment by somedude895 in "Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers"

somedude895 — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 07:20:51 +0000

Or you know, you could just not go there if you don't like the place rather than be a prick to people who work there and customers who like going there.

New comment by somedude895 in "Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big"

somedude895 — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:03:24 +0000

So if all your money is tied up in your company you have to sell part of your business in order to be allowed to leave the country and by the way thanks for creating all those jobs? Sounds slightly CCP to me.

New comment by somedude895 in "Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption"

somedude895 — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:19:41 +0000

You think kids will grow up to hate their parents because they weren't able to consume brainrot? They'll turn 18, open Tiktok for the first time and think wow our parents have been keeping this treasure from us all our childhood? Do kids grow up to hate their parents because they aren't allowed to drink before turning 21? If it's a general ban for all kids, not just some that will then feel excluded from the rest of the group, I don't think they'll care the tiniest bit about not being allowed to access this crap before age 18.

New comment by somedude895 in "‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video]"

somedude895 — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:06:22 +0000

> Israel is systematically exterminating the Palestinians

This would be the dumbest way to do this. It would take centuries to exterminate them at this rate. The genocide narrative makes no sense to any person with a brain.