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New comment by someguynamedq in "We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git"

someguynamedq — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:33:37 +0000

The question is not "will the product be better." The question is will you make the investors money.

New comment by someguynamedq in "Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai"

someguynamedq — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:18:03 +0000

Isn't it expected that in a system that favors individualism over collectivism that a few people will be able to amass disproportionately more wealth and power than everyone else with no incentive or societally enforced responsibility to share that wealth and power, thus creating a society were your life is dictated by a few imbeciles at the top, not who are not bought by large corps, but who own the large corps?

New comment by someguynamedq in "DOJ confirms FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email was hacked"

someguynamedq — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:21:54 +0000

Aside from the technical aspect of this (which is interesting), isn't this pretty compromising? How can the US trust that the head of the FBI is not compromised when they know his private information is owned by a country they are at war with?

New comment by someguynamedq in "Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case"

someguynamedq — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:34:35 +0000

Tetris and civilization are also harmfully addictive, but the scope of the behavior they can hijack is lower. "One more turn" at 2am is harmful. Just not as harmful as something that knows about and interacts with every aspect of your social life and your view of the real world around you like social/media apps do today.

A really well built hammer doesn't make you want to spend all your time using a hammer, it's just good when you need a hammer. That's a well-made product that you choose to keep using.

New comment by someguynamedq in "Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms"

someguynamedq — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:06:55 +0000

People trust third parties too much to manage the security of their communication

New comment by someguynamedq in "Student beauty and grades under in-person and remote teaching"

someguynamedq — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:21:46 +0000

Makes sense that the best boss would be shorter since they have to be better to compensate for the bias against them

New comment by someguynamedq in "Student beauty and grades under in-person and remote teaching"

someguynamedq — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:19:40 +0000

The thing that interests me is how eager people are to find rationalizations explaining how this effect doesn't exist

New comment by someguynamedq in "I'm OK being left behind, thanks"

someguynamedq — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:43:29 +0000

Several years ago is ancient with the rate of advancement that LLMs have had recently

New comment by someguynamedq in "Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis"

someguynamedq — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:08:03 +0000

Prices have come down but that's not a real price unless there's something seriously wrong with your car. i'm seeing ~15 at the lowest

New comment by someguynamedq in "“This is not the computer for you”"

someguynamedq — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:14:19 +0000

I'd say this comment fails the "Be kind. Don't be snarky" test. Wouldn't you? If we're appealing to the rules to justify our actions it puts a bigger burden on ourselves to make sure we're perfectly in line with them too :)

New comment by someguynamedq in "“This is not the computer for you”"

someguynamedq — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:09:55 +0000

Has windows actually been screwed up or do people just not like changes in their operating system?

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

someguynamedq — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:03:58 +0000

Sorry, isn't this dead simple?

Maintain a list of identity hashes. When someone goes to vote, deny them if they're already in the list . Otherwise, add their hash to the list then allow a vote to be cast.

New comment by someguynamedq in "Restrictions on house sharing by unrelated roommates"

someguynamedq — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 03:53:03 +0000

Red herring. Population growth is relatively low overall. Regardless, it's possible to house people if it's a policy priority.

New comment by someguynamedq in "Restrictions on house sharing by unrelated roommates"

someguynamedq — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 03:49:02 +0000

The majority of voters and the majority of people involved in policymaking in government own real estate. It's dead simple

New comment by someguynamedq in "Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over"

someguynamedq — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:07:28 +0000

I hear net profits were pretty good under slavery

New comment by someguynamedq in "Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over"

someguynamedq — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:54:40 +0000

There are no big players in our current political system with the will to impose new regulations on finance.

New comment by someguynamedq in "Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over"

someguynamedq — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:50:51 +0000

We both have the will to improve care and a lack of understanding of the true nature of the finance industry. People don't understand what PE is so they assume it is some kind of business people legitimately trying to run a business

New comment by someguynamedq in "Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over"

someguynamedq — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:45:54 +0000

Yeah if instead of "PE" you had to say "I take out a massive loan to buy a business collateralized against itself, saddle the business with the debt, take money out of the company to pay myself, and then ruthlessly cut quality in the business to make short term profits look higher to resell the business (and the bank is happy to finance this because they get paid first if the business goes bankrupt)" it feels like it would be a lot harder to come across as legitimate

New comment by someguynamedq in "Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over"

someguynamedq — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:40:06 +0000

The argument here needs to be a societal one because everyone will assume that they'll be going to the hospital that isn't affected by it

New comment by someguynamedq in "Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over"

someguynamedq — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:38:19 +0000

It's not a matter of anecdotes. All you have to do is look at what PE is. It's financial engineering done to increase EBITDA for resale. There is nothing in the PE model incentivising improved outcomes for customers.