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New comment by spbaar in "Project Valhalla, Explained: How a Decade of Work Arrives in JDK 28"

spbaar — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:29:29 +0000

I have such an urge to comment "lgtm" on the 197k line change PR

New comment by spbaar in "Antimatter has been transported for the first time"

spbaar — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:47:12 +0000

I make a pasta/antipasta joke every time I'm at an italian resteraunt and no one ever laughs :(

New comment by spbaar in "Fraud investigation is believing your lying eyes"

spbaar — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:32:09 +0000

This is a poor example though, because I don't think anyone got away with it? And it was viral, but not organized.

New comment by spbaar in "How we built Bluey’s world"

spbaar — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 19:22:44 +0000

That first run is pretty interesting because they clearly had the foresight to make things morally grey and the villians human. It's very clear they added some mustache twirling villiany to a few episodes as an afterthought. It's not even clear until like the last dozen episodes that Zeon is evil.

I know Gundam quality is a huge spectrum, but the 'sloppiness' of moral ambiguity in the first one is pretty great. Way too often (Z Gundam) they just do a timeskip and say "what if the good guys became bad after they won?"

New comment by spbaar in "U.S. pauses all military aid to Ukraine"

spbaar — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:06:25 +0000

It will be a withdrawal of US troops and bases with a wink wink. And nothing but impeachment can compel the president to actually respond to an article V call.

New comment by spbaar in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

spbaar — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:44:09 +0000

Actually i think it's the bottom fifth that have benefited the most from wage growth, with the low-six figure crowd getting the short end of the stick and having to pay more for burgers with the tight service labor market.

New comment by spbaar in "More advertisers halt spending on X in growing backlash against Musk"

spbaar — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 14:08:07 +0000

What is all the honor and glory in the world weighed against the siren's call of being a poster that people find funny?

New comment by spbaar in "OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman"

spbaar — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 22:08:59 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out, now it's 5th!

New comment by spbaar in "OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman"

spbaar — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:46:28 +0000

This is why the groupon CEO's firing letter remains undefeated

After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding – I was fired today. If you're wondering why ... you haven't been paying attention.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2013/mar/01/grou...

New comment by spbaar in "McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game"

spbaar — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 02:09:16 +0000

and there was a crazy freaky 3d test Easter egg found just 2 years ago for the first time. https://youtu.be/BvGC5dJg3E8

New comment by spbaar in "Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who got laid off?"

spbaar — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:28:13 +0000

Im guessing an IC position? Still, being that senior I'd expect he's in quite a few meetings. I would love to hear how he manages his schedule and comes up with novel excuses.

If he really is coding 90% of the time though, more power to him.

New comment by spbaar in "Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SRE"

spbaar — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:16:39 +0000

They might if other channels aren't saturated and things are still in flux. Kanye was unbanned yesterday. Do you think he's going to behave better or worse than before? If he behaves worse then that's another headline, another news cycle about whether he should be banned or not.

Right now the trend is advertisers getting more spooked because of unpredictability and Musk being unable to reassure them in calls he has been reported to have been on. I expect this trend to continue

New comment by spbaar in "Musk’s first email to Twitter staff ends remote work"

spbaar — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 22:20:34 +0000

Use the 4chan captchas those are the hardest things ive done since calculus

New comment by spbaar in "I fought the PayPal and I won"

spbaar — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:20:26 +0000

yes

New comment by spbaar in "Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce"

spbaar — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 20:21:42 +0000

Window dressing projects might be a bit much, but in general it is curious that for all the noise Zuckerberg and Pichai have made about productivity, they don't really complain that the headcount is holding back a project or initiative. If I was on the board, I would be much more concerned that the org is not able to use the headcount to grow marketshare/topline/new lines of business more so than anything else.

New comment by spbaar in "I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived (2009)"

spbaar — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 18:25:46 +0000

Didn't it also mention that a lot of survivors hit some type of slope?

New comment by spbaar in "What's the deal with all those weird wrong-number texts?"

spbaar — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 20:08:52 +0000

I've been a bit unemployed and bored so I've responded to a few of these to see what the angle is. There are also a bunch on telegram. Strangely, most do not push hard at all and drop off. They may mention crypto in passing but thats it. One time a scammer said hey can you help me an make an account for this crpyto scam website. When i said i did they said great and nothing else.

New comment by spbaar in "Are you a naïve realist?"

spbaar — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:40:43 +0000

Why does the proportion of votes being mail in matter?

New comment by spbaar in "Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operations?"

spbaar — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 01:11:39 +0000

Plausible. We know a lot of front line conscripts are self sabotaging or slow walking their orders. and I think the air command showed some independence in 91 and was above the fray.

what incentives even exist in the Russian army? this is such a weird situation to extrapolate from

New comment by spbaar in "Psychogenic death, the phenomenon of “thinking” yourself to death"

spbaar — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 15:43:12 +0000

Hm, i was recently in a hospital room reading the pamphlets for grieving and soon to be grieving relatives and the "okay to let go" verbiage was actually recommended, although it was more directed at the family. It said it was much more common for family to be in denial, so please consult your doctor before saying goodbye i guess.