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U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism

spdgg — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:02:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/g-s1-59149/immigrants-social-media-antisemitism-dhs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43634486

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New comment by spdgg in "Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?"

spdgg — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:50:31 +0000

Farming changed radically after the 1950s, so pretty recently. It's pretty reasonable to believe it will. If you've been anywhere near mega livestock operations of any kind then you would know.

New comment by spdgg in "Voters were right about the economy"

spdgg — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:49:05 +0000

If the anecdotes are not matching up with the data maybe the data is not measured right. Economics is not a science. Given that for profit media is already tightly coupled with the economy, and supported by advertising, the incentive would be for them to create a narrative that the economy is doing well. Consumer confidence is necessary to continue their model of making money through advertising. Righteous consumers of the media have incentive to promote its narratives to make themselves seem more worldly and educated, and that's how we end up with arguments denying the lived experience of "people all over the political spectrum the past few years". The people who have been saying that are not the ones with incentive to lie to you.

New comment by spdgg in "Voters were right about the economy"

spdgg — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:18:16 +0000

Those economic gains are not felt by a majority of the population. That was clear by the election, and would be clear to you if you stepped out of your own echo chamber. Nobody wants to hear about U3 unemployment when they can't afford childcare, groceries, medicine, all of which have inflated significantly. For folks who were already living paycheck to paycheck, of which there are many, these explanations are both patronizing and out of touch with the lived experience of most of the population.

New comment by spdgg in "Teen on Musk's DOGE team graduated from 'The Com'"

spdgg — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 21:44:10 +0000

The security concerns are addressed in the article. The answer to your question is in there, and your comment is easily interpreted as the same reflexive outrage you think others are guilty of.

New comment by spdgg in "Ketamine for Depression: How It Works (2024) [video]"

spdgg — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:53:01 +0000

>There are many recipes online

There are, and when I search I am overwhelmed by blog spam that does not describe it as simply as you. For those curious like me, can you point to a good resource? Or explain to salt water and ferment part - leave in a sealed jar on the counter? Thanks in advance

New comment by spdgg in "Elon Musk's Demolition Crew"

spdgg — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 03:38:27 +0000

Uniparty probably references the fact that D and R parties have maintained a status quo and only differentiate themselves through inconsequential arguments. Kleptocracy in the way those Congress members have colluded to give money to their benefactors (unjust wars, subsidizing bank failures, subsidizing health insurance companies that screw most of us). It's not mysterious.

New comment by spdgg in "Elon Musk's Demolition Crew"

spdgg — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 03:26:22 +0000

Much of Trump's voter base derives from people who distrust the "news". I don't blame them, and those folks would be just as quick to point out the ignorance of DNC voters, a party repeatedly shooting their supporters in the foot every election.

New comment by spdgg in "Mini imported Japanese vehicles may soon be banned on Massachusetts roads"

spdgg — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:37:50 +0000

I find it funny that the safety standards are for the drivers, not everyone around them.

Small trucks = not safe

Massive modern trucks killing cyclists and pedestrians = very safe! (For the driver)

New comment by spdgg in "The President Ordered Board to Probe Massive Russian Cyberattack. It Never Did"

spdgg — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:16:45 +0000

There's an alternative explanation. MSFT and the intelligence community were both aware of the flaw and keeping it's existence. Unfortunately, it was weaponized against them (as can happen in these situations).

To be clear: I am speculating for the sake of discussion.

New comment by spdgg in "Microsoft Chose Profit over Security, Whistleblower Says"

spdgg — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:15:10 +0000

Sounds like the vulnerability was one within AD FS and that exposed the private key, making golden SAML possible.

New comment by spdgg in "Noam Chomsky 'no longer able to talk' after 'medical event'"

spdgg — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 03:06:11 +0000

Assuming that small percentage were most of the arable farmland in Cambodia, would it make more sense? That is to say, if you were misled to believe the impact was smaller than reality would it make you think differently? Small being a relative term. IIRC, IT WAS 25% of Cambodia's landmass and most of its good farmland.

New comment by spdgg in "Noam Chomsky 'no longer able to talk' after 'medical event'"

spdgg — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 23:05:18 +0000

While not fresh on the specifics of this controversy, my implicit understanding through Manufacturing Consent was that the Cambodian genocide was more likely a consequence of the United States bombing Cambodia's arable farmland into a booby trapped hellscape, which caused many people to flee to the capital. After some geopolitical games the US played, a psychopath became head of state for Cambodia, and one of those initiatives was ordering those starving people to suddenly leave the capital and go farm, and another was to unalive people at death camps. I don't think he denied the genocide. It makes a lot of sense that many people died of famine as a direct consequence of US destruction of arable farmland, and that the US would create a narrative to hide that and did not let the tragedy of Pol Pot "go to waste".

New comment by spdgg in "M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake"

spdgg — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 16:58:17 +0000

Eh, there are plenty of areas of the northeast that are affected much differently by these events than where you are. For example, Vermont has had multiple catastrophic floods in memory, including last summer and Hurricane Irene. Mountainous and coastal areas magnify these systems, the lowlands and developed megalopolis region may be truer to your claims.

New comment by spdgg in "I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers (2021)"

spdgg — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 02:49:14 +0000

> good bedtime stories

May I suggest this? https://garethhinds.com/wp/the-odyssey/

Excellent graphic novel adaptation. The gore is mostly a set of a dozen pages towards the end, when Odysseus kills the suitors, that can easily be skipped.

New comment by spdgg in "Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?"

spdgg — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:22:53 +0000

I believe it is $200 for the window motor replacement. The most help I could ask for would be food. If I can get help with food it will free up what I have to address the other stuff ($70 of food would pay my registration for example.)

I can be reached at spdgg@fastmail.com. I'm also just interested in connecting with folks who: are dads, have gone through divorce, work in IT, live in New England, or anyone also just looking to connect. For anyone wanting to do that please feel free to reach out.

If you are someone with auto mechanics knowledge,it is a power window that will go down but not up. It doesn't need to work, it just needs to go up for the winter. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

New comment by spdgg in "Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?"

spdgg — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:58:12 +0000

Hi Alexander,

Thank you for doing this. I work in cybersecurity for state government. Last year I got divorced. Between rent, food, childcare, and meager wages I barely have enough money for food. What I need help with is my car. My rear window broke last week and its due for inspection and registration. I can't afford new tires either. I have a 4 year old and made sure he had toys for Christmas so I've got that covered. I volunteer a lot and try to do my best for my community but I am struggling and can't do anything about the car until maybe spring. God bless you all

New comment by spdgg in "The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary"

spdgg — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:37:28 +0000

> Yeah, he was also a rich guy born with a silver spoon, who never faced any actual adversity in life, and so spent his time fetishizing those who do, while LARPing as one of them in controlled environments.

I am all for being critical of class-based inequalities but having resources does not exempt one from adversity. Very few people would consider someone who spent their whole childhood in debilitating sickness, someone who lost their wife and mother 2 days apart, rode western with cowboys through a winter in North Dakota as someone LARPing in controlled environments. Not all of this is romantic ideology. One can be born with a silver spoon and still experience the realities of life, the trauma of losing loved ones, prolonged sickness, etc. Saying that he "never faced any actual adversity" is black and white while being arguably wrong.

The Edmund Morris trilogy gives a good overview of his life for those interested.