Hacker News: tartuffe78

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Private equity bought America's essential services"

tartuffe78 — Wed, 27 May 2026 19:35:28 +0000

I imagine it's not trivial to start a fire truck company.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

tartuffe78 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:19:18 +0000

So many hidden comments there

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:14:24 +0000

He is also a singular political figure. I don't think things will go back to normal, but they won't stay the way there are now.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "OpenAI Has New Focus (On the IPO)"

tartuffe78 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:57:07 +0000

Apparently morons once meant the same thing

ARCHAIC•MEDICINE a person having low intelligence or an intellectual disability.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "The American Healthcare Conundrum"

tartuffe78 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:02:15 +0000

Well right, people lobby not to change anything because they have giant companies that make them money. They need all those people in jobs to help them deny claims, identify fraud, waste, etc.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Sci-Fi Short Film “There Is No Antimemetics Division” [video]"

tartuffe78 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:51:02 +0000

I just came across Hardwired from 1986, it's a cyberpunk dystopian future with lots of action. I loved it, some of it is very prescient, but with lots of 80s influence to an imagined future.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Militaries are scrambling to create their own Starlink"

tartuffe78 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:03:38 +0000

Starlink is apparently 65% of all active satellites, it would be very expensive to emulate that without super efficient launching capabilities.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy (2025) [pdf]"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:09:38 +0000

Yea I use facebook marketplace to sell stuf

New comment by tartuffe78 in "First 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3B"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:43:34 +0000

This isn't targeting immigrants or Democrats though, unless they try to only draft Democrats it's going to be them, their sons, their brothers and husbands getting told they have to go die.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy (2025) [pdf]"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:30:55 +0000

You must not see Facebook ads. Every other one is for an "AI Girlfriend" no matter how many I hide.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "First 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3B"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:48:03 +0000

Yes bombing schools, cities, and countries into broken states ruled by warring factions is the only way to achieve peace.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "First 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3B"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:40:57 +0000

I'm not surprised they would consider it, but it seems hilariously stupid. Even as cynical as I am about politics in this country this will never fly with most of Trump's supporters.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "First 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3B"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:38:07 +0000

Trump has mastered the bully pulpit and his steadfast popularity with his base to threaten any Republican who gets out of line by endorsing a primary challenger. This has been effective in replacing anyone who challenges him, and scaring the rest into line.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure"

tartuffe78 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:23:49 +0000

It's an unconstitutional bill, but if all three branches of government hold it up it's going to be chaos (intentionally) come election time.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure"

tartuffe78 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:21:20 +0000

The federal government is trying to severely limit absentee voting as well.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples’ movements"

tartuffe78 — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:15:40 +0000

pihole is one way, though it's tricky to do it right

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Someone needs to go to jail"

tartuffe78 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:38:18 +0000

Having unlimited funds to make sure everyone sees your opinion.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Someone needs to go to jail"

tartuffe78 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:24:53 +0000

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New comment by tartuffe78 in "AI-generated replies are a scourge these days"

tartuffe78 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:59:26 +0000

They have blue check marks right next to their names

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Russian soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops executed on commanders' orders"

tartuffe78 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:34:13 +0000

Probably just realized he didn't want/couldn't lead a military dictatorship, which probably would've been his only option at that point.