<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: thrance</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thrance</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:32:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=thrance" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thrance in "France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Nit: the constitutional council isn't a court. Its members aren't judges, and include past presidents.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:27:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49309400</link><dc:creator>thrance</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49309400</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49309400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thrance in "I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty program"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah, that's capitalism baby. They'll lower the quality, working conditions and raise prices a much as they can get away with. Doesn't matter if it hurts the brand in the long term, only suckers reason further than next week.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:03:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289736</link><dc:creator>thrance</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289736</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thrance in "Thanks to social media, canned sardines are a scarcity on the supermarket shelf"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In fact, as offer collapses, demand explodes! This could be the opportunity of a lifetime!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:05:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49284223</link><dc:creator>thrance</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49284223</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49284223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thrance in "Thanks to social media, canned sardines are a scarcity on the supermarket shelf"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sure, a bunch of influencers have been responsible for the past century of overfishing and destruction of marine ecosystems.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:03:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49284203</link><dc:creator>thrance</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49284203</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49284203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thrance in "The main way I've seen people turn ideologically crazy (2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Cultural Marxism is absolutely a conspiracy theory, it requires some cabal of academics that are trying to destroy the West with progressive values. If you believe there's any truth to it, I would urge you to read on the subject from non-MAGA sources.<p>And no, none of this was "invented" by Wikipedia.<p>> Wikipedia's description of "groomer" as "an anti-LGBTQ slur" is also a political fabrication.<p>The word "groomer" was absolutely used to imply that all LGBT people actually are pedophiles. That doesn't mean it's its only meaning. I've seen many high-profile Republican politicians and commentators use it in that way, it's not hard to find their speeches and interviews online. And that's rich, coming from the party that harbors pedophiles so openly, that went into so much trouble to make sure no Epstein conspirator faced any justice, while offering no protection to the victims (see Pam Bondy's testimony on the subject).</p>
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<p>I saw some yesterday, casually promoting the conspiracy theory of "Cultural Marxism", living blissfully in their shared fantasy.</p>
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<p>Unlike C, Rust's signed arithmetic is fully specified to wrap around.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:27:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255931</link><dc:creator>thrance</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255931</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thrance in "France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This law is especially targeted at legit businesses... It's already illegal for scammers to call.<p>And I don't think something being hard to enforce is reason enough to not do anything about it. If we truly care about something, we can always find a way.</p>
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<p>It's not hard to confirm the stuff I quoted from Wikipedia. The guy has multiple episodes of his podcast dedicated to promoting the idea of "Cultural Marxism": a ludicrous conspiracy theory.<p>So, in the context of finding someone both willing and knowledgeable enough to "debunk" Marxism, I think we can find better than a guy clueless enough to fall for such theories. Note that this says nothing of Lindsay's other views, and I couldn't care less for them.<p>Thanks for the offer, nevertheless.</p>
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<p>Meh, it's like the fourth such "interview AI to solve the mystery!" implementation I've seen. It's always so bland, uninspired and boring, and drags on for waaay too long.</p>
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<p>Consider two categories of people:<p>1. The number of people in the general population who will object to neoliberalism.<p>2. The number of people in the general population who will know enough about the history and philosophy of economics to give you a clear account of why neoliberalism and the trickle down theory of economics is incorrect, and can speak to your very specific concerns about government bloat and over-regulation in a way that gets across how modern social theorists and economists give a more compelling and ethically coherent account of the way the world works, and do so patiently and thoroughly.<p>This is great! It works with everything.</p>
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<p>The most lightweight solution I can think of is:<p><pre><code>   curl wttr.in</code></pre></p>
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<p>More like a bribe.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:34:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49208839</link><dc:creator>thrance</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49208839</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49208839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thrance in "After Losses, Retail Investors Flock to 3x Leverage as 2x Product Are Restricted"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is becoming less and less true by the day. Salaries are dwindling while the stock market is roaring, and it's already the case that speculation brings more income in this country than work.<p>It's not sustainable, capitalist societies always degenerate into a society of owners who get the majority of the wealth while workers get scraps. This is what's to blame for the social unrest the West is experimenting.</p>
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<p>"Everyone that disagrees with me is a bot or paid propaganda". Sure, go tell yourself that. The money is clearly on the pro-AI camp, and you'd have to be delusional to think it isn't.</p>
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<p>> Democracy and Liberalism are offshoots of Christian culture<p>This is completely wrong. "Christian culture" was perfectly content with feudalism and the absolute monarchy for over a millenia. The French Revolution was explicitly secular and anti-clerical, because the King had total support from the Church.<p>Similarly, "Christian culture" was used to justify slavery. So when it comes to Liberalism, can we correctly attribute it to the Enlightenment thinkers instead of the obscurantist Church?</p>
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<p>I mean, they <i>have</i> been collecting young children.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:06:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49162552</link><dc:creator>thrance</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49162552</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49162552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thrance in "AI's debt binge can't last, hidden borrowing reaches $1.65T"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In fact, the subprime mortgage crisis impacted the average Joe much more than the fuckers responsible for it, who ran away scot-free with fat money bags.<p>The financial crash that will happen as the result of the AI speculation bubble popping will be the exact same. You won't see Altman or Dario on the streets, that's for sure.</p>
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<p>DOGE is simply a tool of global capital, and shouldn't be singled out as the root cause of anything. Its purpose was to cut money from being redistributed through government programs, so it could go to the financial markets instead via tax cuts for the wealthiests and inefficient defense contracts. It achieved its goal wonderfully.</p>
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<p>Yet adding them wouldn't make the game better, as it just wasn't designed around voiced lines. NPCs in Morrowind are much more numerous and verbose than in Oblivion or Skyrim. To some like me, the sequel games were downgrades in that regard.</p>
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