Hacker News: throwaway5959

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Why YC went to DC"

throwaway5959 — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:01:27 +0000

From what I understand a lot could be classified as R&D. More than one would think.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Covid Subcommittee Releases Dr. Fauci's Transcript, Highlights Key Takeaways"

throwaway5959 — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:10:29 +0000

My quote wasn’t in the testimony, Jimmc414. As I said; there was plenty of editorializing in this joke of a report.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing, halts production of 3 models"

throwaway5959 — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 18:39:12 +0000

“Testing improperly”, well that’s one way to frame it.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Spotify is increasing US prices again"

throwaway5959 — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:16:57 +0000

The time spent setting all that up would be equivalent to years of Spotify subscriptions and would have way less content.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Covid Subcommittee Releases Dr. Fauci's Transcript, Highlights Key Takeaways"

throwaway5959 — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:43:50 +0000

Have you even read it?

“Dr. Fauci repeatedly played semantics with the definition of “gain-of-function” research in an effort to avoid conceding that the NIH’s funded this dangerous research in China”

There is so much BS editorializing here. Also is there any research that shows that masking actually impaired learning? I didn’t see any listed, just claims that there were studies.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Why Asia Stopped Having Kids"

throwaway5959 — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 21:19:09 +0000

In America? Have you been paying any attention to how insane the American right has become? We’re about to have a dude who fucks porn stars as President. Again. Oh and an insurrectionist.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Anduril Is Building Out The Pentagon's Dream of Deadly Drone Swarms"

throwaway5959 — Fri, 31 May 2024 04:12:34 +0000

It says a lot about how ridiculously fat that industry is. It’s where young mostly white guys go to retire.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "After Furiosa flops, Hollywood could be facing a biblically disastrous summer"

throwaway5959 — Wed, 29 May 2024 18:08:48 +0000

We saw Furiosa in IMAX. It was amazing. It was also $45 for two tickets. Concessions were a bit more than that.

Hollywood: Most families don’t have $100-200 to throw down on a single movie.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Ticketmaster breach affects more than half a billion users"

throwaway5959 — Wed, 29 May 2024 17:08:38 +0000

If there wasn’t one company responsible for all of concert ticketing in the US maybe there would be fewer victims.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Surprising supernova scars cover the Earth"

throwaway5959 — Tue, 28 May 2024 14:04:00 +0000

Is there a way to filter out articles that are pay-walled? I know this is unrelated to the article but I’m curious as I’m tired of clicking on links and being unable to read them.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Teacher Did All He Could to Keep Kids Off Phones. He's Quitting in Frustration"

throwaway5959 — Tue, 28 May 2024 01:44:45 +0000

In the US anyway, there’s a term called “helicopter” parents. Way too involved with their kids, to put it mildly.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Teacher Did All He Could to Keep Kids Off Phones. He's Quitting in Frustration"

throwaway5959 — Tue, 28 May 2024 00:34:27 +0000

Do these kids just not have parents? Are teachers unable to get parents to require their kids leave their phones at home? When I was in high school we had Nokia phones that did basically nothing but calls and snake.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "How many EV charging stations does the US need to replace gas stations?"

throwaway5959 — Mon, 27 May 2024 23:02:54 +0000

It’s simple, they’re just stubborn. Almost no one in the US has a commute of more than 40 miles a day, and most Americans own their own place. If EVs had a 600 mile range and could charge in fifteen minutes, they’d be saying they need to have a 900 mile range and charge in five minutes.

For EVs to truly win in the US, we’re going to have to wait for boomers to die, or stop driving.

Edit: downvote me boomers. Do it.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Apple signs deal with OpenAI for iOS, still wants Google as an 'option'"

throwaway5959 — Mon, 27 May 2024 03:23:48 +0000

If the models are running on-device, once the model files are delivered then it really doesn't matter what Google would do.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "More nuclear energy means less mining"

throwaway5959 — Sun, 26 May 2024 21:26:31 +0000

Cool, but you cut off the sentence where it says “and wind”.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "More nuclear energy means less mining"

throwaway5959 — Sun, 26 May 2024 21:09:02 +0000

I don’t live in Finland. In fact, Finland’s population is half that of Michigan’s, so I’m sure they’d be fine with solar and wind as well. They already get a quarter of their power from hydro.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "More nuclear energy means less mining"

throwaway5959 — Sun, 26 May 2024 20:56:35 +0000

When was the last nuclear plant built in California?

Edit: downvoting someone you disagree with is not cool. Go outside, touch some grass.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "More nuclear energy means less mining"

throwaway5959 — Sun, 26 May 2024 20:34:56 +0000

Nuclear energy is just being used as a carrot by fossil fuel companies. They don’t want renewables so they’re dangling an unrealistic option.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "Why is Sam Altman so obsessed with 'Her'? An investigation"

throwaway5959 — Sun, 26 May 2024 07:15:13 +0000

Oh so the Elon trajectory.

New comment by throwaway5959 in "The new visa fees for foreign artists are out. This is not good"

throwaway5959 — Sat, 25 May 2024 19:33:25 +0000

If the numbers are as high as you say the problem will resolve itself in a decade because there won’t be any people left to cross over. So I’m skeptical they’re that high.