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New comment by throwaway902984 in "Traders placed over $1B in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war"

throwaway902984 — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:09:43 +0000

If that reached the supreme court however, precedent sadly might not matter too much.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "EFF is leaving X"

throwaway902984 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:52:39 +0000

Really seems like western europe is sandwiched between fascist trends that have taken hold, diverting their own via brexit's failure - maybe something to do with how yellow vests were received in france too? Sure seems like Europe dipped its toes in the water for awhile and is changing its mind.

Defending my own shared identity, I have to repeatedly mention how bifurcated our society is. We are still trying to get out of the water.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "EFF is leaving X"

throwaway902984 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:44:59 +0000

You're denying the existence of a marginalized group and claiming, "there is no bigotry here!" You see that that is risible, right?

New comment by throwaway902984 in "GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash"

throwaway902984 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:06:51 +0000

> OAI is doing fine on its own

This isn't my understanding of their current state of affairs, especially regardless their finances?

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Oregon school cell phone ban: 'Engaged students, joyful teachers'"

throwaway902984 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:57:33 +0000

Hundreds of comments and not one seems to think this is misguided - unusual for this community. Save the children I guess.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Afroman found not liable in defamation case"

throwaway902984 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:09:00 +0000

Counting from the dawns of the various police forces in the country maybe? Impossible to know, but even then...

Hyperbole illustrates the point pretty well though

New comment by throwaway902984 in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

throwaway902984 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:39:14 +0000

Rainbow tabasco required nothing but water, ime - if you have decent sun or a grow light.

These things: https://seedsbeeblooming.com/shop/ols/products/rainbow-tabas...

Can't vouch for that merchant though

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Alexander Dugin on the implosion of Western legitimacy"

throwaway902984 — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:26:18 +0000

That is an ironic hope coming from the one who started the Ukrainian war.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native"

throwaway902984 — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:00:44 +0000

I was asking for the other commenters, to clear that up.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native"

throwaway902984 — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:50:38 +0000

Are you asking a rhetorical question or making a statement?

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native"

throwaway902984 — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:47:15 +0000

Was that not an imperative statement agreeing with your cathartic comment? A little weird there isn't an explicit "this is why", but asking questions with a poorly conjugated why along with bad punctuation isn't usually a native speakers habit.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native"

throwaway902984 — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:45:28 +0000

I think it is fair to separate putin and russia. I mean, I don't think he uses our society as proxy for his own ego. I think he really likes Putin.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "That's not how email works"

throwaway902984 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:03:37 +0000

My first instinct was to close the article as I didn't want to read a Republican virtue signaling to his audience. I wonder if they were trying to sound Republican?

The article itself is a nice, well interesting, dive into the topic; kinda unfortunate.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Statement from Jerome Powell"

throwaway902984 — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:40:26 +0000

I feel it bears repeating, Benny Johnson has been paid a lot of Russian money.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Statement from Jerome Powell"

throwaway902984 — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:39:35 +0000

His policies were tempered, image-wise and often in substance, by his affinity for Joe Manchin alongside his disdain for Bernie Sanders. Balanced alongside the middle eastern foreign policy, he comes across as centrist despite the BBB.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Statement from Jerome Powell"

throwaway902984 — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:22:39 +0000

He wrote that the FCC wasn't a government agency. Hard to argue that is correct, or that their political pursuit of one of trump's "enemies" isn't actually political.

It was more that a tweet no, but an interview with Benny johnson, an avowed political figure paid by Russians at one point?

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Statement from Jerome Powell"

throwaway902984 — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:12:12 +0000

You are so correct in your first statement yet imply something in your second I think is so incorrect in a wider context that it strikes me like whiplash.

Paying lip service but not addressing that friction was a significant part of what killed the Harris campaign, IMO.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros"

throwaway902984 — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:44:13 +0000

Ah, good point on Severance; that is a proper example. That there is no unnecessary nudity probably helps the story. Old HBO would have had shower scenes and hook ups interspersed throughout. That might not have hurt, but I don't see the need for it in that show at all.

If you'll excuse my rant; certain tenors of violence and styles of humor are the trend I think that makes things childish. You see the one liners and plot points of marvel movies echoed in some of HBO's high profile shows now. Rebel Moon is, with your criticisms, the type of movie/show the other streaming services have been too eager to make imo. Adult in childish ways, and absent a seriousness in the way it expresses serious plot points.

Hope you're having a good one

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Europeans' health data sold to US firm run by ex-Israeli spies"

throwaway902984 — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:19:56 +0000

There is no way hn servers aren't facing a permanent ddos from scripts reading every post, imo.

New comment by throwaway902984 in "Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction"

throwaway902984 — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:20:15 +0000

Just accidentally smashed some teammates with an eagle napalm instead of eagle smoke before I saw this.