<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: throwworhtthrow</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=throwworhtthrow</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:43:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=throwworhtthrow" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwworhtthrow in "MAGA Is Winning Its War Against U.S. Science"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The article charts a Nature survey that shows "percent trusting the scientific community" was sub-50% for both D's and R's from 1985-2015. That's more interesting and concerning to me than the relatively recent divergence in partisian opinion. I'd wager we return to that status quo within 10 years, but even that state seems dire.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:48:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47829138</link><dc:creator>throwworhtthrow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47829138</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47829138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwworhtthrow in "Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you're the type of person who checks the comments on a post with this kind of headline, then you probably also want to (re-)watch the 2 minute highlight reel of Mark's backyard meat-smoking party. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBxTEoseZak" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBxTEoseZak</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:47:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47753754</link><dc:creator>throwworhtthrow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47753754</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47753754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwworhtthrow in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Israel violated the 2024 ceasefire over 10,000 times [0], not counting all the ones since Feb. 28.  I guess this time they're not satisfied with having only 50 "freebies" a day.<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Israel%E2%80%93Lebanon_ceasefire_agreement#Violations" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Israel%E2%80%93Lebanon_ce...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:28:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47685246</link><dc:creator>throwworhtthrow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47685246</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47685246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwworhtthrow in "I Am Not A Number. In memory of the more than 72,000 Palestinians killed"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> or just ignoring the laws, and illegally reporting from dangerous yellow or red zones<p>I skimmed Wikipedia [1] but couldn't find any mention of laws in Ukraine that forbid reporting from certain areas. I see laws forbidding statements of support for Russia, and laws enabling censorship. Maybe I've misunderstood: are you referring to anti-trespassing laws in general, and not specifically about reporters?<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press_in_Ukraine#Russian_invasion_and_Zelensky_presidency_(2019-present)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press_in_Ukrain...</a></p>
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<p>No, this is a <i>different</i> strike. Please read the NYT article you linked more carefully.<p>> The Feb. 28 attack occurred the same day as a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile struck a school in the city of Minab, several hundred miles away, killing 175 people. In the case of Lamerd, though, it involved a weapon that had been untested in combat.</p>
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<p>I assume this is an infuriatingly subtle parody, because:<p>> Why can't you just celebrate this good thing?<p>reads like <font size=2> /s </font>.</p>
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<p>Another situation where bad actors benefit. From the article:<p>> What really interests Cian, who has published research[1] exploring how audiences tend to have less trust in media outlets that are transparent about their AI use, is the fact that the Post disclosed its use of algorithmic pricing at all. “If you ask people [whether they] want transparency on what’s behind your pricing strategy, people say ‘yes,'” he says. “But what we found in my research is a paradox, in the sense that people think that they want to know, but once they know, the reaction is worse than not knowing.”<p>> [1] <a href="https://ideas.darden.virginia.edu/AI-disclosure-dilemma" rel="nofollow">https://ideas.darden.virginia.edu/AI-disclosure-dilemma</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:26:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381948</link><dc:creator>throwworhtthrow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381948</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwworhtthrow in "Another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI""]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Note the way he brushes off his own attorney's objections, not even looking at or reacting to her, while he discusses why someone who's mass-canceling grants doesn't need any grant-writing experience. Total disdain for any kind of expertise, whether academic or legal.</p>
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<p>No. This person should not try to circumvent moderation by creating new accounts. They should ask the moderation team for reinstatement of normal posting privileges, but be willing to accept a refusal. They've behaved appallingly.</p>
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<p>Coincidentally, I just used hn.algolia to look up one of your old comments where you describe being sandblasted, and was surprised to find the most recent use of "sandblasted" on HN is by you, linking to an algolia search of you saying "sandblasted".<p>Thank you sincerely for your sacrifice, Dan. Whenever I have an urge to flame, I picture my impending comment as one more grain of sand speeding towards your cranium, and instead I step away from the keyboard.</p>
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<p>Besides the telltale "it's not x, it's y" used repeatedly in their comment history, I also struggle to imagine what would motivate a human to type such blandly agreeable jargon-filled pablum. I'd certainly prefer not read it, even if it didn't spill out of an LLM.<p>Thanks for making a stink about it.<p>(edit: I now see you used the p-word to describe it too, and normally I'd edit my post to use a different synonym, but "pablum" really is the perfect description. I also assume you already reported this account to hn@ so I won't bug the mods a second time.)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:02:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47135584</link><dc:creator>throwworhtthrow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47135584</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47135584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwworhtthrow in "South Korean ex president Yoon Suk Yeol jailed for life for leading insurrection"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>After Renee Good was killed, I re-evaluated my opinion on Ashli Babbitt's killing and I have more sympathy for her now.</p>
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<p>> Did you listen to the conversation?<p>No, and I'm sorry for derailing your point. Thank you for the additional links. I skimmed them all but didn't see anyone corroborate the claim that TSMC is limited by its upstream component suppliers, rather than its own factory underinvestment in prior years. Am I misunderstanding, and those two things are the same?</p>
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<p>If this is actually true, I think you can find a more reliable source than Elon Musk.<p>I'm not saying you should never listen to a word he says. His actions shape the world after all, so it's important to understand how his words precede his behavior. But I'm baffled why anyone would take Elon at his word, or even slightly hedge their perception of reality based on Elon's claims of fact.</p>
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<p>Tim Walz and Jacob Frey are both on record saying they'd love to have federal help with reducing violent crime.<p>That is not Donald Trump's / Stephen Miller's objective in Minnesota, nor is it the outcome.</p>
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<p>Your hot takes are all wrong. Especially your last parenthetical. I mean, I'm not doubting that you may have forgotten to turn on lossless audio! But what I think you're implying, that lossless audio is clearly distinguishable from 256kbps-ish streaming audio when played over bluetooth, has not been supported by many listening tests of AAC even at much at lower bitrates.</p>
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<p>Trump denigrates immigrants daily and stuffs them in squalid camps or prisons. Wouldn't you say that undermines the idea that he's actually acting on a moral obligation to protect immigrants from exploitative labor?<p>See also his brief hesitation only when his farming and hospitality CEO buddies ask him to leave some illegals for their business needs.</p>
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<p>Everyone merges into your lane<p>Their old lane speeds up because many cars departed it<p>Everyone merges back to their old lane<p>You're back where you started.</p>
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<p>A damningly weak statement by Altman. I wonder if the reason he's even opening his mouth at all is because he was left out of the <i>MELANIA</i> screening for all the other tech CEO's at the White House last weekend.<p>I do appreciate Vinod Khosla's strongly worded tweet [1] linked from the article. (But I'm still gonna write an insult to him in the sand every time I visit Martins Beach.)<p>[1] <a href="https://x.com/vkhosla/status/2015647215642186008" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/vkhosla/status/2015647215642186008</a></p>
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<p>It's not credible to claim that Good got in her car that day with the intent to run over ICE and cause a mass casualty event. Her actions immediately preceding her death were 1) parking her car perpendicular to the road, rather than lining up with officers and building up speed; and 2) waving at and talking to her killer-to-be.<p>Whether or not her car made contact with her killer, no reasonable person would assume she had any desire to run him over. There's also no reason for anyone to believe that shooting her as she drove past prevented an imminent mass casualty attack.<p>So then your argument boils down to: if you brush against law enforcement with your car, even by accident, they should kill you on the spot in retaliation.</p>
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