Hacker News: watwut

New comment by watwut in "An AI Vibe Coding Horror Story"

watwut — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:37:26 +0000

Short writing is just a good writing. Also, it was not vague, it just omitted identifying information.

New comment by watwut in "Roblox devs now need a subscription to share their games freely"

watwut — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:21:01 +0000

Kids doing their first obby are <16 and their friends are <16. It is not like roblox was cool for teenagers.

It is also that your game goes away when you stop paying. Which means, pay forever or you cant show it off anymore.

New comment by watwut in "Roblox devs now need a subscription to share their games freely"

watwut — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:47:34 +0000

Literally demanding the subscription? The headline is correct - you have to have "an active Roblox Plus subscription".

New comment by watwut in "Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone"

watwut — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:33:58 +0000

Blame then then. Simple as that. Lying to "just raise money" is one of the most harmful ways of lying. It distorts the whole economy.

> There’s a funny interview with Mark Anderseen, where he talks about how he never looks backwards and doesn’t have any sense of introspection and then gets into a rambling and completely wrong history lesson. That’s what these guys do.

Yes, we know they are psychopaths and assholes. The blame is on them.

New comment by watwut in "Von der Leyen uses Orbán defeat to push for end of veto in EU foreign policy"

watwut — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:39:34 +0000

No, it means anyone can make any decision hostage. They do not need to be extremely opposed. They just need to slightly not want it.

New comment by watwut in "Von der Leyen uses Orbán defeat to push for end of veto in EU foreign policy"

watwut — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:38:22 +0000

Mostly because I know more about Hungarian system then you. It is was not clearly proven as such. The system is still heavily favoring one party. Just because you can flip who is on top of all stars align and 80% of voters come in mostly does not make it functional democracy worth the name. Orban was able to stay in power so long, because anything less then that would mean he gets all that power again. Opposition media and parties in the country were destroyed long time ago. Judiciary is routinely abused.

Simple as that. Yes, it was pro-democracy, anti-Russia, pro-EU vote. That does not mean Hungary changed over time. It means it has one last chance at reform. If it does not reform, there will be no way to flip it in elections the next time.

And yes, American conservative fans of Orban know all of that - Rubio, Vance, Rod Dreher, Peterson. They loved and admired the arrangement and want to emulate it.

New comment by watwut in "Von der Leyen uses Orbán defeat to push for end of veto in EU foreign policy"

watwut — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:57:57 +0000

First, Hungary is not a "a bit of a flip flop in terms of democracy". They are just not fully democratic country anymore, full stop. The system there did not changed, judiciary, media and the rest of the country are as much in the hands of a leader and easy to be abused as yesterday. The person on top of it changed. He did promised reforms, it remains to be seen whether they happen or not.

But second, regardless of Hungary, anyone can veto is dysfunctional system.

> unless you want to create a group where everyone thinks the same.

Everyone has veto is literally a system where everyone must think the same, else nothing will happen.

> Removing veto power probably makes it more likely that the next Orban pulls them out of the EU entirely which might not be in the interest of the alliance.

That would be bad for Hungary, but good for the rest of Europe. Hungary presence in EU was damaging to EU for years now.

New comment by watwut in "Von der Leyen uses Orbán defeat to push for end of veto in EU foreign policy"

watwut — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:30:36 +0000

It was election, but Hungarian democracy is severely lacking and barely a democracy. A miracle happened, because too many people were too pissed at Orban. That does not make the country non autocratic, it means miracle happened and now new guys has all that power.

New comment by watwut in "Von der Leyen uses Orbán defeat to push for end of veto in EU foreign policy"

watwut — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:28:27 +0000

It is actually a good idea.

New comment by watwut in "Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play"

watwut — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:31:50 +0000

I mean ... when exactly? Dueling was all about "you said a thing that makes me uncomfortable, so I have to at least pretend to want to kill you". Domestic violence used to be defended with variants of "he felt bad". When you look at history, people overreacted in all kinds of ways at all kind of small impulses. The only difference is that the impulses were slightly different.

New comment by watwut in "Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play"

watwut — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:27:32 +0000

> At best they don't seem to actually do anything, and at worst, they actively impede your ability to get better.

No, trigger warnings do not actively impede your ability to get better. That argument rests on random trigger being framed as "exposure therapy like" event. The exposure therapy is not done by random unprepared exposure to the triggering material with no follow up. Nor by random exposure in public setting.

New comment by watwut in "Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024)"

watwut — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:34:34 +0000

I am pretty sure we dont need to evacuate large areas and keep sarcofag over former food processing plants.

The chernobyl was poisoning Russian soldiers by the start of Ukrainian invasion when they were dumb enough to sleep there.

New comment by watwut in "Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons"

watwut — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:29:16 +0000

May want to check Russian agression for years. They did not stepped down much.

New comment by watwut in "Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war"

watwut — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:12:06 +0000

Musk and Trump got into goverment and are getting rid of everything not for them. While paying huge amounts of money to themselves.

New comment by watwut in "France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk"

watwut — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:24:24 +0000

There is no civilized society that treats 15 years old not responsible for joining terrorist groups and for actively working with them.

New comment by watwut in "France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk"

watwut — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:43:44 +0000

They got radicalized and went there voluntarly

New comment by watwut in "France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk"

watwut — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:40:23 +0000

Europe does not need to join war of the Trumps whim just because king demands it.

New comment by watwut in "Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers"

watwut — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:40:02 +0000

> Lions murdering prey to eat is a stable equilibrium.

Lions kill and dont eat children of other lion aliances.

New comment by watwut in "Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers"

watwut — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:36:13 +0000

Humans dying to impress a mate are super rare in reality. And even among humans dying to impress ... it is more likely to happen in male only groups where men try to impress and dominate other men.

New comment by watwut in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

watwut — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:02:04 +0000

If they divorced in few weeks, there is zero chance it was solid before ai disagreement. They were distancing themselves emotionally long before.