Hacker News: xtian

New comment by xtian in "Tell HN: Russia has started blocking OpenVPN/WireGuard connections"

xtian — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 16:41:13 +0000

Russia produces more container ships by tonnage than the US with a fraction of the population, to pick just one example of many. Before SpaceX, the US was dependent on them for rides to the ISS. They produce some of the most formidable and battle-tested military-technical systems in the world. How exactly is that a failed state? Seems like you want other people to make the same decision you did since maybe you’re unsure that it was the correct choice.

New comment by xtian in "Court decision barring Chinese student sends message about espionage risk"

xtian — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 15:19:56 +0000

Where has it been documented? What is the evidence?

New comment by xtian in "Hetzner is terminating contracts with all users who had a Russian postal address"

xtian — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:53:15 +0000

You’re right that’s what the media is saying now so we need to update our beliefs accordingly.

New comment by xtian in "Hetzner is terminating contracts with all users who had a Russian postal address"

xtian — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:16:56 +0000

Sorry but I read many comments here over the past year saying that Russia will collapse soon and Ukraine will push all the way to Moscow

New comment by xtian in "Regarding Proposed US Restrictions on RISC-V"

xtian — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 23:13:20 +0000

I didn’t make a claim, I asked how Western companies were blocked. But my evidence that Western companies are not blocked is that Apple and Microsoft operate in China. Uber operated there as well but lost to local competition. Phrenology was well known and documented also.

New comment by xtian in "Regarding Proposed US Restrictions on RISC-V"

xtian — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 19:44:21 +0000

“Cut a deal” or maybe they followed local laws

New comment by xtian in "Regarding Proposed US Restrictions on RISC-V"

xtian — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:15:42 +0000

Burden of proof would fall upon the person making the claim. Appealing to the cultivated state of general ignorance in the West does not absolve you of this. In fact, the article you reference supports my position since it cites “restrictive laws and regulations” as the reason these companies do not operate in China.

New comment by xtian in "Regarding Proposed US Restrictions on RISC-V"

xtian — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:40:28 +0000

What’s a specific example?

New comment by xtian in "Regarding Proposed US Restrictions on RISC-V"

xtian — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 01:31:20 +0000

So how does Microsoft manage it? Bing and other Microsoft properties are accessible in China.

New comment by xtian in "Regarding Proposed US Restrictions on RISC-V"

xtian — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 21:39:52 +0000

How are western companies blocked from accessing China’s domestic market? Because they are obligated to follow local laws? That’s like saying GDPR blocks American companies from operating in Europe.

New comment by xtian in "U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter, better than expected"

xtian — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:40:36 +0000

Demand for dollars will remain strong as long as they are the least onerous way to conduct international trade for essential goods. The US makes very few of these goods domestically. Eventually the mountains of sanctions, central bank asset seizures, endless debt and money printing, and policy of foreign meddling will tip the scales.

New comment by xtian in "U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter, better than expected"

xtian — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:25:20 +0000

Conjecture? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-air-fo...

Is Ukraine free when the US is meddling in its internal politics and orchestrating coups to protect ‘American influence’? Where is the freedom and riches you promise in all the countries the US has bombed over the past 60 years?

Protecting ‘American influence’ = an unending payday for the corrupt military-industrial complex monopolies and nothing more.

New comment by xtian in "What being rich in China looked like in 1, 1000, and 2000 AD"

xtian — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 03:55:29 +0000

Are you ok? Would you like to place a bet on China collapsing within two years? How about $10k?

New comment by xtian in "What being rich in China looked like in 1, 1000, and 2000 AD"

xtian — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 03:03:06 +0000

They know something you don’t also: there’s going to be a war. Not because China is doomed or collapsing but because it’s not.

New comment by xtian in "US Must Be Ready for Simultaneous Wars with China, Russia"

xtian — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 20:36:15 +0000

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New comment by xtian in "The Price-Fixing Economy"

xtian — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 10:53:54 +0000

Belief in ideals like blind chance and isolated, rational actors is popular for a similar reason.

New comment by xtian in "When does federal debt reach unsustainable levels?"

xtian — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:58:53 +0000

Don’t forget Iran and Venezuela. And the Israel/Palestine conflict, along with other geoeconomic factors, puts Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations in play. New production coming online via projects such as EACOP as well.

New comment by xtian in "When does federal debt reach unsustainable levels?"

xtian — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:40:14 +0000

Good thing there are no major geopolitical conflicts or realignments going on between the US and major oil producers

New comment by xtian in "The Economics of Programming Languages [video]"

xtian — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 20:14:59 +0000

> There isn't invalidation of people who wish to express that opinion publicly and even on project hosted forums, chats, bug-lists, etc

This was and I believe still is disallowed on any communication venues controlled by the Elm core team. Any discussion of alternative designs or workarounds was shut down and deleted, regardless of tone.

New comment by xtian in "The Economics of Programming Languages [video]"

xtian — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 14:45:03 +0000

It’s because the only people left in the Elm community are those who are content with its current state and aren’t interested in having a stake in the future direction of core components or in even knowing whether there is a direction.