Hacker News: yahna

New comment by yahna in "MasterCard Ending Signature Requirements"

yahna — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:21:52 +0000

Yes. America is stuck in the stone age when it comes to this stuff.

New comment by yahna in "Google's CEO is increasingly boxed in by regulators, critics, and employees"

yahna — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:56:38 +0000

> Pichai is beset on all sides by people who expect Google to move mountains, reinvent itself

TIL not showing fake news or having your advertisers associated with ISIS videos is "moving mountains".

New comment by yahna in "Google's CEO is increasingly boxed in by regulators, critics, and employees"

yahna — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:51:26 +0000

> Discussing the issue, Pichai deploys the vocabulary of an apologetic CEO that’s become de rigueur in Silicon Valley since last November. He says the word “thoughtful” 13 times and “deeply” (feeling, listening, en

I'm reminded of the BP CEO on South Park. Not that he's actually anything like that guy, it's just what comes to mind.

> Pichai’s solution to the gnawing problems of fake news and illicit content that slip through Google artificial intelligence is, no surprise, more artificial intelligence

Of course it is. What do they say the definition of insanity is again?

> has stirred general alarm about AI; he thinks computers that make their own decisions and are smarter than people could enslave humanity.

at least google isn't saying this.

New comment by yahna in "Eavesdropping on geeks: 'Star Trek: Discovery' vs. 'The Orville'"

yahna — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:30:40 +0000

It was an unintended side effect of attempting to use gene augmentation developed for humans, causing a mutation and disease to spread. They developed a cure with help from the crew of the enterprise/phlox but that cure didn't immediately fix the mutations, it took generations.

That's why I called it an accident.

New comment by yahna in "Analyzing HN moderation and censorship"

yahna — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:28:54 +0000

I'm not.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/everyth...

> A lawsuit challenging the doctrine on First Amendment grounds, Red Lion Broadcasting Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission , reached the Supreme Court in 1969. The Court ruled unanimously that while broadcasters have First Amendment speech rights, the fact that the spectrum is owned by the government and merely leased to broadcasters gives the FCC the right to regulate news content.

New comment by yahna in "Analyzing HN moderation and censorship"

yahna — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 00:14:20 +0000

The fairness doctrine was not found to be unconstitutional.

New comment by yahna in "Analyzing HN moderation and censorship"

yahna — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:58:43 +0000

They have literally had laws enforcing fairness in media.

Fox news is heavily criticized for their biased reporting and editorial standards. That would be the comparison to criticism of HN modding policies.

New comment by yahna in "Analyzing HN moderation and censorship"

yahna — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:55:18 +0000

You're argument seems like a strawman. I don't think anyone has argued that HN should operate with no moderation whatsoever.

New comment by yahna in "Analyzing HN moderation and censorship"

yahna — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:48:24 +0000

It's still censorship either way.

New comment by yahna in "Analyzing HN moderation and censorship"

yahna — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:16:34 +0000

I too prefer my echo chambers to be free of wrong-think.

None of that controversy in my safe space either.

New comment by yahna in "Eavesdropping on geeks: 'Star Trek: Discovery' vs. 'The Orville'"

yahna — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:10:09 +0000

Generations, These are the voyages.

New comment by yahna in "Eavesdropping on geeks: 'Star Trek: Discovery' vs. 'The Orville'"

yahna — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:08:43 +0000

I still think that the Klingons just got plastic surgery after they accidentally turned themselves into human looking peoples in Enterprise.

New comment by yahna in "Eavesdropping on geeks: 'Star Trek: Discovery' vs. 'The Orville'"

yahna — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:07:58 +0000

> It leaves the impression that McFarlane is a genuine Star Trek fan and The Orville is more an homage than a ripoff

If you didn't realize that you must have done exactly zero research. Notice how he's had the entire cast of TNG on family and has been working with Patrick Stewart for years? Notice the huge numbers of star trek and other sci-fi references spread through family guy?

New comment by yahna in "Pop_OS by System76"

yahna — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:04:03 +0000

"We're developing an OS"

"It's linux"

Boring.

New comment by yahna in "Google’s Founders Wanted to Shape a City – Toronto Is Their Chance"

yahna — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:58:57 +0000

> I believe Google has considerably more goodwill

I wish this idea would die. They are an ad company. They want to stuff themselves into every facet of your life and milk you for information.

New comment by yahna in "Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America"

yahna — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 01:55:26 +0000

There is lots of reasons to not buy better stuff.

I own mostly cheap furniture because good stuff is a very expensive commitment, for example.

New comment by yahna in "Why Are Millennials Wary of Freedom?"

yahna — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:07:40 +0000

> 500 apt

My shitty apartment in a small city (80k) was 615 a month.

100 dollars a month for gas/water/power?

You need internet for that media consumption.

You need gas for that car.

Cell phone?

Food?

New comment by yahna in "Why Are Millennials Wary of Freedom?"

yahna — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:02:48 +0000

It's not more than enough for a person without dependents to live comfortably.

it's enough that you won't starve to death.

New comment by yahna in "Why Are Millennials Wary of Freedom?"

yahna — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:02:04 +0000

and do those people live lifestyles I would want?

New comment by yahna in "Why Are Millennials Wary of Freedom?"

yahna — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:00:03 +0000

Maybe millenials think that this whole "if you don't let white supremacists march through the streets with guns then democracy will fail" is a rather silly notion.