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New comment by yahthatsart in "US Rep Announces Congressional Legislation to Protect Video Game Ownership"

yahthatsart — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:02:15 +0000

Good, now make games transferable on death. My kid should be able to inherit my Steam library.

New comment by yahthatsart in "China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024"

yahthatsart — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:37:27 +0000

China taxes income over $12k/year at 45%.

The US taxes income over $626k/year at 37%, and offers STEEP discounts on that rate if your income is from capital gains.

New comment by yahthatsart in "China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024"

yahthatsart — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:34:12 +0000

Pro Palestine protests come from people looking at Genocide and going, "I don't like genocide. We should not support genocide."

It's not particularly complicated. Anyone looking for a more complicated geopolitical actor here is ignoring the very, very obvious root cause -- genocide is bad.

New comment by yahthatsart in "China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024"

yahthatsart — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 03:08:30 +0000

The way the US is aggressively footgunning itself, while China (and others) win by default is so frustrating. The US could have invested in clean energy, in social programs to help towns experiencing economic depression.

Like, it's really not that hard. Yes, we'd have to squeeze the richest people and share a little more equally. But not even that much. Like, the rich would still be astonishingly wealthy.

It's just... devastating to see oligarchs who can't just accept being slightly less oligarchic resulting in the collapse of an entire country.

New comment by yahthatsart in "Programmable pigments: Photochromic nanoparticle inks for rewritable tattoos"

yahthatsart — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:09:54 +0000

You don't have an "auto-immune system". Auto-immune means your immune system is attacking your own healthy cells.

Tattoos are fine. There's some evidence that maybe, maybe, immune system responses can be impacted by tattoos. But changes in immune system response does not necessarily mean impaired or negative.

New comment by yahthatsart in "AI models ran real businesses: They sent $12,431 in fake invoices, lost $3,200"

yahthatsart — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:50:57 +0000

I have good news! If an AI does the crime, it's apparently celebrated these days! Hack a server? Great capabilities demonstration. Overwhelm some random forum? Powerful connectivity demonstration!

"It wasn't me, it was my AI" is definitely going to be a nightmare for a while.

New comment by yahthatsart in "Laurie Anderson’s next manuscript to be locked away for 88 years"

yahthatsart — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:47:39 +0000

Those trees will mature in 2050ish timeframe. If this person put together a trust to manage the particulars, they might be alive to ensure the trees get harvested and processed into paper.

Trees get turned into paper every day, I'm sure there's a paper mill willing to take the work, especially in Northern Europe.

New comment by yahthatsart in "Laurie Anderson’s next manuscript to be locked away for 88 years"

yahthatsart — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:46:06 +0000

We typically use the word "art", which, yes, is often performative and sometimes nonsense!

Not all art is to everyone's taste, and that's ok too. You don't have to enjoy this art piece. I find the idea of creating something that I cannot possibly enjoy to be quite poignant. But hey, I'm sure you have art you enjoy that I do not.