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New comment by ykonstant in "Bank boss sorry after describing workers as 'lower value human capital'"

ykonstant — Fri, 22 May 2026 15:01:46 +0000

For easy access: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU4gBzEnQ6M

Statements like that one deserve all the ridicule we can pile upon them.

New comment by ykonstant in "The Futility of Lava Lamps: What Random Means"

ykonstant — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:26:07 +0000

>bioluminescent individuals

Brilliant.

New comment by ykonstant in "France moves to break encrypted messaging"

ykonstant — Sun, 10 May 2026 10:55:38 +0000

But I thought crime---

- He said thought crime! bots start firing the machine guns

New comment by ykonstant in "France moves to break encrypted messaging"

ykonstant — Sun, 10 May 2026 10:54:06 +0000

Yep, that's exactly right.

New comment by ykonstant in "EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing""

ykonstant — Sun, 10 May 2026 10:47:45 +0000

"So you're implying..."

No.

New comment by ykonstant in "Canvas online again as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data"

ykonstant — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:58:50 +0000

The technology isn't there yet (｡•́︿•̀｡)

New comment by ykonstant in "Talking to strangers at the gym"

ykonstant — Tue, 05 May 2026 10:04:07 +0000

I don't have a stake in this thread, but I am stealing "maladjusted weaklings" (≧▽≦)

New comment by ykonstant in "Newton's law of gravity passes its biggest test"

ykonstant — Tue, 05 May 2026 09:24:17 +0000

Yes. Yes, it would. This is so tiring.

New comment by ykonstant in "'Point of no return': New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level"

ykonstant — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:51:01 +0000

Damn, those poor and homeless are really living it up.

New comment by ykonstant in "City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Demo"

ykonstant — Sat, 02 May 2026 06:33:37 +0000

Jesus Christ.

New comment by ykonstant in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"

ykonstant — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:30:56 +0000

Oh yes, a very unfortunate side-effect that companies are implementing with tears in their eyes, tearing their clothes apart.

New comment by ykonstant in "The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code"

ykonstant — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:16:13 +0000

Unnecessary emphasis can get... quite comical... indeed.

New comment by ykonstant in "Viktor Orbán Could Lose"

ykonstant — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:09:14 +0000

Is that a genuine "he could lose", or "he could lose" the way Erdogan "could lose"?

New comment by ykonstant in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

ykonstant — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:32:17 +0000

Don't spread the misery?? Wow, fucking thanks.

New comment by ykonstant in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

ykonstant — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:02:04 +0000

I read shakes dice as a Latin term and had a good laugh. "Ah, if they bomb us, we will retaliate on Ecuador shakes dice."

New comment by ykonstant in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

ykonstant — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:20:06 +0000

>Vote for better politicians.

I cannot. I can only vote better politicians if they are there. That is without even going into the minefield of what is "better". My implication is that I have no confidence whatsoever in any current politician in my state.

> Donate money to causes that you think are important.

I have no money.

> If you think you can do it better, and this isn't meant to be facetious, run for political office.

I have no money, no visibility and no connections. Even if I was magically given tons of money, I would still need a strong network to attempt any real change, even without taking into consideration the strong networks already in place preventing it.

Telling random citizens "run for office" is facetious, whether you mean it or not.

New comment by ykonstant in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

ykonstant — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:18:00 +0000

"That's Larry; he does most of the work around here."

New comment by ykonstant in ""Roadrunner": a bipedal, wheeled robot for multi-modal locomotion [video]"

ykonstant — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:17:56 +0000

I agree. I wish I could be more optimistic.

New comment by ykonstant in "Ask HN: Founders of estonian e-businesses – is it worth it?"

ykonstant — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:49:44 +0000

I am sorry, but under the current circumstances in the US, your second paragraph sounds like satire, and I actually laughed out loud.

New comment by ykonstant in "The 'paperwork flood': How I drowned a bureaucrat before dinner"

ykonstant — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:32:52 +0000

I have often heard this story. To my ears, inexperienced in the tech industry, but experienced in others, it sounds absurd. If a modification improves performance even in the slightest perceptible way (of course it needs to be perceptible by the user), it is the job of the sales team to hype it up to the heavens.

To me, these stories sound like a ridiculous failure of the sales team or of the executive team to communicate the change to the sales team.