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New comment by zcase in "Antimeme Antichrist"

zcase — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:32:41 +0000

Antimimetics can also be seen as the study of the antichrist.

Antimeme Antichrist

zcase — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:32:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.johnnychang.com/antimeme/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46361407

Points: 5

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Satan Is the Antimeme

zcase — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:59:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.johnnychang.com/antimeme/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46289323

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by zcase in "Nepenthes is a tarpit to catch AI web crawlers"

zcase — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:50:40 +0000

For those looking, this is the best I've found: https://blog.cloudflare.com/declaring-your-aindependence-blo...

A List of Really Obvious Things

zcase — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 11:15:23 +0000

Article URL: https://johnny.dev/obvious-things/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37281497

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

New comment by zcase in "Fed cuts half point in emergency move amid spreading virus"

zcase — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:37:14 +0000

50 bps cut, initial rally, faded super fast and now down for the day. Would be interested to see if Fed cuts further.

The first order effects weren't so large to stem the selloff (first order meaning the PV effect of lowering discount rate).

As for second order effects (rate cuts to spur economic activity), I'm not even bullish about the mechanism to transmit rate cuts to the real economy normally, but I think in a quarantine situation, those mechanisms are even more diminished as there's less economic activity. Thinking out loud, demand will probably just hit a wall--there's no elasticity here when people are worried about their lives.

The only mechanism that sounds plausible to flow through to the real economy is fiscal. Government buys Pampers, burns them, buys them again. Or keep lowering rates to raise asset prices by a purely mechanical lowering of discount factor.

New comment by zcase in "Crema Coffee in San Jose Closes Due to ADA Lawsuit"

zcase — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 01:26:21 +0000

Here's the suit PDF if anyone wants to read.

https://www.sanjoseinside.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Cre...

The message seems to be: this is a nice thing, I can't readily access it, so nobody should have it. Like the kid taking his ball away after losing at soccer. Except this is someone else's ball?

Open to changing my view

Life Lessons from 2 Years at Bridgewater

zcase — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:59:00 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/johnnymonads/status/1166477688422506496

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20917670

Points: 1

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Life Principles

zcase — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 00:30:59 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/johnnymonads/status/1166477688422506496

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20815751

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by zcase in "Ask HN: Why did you choose not to have children?"

zcase — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:54:15 +0000

Pressure from family? Friends? Is this more keenly felt by women v men do you think?

New comment by zcase in "Ask HN: Why did you choose not to have children?"

zcase — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:53:50 +0000

Sorry to hear. I can't tell from your answer--how much do you want kids? There's always the possibility of moving somewhere you feel is more stable

Ask HN: Why did you choose not to have children?

zcase — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:07:35 +0000

Any regrets?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16510584

Points: 32

# Comments: 38

New comment by zcase in "The Western Elite from a Chinese Perspective"

zcase — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 20:03:07 +0000

"Rather, the increase in inflation was due to things like tax increases, exchange rate fluctuations, oil price moves, etc."

It seems to me that tax cutting could lead to increased consumption and therefore a reduction in GDP slack and upward pressure on prices (inflation). Why is it that tax increases would lead to inflation?