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US tech firms share Dutch regulator officials' names with Senate

zqna — Sat, 23 May 2026 10:57:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/05/us-tech-firms-share-dutch-regulator-officials-names-with-senate/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48246614

Points: 220

# Comments: 164

New comment by zqna in "Colonization of Venus"

zqna — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:07:47 +0000

If we could send all the terraformers from earth to mars we would so solve both problems at the same time

New comment by zqna in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

zqna — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:20:47 +0000

I wish them same regulation would be enforced on toothbrushes

New comment by zqna in "Y Combinator's CEO says he ships 37,000 lines of AI code per day"

zqna — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:17:12 +0000

I wonder if there is a universal limit for speed per lines of code. The one the we think the light has

New comment by zqna in "The Singularity Is Always Near (2006)"

zqna — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 23:09:50 +0000

That's your answer? "Next time"?

New comment by zqna in "The Singularity Is Always Near (2006)"

zqna — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:47:17 +0000

And we are running out of time

New comment by zqna in "The Singularity Is Always Near (2006)"

zqna — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:37:14 +0000

If singularity premise is correct, then i think it should must already had happened in our cluster of the universe. Since it hasn't yet, then there are 3 options. 1st: earth and earthlings are special, which is too egocentric notion to be taken seriously. 2nd: we are being observed for entertainment by high conciousness. That could explain a lot, though this removes agency and prevents us from reaching that moment on our own (but maybe the observers are curious to find that out). 3rd: the extinction and annihilation of so-called intelligence once it obliterates all the resources in vicinity. Of course there is option number 4, but ultimately the question, what is the point of that?

New comment by zqna in "I miss thinking hard"

zqna — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:16:08 +0000

It's funny to think that all this discussion would not be happening if not for naive idealism embraced by software people fo decades, which enabled sharing everything they made after working hours for free and for everyone. That all it was hijacked by a handful of rich and not very altruistic people to enslave everyone comes as a big surprise. Who would have thought. I guess we arent that smart after all

New comment by zqna in "[dead]"

zqna — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:41:55 +0000

No worries, tomorrow it shall be back

New comment by zqna in "Ex-Google Recruiter Explains Why "Lying" Gets You Hired [video]"

zqna — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:15:23 +0000

America. Where hypocracy is a virtue

New comment by zqna in "Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning"

zqna — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:16:54 +0000

Yes, you should discuss only what is allowed. If you use the technology to dissent against your rulers, then it should be switched off (until you come back to your sense and submit yourself to the mercy of mulas).

New comment by zqna in "Europe Could Kick U.S. Where It Hurts: The World Cup"

zqna — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 01:31:02 +0000

We could have euro championship, no problem. Any other boycoting country could also join.

New comment by zqna in "The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal"

zqna — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:40:48 +0000

The article didnt mention that following the chain the command to perform crimes doesnt prevent from having legal responsibility with Nurnberg process being a very known example.

The history will be not merciful on neither people who initiated this, nor who enabled it or stayed silent while the crimes were performed using there names as a mandate.

New comment by zqna in "Ask HN: Does Hacker News pull posts about Greenland from the front page?"

zqna — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:12:09 +0000

Yes, the engineers should not be discussing the purpose of the tools they are making. That makes the process much more efficient

I'm Alone and in the Dark

zqna — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:12:05 +0000

Article URL: https://politicalemails.org/messages/2061015

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46667561

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by zqna in "Anger in Iceland: incoming US ambassador's '52nd state' joke"

zqna — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:27:08 +0000

Hubris comes before the fall.

New comment by zqna in "Nobel Institute says Venezuelan leader Machado can't give Peace Prize to Trump"

zqna — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:24:24 +0000

I wouldn't be surprised that the fotoshoot session was in fact demanded as a prerequisite to have the meeting in the first place

New comment by zqna in "Greenland: Macron warns of 'cascading consequences' if US seizes island"

zqna — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:04:26 +0000

My 1st guess is that they made Ribentrop-Molotov deal last year in Alaska. 2nd guess he is drunk on power and inpunity. Or maybe both.

New comment by zqna in "Greenland: Macron warns of 'cascading consequences' if US seizes island"

zqna — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:02:57 +0000

That's exactly what Trump's is looking for - an excuse to break up and to open doors for Putin on the east flank. Same old story, meanwhile there is no counterreaction from freedom loving populace of the blessed country. That's all one needs to know.

Republican introduces bill seeking to make Greenland 51st state

zqna — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:56:48 +0000

Article URL: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5685118-fine-introduces-greenland-bill/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595348

Points: 19

# Comments: 10