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zthrowaway — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:23:54 +0000

How dare those who are gifted be able to push the boundaries of their efforts. Communism applied to education and IQ. No rich, we must all be equally poor. No high IQ individuals, we must all be equally dumb.

New comment by zthrowaway in "The entire city of San Francisco as a video game"

zthrowaway — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:16:47 +0000

This is an epic shitpost. Bravo.

New comment by zthrowaway in "Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down"

zthrowaway — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:51:19 +0000

This 100%.

I think most of us want a moderate Democrat. I hope populism dies with Trump/MAGA in the coming years. We don’t need to match them with our own distasteful populism.

New comment by zthrowaway in "Winamp Skin Museum"

zthrowaway — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:33:42 +0000

Wow that's cool! I had no idea about these back then.

New comment by zthrowaway in "Winamp Skin Museum"

zthrowaway — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:58:41 +0000

The thing about back then that was so amazing is the amount of personalization you had with your desktop environment. Windows 95/98 had different skins/themes you could use. Winamp and many other apps allowed skins. You used to be able to make your computing experience your own. We've lost that and really need to get it back. There's the ability to do this with Linux DE's of course, but that's not enough.

New comment by zthrowaway in "Finding the best dog treat with statistics"

zthrowaway — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:05:06 +0000

Really weird question but what boots are you wearing in your blog photo? They look wide enough for my weird feet. Thanks

New comment by zthrowaway in "Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes"

zthrowaway — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:41:24 +0000

I’m glad to see antisemitism doesn’t have the sting it used to have. It’s been a shield to hide behind while doing the most abhorrent things. The world is waking up.

New comment by zthrowaway in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

zthrowaway — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:53:39 +0000

Also realize that a lot of these people that are being slaughtered are Christians.

New comment by zthrowaway in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

zthrowaway — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:26:40 +0000

“Farewell to stack overflow” juxtaposed with the realization that AI only knows what to troubleshoot and how because of stack overflow…

New comment by zthrowaway in "Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos"

zthrowaway — Sun, 31 May 2026 15:30:49 +0000

It will never happen. All we can do is simulate consciousness. Only God, Mother Nature, universe, whatever your flavor of the “higher power” is, can create consciousness.

New comment by zthrowaway in "GTA 6 Developers Unionize"

zthrowaway — Sat, 30 May 2026 12:19:14 +0000

This game is going to suck so much.

New comment by zthrowaway in "New York passes pied-a-terre tax"

zthrowaway — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:33:27 +0000

Trickle down economics is a political label to criticize Reagan era policies, it’s not an actual thing.

New comment by zthrowaway in "I'm Tired of Talking to AI"

zthrowaway — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:40:50 +0000

Absolutely. But I’m afraid people are forced to do this because management wants to see AI usage otherwise they’re gonna go on the chopping block. Leadership is ultimately to blame.

New comment by zthrowaway in "A desire for a loud car correlates with higher scores on psychopathy and sadism"

zthrowaway — Thu, 14 May 2026 10:55:08 +0000

I think it’s worth pointing out that there’s a subset of people who have loud exhausts because the engine actually needs it. They’ve supped it up to an insane spec for performance reasons. You can’t have 500+ horsepower try to breathe through a straw. There are sports cars that are loud from the factory because of this.

Now is it smart to do all of that just to drive 35mph in traffic? That’s another discussion :)

New comment by zthrowaway in "A desire for a loud car correlates with higher scores on psychopathy and sadism"

zthrowaway — Thu, 14 May 2026 10:51:25 +0000

A lot of the sports bikes I see around my area are operated by 18 year olds. Who at 18 in this country are being perfectly upstanding members of society? There’s always some stupidity in that phase of life. I wouldn’t put too much thought into it.

New comment by zthrowaway in "A desire for a loud car correlates with higher scores on psychopathy and sadism"

zthrowaway — Thu, 14 May 2026 10:46:42 +0000

I’m a classic car owner, I get the same thing from some people in that scene. I have kept my car exhaust at stock specs and it’s just the right level of loud for what the car is. IMO the cars should be as loud as how powerful they are. You can’t have a 455+ ci engine and expect it to be quiet, and the smaller the exhaust the harder it is for the engine to breathe. It’s a balance that has to be done right.

New comment by zthrowaway in "A desire for a loud car correlates with higher scores on psychopathy and sadism"

zthrowaway — Thu, 14 May 2026 10:22:02 +0000

I don’t like loud exhausts but I’m also not threatened by masculinity.

New comment by zthrowaway in "Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools"

zthrowaway — Tue, 12 May 2026 18:23:54 +0000

Our AWS TAM has recently started to respond to us in AI-like responses. It's very obvious. Now it makes sense why.

New comment by zthrowaway in "1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'"

zthrowaway — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:51:38 +0000

To be fair though, this is beyond typical restomod territory. This isn’t an LS swap with modern wheels and suspension. This most certainly changes the spirit of the car.

There's no question the first generation of Mustangs are the most collectible.

New comment by zthrowaway in "1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'"

zthrowaway — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:04:41 +0000

As a classic car owner/hobbyist, this disgusts me. But thankfully there are at least 200k other restored/restorable 60s Mustangs out there.