Judgmentality

Solid state physics was my favorite class in college (and it was a senior course that people regularly flunked so not really a beginner-friendly tutorial). It was also very hard, and one of only 2 courses I actually attended while studying because I couldn't just show up for the test and ace it. It was fascinating to finally understand the physics behind circuits I'd been building for years (I'd understood RLC circuits since high school, but transistors, op-amps, diodes, and all that stuff I knew how to use but the "how the fuck does this amplify current?" mystery remained).

Unfortunately I don't remember what book I used. But yeah, this definitely opened my eyes to how electricity works.

Not saying you're wrong, but why do you think that? I'd have thought the same thing about DNA, but I keep being told most DNA is junk (although I wouldn't be surprised to find out later we just don't know what it's for).

Most megalomaniacs I know aren't particularly happy people. I don't think the sudden outbursts of rage that we've come to know from cops are because they're zen inside.

Maybe for you, but not for me. I really don't care about the ethics of tax evasion when we're talking about a suspected murderer. It's like having a debate about how notorious Al Capone was and only talking about his taxes, because nobody could actually prove anything else the guy supposedly did.

I'd much rather have China admit fault and explain how this won't happen in the future than the current situation. As it stands I assume they are hiding something. For all I know they're developing bioweapons they plan to use for military purposes. And if they have nothing to hide then they have nothing to apologize for, but as it stands nobody is allowed to investigate so I have little faith in this theory.

I'm not pretending this isn't a political clusterfuck. But I'd rather deal with a political clusterfuck than a bioweapon clusterfuck. And if they aren't developing bioweapons then great! If they are developing bioweapons then that feels like something that's better to know sooner rather than later. And if there wasn't a lab leak then even better! Now the world knows that it really was just a bizarre phenomenon. If there was a lab leak then they simply made a mistake, they can rectify that mistake moving forward, and the world moves on. If the world doesn't move on - what are they going to do? You think the US (or any country) will go to war (as in send in troops in huge numbers with the understanding most of them will likely die) with China because of an accidental lab leak? I don't.

It seems to me the dumbest possible thing to do is not investigate. I don't believe advocating for ignorance is ever a viable strategy.

It's been a couple years since I first heard about the story of him being a murderer and I don't remember what my sources were. Googling is slightly harder because this news is coming to the top for search results. If I sent you any articles it would just be from searching online right now (which you could do just as easily as me), so I'm not particularly helpful here.

That's a fair point, and I guess I very poorly incorporated that into my original comment. I just find it so weird we're arguing over ethics of tax fraud when there's reason to believe he's a murderer and a rapist.

That said, he never had a trial for those crimes. The media has lied about stuff before. He seems pretty shady to me but I'm not pretending to have all the facts.

I find it bizarre how many comments are focused on the virtues of the man over tax fraud and how few people are mentioning he's wanted for murder in Belize. And I didn't just skim some articles on it - I believe he killed someone. He's also been accused of rape.

I've never met the guy but when there's evidence he killed someone and another person claiming she was raped by him, it seems like maybe he's not so great?

I'm genuinely curious what echo chamber you think I'm in. The echo chamber where I'm unaware what people think of Brave?

I feel like pretending to listen, which is what he is doing, is worse than saying "go fuck yourself" because then it would be honest. I find it bizarre you find his feedback genuine, as to me it's the same thing as "go fuck yourself" but neatly wrapped up in a "I pretend to care what you say" format.

If he came straight out and said "I don't care about your opinion and here's why" I would respect him. Instead he just talks over the people he's pretending to listen to.

His job should be to solicit feedback, not dictate it. And if he's going to dictate it I wish he would at least be upfront about it.

> I'm responding to users.

I'm gonna have to agree with GP that you're responding too much. I don't even use Brave nor do I care but I still browse HN. Obviously different people will see things differently, but you seem very defensive and it makes you come across as difficult.

Like I said, I have no skin in this game. You are welcome to ignore what I say if you don't find it helpful.

"Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody wants to change themselves."

That's not what happened. The military flat out rejected their robots for being too big, too loud, and too slow. So they pivoted to try to find a new customer.

This just sounds like excuses for incompetence. This could easily be done in 6 months at any functioning org. Yes, I am calling Google dysfunctional.

I really don't care. I've never wanted to work there anyway.

I've seen lots of those before, but never anything that could remotely approach 18 months (I typically see them last only 1 month). I cannot imagine the frustrating bureaucracy that is Google.

> It takes me a year and a half to fire a bad employee

What? I could understand 6 months, but how the hell do you add a year to that?

> That nice collision avoidance/lane keeper and camera system? that was implemented as a countermeasure for increasing A and B pillar size after regulatory agencies decided too many americans were getting crushed to death in roll-over accidents.

I've never heard this. Anywhere I can read more about this?

I fear I am feeding a political tangent here, but I think most of the problems you mentioned could be fixed in the US by recognizing (admittedly this would be a timely process) an official third electoral party. It's a lot easier for nuance to prevail when the system isn't designed to be binary.

I believe you, but my hunch is you're an outlier. I've lived probably a dozen places in the US, not to mention the likely hundreds of places I've slept throughout my life. I don't recall every having to wait more than a minute for hot water.

Ultimately this is just my anecdata. Maybe your story is more common than I realize.

A few minutes is an exaggeration. I would guess 15-30 seconds. Obviously it will depend on location. Some places it happens faster, some places slower. But I'm fairly certain I've never had to wait more than 60 seconds anywhere in the US.

In fact I just went and checked with my shower - 23 seconds. And I haven't used any hot water since last night.

Sure, I realize they want to make money on ads like facebook, but the reality is (admittedly I could be wrong) they make more on those trophy awards. It seems to have a lot to do with why they struggle to make a profit and go public.

I could be wrong, but doesn't reddit make most of its money (which probably isn't that much) selling awards? It seems dumb to me, but people buy them.

> Picks up the occasional backfiring car though.

Never really used it, but from what I've heard (which is just comments on the internet) it's unreliable enough that it's not particularly useful.

Pretty sure it's illegal for anyone to bribe cops, but it's still a tradition as old as policing.

> But we don't actually have exponential improvement in any physical object, that's not to do with information processing - a solar panel or battery made today is not 10x better than one made 10 years ago.

Do you understand how differently that reads from your original comment?

> Fusion has advanced faster than Moore's law - and unlike the holy grail of computing, true AI, it's now clearly within reach.

You made the claim it's advancing at a rapid rate and almost here, and when someone pulled up the data it wildly disagreed with you. Now you're just moving the goalposts.

What's really weird is they're getting interest to park their money overnight now (it's been zero interest for a while until today).

This is really smoke and mirrors though. Moving the cash into the repo market doesn't change anything, other than now it's an "asset" instead of a "liability." Yes, there are obviously legal differences here, but it's still the same amount of cash owned by the same entity, except now they're getting paid just to park it overnight.

I'm not saying the reverse repo market is nonsense. I'm saying the way the government has structured assets and liabilities in this instance is bizarre and seems like musical chairs. I've actually read up on this and am happy for someone to explain it to me further, but it really seems like they're just inventing new ways to kick the can down the road. I don't think they're actually solving anything; they're just making the problem worse and hiding the symptoms.

Well, it fell from the sky into Yosemite. I feel like it's an appropriate headline, even if it's not literally true.

Maybe I was unclear. I'm not saying nobody hears voices (I believe most people do although because of conversations on this very site I actually came to believe some people don't), I'm saying not everybody has a miniature village in their head they navigate to make everyday decisions. I apologize if I'm misinterpreting your comment, but that was how I took it.

I certainly have conversations in my head, but not everything is an imaginary conversation with someone that somehow represents society. Sometimes there's no conversation at all.

> Do you ever hear your mom’s voice or your dad’s voice? If not their voice, their words telling you to do something or not do something?

I honestly can't remember the last time this happened. I would guess it's been a very long time.

> If you never or rarely hear any of these people, does it follow that your behaviour just springs forth of its own accord, an original choreography generated in the moment by your original machinery?

Usually there is an internal conversation, which I believe is the larger point you're trying to get at. Sometimes though I think without words, simply navigating feelings without any sort of dialogue.

My original comment was a poorly worded criticism of how you made it seem more like a village, but even so there are people who actually don't have these internal conversations at all (or at least that's what they claim but having spoken to them I believe them).

I don't buy this theory. The reason I don't speed is because I don't want to get a ticket - I don't care if it's given to me by a person or an automated camera. And I never actually have to talk to a person to resolve a speeding ticket. The notion that our entire sense of behavior can only be driven by imaginary conversations seems like a bold statement.

Maybe your theory is true for some people (I'm skeptical) or it's partially true (very plausible), but I don't think this is the first line of thinking for everything and everyone.

I'm curious about the economics of this. Does that mean Facebook thinks it can get $400 worth of personal data for each regular VR headset it sells? I think I read that they make roughly $50 per user a year from their regular website, so that seems like it's too high for my explanation to be plausible.