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bitcharmer··on Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then sticks him with $1,800 bill
The funniest thing is Americans really believe what they have is the best in the world. USA is third world country with a Gucci belt
bitcharmer··on Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then sticks him with $1,800 bill
You're absolutely right but this is HN so any criticisms of the great us of a will earn you a storm of down votes.
bitcharmer··on Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one
It's popular and somewhat fashionable these days to be offended at anything, hate men or be racist towards white people. I think she's just trying to tick all the boxes.
bitcharmer··on Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one
It's the oppression olympics of 2024. Some people just like to get offended recreationally.
bitcharmer··on Trump wins presidency for second time
One observation doesn't count. It's quite apparent from the many street interviews that the uneducated masses voted mostly for trump
bitcharmer··on 300 people applied to rent $700/month sleeping pods in downtown San Francisco
How is this the top comment?
bitcharmer··on Testing for gender differences in Python programming style and quality on GitHub
You are absolutely right. Most men don't want to be a nurse just like most women won't prefer to be a car mechanic.

HN is in complete denial of this simple fact. It's hilarious how seemingly intelligent people can be so badly influenced by identity politics.

bitcharmer··on Google CEO says more than a quarter of the company's new code is created by AI
> thanks to all the knowledge they contain

This is what's problematic with modern "AI". Most people inexperienced with it, like the parent commenter will uncritically assume these LLMs poses "knowledge". This I find the most dangerous and prevalent assumption. Most people are oblivious to the fact how bad LLMs are.

bitcharmer··on Jaywalking legalized in New York City
This comparison makes no sense. If this was in good faith, you'd compare Manhattan and the square mile or westminster.
bitcharmer··on Jaywalking legalized in New York City
I'm struggling to believe London Brigde area and the square mile get 5x less congested than New York. What areas of London and New York are we comparing?
bitcharmer··on 200k subscribers flee 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement
> nobody wants independent journalism

I stopped reading after that. What a bizarre take

bitcharmer··on Thought experiments that fray the fabric of space-time
Yup, her content is not very appealing these days.
bitcharmer··on The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust
Yup, most countries in Europe are better to live in than USA. Americans just don't want to be told they're not special.
bitcharmer··on The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust
American exceptionalism is strong in this one.

No, most of us would not like to live and work in the USA.

As always, you guys think too high of yourselves.

bitcharmer··on Sam Altman Goes Full Emperor
This is the new norm on HN. Gang-flagging is rampart but the mods are ok with it most of the time. Altman is a YCombinator darling so of course this post won't stay up long.
bitcharmer··on It's Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word
It's funny and somehow disappointing how a year ago HN jerked off to Altman and down-voted any critical opinions of him. Just shows no social platform is free of strong group-think and mass hysteria.
bitcharmer··on Teenage hacker became a legend attacking companies, then his rivals attacked him
I think you completely missed GP's point. Teenagers ARE much more likely to make a bad decision than other groups.
bitcharmer··on Everything we know about spies is wrong
I wish Hollywood used these amazing women's stories to give us great movies instead of gender swapping male stories.

There's plenty of people who would love to watch.

bitcharmer··on Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
The reason is HN's aggressive moderation
bitcharmer··on Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
Front page is heavily moderated. It's basically news.ycombinator.com/dang
bitcharmer··on Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts
I don't understand. Having someone blocked prevents them from interacting with you, no?

So what harassment are you referring to?

Also, most of the time blocking is being done by people who spew hateful or misinforming content and then immediately go private the moment they get called out. This happens every day.

This is a good change

bitcharmer··on Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say
Criticism of Israel here on HN will only earn you down votes and flagging. It's not worth it.
bitcharmer··on Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
At this point forced RTW is just a red flag and a clear giveaway about the company's execs and their culture. I think it's great they are doing this because we know who to avoid on the job market.
bitcharmer··on Sweden will offer migrants $34k to go home
Yes and that it happens on cesspool platforms like reddit I can live with. However this is the new norm on HN of all places and it's really concerning. You'll get flagged even for mentioning that coordinated flagging exists on HN.
bitcharmer··on LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat
I agree with you but please don't throw the term fascism left and right to refer to things you disagree with. The word's meaning is already twisted and diluted to the point of uselessness.

I grew up in a communist regime and can assure you tyranical censorship is not exclusive to fascism nor its sole defining part.

bitcharmer··on LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat
But LinkedIn wasn't like that 10 years ago. It was what it was meant to be. To me it feels like TikTok culture infesting all types of social media.

At this point LI is beyond saving but a serious competitor would have to be heavily moderated to stay clean which we all know won't happen.

bitcharmer··on Sweden will offer migrants $34k to go home
> Why don’t you do the computation

This was your response to my question about children being shot at school. It's clear we have a very different set of values here in Europe.

bitcharmer··on Sweden will offer migrants $34k to go home
Does that extra 20k offset the chance you're going to go bankrupt by a medical bill or have your children shot at school?
bitcharmer··on Sweden will offer migrants $34k to go home
As much as you're right, posting facts about negative aspects of immigration will get you in trouble or you'll get branded names and down voted at best.
bitcharmer··on Sweden will offer migrants $34k to go home
Because most of them are economic migrants so ineligible for asylum.
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