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deadlydose··on RFK Jr. plans to curb antidepressants, which he falsely compares to heroin
We should shut yours down since your comment reads like nothing more than a veiled ad hominem attack. If you disagree with this person, fine, but at the very least try to have a constructive back and forth without resorting to name calling.
deadlydose··on Apollo laser takes down 200 drones unplugged
Couldn't you just fly low so that you'd be within the energy weapon's dead zone? I mean it doesn't look as if it can target anything flying at a depression less than 0°. Seems a few cheap fiber optic drones with a mortar lazily strapped to it and flying low could easily render this useless.
deadlydose··on BBC witnesses settlers attack on Palestinian farm in West Bank
No it's not, it's never been about hackers except in name. It's about startups and venture capital. Always has been. Doesn't invalidate the point you are trying to make, though.
deadlydose··on Starship Flight 9 booster explodes on impact [video]
Should they not be lighthearted and optimistic? Or did you leave a comment just to vent some of your personal grievances with a dash of JAQing off?
deadlydose··on Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears
> i wouldn’t visit the US even if i though i was perfectly safe

That's certainly your right and I get where you are coming from but

> our enemy.

Calling the US your "enemy" is a pretty strong stance, especially considering how deeply tied our countries are economically and culturally.

Don't want to visit? That's fine, but let's not pretend for a second that every American supports all the things you oppose. Only a plurality, not a majority, of Americans even voted for Trump and more than 75% of us still consider you an ally.

But you might want to lay off the media and tone down the rhetoric and drama a bit. Shit like that is why things are the way they are now.

deadlydose··on AI can't even fix a simple bug – but sure, let's fire engineers
> You would blame the hammer or at least the manufacturer if they claimed the hammer can do it al by itself.

I wouldn't because I'm not stupid and I know what a hammer is and isn't capable of despite any claims to the contrary.

deadlydose··on The Website Hacker News Is Afraid to Discuss
I'm rather anti-Apple but even I enjoy John's site from time to time. Hell, I had to vouch for this post just to see it. I can't think of any legitimate reason for his content to get flagged as often as it does and it's been happening for years.
deadlydose··on Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site. What trends are we seeing?
I don't usually reply to replies but I was asking because I'm not sure. About a decade ago I was looking into the 'Chicken tax' and went down a tariff rabbit hole. A cursory search now is quite difficult due to all of the recent news and changes. And also millionshort seems to require an account now to do advanced searches. So about the best I could do is ask ChatGPT for a chart comparing average tariff rates by sector for the US and EU before 2016. But I'd rather not.
deadlydose··on Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site. What trends are we seeing?
> initiated by the US

While I don't approve, didn't the EU charge the US tariffs that were twice as high as what the US charged the EU?

deadlydose··on Germany tightens travel advice to US after three citizens detained
> For the average European

Depends how old you are, I guess:

- The Palmer Raids (1919-20) - WW2 internment and deportation (1942-45) - McCarthy era (all of the 50s) - Present day

Each one seems to have deported random people. Many of whom did nothing wrong.

And honorable mention:

- Fallout from the Iranian hostage crisis (1979-81)

That last one didn't involve Europeans, per se, but it did deport a lot of innocent people. And for a bonus, here's the ~30yr pattern of anti-immigration:

- Immigration Act of 1924 - Operation Wetback of 1954 - Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 - Present day

These things have _always_ happened here. And some of them even follow a pattern.

Edit: Sorry for the formatting.

deadlydose··on Google to pay $28M to settle claims it favoured white and Asian employees
> Why do you speak for them?

Why do you?

deadlydose··on NASA Astronauts Depart Space Station After Nine Months in Orbit
They were never stranded, that's why anyone with half a brain isn't outraged.

Or maybe the astronauts, who themselves stated they weren't stranded, are big fat liars. Personally, I'll take them at their word.

deadlydose··on Hydrogen cyanide and acetylene detected in a brown dwarf
You could try reading the linked paper. If I am reading it correctly, basically, we have atmospheric models for brown dwarfs and the presence of C2H2 and compounds cannot be explained by those models. So they think there are more complex atmospheric processes like aurora or lightning behind it.
deadlydose··on 'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfairly penalised
It's still an additional 'tax' on individuals.
deadlydose··on NASA has a list of 10 rules for software development
You can use anything you want as long as you are consistent and don't mix units.
deadlydose··on US Cloud soon illegal in EU? US punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal
You really should be encrypting things before uploading to a cloud provider.
deadlydose··on Operator research preview
It's slightly annoying that they placed it in my sidebar since I'm unable to use it with my Plus account. Can't even remove it.
deadlydose··on Reports of Unwanted Telemarketing Calls Down More Than 50 Percent Since 2021
Who's "us?" Personally I noticed a _dramatic_ decrease in spam calls. In 2019 and 2020 I was seeing, at times, three per hour (damn that extended warranty!). Now I might get one every week.
deadlydose··on Drone-zapping laser weapons now effective (and cheap) reality
Mirrors won't save you. A high powered laser will burn through a mirror as if it wasn't even there.
deadlydose··on Gandhi's Letter to Hitler (1940)
> Nonviolent methods often require the possibility of violence as a backdrop to be effective.

You and I have a different interpretation of the parent's comment.

deadlydose··on Why Are Americans So Rich?
Sorta like what they did to one another prior to Europeans arriving.
deadlydose··on Concord had a dev culture of toxic positivity that halted any negative feedback
> cast one magic 100 times for an achievement

I was playing Bioshock Infinite recently and it had an achievement along the lines of "Loot 200 Containers." Not a huge deal except it pops up every time, 200 times, as you are looting.

> Do they actually think this is funny..

What's funnier is that thousands of players discovered there was a word to describe what they wanted to do to the team: defenestration.

deadlydose··on Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say
Include me in that minority as well. I grew up in a small rural town and the massacre was covered in our history books. This was in HS in the mid 90s.
deadlydose··on Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison
They'll probably switch to gait detection and identification. So 'sand walk' incoming.
deadlydose··on US House votes to bar new DJI drones
Xenophobia? No, I read the bill. It singles out one Chinese company with ties to the CCP.

When you loosely throw around words like xenophobia it dilutes the meaning of that word and makes it more difficult to call out legitimate xenophobia later. If you want a serious discussion about serious problems then you need to use precise language.

deadlydose··on SpaceX update regarding Starship FAA flight approval
They need to apply for a new permit any time there are changes to the craft. So every launch.
deadlydose··on Moondance: Experience the marvel that is night-blooming tobacco
I would have settled for a photo.
deadlydose··on Paul Graham blocked me on X because I quoted Hacker News's guidelines
> I'm not interested in debating politics

> would you say the law itself..

Well, you're asking a question that, in a vacuum, isn't political but since it can be considered controversial, and I think you know this, it becomes political. So did you want to debate politics or not?

deadlydose··on Hawai'i-Issued Real IDs Can Be Added to Apple Wallet Beginning August 28
That's exactly how Google finally cleaned up YouTube comments! /s
deadlydose··on French prosecutors say Telegram CEO freed from custody, will appear in court
> The fact that he's now free from custody sounds like this analysis was likely the right one.

Or they released him because they're required to by law? Normally they need to release you after 24h, but in some cases of organized crime or terrorism, they can extend it to 72+h.

https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI0000...

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