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djohnston··on Volume in stock and oil futures surged 15 min before Trump's market-turning post
I’m honoured you’d pay me a visit. Fuck it I’m banned.
djohnston··on Afroman found not liable in defamation case
no! no! he said hunter biden! he said wrong! bad man! MAGA! NAzi!!!!!!!!!
djohnston··on Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy
Age of the grift we either jump in or stay dryyy
djohnston··on 1B identity records exposed in ID verification data leak
aol.com!?!?
djohnston··on Meta patented an AI that lets you keep posting from beyond the grave
The product is not nearly as dystopian as the fact that such a generic and oft-repeated trope from recent sci-fi is patentable. I've really lived my life poorly - so many unoriginal ideas I could have claimed smdh.
djohnston··on Ask HN: Is Claude down again?
coding is largely solved - a soundbite that will live in infamy
djohnston··on Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans
nuance and basic common sense left the chat about ... 8 years ago.
djohnston··on The U.S.‑Israel war with Iran could shatter the United Nations‑led global order
The UN is an absolute farce.
djohnston··on US economy sheds 92,000 jobs in February in sharp slide
Because they see the world thru skin color not economic class.
djohnston··on Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including database
even before AI - as crazy as it may sound - i've always used click-ops for the prod dbs. I've never put them in cloudformation or tf.
djohnston··on US economy sheds 92,000 jobs in February in sharp slide
I don’t think that’s telling the whole story.

Immigration has always been used as leverage against the native workers, and now it’s more efficiently corrupt than ever.

djohnston··on Father claims Google's AI product fuelled son's delusional spiral
20 years ago they blamed Marilyn Manson and Eminem. shrugs

I have no tolerance for disinterested parents who only give a shit once it's time to cash a check. Do your fucking job - or don't. Leave us out of it.

djohnston··on OpenAI fires an employee for prediction market insider trading
that's right prole! only Congress has that privilege!
djohnston··on The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection
(thats the point)
djohnston··on Mexican Forces Kill Nation's Most-Wanted Cartel Boss
* Says Mexicans can't be POCs *

* Calls me a neo-nazi *

fantastic

djohnston··on Mexican Forces Kill Nation's Most-Wanted Cartel Boss
He probably sees them as marginalised POC bravely feeding their families under the thumb of American imperialism.
djohnston··on Browser Agent Benchmark: Comparing LLM models for web automation
tbh i was a bit cranky yesterday - even if they are #2 on a legit benchmark that would be impressive
djohnston··on Browser Agent Benchmark: Comparing LLM models for web automation
Yeah but then their own product might not score the highest.
djohnston··on 'Amelia': the AI-generated British schoolgirl, a far-right social media star
The game in question was made to propagate leftist narratives to children, obviously. You needed that connection spelled out? It’s a game that discourages people from trying to reach an independent viewpoint on migration because it might lead them to be anti-migration. Who else would send such a warning, the right? Some politically unmotivated developer building educational games at the behest of the governing party? lol.
djohnston··on 'Amelia': the AI-generated British schoolgirl, a far-right social media star
Not you - the game! The game is teaching children that the act of trying to independently research information is a dangerous pathway that can lead to extremism. That belief is drivel - any self-respecting intelligent child will instinctively reject it. I feel for those who fall victim to such indoctrination though.
djohnston··on 'Amelia': the AI-generated British schoolgirl, a far-right social media star
My favorite part of this whole game / controversy is how "doing your own research" on an issue leads you to the alt-right. Parody-level blunder from the left on that one.
djohnston··on The 'untouchable hacker god' behind Finland's biggest crime
Powerful.
djohnston··on The 'untouchable hacker god' behind Finland's biggest crime
It's a common attitude with people from low-trust societies. "I'm not a scammer - I'm clever. If you don't want us to scam your system why do you make it so easy?"
djohnston··on BYD Sells 4.6M Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sales Goal
Two things can be true at once:

1. BYD has rapidly surpassed many western companies in terms of product quality / desirability

2. Chinese automotive industry is a strategic threat to Western military capabilities. If they are successful in usurping European / American auto manufacturers, it will be a death blow to an already hollowed-out industrial base that is critical to any sustained military engagement.

So, yes, western companies have stagnated, and yes, the West needs to keep these dinosaurs around through subsidies (which Chinese manufacturers also receieve from their regime).

djohnston··on Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US and “debanked”
FWIW it's kind of refreshing to see a judicial official on the receiving end of this treatment. I know he's not one of the judges who permitted the debanking of protesters in Canada, but 1:1 of like-kind is probably all we can ask for.

Those who so flippantly censor and ostracise dissidents deserve a periodic taste of their own concoctions.

djohnston··on Say No to Palantir in the NHS
Friend of a friend was working on a Palantir NHS integration a few years before the pandemic, so I'm pretty sure this ship has sailed.
djohnston··on CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? (2021)
better is doing an insane amount of lifting here. In the last 30 years China has lifted more of its own people out of poverty than all democracies summed together over the same time period.
djohnston··on Older Americans quit weight loss drugs in droves
> There are no shortcuts to holistic health.

I agree with that.

> I thought it would take a decade for the side effects to catch up with people but this is way faster than expected.

Regarding the side effects, nothing seemed beyond the realm of what you'd read on the outside of an OTC cold medication. I'm not a doctor but they don't seem that severe.

djohnston··on Larry Ellison provides personal guarantee for Paramount takeover of Warner Bros
All the media ownership in the world won't put the genie back in the bottle larry - zionism is dying and Americans are sick of footing the bill to their own detriment.
djohnston··on Larry Ellison provides personal guarantee for Paramount takeover of Warner Bros
He's a staunch Zionist
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