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idon Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's

Because it doesn't pay very well. Being affluent increases life expectancy.

idon Corporate America Is Starting to Ration AI as Cost Skyrockets

Look at me! I'm the smartest guy. I've wasted 10M tokens! No one has wasted more!

idon eBay Rejects GameStop's $56B Takeover as Not Credible

Probably Pokemon or sports cards.

idon Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%

It's really not, though. As soon as systems have to scale, regulatory requirements come in, etc. it becomes more complex.

AI has solved simple CRUD, yes, but CRUD, was easy before.

idon The Human in the Loop

>software engineers will still need to apply their expertise and wisdom to generated outputs

And in my experience they don't really do that. They trust that it'll be good enough.

idon Indifference is a power (2015)

The world being indifferent to your pain is not helping if you're in acute pain. Step outside your perspective, sure. I guarantee you this will not work if you have real issues like physical pain due to terminal cancer.

idon Indifference is a power (2015)

It simply doesn't work, even assuming you had no empathy as described in the quote.

idon In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All

It works handsomely for the 1%. The rest, well, ...

idon Gemini 3

gpt-5.1 gave me the correct answer after 2m 17s. That includes retrieving the Euler website. I didn't even have to run the Python script, it also did that.

idon Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshit

Or maybe, just maybe, becoming a billionaire has way more to do with luck than anything else.

I don't know about any billionaire in the history of billionaires who appears to have gotten there solely based on special abilities. Being born into the right circumstances is all it really takes.

idon Optimism associated with exceptional longevity (2019)

It wouldn't surprise me if healthy, privileged people with access to good healthcare are more optimistic than those with serious illness, no coverage and three shitty jobs.

Hard to be optimistic when you have cancer and can't afford treatment.

idon Nine things I learned in ninety years

>due to being open minded, adaptable, giving, and curious

And how do you become that? Exactly, by being lucky.

idon Four thousand weeks

The other ones I can maybe understand, but why would I be embarrassed to go to water parks?

idon Daily habits of happiness experts

When I have been unhappy in my life, it was never about the past or future. It always had to do with the present.

idon Ask HN: Need Career Recommendations

Start a corporation so that you don't need to sell your soul to corporations?

idon Ask HN: How to do that you need to do but not motivated at all?

Difficult to accomplish when your work is on the computer and the entire entertainment of the world is also on the computer.

idon Ask HN: How to do that you need to do but not motivated at all?

I don't know, I've seen both and they don't really offer any solutions. Plus Dr. K. spouts a lot of pseudoscience and at times even esoteric nonsense.

idon ElonJet – Account Suspended

To be fair, public is not the same as easily accessible.

idon Almost everything on Amazon is becoming an ad

We don't see what they are not reporting.

idon Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far

Musk didn't start Tesla and he's not the only person working there.

idon Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far

Trump University was a scam - it didn't stop Trump from being elected.

idon Ask HN: What Happened to the Reddit IPO?

I'm unironically sure it's helping their engagement numbers. Someone with the app installed on their phone is going to engage much more frequently.

idon Pessimism is a barrier to progress

It's not a disagreement. You made a false statement, I called it out.

idon Pessimism is a barrier to progress

I don't hate him for being rich, I simply want him to stop polluting excessively. It would help the climate and his message alike.

And I don't buy that you can do your share by talking one way and doing the exact opposite privately. It's like being an animal rights advocate who (openly) tortures animals in their free time. Simply doesn't work that way, even if you save more animals than you torture.

idon Pessimism is a barrier to progress

How is he going to "convince 200,000 people in 5 years" if he isn't even willing to fly first class instead of private? He obviously doesn't care, so he's not going to convince anyone.

idon Pessimism is a barrier to progress

It can be freeing to lie to yourself, but it remains a lie. Of course limiting personal pollution has an effect.

idon Pessimism is a barrier to progress

https://twitter.com/GatesJets

Hard to take Gates seriously on climate change. Imagine everyone was living like this.

idon Impoverished Emotional Lives

Connotations usually have some truth to them.

idon Why people make dumb financial decisions on purpose

If you have $100 million to your name, it'd be smarter to hit the green button. It really depends on what you're starting with.