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philosopher1234

3,038 karma · joined April 16, 2018

Stirring the pot.

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philosopher1234··on Ask HN: How to be alone?
Humans are social creatures. We’re not meant to live alone. The advise suggesting we should be able to seems to me like cope. I think you’re barking up the wrong tree.
philosopher1234··on IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report
Jews don’t have a right to an ethnostate. No one does. Jews have a right to live within any country in the world, but not run an apartheid government or commit genocide.
philosopher1234··on Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
I think this concept is an exercise in fantasy. There’s simply no such thing as a free market. Why we single out subsidy as non free is arbitrary. What activities constitute legitimate free market behavior? There’s no actual logically sound distinction. The real distinction is “what we do is free market and what our opponents do is not”
philosopher1234··on Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
My friend, what is so special about the government? If a company uses its massive profits in one area to crus competition by selling at a loss in another area, this is the free market, and when a government does it it is something else? I think you have not thought this through
philosopher1234··on Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
I bet you can’t name a single company that doesn’t perform some critical function at a loss.
philosopher1234··on Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
How about “loss leader”? Ever use napkins at a diner? Buy Costco chicken? I think you are repeating things you were taught but they aren’t true
philosopher1234··on Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
We’re talking about China subsidizing goods that it sells in another country. This is bread and butter “free market” behavior. Literally every company in the world does this one way or another.
philosopher1234··on Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
I’m not hearing an argument, and I won’t be thinking one up for you. Seems like only a difference of degree to me.
philosopher1234··on Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
Lol, how is this not a free market? Apple subsidizes dozens of organizations internally to advance its strategic interests, what’s the difference?
philosopher1234··on New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child care
This is an unambiguous good. Why do you sound so bitter about it?
philosopher1234··on FoundationDB: From idea to Apple acquisition [video]
Does anyone know of cool things built with fdb? I’ve been aware of it for a while and it seems very cool but I haven’t seen a lot of details about how folks are using it.
philosopher1234··on Open letter accuses BBC board member of having a conflict of interest on Gaza
What has surprise got to do with it?
philosopher1234··on Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down
Yes you are. If you’re arguing in good faith then you should try to answer this question:

How far does it have to go before you assume malice? Do they have to tell you “I am malicious”? And if someone malicious is using the “dont admit it” strategy are you fucked?

philosopher1234··on The Myth of Developer Obsolescence
Businesses can value quality in cost centers because it can bring costs down
philosopher1234··on Leaving Google
Very curious what you’re working on now, if you’re willing to share
philosopher1234··on Grok answers unrelated queries with long paragraphs about "white genocide"
The “they” here disclaims the responsibility of the soldiers (despite the rest of your post advocating that responsibility). The problem is inside us.
philosopher1234··on Leaving Google
This is so sad! It seems Go is fast becoming rudderless, i worry the wualities that have made it great wont survive the tides at google this way. But i hope to be wrong.
philosopher1234··on Trump's NIH axed research grants even after a judge blocked the cuts
Are we sure they’re not giving the donors exactly what they want?
philosopher1234··on 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth
Because, not despite. Let no good deed go unpunished.
philosopher1234··on Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes
I’d like to get out while I can, but to what country? Any suggestions?

By the way the answer to your question is simple: the American people are fascists, not just the president.

philosopher1234··on Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes
As loathe as you may be to admit it, there is such a thing as truth. Both sides claiming something doesn’t mean both sides claims are true (or conversely that neither sides claim is true).

You don’t seem to be thinking very well.

philosopher1234··on Finding Signal in the Noise: Machine Learning and the Markets (Jane Street)
You haven’t contested the substance of the argument at all. It’s as though you agree.
philosopher1234··on Finding Signal in the Noise: Machine Learning and the Markets (Jane Street)
Sorry but this is a shit definition.

You’ve defined scamming people, a totally voluntary error, as creative not extractive.

You’ve also defined building roads as extractive not creative.

I think you’re latching onto some very misguided principles.

philosopher1234··on Finding Signal in the Noise: Machine Learning and the Markets (Jane Street)
Money and value are different things.
philosopher1234··on How did places like Bell Labs know how to ask the right questions? (2023)
Stock buy backs
philosopher1234··on Instagram 'Error' Turned Reels into Scroll of Murder, Gore, and Violence
I think we intend awful things all the time, without realizing it. To get at what the intentions are here you might ask things like:

* why this particular error and no other? The bug could’ve been that the content becomes particularly happy or cheery

* why a bug in the content at all? You don’t see bugs generally on Instagram, they are immensely careful about operations. How could something like this slip through? (Why are safeguards not prioritized)

philosopher1234··on What's happening inside the NIH and NSF
*meemaw
philosopher1234··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)
What about internships for motivated data science grad students?
philosopher1234··on US bill proposes jail time for people who download DeepSeek
So the outcomes are even now?
philosopher1234··on DeepSeek releases Janus Pro, a text-to-image generator [pdf]
I think we should hold ourselves to a higher standard than this. I don’t see why we couldn’t apply reasoning to this question just like any other.
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