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Yea. I don't even know what to do tbh.

I'm right between GenZ and Millennial. There is something crazy going on with GenZ IMO. It is like pulling teeth to go out and do anything with GenZ friends. Maybe my millennial friends are more bored so its easier to do stuff but it just blows my mind. I hate to get all "phone bad" but it seems scrolling and doing absolutely nothing is the default setting for so many people. I feel like this stuff certainly won't make it any better.

You'd be _very_ surprised. This isn't reddit so I probably don't have to write a disclaimer about generalizations... but just in case, I'm speaking in general terms.

Just look at who buys/consumes most written romance. Overwhelmingly women. Now, a super simple AI that just says what you want to hear is different from long-form romance novels... but I think we could see something approaching 50/50.

I personally can't see the appeal. It seems like a fun toy for a bit. Super impressive stuff but the idea of treating it like a human is a bit depressing to me.

Did he just lie and say he wasn't working at those places? Or did the question never come up?

When I used to interview I always had to check a box that said I wasn't currently employed, or they would ask at some point.

To add to this. It would be great to see which companies he interviewed at but didn't get the job. Would argue those companies have better BS-detectors conducting the interviews.

This is my question too.

I'm no longer job searching but every interview involved multiple steps and "background checks."

I'm seeing the dude's resume has him working half a dozen jobs in a year which even to me is a huge red flag. Then he has a github with automated commits... I don't want to be disparaging to start ups because its brutal out there but how does someone like that have such a high success rate? Is he taking a super low salary or something?

Wow... that's really tragic. It certainly makes sense though. I was shocked at how many people thought there was something suspicious or that police were lying.

When a couple that old live alone, if one of them goes the other is usually on their own. Makes total sense.

Yea, that absolutely checks out.

Being able to apply your work to something you enjoy is a discipline and motivation multiplier.

That's subjective.

I'll make it objective.

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Everyone, please encourage NYU to expel Barron Trump as the Trump family is terrible.

Here is where he goes to school.

https://apnews.com/article/barron-trump-nyu-stern-business-s...

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Is that doxxing now?

> If they posted his kid's school address, I think they would.

Have I, and the AP just doxxed?

https://apnews.com/article/barron-trump-nyu-stern-business-s...

Do the math on the execution rate. You do _not_ want to be a criminal in Singapore. You especially do not want to be a criminal involved with drugs (which is the highest % offense of prisoners in the US).

> Singapore doesn’t have a homelessness problem because they build as much public housing as possible, sell it to citizens at a massively subsidised rate, and follow up with schemes to rent to people who fall through the system for practically nothing.

How policed are these public housing projects? I wouldn't have a problem living near or even in a place like that if there weren't criminals running around.

The problem I was referencing was the problem of trying to get the general populace to live with antisocial types. I don't think that can be "solved" in the US anytime soon.

> If you want to reduce homelessness, you need to build a large volume of housing. San Francisco is doing the exact opposite and getting the exact opposite results.

Sure. I just don't see that happening in the US without it turning into a dump. I didn't even live in a homeless shelter. I lived in an income restricted place. It was a magnet for criminals and non-criminals are punished for it.

> The US incarcerates 3.5 times more of it's population than Singapore.

And Singapore executes ~3.5 times more of it's population than the US. Singapore is a heavily policed state. They still cane people there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore

There is a _huge_ difference between how crime is handled in the US and how it is handled in Singapore.

> If you have the money to imprison the homeless you could use that very same money to just build more affordable housing and that would give you more in terms of results per dollar spent.

I'm not talking about the homeless. The people I lived next to had homes (that were unfortunately adjacent to mine). They would constantly commit crime and face 0 repercussions for it. I knew of someone in the building that was on their 5th DUI somehow. They were still driving, still causing problems nearly every week.

It could simply be that more people in China and Singapore are afraid to commit crimes. Their prison sentences and punishments are much worse. In 2022, they executed 11 people, the US executed 18. The US has a ~50x larger population.

I'm not even saying the solution is more/harsher policing. I'm saying it is a solution that seemingly works.

> Private "or identifying information" that seems to fit to me...

I don't see how, honestly. That would make for an incredibly loose and meaningless definition. If I post "Donald J. Trump lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500", is that doxxing? Its identifying information.

We could get into semantics but at the end of the day, doxxing shouldn't be something treated lightly. If we start considering too many things as doxxing, nobody will take it seriously.

> What is doxing then?

The dictionary definition is: search for and publish private or identifying information about (a particular individual) on the internet, typically with malicious intent.

A linkedin profile is not private. Ironically, its very public. The entire point of a linkedin profile is to have your professional information public.

My definition of doxxing is more or less the dictionary definition. If you're going really far out of your way to find information on profiles that are otherwise private, with the goal of tearing someone down, that is doxxing. Maybe you could make a case that there is "just" doxxing, like finding the profile of an animal abuser... but in almost all cases, its just people being malicious.

I don't think publishing that a judge's daughter works at XYZ is doxxing. That has been a thing _long_ before the internet. The CEO's daughter is XYZ's wife. The politician's son is on the board of ABC co., etc.

The problem isn't "solved." The problem is you have to deal with it in a way that most/everyone would be OK with and vote for. I don't think we can do that in the US.

We could "solve" the problem like Singapore or China (some of these 'many countries'), and simply throw everyone in jail for petty crimes. In fact, IIRC Singapore is one of the safest places on earth. I'm sure SF (and California, and the country at large) would probably take issue with a sudden step up in policing.

Seeing this;

> Charlie (Colorado) 6455 days ago

Hurts, just a little. Actually, seeing 6000 days have passed since 2007 is making me close HN right now to go do something "productive." :)

> Elon Musk Accused of Doxxing After Reposting Judge John McConnell’s Daughter’s Job on X

For re-posting a post that has a screenshot of a public linkedin profile?

I'm not a fan of trying to ruin lives over petty political disputes but this is hardly "doxxing." Does that word even mean anything anymore? Just the other week people were saying the "DOGE kids" were "doxxed" and it was the same thing. Posting a public linkedin profile.

I'd understand selling if you feel a company will under perform, but to sell because of "governance" is just silly. I would wager there is no company that would truly meet their "governance" standards if they looked into them. META is up over 100% YTD and GOOG has slightly outperformed SP500 YTD.

This is one of the core problems and I don't think people want to admit it "can't be solved."

When I was naive, out on my own after 18 I found a low-income/income-restricted apartment complex and thought I got a steal. It was $1k a month for a 2 bed when everywhere else was closer to $1.5k.

I soon realized I would _never_ live in a low income place if I could help it. Someone was killed in our building. Fights in the parking lot every other day. People leaving trash in the hall ways. People smoking 24/7. Of course, maybe only 25% of the people were "problematic" but that was more than enough to make you feel totally uncomfortable in your own home. The last straw was potheads causing a fire alarm at 3 AM and having to evacuate into the cold night in a panic.

Some people are simply selfish and will not be able to live close to/with others without causing problems. _Most_ people do not want to live next to them.

Very cool. I don't believe in some "grand conspiracy" but the whole thing was very, very weird.

Just throwing my vote in for Stanford. Tbh, on the basis of nothing but what I hear about the two schools. Ultimately you should choose whichever you feel is best. Gathering feedback is a good idea but everyone will have their opinion/bias.

100%.

So far (thankfully) I've noticed this stuff get voted down on social media but it is blowing my mind people think pasting in a ChatGPT response is productive.

I've seen people on reddit say stuff like "I don't know but here's what ChatGPT said." Or worse, presenting ChatGPT copy-paste as their own. Its funny because you can tell, the text reads like an HR person wrote it.

Now I'm curious. What did the duck look like? Was it _just_ an image of a duck or was there text?

This is seriously cool.

I don't really subscribe to any conspiracy theories about the assassination _but_ it always seemed odd that the assassin was assassinated. I think there's more to the story... nothing mythical or extraordinary though.

Growing up I would hear about the new "fastest" computer seemingly every other year.

Wondered where they were now and how they're holding up.

Surprisingly well, IMO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_supercomputing#/med...

Looks like it took ~12 years for the 500th fastest in the world to catch up to the fastest.

Google support is the absolute _worst_.

Maybe because they have a high volume of users or something but it virtually doesn't exist. I would pay $$$ to get any sort of support but that isn't an option either.

To suggest there hasn't been a cultural shift is insane, imo.

I wouldn't argue that both sides have gotten more extreme, rather the political spectrum curve has flattened. There is much less rational discourse in general.

Reddit is a great example. Even 10 years ago you could have mostly rational discussions. Now its no better than Facebook. I saw a post today about people being upset the government is giving OpenAI half a trillion dollars. They didn't even realize it wasn't government money. They didn't want to be corrected.

The straight up "shout out" in the pop-up, I almost couldn't believe my eyes.

I don't think I've seen anything like it in a long time. I also don't think an American company would ever do that as it seems "unprofessional." Ironically, it probably got them huge bonus points so they know what they're doing.

It sounds dumb/cliche but the answer is to simply make good content. Anything else would just be spam and then you're competing with other spammers.

The fact Twitter bought Vine and just shut it down still blows my mind. Sometimes I wonder what things would look like if they kept it alive. At the very least, I don't think Elon could have bought Twitter.