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xqcgrek2··on Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-year sentence
There needs to be democratic checks and balances against such a judiciary. Impeachment of undemocratic judges needs to be on the table.
xqcgrek2··on ICE Revoking Students' Immigration Statuses Without Their or the Uni's Knowledge
Being a student should not make one immune from deportation.
xqcgrek2··on The average college student today
Of course he can't fail them.

More reason why college degrees are worthless signals.

xqcgrek2··on Poland to Surpass Japan in GDP per Capita
GDP PPP, not nominal
xqcgrek2··on When the physicists need burner phones, that's when you know America's changed
This is a thinly sourced opinion piece selling FUD.
xqcgrek2··on US investigates Stanford, UC schools over affirmative action
About two decades overdue.
xqcgrek2··on Boston Dynamics robot can Walk, Run, Crawl [video]
Only a matter of time before the age of robots is upon us and every home has one
xqcgrek2··on 'Sesame Street' faces uncertain future amid funding cuts and layoffs
There's little reason in 2025 the government should be supporting Sesame Street
xqcgrek2··on Denny's Debuts New Nvidia Breakfast Bytes
Are we a bubble yet?
xqcgrek2··on French researcher denied entry for a personal opinion on Trump administration
Can we see the messages the person allegedly had that allegedly had them denied entry?

No? Oh okay.

xqcgrek2··on Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia
I don't understand why they are even trying to bail out Columbia. Cut off its funds and let the university either fund itself via its endowment or die.
xqcgrek2··on Mark Rober's Tesla video was more than a little weird
For a guy who has made misleading or fake videos in the past (e.g. the glitter bomb stuff), is it really surprising he would do the same again?
xqcgrek2··on Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This JWS Telescope discovery
This result is a big deal, and actually seems under-hyped. None of the explanations make any sense.
xqcgrek2··on UMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over Trump funding chaos
Graduate students are one degree away from slave labor.
xqcgrek2··on Ask HN: How Concerned Are You
AGI is already basically here. In a couple of years superintelligence will be here and hopefully benevolent.
xqcgrek2··on The Press Falls to Another Record Low in Public Trust
He also was a regular MSNBC contributor, what is your point?
xqcgrek2··on European leaders show support for Zelenskiy after Trump clash
Good, they can financially and militarily support Ukraine instead.
xqcgrek2··on iMac G4(K)
This computer is older than my graduate student...
xqcgrek2··on Mao offered Kissinger 10M Chinese women (2008)
The US should have taken the offer.
xqcgrek2··on The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings
Federal employees vote 90%+ democrat

These firing are an inevitable consequence of this skewness.

xqcgrek2··on 'Everybody is looking at their phones,' says man freed after 30 years in prison
Billionares are the opposite of parasites (they're the host for parasites)
xqcgrek2··on It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
The US should stop subsidizing the EU. It's clear Europe has nothing to offer the US, economically or geopolitically.
xqcgrek2··on Ask HN: Will AI make high IQ people less arrogant?
Midwits are arrogant, highly intelligent people less so
xqcgrek2··on Grok3 Launch [video]
Looks impressive. OpenAI and Sam Altman might be cooked if its as capable as advertised.
xqcgrek2··on Reddit CEO says paywalls are coming soon
Imagine, as a user, paying to be astroturfed
xqcgrek2··on Dust from car brakes more harmful than exhaust, study finds
While I'm sure brake dust is harmful, this study was done on cells in a lab (not even mice).
xqcgrek2··on What situations in classical physics are non-deterministic?
Newtonian theory has no assumptions or requirements for perfect spheres.
xqcgrek2··on What situations in classical physics are non-deterministic?
Norton's Dome is only non-deterministic because it assumes perfect spheres exist.

One does not need to go to atomic theory for this assumption to be wrong in reality.

xqcgrek2··on National Institutes of Health cuts support to universities
It is not made up, it is what private foundations allow for grantees overhead.
xqcgrek2··on National Institutes of Health cuts support to universities
People doing research funded by grants, rather than having 50% of their grant leeched off by a bloated administrative complex coasting on pedigree.
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