bitroughj's comments

On: What happens when US economic data becomes unreliable

[bitroughj]

Thankfully, we can totally trust noneconomic data like the census. No biases, design artifacts or legislative meddling there.

Edit: noneconomic not none comic.

On: Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96

[bitroughj]

Is that the same as doubting the value of much modern social and political philosophy?

On: US issues 30-day sanctions waiver for purchase of Russian oil at sea

[bitroughj]

Hope we got Zelenskyy to fork over the drone interceptors first. What a mess.

On: Willingness to look stupid

[bitroughj]

Been out here lookin stupid since before I wasn’t and yet very few upvotes. Whst does that tell you?

On: Iran tells world to get ready for oil at $200 a barrel

[bitroughj]

That would be a foolish move for Iran, but they seem to be making a lot of foolish moves. Isn’t there a saying about never throwing away the moral high ground? As though they are trying to out-stupid Netanyahu’s man in the whitehouse.

[tartoran → bitroughj]

Kindof stupid to attack them the way we did, no planning, rash, cruel (school children killed) etc. Now we're all going to have to suffer through the consequences regardless of whether the Iranian regime survives or not.

[toldnotmywrath → bitroughj]

I think the reasoning is that if you don't make an adventure like this painful, the US will not think twice about returning again.

[andriy_koval → toldnotmywrath]

Its way more painful for rest of the world except Russia, and not US. They will make little pain on US, and make world and neighbors extremely angry on them.

[bitroughj → toldnotmywrath]

Only someone entirely ignorant of history would embrace that reasoning.

[watwut → toldnotmywrath]

Yeah, I think they concluded that measured responses before just made Trump think escalating is safe.

And like, Trump always escalates if he thinks he can.

On: Why the global elite gave up on spelling and grammar

[bitroughj]

Wong

On: The Death of Coding Is Cancelled

[bitroughj]

The death of medium.com is cancelled.

On: Ask HN: How to be alone?

[bitroughj]

The gym is a great way to be around other people without any expectation or commitment. Malls are good too. Grocery shopping. Working at a coffee shop here and there.

On: Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting

[bitroughj]

Same, but also for the opposite reason: a new account gives me a chance to do better. If I post lame comments, I accept the lameness of the posts attached to a particular user name and the hesitation I feel to post more lame comments decreases. With a fresh identity, I am more likely to avoid lame posting sort of like how you avoid going out in the mud in brand new sneakers. A sort of repentance; being born again in the digital realm.

On: Oracle may slash up to 30k jobs to fund AI data-centers as US banks retreat

[bitroughj]

But Jeevons paradox…