tchalla's comments

On: U.S. Tech Giants Flocked to the Persian Gulf. Now They Are Targets

[tchalla]

But I thought it was all for democracy and freedom.

[rayiner → tchalla]

Who told you that? It wasn’t Trump.

[oa335 → rayiner]

It was Trump.

“All I want is freedom for the people (of Iran)” - Donald Trump

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5760238-trump-freed...

[rayiner → oa335]

Touché.

On: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed

[tchalla]

But silently watching on the sides. The moral lectures will come out with Ukraine though on what other countries should and should not do.

On: New imagery suggests U.S. responsible for Iran school strike

[tchalla]

> The US will have ceded much of the moral high ground they claimed in avenging the slaughter of innocent protesters.

It will be forgotten soon.

[andriy_koval → tchalla]

> It will be forgotten soon.

it won't. Opposing US political side will weaponize this incident in their interests.

[mothballed → tchalla]

I hope you're right, and one day we don't read 20 or 30 years from now the biography of a terrorist, and it starts out with their experience being the sibling of a child injured at one of these schools.

[AlecSchueler → tchalla]

In the US, but not in Iran and elsewhere.

[matusp → AlecSchueler]

Yeah, but that does not influence US politics.

[bathtub365 → matusp]

I’d argue that Iran has a huge influence on US politics, as the US is currently at war with them.

[JeremyNT → bathtub365]

The fate of Iranian civilians does not impact US politics.

A majority of Americans are completely unconcerned by the suffering of victims of the empire abroad.

[mxmilkiib → JeremyNT]

the "concern" of US civilians in general is different from the result of their nations behaviours

On: New evidence that Cantor plagiarized Dedekind?

[tchalla]

> since most HN readers should know who Cantor and Dedekind are.

Show up with your hands here if you didn’t know either Cantor or Dedekind.

[jacquesm → tchalla]

Then you can just skip this submission and nobody will be the wiser.

[tchalla → jacquesm]

There are people who like to read about submissions even if they don’t know who the people involved are.

On: Ask HN: Have top AI research institutions just given up on the idea of safety?

[tchalla]

Are you asking about top AI research institutions or leading AI businesses? There’s tons of work in research communities.

[Goofy_Coyote → tchalla]

Where can I find some of these researches? Any links or pointers are very much appreciated.

Everything I find by searching is marketing BS, or the same half-baked prompt injection protection that only works for cherry picked problems.

Really need some help here finding the right communities.

[tchalla → Goofy_Coyote]

Always look at conferences and associated workshops. You can start with NeurIPs and ICML. From there, you will figure out some papers on safety. Then, you can see some patterns of labs which work on it full time.

On: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

[tchalla]

It won’t but it creates a sense of urgency.

[embedding-shape → tchalla]

Not exactly the best conditions for making good and measured choices, I'd prefer if we didn't add more urgency than what most of us (Europeans) feel already. Everyone already have it on their mind when making purchasing decisions now, no need to also make those people do rash decisions.

[tchalla → embedding-shape]

The reason Europeans feel the urgency is because of rigid minders and failure to act at least 10-15 years ago. So now it’s ok to bite the bullet a bit. It’s a lesson for the next time.

On: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

[tchalla]

> They’re also cutting dependence on Visa/Mastercard because tying your payment rails to a declining, unstable empire is a bad long-term be

Digital euro push is beyond the current US administration if that’s what you are hinting at. The trigger was Big Tech payments (Facebook Libra) and the rise of BTC.

On: OpenAI resets spending expectations, from $1.4T to $600B

[tchalla]

> So even if NEWTON, the legendary ISAAC NEWTON could lose money in bubble and was left holding umbrellas when there was no rain.

The moral of that story is that being a legend or smart doesn’t count for much in investing.

On: IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report

[tchalla]

The article was about IDF, not Hamas.

[dkersten → tchalla]

And the IDF are terrorists.

On: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

[tchalla]

> Concrete examples - in Germany you are not allowed to insult politicians or the government in social media.

Germany restricts insulting individuals / your neighbour, police officer, a pastor or a minister. There’s no special law for politicians. Political criticism is protected under the Basic Law (constitution). Go ahead and be crucial about a politician’s actions but don’t insult their person’s honour or use a slur. That’s not your freedom of speech, that’s the dignity. In fact, you can even insult the government! You can say German government as the government is not a person.

[gpt5 → tchalla]

Free speech in America is specifically about protecting you against the government. Your neighbor is still not allowed to defame you.

[vharuck → gpt5]

>Your neighbor is still not allowed to defame you.

Anyone can defame anyone else on the US. The only time the libel or slander laws apply is when the defamed person can prove real harm in court. Not harm to dignity, but monetary loss, personal loss, or physical injury. These are very high bars to clear.

If people could sue and win just for proving willful or negligent defamation of character, a lot of extremist influencers would be in the poor house.

[chopin → tchalla]

There is a special law for politicians.