xeromal's comments

On: Where did my taxes go?

[xeromal]

Is the amount proportional to the per capita income of the respective countries?

[icegreentea2 → xeromal]

If you do tax revenue as % of GDP, you get the US falling at about 25%, with the OECD average sitting around 35%.

On: Tell HN: OpenAI silently removed Study Mode from ChatGPT

[xeromal]

Not sure about this one but Gemini's prompt was exposed by Gemini itself

On: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

[xeromal]

One of my favorite pastimes. There's a facebook group I'm in that has a member that ran over some old plastic part of his car that people pay good money for and the amount of chaos it caused in the group was indescribable. I watch the video anytime I need a good laugh

[adolph → xeromal]

Was it the protective packaging of Dodge sports cars that people thought looked cool and thus retained?

https://www.hellcat.org/threads/this-is-what-happens-when-th...

[rlt → adolph]

Hah, I didn't know until just now they weren't part of the design.

On: Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem

[xeromal]

It's his face

[shrinks99 → xeromal]

"Why should I change? He's the one who sucks!"

[SV_BubbleTime → shrinks99]

That no talent ass-clown.

On: Session is shutting down in 90 days

[xeromal]

Is that a problem? Seems like a fair strategy. lol

[astura → xeromal]

Only if you're using other people's money.

[sph → xeromal]

Fair early, fail fast is a cornerstone of startup culture

[recursive → sph]

That's not what Session is doing. They're dragging it out with a plea for donations to cover operating expenses.

[Dylan16807 → recursive]

I don't see the issue.

Keeping the servers online for 90 days is a very good thing.

This final donation run doesn't change the timeline unless it gets a big amount of money, in which case is it supposed to be bad for them to change plans?

[recursive → Dylan16807]

I don't see an issue either. I never really fully bought into moving fast and breaking things.

[Dylan16807 → recursive]

I'll rephrase. I don't see what's "dragging it out" about what they're doing.

On: Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire

[xeromal]

Why would Iran give the US fees?

[grumple → xeromal]

Behind the scenes, they may have already conceded to paying Trump off just like the other gulf states.

[bobomonkey → grumple]

I like Trump, but this could very well be true. He's getting rich off of something.

[damnesian → grumple]

plausible, esp in light of all the things.

On: F-15E jet shot down over Iran

[xeromal]

Almost like a seeking flak shell. I had no idea.

On: Artemis II Launch Day Updates

[xeromal]

Sometimes we need to disconnect from the internet and realize we can't solve all the world's problems. The best thing you can do is solve things in the communities you are in.

The entire world's problems is too much for one human.

On: Artemis II Launch Day Updates

[xeromal]

I don't think I'll ever not get chills when watching a crewed launch. Godspeed!

On: I quit. The clankers won

[xeromal]

How much of software programmer work is interesting? A fraction of a percent? I'd argue most of us including most startups work on things that help make businesses money and that's pretty "boring" work.

[empthought → xeromal]

Of course! If it were interesting, they wouldn't need to pay you. You would pay them!