Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | code_for_monkey's commentslogin

on one hand its off topic, on the other hand does it do any of us any favors to close our eyes to this? Lots of tech is ultimately involved in this and when people here talk about 'acing that palantir interview' it should be known that they are, directly or indirectly, involved in this.


I'm not opposed to these stories surfacing in the zeitgeist, I think that's important. You're right though, we try to compartmentalize tech from all this crap when it has become intimately linked.


I mean, its because for the last 80 years America has been the belligerent aggressive party in every conflict. Are you going to bat for Iraq? Vietnam? Korea?


In every conflict ? Or just in a lot of them


Korea?!


>>last 80 years

Good job in picking your sample size.


Noam Chomsky is 96 years old, so 80 years ago he was 16. I don't think choosing a time span which is his adult life is unreasonable.


yeah I purposely picked a sample size to include the modern order established after ww2 because its largely so different than what came before it and includes basically all of chomsky's lifespan.


I'm not sure you can put 9/11 in that category, even if you do choose that time period.


Think about this for a second, when was Noam Chomsky born, and and what age can you start having substantiated opinions?


the culture on this site is a combination of reddit tech bro and linkedIn ceo-poster. Everyone here thinks they are the next great founder. You will toe the line of capital expansion over all or get downvoted.


I remember being downvoted for pointing out Musk's narcissism years ago when he was a saint on this site. The HN hive mind has it's own panoply of topics that are taboo to the tribe. On the plus side, I have noticed fewer unfair downvotes in the past few years. I rarely have to vouch for someone who makes a reasoned statement that offends the local snowflakes.


I get downvoted every time I point out that generative AI is at this point mostly a bad faith tech used by scammers and over confident CEO's desperate to lay people off.


This is true! I would also like a study that separates the danger of smoking, any substance burned and inhaled is dangerous, but is it more or less dangerous than the actual thc?


Isnt it possible that people smoking weed were treating conditions like anxiety or depression and are more likely to commit suicide in the first place? Weed has had a real deficit of actual study and although some people can get a dependency on it I have a hard time qualifying those people as addicts when stopping weed is so much less dangerous and difficult than other substances. Its a complicated topic that requires quite a lot of care when you talk about it, because labelling someone as an addict is a tall order and also weed has been a moral panic for so long.


Oh that’s absolutely part of it.


Is it not a bit disingenuous to imply that cannabis causes the suicidality if it is actually the cessation of (self-)treatment that causes it?


I don't know brother. I'm not making that claim. I'm repeating it.


That’s generally how misinformation propagates. Hearsay.


Yeah except it's not hearsay so much as repeating a credible source.


shame were doing a large push to return to the office anyways


there's a good reason for that, fortunately or unfortunately. the numbers don't lie


Now if only someone could produce those numbers...


They don’t lie whether they’re there or not.


which numbers? the property values for big office buildings?


A connection which hasn’t been proven to be meaningfully contributing to RTO.


which makes it worse right?

My take on RTO is that its a soft layoff. You can get rid of a ton of people, reduce headcount, next quarters numbers look good. The other reason? Managers just like the office. Its a spot of manager power, they like that.


what is the good reason, can you tell me


finally, someone who took a humanities class!


There are dozens of us. Dozens!


hacker news: a collection of the smartest tech minds on the internet, but only for code!


I guess if you look at pay as solely a result of 'work done' you'd come to this conclusion, and it should work this way, but really its got more to do with the relationship between employer and employee. A person in prison has a very different legal status than someone who doesnt and they do tend to get paid less.


and hear i am browsing hacknews at work on monday morning, wishing I was still asleep. Really gives you perspective, I hope you get out safe and sound and soon and things work out for you.


so is this going to be the next big thing, like the metaverse? Werent we all supposed to be paying virtual rent?


Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: