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Freedom2··on NYC to open municipal grocery store in 2027
I believe it's simple tribal behavior, combined with American blindness to a "free market". They'd rather be correct and put everything in a good / bad bucket instead of experimenting and learning from the experience.
Freedom2··on Introduction to Obsidian
Agreed. I definitely also had a few qualms with the app.
Freedom2··on CEO of largest public hospital says he's ready to replace radiologists with AI
It's an interesting one. From some ex-colleagues, waits in the UK can be up to 5 years for a consultation, not to mention the actual procedure itself. When asked if they would rather use AI for a first initial screening, almost all of those colleagues immediately said yes.
Freedom2··on GitHub is once again down
As do I. Mine is even earlier as well!
Freedom2··on Robert Mueller Has Died
HN commenters were saying those quotes were taken out of context. I have no frame of reference, but is this not true?
Freedom2··on Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters
Many ex-employees have said to me that working for Elon did not enrich them at all, either financially or professionally.
Freedom2··on “Design me a highly resilient database”
There was one person on this site who looked down at candidates (for a normal software development job) who didn't answer his interview question well. And by well, I don't mean being curious and working it out on the fly, I mean that if the candidate didn't know the answer of the top off their head, the HN commenter deemed them uncurious and unsuitable. The question?

"How do mobile phone towers work?"

Freedom2··on Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US
As someone who has worked in three different countries in a variety of positions, Americans conversed in that way in proportions far larger than other countries.

Now this may be due to sampling on my end, but I did find the difference extraordinary when asking the same questions to different people.

Freedom2··on Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US
One thing I've noticed is that Americans typically use the latter while conversing.
Freedom2··on USDA is closing buildings, relocating staff, and downsizing-a lot
Interesting. In my experience, the US still has one of highest food qualities in the world, especially when you take into account it's diversity and variety. Sure, some things get missed here and there, but it's also a lot easier to be safe and consistent if you aren't producing the types of food the US is.
Freedom2··on Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans
For hackers, wouldn't the best part of ourselves be our technical excellence?
Freedom2··on Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job
I wrote an extension that lets me tag users, similar to Reddit Enhancement Suite, and it's interesting seeing the intellectual dishonesty from certain actors, yet because they produce "valuable" discussion the moderators take no action.
Freedom2··on US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters
I'd be cautious about using Claude, given that they're designated as a supply chain risk by the US Government. Why not use the approved and officially certified ChatGPT instead?
Freedom2··on Iran War Cost Tracker
Agreed. Considering this attack is also biblically sanctioned, commenters should keep that in mind else they incur the wrath of God.
Freedom2··on The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran
Agreed. I had an Iranian colleague also reach out who was ecstatic about this news. The hacker in me is curious to see how it all unfolds, as well as to see all the curious discussion that arises on this forum.
Freedom2··on The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran
Luckily that can never happen in America.
Freedom2··on President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems
On the plus side, gas and groceries are reportedly cheaper than ever, with the highest job counts and everyone being beautifully happy!
Freedom2··on Will vibe coding end like the maker movement?
It's especially funny because HN commenters are some of the most likely people to make wild, sweeping claims then once they don't come true, turn back around and say "well no one was actually saying that anyway."
Freedom2··on Why isn't LA repaving streets?
Yet per capita, US vehicle occupants are more likely to be injured in general while on the road than Europeans. Perhaps the driving standards are just far too different.
Freedom2··on Discord cuts ties with identity verification software, Persona
> This administration was collecting lists of people who spoke negatively about ICE from social media like a week ago.

Source for this? This goes against many values of the US, so I'm surprised to see this statement thrown out so nonchalantly.

Freedom2··on Osaka: Kansai Airport proud to have never lost single piece of luggage (2024)
I find that the US is the most likely country to have this attention to detail.
Freedom2··on Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
> As usual, interesting discussion about the nuances of this ruling are happening on X.

@grok is this true

Freedom2··on Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
I've had multiple HNers message me saying that their gas bills and grocery prices have never been lower, and that since day 1 of the new administration prices have dropped. Looking at trends across all states, I wonder how they came to that conclusion at all.
Freedom2··on Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
The difference is that the US system is given by God, as commonly said by many Americans over the decades. And what power is greater than God?
Freedom2··on Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
This is moving the goalposts, but I'll entertain this. What does the time / date of the original document have to do with the fact that it's rarely updated and that there's seemingly a constitutional crisis every week for the last year and a bit? No one is arguing here about the strength of rights or the 'grade' of the constitution.
Freedom2··on IRS lost 40% of IT staff, 80% of tech leaders in 'efficiency' shakeup
Notably that isn't an accurate reference. The Combine officer is not a robot, so no robotic law enforcement happened.
Freedom2··on YouTube Is Down
Interesting. I wonder what LeetCode hard they'll use to investigate and fix this issue.
Freedom2··on Why Affordability and the Vibecession Are Real Economic Problems
Agreed. The DOW is over 50,000, what's not to celebrate about the current economy?
Freedom2··on Gemini 3 Deep Think
I agree completely. I think we're in alignment with Elon Musk who says that AI will bypass coding entirely and create the binary directly.

It's going to be an exciting year.

Freedom2··on OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been
Agreed, especially as we all have and use our Vision Pros daily.
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