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amalgamated_inc··on [dead]
I mean it's in the account name :D
amalgamated_inc··on Why is Tesla FSD afraid of the dark?
Lol that's pretty... silly of Tesla :)
amalgamated_inc··on Ask HN: Does anyone play poker or program a poker bot/engine?
Poker is a huge world and there are tons of books and forums on strategy out there. Look up "tight aggressive," a strategy generally considered good. I believe modern poker is mostly Texas Hold'em No Limit, but I could be mistaken. The exact rule set does matter a bit for strategy. Also look up Game Theory Optimal or GTO.
amalgamated_inc··on Consumption Taxes
Why? You don't get an exemption on income tax for many of these.
amalgamated_inc··on I lost 13 stone – now I know the truth about obesity
This fellow is actually a woman and not British.
amalgamated_inc··on Scientists develop liquid metal robot that can escape cage like T-1000
Can we not recreate the scenarios from dystopian scifi horror movies?! What's wrong with scientists?
amalgamated_inc··on Consumption Taxes
Pretty awesome! Why not tax consumption instead of production? If you tax something, you get less of it, after all.
amalgamated_inc··on The U.S. Plans to Send M1 Abrams Tanks to Ukraine, Officials Say
> This is the first US involved war ofmy lifetime with almost zero public debate over policy and universal support for escalation. Kind of concerning.

> zero public debate

> pundits

amalgamated_inc··on The Tech-Layoff ‘Contagion’
Gotta say this "CONTAGION!" narrative is hilarious, because clearly there's a "Layoff contagion!" contagion in the corporate press.
amalgamated_inc··on Ask HN: Would you buy a subscription to get new iPhone power cable every month?
What? No. Why would someone do this?
amalgamated_inc··on Karl Jaspers: the forgotten father of existentialism
fwiw I consider myself somewhat of an existentialist and I've never heard of him. Then again, I didn't manage reading Sisyphus, too boring and.. french.
amalgamated_inc··on A trip down the most mysterious road in California, Zzyzx Road
Oh interesting, I've driven past the exit many times and always chuckled. But never turned off the highway.
amalgamated_inc··on Ask HN: Is PayPal an open scam at this point?
Can confirm PP is total garbage. Can not get in touch with anyone. My "horror story" is the opposite of yours.

I make a transaction. Item arrives. Money presumably arrives for vendor. Everybody is happy.

Then, out of nowhere, PayPal opens a complaint on my behalf. The vendor is confused, why did I complain? I didn't, but there's no way to enter that into the automated complaint form. I could not reach a real person, and in the end the vendor got a ding and I got money back that I didn't want for a product I had received successfully and that I was happy with. No way to cancel this kafkaesque nonsense in any way.

I never used PayPal again.

amalgamated_inc··on I lost 13 stone – now I know the truth about obesity
13 stone appears to be 182lbs or 82kg - quite the accomplishment
amalgamated_inc··on Tech companies using demonyms (“Googler”, “Zoopligan”) in layoff announcements
"Hooligan?"
amalgamated_inc··on Anti-ageing gene injections could rewind your heart age by 10 years
This is literally how Resident Evil starts.
amalgamated_inc··on For Tech Companies, Years of Easy Money Yield to Hard Times
Hard times lead to good founders

Good founders lead to easy money

Easy money leads to bad founders

Bad founders lead to hard times

amalgamated_inc··on Tell HN: Paul’s law”: the computer you really want is $5k
I'm not really into gaming much, sometimes retro stuff. So I haven't used a dedicated graphics card in a decade or longer.
amalgamated_inc··on How working unpaid hours became part of the job
I don't know if I've ever done overtime except 2-3 specific days I remember very vividly, where we stayed a few hours longer because something was broken in prod.
amalgamated_inc··on Tell HN: Paul’s law”: the computer you really want is $5k
I dunno. What I want exactly isn't available (X1 Carbon w/ AMD Ryzen) but the closest things for sale are all <$2,000. A fully equipped T14s with the biggest Ryzen is $1,200 or so.
amalgamated_inc··on How I Lost 76 Pounds at Age 59 and Changed My Life
Meat is food :)
amalgamated_inc··on How I Lost 76 Pounds at Age 59 and Changed My Life
Phenomenal! Keep us updated!
amalgamated_inc··on [dead]
90% gang related tho. Not what we think when people say "mass shooting."
amalgamated_inc··on The Fiscal Arsonists
Well, seems to me this is the only leverage they have. So they're using it.

This "why don't we have reasonable and sensible and productive discussion and laws instead" argument is hilarious - because we don't have reasonable and sensible and productive discussion and laws in this country. So we're using the only tools we have.

amalgamated_inc··on How much it will cost you to go green
I looked on the Home Depot website and the cheapest (R13) mineral/rock wool insulation is about $47 for the standard size, which seems to be 15x47in. (I suppose 15in is close to the mentioned 27cm.) The calculator there suggests I can get about 30ft by 10ft for $650. I suppose that could insulate a single small room, but an entire building's roof? And yea this is w/o any labor and tool cost.
amalgamated_inc··on When Students Change Gender Identity, and Parents Don’t Know
What's ROGD?
amalgamated_inc··on When “Only Online Chat” Customer Service Goes Wrong – Frontier Airlines
> Customer: Will my medical condition be ok on the plane?

> Support: What is your medical condition?

> Customer: I don't see how that is relevant

...

It's downhill from there.

amalgamated_inc··on The Fiscal Arsonists
So what do you suggest, printing more and more forever, solving the problem once and for all? Troll.
amalgamated_inc··on If You Are Fat, You Are Likely Going to Stay Fat
I'll agree that there are certainly different types of diets that we'd have to examine more closely. But what this does seem to tell us that there is basically no diet that really works for most people most of the time.
amalgamated_inc··on If You Are Fat, You Are Likely Going to Stay Fat
> The availability of cheap, refined, adulterated processed foods has got to be a potential starting point

Then why doesn't the Paleo diet help a vast number of people lose weight? (It does help with some other problems, but does not seem to be a panacea for fat loss, if it helps at all.)

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