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an_guy··on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
1. Nuke doesn't guarantee anything in current situation. Russia might blow up the nuke moment it arrives in Ukr.

2. US France UK has made it very clear that they can occupy and establish military bases in non nuclear countries without repercussions, especially in Middle East and Africa.

3. Memorandum was signed by multiple nuclear countries and none of thier troops are deployed in Ukraine. Besides US was the largest supplier of weapons in Ukraine.

US is hardly affected by Ukr situation. For them to get involved, there should be something at stake. If they owned something in Ukr, they would have reason to defend it with US troops. Russia won't escalate by attacking US troops or resources.

an_guy··on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
Exactly why monetary donation from EU is useless in battle field. Ukr could buy weapons with that money, sure but what if no one is selling?

Without US, EU cannot fulfill Ukrainian needs with their current arsenal.

an_guy··on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
Why would US get involved now when they have nothing to gain and possibly escalate the situation to WW3?

If US owned resources in Ukraine, they have very good reason to deploy troops over there. Russia won't escalate the situation by attacking american resources and troop. This should slow down the war to a good extent combined with the cease fire agreements.

an_guy··on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
> This is a huge geopolitical opportunity to diminish or even destroy an enemy with low risk to the US itself.

They had this "huge opportunity" for last 4 years.

an_guy··on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
The reality is there can't be guarantees only temporary peace. If the deal fails, Russia won't attack mineral deposits owned by US. US would probably send troops to "protect" US resources.
an_guy··on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
Third, if US owns the resources and Russia tries to seize it, US would have legit reason to send their troops to Ukraine.
an_guy··on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
War is fought with weapons. If EU cannot provide weapons, Ukraine won't be able to fight the war.
an_guy··on Christoph Hellwig steps down from one of his kernel roles following Rust drama
> Ask yourself: how many problems has rust caused you in the last year?

Isn't rust flag disabled by default? How would one know if there are any problems if most people don't use it?

Besides Hellwig's concerns were legit. When rust becomes a part of kernel either maintainer would have to learn Rust or depend on rust Developers for any breaking changes in C api, assuming there would be someone interested in maintaining rust part of things.

an_guy··on US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink services over minerals, say sources
Germany has 16 states

France has 27 states

Poland has 16 states

Bulgaria has 28 states

Italy has 20 states

so on... Shall we start counting state wise?

an_guy··on US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink services over minerals, say sources
EU funds are contributed by more than 27 countries, none of whose individual contribution comes close to what US has contributed.

According to official gov website of EU and US

* EU has allocated $145b + $50b[1]

* US has allocated $174b [2]

$500b is too much but considering how Ukraine has been losing valuable resources to Russia, it's only fair to ask for some security. According to your article, this was the "Victory Plan" all along and Zelensky agreed to it.

[1] https://www.ukraineoversight.gov/Funding/

[2] https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/united-states-america...

an_guy··on Linus on Rust and the Kernel DMA Layer
> Linus is saying: If you're not doing it, then you don't get to have opinions.

But eventually he would have to, if those rust interfaces becomes part of kernel. The entire drama is about DMA guys not wanting to deal with this in future.

an_guy··on Docker limits unauthenticated pulls to 10/HR/IP from Docker Hub, from March 1
They don't charge you for hosting, uploading or downloading images.

Without dockerhub you would have to host your own repository, which would cost money.

an_guy··on Docker limits unauthenticated pulls to 10/HR/IP from Docker Hub, from March 1
They are limiting your downloads from dockerhub, which is not funded or hosted by volunteers.
an_guy··on The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking [pdf]
Written communication depends on correct spelling and grammar to a certain extent. Grammarly can only help you so much.
an_guy··on The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking [pdf]
> One of the most compelling LLM use cases is individualized learning or tutoring, and LLM's can support a much deeper dive into arcane scientific or cutting-edge topics

When you deep dive with llm, everything needs to be verified. LLM could hallucinate or provide incorrect information and you won't even know unless you look it up. Last thing a learner needs is incorrect information presented as facts while learning.

an_guy··on Cybertrucks Are Deadlier Than Infamous Ford Pintos
All of them are accidents caused by user and one of them is a suicide attempt.

How is tesla or any car manufacturer responsible for any of this?

an_guy··on Teen on Musk's DOGE team graduated from 'The Com'
Do they really have write access though?

So far the only evidence of that is a wired article [1] with anonymous sources, even those source were not 100% sure about it.

Since then wired has posted another article [2] claiming the access have been revoked after announcements from senior officials, which again is from anonymous sources.

I'm really skeptical of these anonymous sources tbh.

[1] https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-associate-bfs-federal-...

[2] https://www.wired.com/story/treasury-department-doge-marko-e...

an_guy··on Teen on Musk's DOGE team graduated from 'The Com'
Are you saying, a potus appointed commission for auditing government system is worse than a chinese backdoor in treasury department, who's level of access was unknown?
an_guy··on Teen on Musk's DOGE team graduated from 'The Com'
> might...

So you haven't found any insights regarding this?

an_guy··on Payments crisis of 2025: Not “read only” access anymore
I agree with that and write access is concerning but there is no evidence or information about doge employees modifying cobol code.

From the article, the closest thing they have to an evidence is a search query. Rest of it is pure speculation since none of the people who reached out to author has any kind of visibility into what is going on.

an_guy··on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
Burden of proof lies on GP for his claims

> looking at this user's profile shows 0 comments on tech stuff

As opposed to yours, which is even more politically charged with clear bias and scarce technical posts? You must be an ideal HN user with "no bias" and "high reasoning" I assume...

an_guy··on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
You are the one who made the claim. Burden of proof lies on you. Provide evidence for their "lack of brilliance".
an_guy··on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
Wheres the evidence of them not being brilliant? Just because they have fewer github projects, they are not talented?

Also please point to the last federal employee in IT sector who were highlighted for their "Talent and Brilliance".

an_guy··on Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency
I do have to agree punishing elected representative for voting is a slippery slope.

But in this case, it didn't really change anything.

an_guy··on Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency
It was prohibited to create such policies since 2019[1]. They've increased punishment for offenders. You might want to read on what exactly changed[2]

Besides Tennessee law prohibits creation of "sanctuary city" way before Trump came into power.

[1] https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillN...

[2] https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillN...

an_guy··on Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency
Can you provide source for your claim?
an_guy··on Amazon removed statements advocating for LGBTQ rights and racial equity
"Leaders" of industry no longer have to adhere to arbitrary racial/gender compliance just because someone decided there needs to be "x" number of "y" people working there.

I would question morality of person supporting such policies.

an_guy··on Russia's Hidden War Debt
Israel is taking over Palestine and nearby countries with support from US and EU. They are using hostages as an excuse[1]. So let's not go there.

Ukraine proposed to join NATO and EU about a year before war. Both of which could bring significant money to Ukr.

> extremely typical Russia talking points like... You want corruption? Putin's wealth...

Once again, Ukraine is in debt of EU/US, NOT Russia or Putin. Corruption in Ukraine matters cause it's international debt.

Top level Ukr officials are making billions, purchasing properties in EU and going on vacation while thier soldiers are running out of supplies. And who/how do you think this debt would be paid back? Who is profiting from this war?

[1]https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/ben-gvir-outrage-blocked-h...

an_guy··on Russia's Hidden War Debt
That sounds more like mild annoyance than actual criticism. It seems, from your description, that Mr. Bob was a friend of Biden family.

Also We are talking about Biden who introduced Zelensky as __President Putin__ in an event organized for Zelensky. I refuse to believe Mr. Biden was able to commandeer or come with any of the plans Mr. Bob described.

an_guy··on Russia's Hidden War Debt
At this point, it is a proxy war. Ukraine is running on US/EU loans and weapons. Even their targets decided by Washington.

Corruption cases among top ranks of Ukr government isn't helping either.

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