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chillwaveson The Military-Industrial Stock Buyback Complex

boots on the ground in the US would be met with extremely fierce resistance.

chillwaveson Another Round of Layoffs at Meta

These replies are lazy. HN becoming reddit so you guys can feel smart or something.

chillwaveson Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illness in teen girls

Are you just trying to fuck up my youtube account or what?

Make your point without the nonsense.

chillwaveson Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illness in teen girls

Since when did HN become a place for comments like this?

chillwaveson Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illness in teen girls

I have built my whole identity on not caring what people think of me, and of me not asking for anything from anyone.

It's lonely.

chillwaveson Crypto’s collapse may have done the economy a favor

Everyone who buys a ticket believes they have a chance of winning, though in reality they do not.

What I mean is to say, it is a more honest/accurate statement that "you have zero chance of winning when you buy a lottery ticket" is more true than claiming they have a chance, (even if it is literally true) due to how our mind biases work.

chillwaveson Being OK with not being extraordinary (2021)

What's the relevance here? Or are you just being rude?

chillwaveson Being OK with not being extraordinary (2021)

Participation trophies are not addressed in your link.

chillwaveson How long would society last during a total grid collapse?

> I assume them doing this now is Russia paving the way for a more traditional operation to begin when the ground freezes.

With what army? Most estimates state they have lost well over half of their combat power. Russia is not doing anything but slowly (or sometimes quickly) retreating.

chillwaveson How long would society last during a total grid collapse?

No one is arguing "should".

chillwaveson How long would society last during a total grid collapse?

> And would rather we dedicate our resources to bettering our own clearly failing country.

The vast majority of our support is in the form of weapons, and the vast majority of those weapons come from existing inventory.

Even the new spending is just money cycling back to US weapons manufacturers.

What good would weapons do to solve our domestic issues?

chillwaveson Decades of air pollution undermine the immune system

This isn't how we talk on HN.

chillwaveson Decades of air pollution undermine the immune system

Because the poor have no resources to tax -- it makes no sense to tax them.

And it doesn't mean the rich will be paying a fair share, just that they will be paying more than the poor.

chillwaveson ‘Dark ships’ emerge from the shadows of the Nord Stream mystery

How does the US benefit?

Russia had already shut down the pipeline and proven to be unreliable partner, and facing heavy sanctions.

It's not like the US needed the pipeline destroyed in order to be in the position to supply LNG to Europe.

chillwaveson Barilla passive cooker

You can end up superheating the water that way and scalding yourself. I also prefer to control the temperature of my water which you cannot do in a microwave.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boil-on-troubled-waters/

chillwaveson Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week

You had to make up a scenario to justify your position.

Instead of doing that, discuss the scenario at hand.

There is no mention that people are being informed up front that they will be fired in 6 months, so your reply is not helpful.

chillwaveson Up to 30% of online reviews are fake and consumers can't tell the difference

It definitely still happens because I received a follow up in the mail after a purchase on amazon, more than once, in just the past few weeks offering a gift card for a good review.

I would argue that paying for reviews is inherently dishonest. So is giving away items for free for reviews.

chillwaveson Twitter layoffs gutted election information teams days before midterms

The world is a different place than it was in 2012. Imo, around 2010/2012 is when social media disinfo in politics really started taking off in an organized/concerted way from the big players.

chillwaveson Intel plans to rival TSMC and Samsung as a chip supplier

Ignores the fact the island itself acts a buffer to China's SE expansion/projection of power.

There is a lot of strategic value to the island, even without the chips.

chillwaveson Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed everything

This isn't a very good rebuttal.

Most of the metrics mentioned are essentially unknowable or even subjective.

The overall point was that there are a lot of problems but we are not fundamentally changing the structure of society to address them.

chillwaveson The most dangerous road for cyclists in America

Based on what? I have never heard of this rule "Bigger = safer".

Nothing "inevitable" about accidents.

chillwaveson Don't ignore the janitor

It's disheartening how antisocial well paid coders seem to be. I mean that in the most literal way.

chillwaveson Don't ignore the janitor

It's like 10 seconds of your time.

chillwaveson Every U.S. Crypto Exchange (and Binance) Is Being Investigated by the SEC

Is that a meaningful difference?

chillwaveson Only 6.8% of adults have optimal cardiometabolic health

Ask your doctor.

chillwaveson Workers quitting over return-to-office policies

I don't feel like your arguments support your assertion. There are multiple ways to run a company/do business/ship products.

chillwaveson I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was called

Or no public schools. What's even the point? The whole k-12 curriculum needs a revamp. Can they at least compress it to k-9 and leave the rest of those years for actual preparation for adulthood?

chillwaveson The awake ape: Why people sleep less than their primate relatives

No one I work with uses this in the office. I am the only one and they complain that my screen "hurts their eyes" because of its orange hue.

I would not be so quick to dismiss the effects of staring into light bulbs for 8-12 hours a day.

chillwaveson Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years

Try using a custom ringtone that you do not purchase through the Apple store.