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obpe··on [dead]
I assumed it was propaganda designed to remind American's of their settler heritage thus legitimizing the process.
obpe··on Is This the End of Political Islam?
It should be the end of Zionism.
obpe··on Remote work is bad for you
It seems the entire premise is that Social Media is what is actually bad for us but going to office would help people be more tolerant... I don't think so. The vast majority of people do not work from home remotely. And the intolerance in our society was well established before remote work was common during the pandemic.

I personally really dislike when someone proclaims how society should be from the own personal anecdote.

obpe··on Ask HN: Do people lie about why they hate AI writing on social media?
If AI writing was good enough then they wouldn't be able to tell. Also, some people lying on social media won't change any minds about whether they will be fired.
obpe··on California Weighs Crackdown on Social Media for Kids Under 16
I believe it is largely Meta pushing this so they can more accurately track people over 16.
obpe··on Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk's Grokipedia as source, tests reveal
Just another reason to never use AI.
obpe··on Everything is amazing and nobody's happy
I think the real problem is rich people thinking that their lives are "amazing" and can not understand, because their livelihood depends on it, why some one could possibly have a different opinion about their own life. What do you mean you can't afford rent, planes have Wifi now! You haven't got a meaningful raise in 5 years, but ChatGPT 5 was released, it's a step improvement in functionality! Not a single thing that is amazing impacts me nor has improved my life. But I guess rich people flying around can stream Netflix, we truly are living in a Utopia.
obpe··on Less than two years after stopping obesity drugs, weight, health issues return
This is true for every obesity intervention.
obpe··on A simple neck scan could detect men at high risk of heart failure
Because high blood pressure can have many transient causes: caffeine, exercise, stress, dehydration, even high salt intake. Further, other diseases can also cause high blood pressure, such as diabetes, and Hypertension (high blood pressure) is also it's own disease.
obpe··on Altered brain tissue microstructure in long Covid&recovered Covid-19 individuals
That's because the number is 0 (zero).
obpe··on Ask HN: Meta blocks our legit business while scammers use our name freely
I am truly sorry for the situation you find yourself in.

Meta makes far more money from scammers than they will from you so it's in their best interest.

obpe··on House Republicans want to dox Wikipedia editors over 'bias' complaints
Every assertion I checked from that article is false. So there is no evidence Wikipedia has a bias.
obpe··on Review: Reentry, by Eric Berger
I stopped reading after the umpteenth paragraph not mentioning the book.
obpe··on Why Is Fertility Collapsing, Globally?
I don't think that is the case. According to pre-election polling more than 50% of voters said the economy was their biggest concern and only 25% said immigration. And the Democrats were largely touting the status quo which cleary people do not want.
obpe··on Share of people saying they do not want homosexual neighbors
I think they're referring to the Soviet Union under Stalin, a dictatorship, which was very much opposed to homosexuality.
obpe··on The Worst Argument Against Ozempic
The poorer you are the more likely you are to be obese.
obpe··on Some reflections after being cancelled / banned by YouTube
I just don't understand this victim complex these people have. Alex Jones still did his show after he was deplatformed, so what do they really want? This is just a big whiny, "I don't like the consequences to my speech"
obpe··on The Worst Argument Against Ozempic
The reason it's a problem is the cost. Diet and exercise are free.
obpe··on Back from the dead: could AI end grief?
"What if we did psychic mediums but on a computer?"

This simply preys upon a lonely and vulnerable population which needs to process their grief not dwell in it.

obpe··on Poll: Is quantity or quality of calories more important
My vibes based opinion is Alice's group will have less cancer but more heart disease and Bob's will be the opposite.
obpe··on Ask HN: Where to incorporate with free speech protection?
I think China would fit this description the best. It seems like they DGAF about what you say as long as you don't criticize the leader and government or create "social unrest" which practically means telling other people to criticize the leader or government.
obpe··on Ask HN: Where to incorporate with free speech protection?
I think every country has some forms of censorship. In many countries it is illegal to speak negatively or make jokes at the expense of the Crown or government. In many countries it is illegal to speak against the state religion. In the EU it is now illegal to NOT moderate your platform in the way the government demands. The US probably has the highest legal protection for free speech but companies in the US are far more likely to bend to public opinion.

Pick your poison.

obpe··on Ask HN: Why do we need "Passkeys"
The key isn't fetched and never leaves the enclave. The enclave does the crypto functions.

Passkeys are meant to replace passwords for the average user. And they definitely succeed at that.

obpe··on Ask HN: Recommendations for Unbiased News Outlets?
I would suggest the Associated Press https://apnews.com/

I think they try to focus on the facts but sometimes the facts have a liberal bias.

obpe··on Ask HN: Have you ever heard of a CA revoking a certificate?
Of course CAs revoke certs all the time. Are you implying the CA was politically motivated because of the site?
obpe··on Ask HN: What's the best way to have a business anonymously?
It would really depend on where you are trying to incorporate. My understanding is this is possible but you will need to pay a lawyer to do all the legal work for you and sign their name on the documents. I doubt this would interfere with most governments finding out who you are unless you are using multiple companies registered in different countries.
obpe··on Ask HN: 1Password is backing out of the lifetime license I bought. Can I sue?
I had a similar situation once but it turned out I didn't read the fine print because even though I had a "lifetime" membership, the company could revoke it at any time for any reason.

One of those life lessons you can really only learn the hard way.

obpe··on Ask HN: Hard to Measure Design Decisions?
If the goal of a project was to, "use a type safe language" then it can only be successful if you use a type safe language.

If the goal of a project is to, "create a crud app for your 5 coworkers" then it really doesn't matter whether you use SQL or not.

If the goal of a project is to, "server 100 billion requests per second" then maybe you should consider microservices in a monorepo (those things are not mutually exclusive).

Success, or not, only matters in the context in which you have defined success.

obpe··on Htmx Is the Future
I see, I have never implemented those types of validations. We do religiously deploy the same validation on client and server to explicitly avoid the mismatch of client/server validation. Having the client submit "valid" input only to have server reject it is something we have run into. Having only client side validation is something I have never run into.

Also, in my opinion things like you suggest you shouldn't do. A password strength metre is only going to give attackers hints at the passwords you have in your system. And I have not see a caps lock on warning in forever. The only password validation we do is the length which is pretty easy to validate on client and server.

obpe··on Htmx Is the Future
I have never heard this before. Can you elaborate on the differences? What do you validate on the client side that you don't on the server and vice versa?
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