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quietmonkey··on How we learned to stop worrying and love campus surveillance
There is not an unlimited supply of unpatriotic people, no.
quietmonkey··on US troops are reportedly being targeted using location data, Pentagon says
Nietzsche: "the worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself"
quietmonkey··on Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time
Why do you assume it’s political? Child pornography is, at least ostensibly, not a partisan issue.
quietmonkey··on Is just a tough market or am I unhireable now?
Why would a company that is filtering resumes based on whether there’s a gap be worthy of trust?
quietmonkey··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Perhaps a good starting point would be whatever the complete opposite of this is: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/nyregion/cuomo-blau-donor...
quietmonkey··on Deepfake porn is destroying real lives in South Korea
What would that look like? It's hard to imagine putting the genie back in the bottle with any technology, let alone the personal computer which has been in circulation for decades.
quietmonkey··on Life expectancy in America has declined for two years in a row
Even if you are drug-free now, you could have a procedure in couple years and become addicted to opioids during recovery. Many people who are suffering from the opioid epidemic were prescribed these drugs.
quietmonkey··on In Bay Area, six-figure salaries are “low income”
Isn't Disney pretty much the same thing as SeaWorld these days?
quietmonkey··on A Silicon Valley Train Gets Stuck
The Bay Area would have its money better spent on electric buses anyway. Has anyone breathed while walking down the road in SF?
quietmonkey··on 'Very, very pink' tap water in Alberta town
Or just... education?
quietmonkey··on Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about single-payer healthcare
Yeah, that's pretty much what taxes are for. Funding the government which is what keeps us in line and keeps us from acting like the apes that we are. Part of not being apes is supporting people who won the life-disaster-lottery (which, if you think about it, could be you in 1 year).