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Hey. Two things. 1) I re-read that thread and realized that person was talking about ship traffic. Of course the analogy isn't great because of course yea that
by ericmay 5mo ago
Hey. Two things.
1) I re-read that thread and realized that person was talking about ship traffic. Of course the analogy isn't great because of course yea that "road" is closed but roads are generally open. I thought they were talking about actual car traffic as a comment about gas prices.
2) Friendly advice but HN tends to skew one direction politically at least when it comes to this Iran war, but you are going to in fact find folks such as myself who disagree with you and others and voice good arguments in those disagreements. I'm an actual person, and I can tell you that for a fact and Dang will also tell you that because he's in the past emailed me directly and warned me about engaging in flame wars on the site, which I am earnestly trying to do while engaging in debate and discussion. I enjoy debating and discussing these topics, and using an LLM wouldn't serve any purpose for me. The fun is in the debate, and so if an LLM was doing that for me, I'd just not engage.
Really, trying to be friendly here but it's probably not great if you just suspect people who disagree with you to be bots. I was incredibly confused when you (I think?) called me an LLM, hence the "Are you an LLM?" question/statement.
- ceejayoz 5mo ago> I re-read that thread and realized that person was talking about ship traffic. That person was you. You made the car analogy. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195588 The Hormuz context was further clarified for you, and I got a suggestion to… watch Ohio highway webcams. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196113 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196113 Twice! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196301 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196301 I don’t make LLM assertions frequently or lightly.
- ericmay 5mo agoThe confusion came from what we were talking about. I was comparing the ineffectiveness of the toll to me just saying hey car pay me to drive down my street. You interpreted that in a different way to compare the shipping traffic. Fair enough, I didn't catch that which is why my comments probably seem so weird - I thought what was being pointed out was the impact of the Strait being closed as in nobody can afford gas, there aren't any cars on the road! The reason the car analogy is bad in the way that you used it is because when you use it, you have to look at the entire map and you just see like yea some lane is blocked. An important one sure, but it's just one piece of the overall flow of traffic. You're saying hey look at how bad it is that this one lane is closed, and I'm looking at the broader picture there.
- ceejayoz 5mo ago> The reason the car analogy is bad Again: your analogy.
- ericmay 5mo agoNope. I was talking about the toll concept, not cars. > I don’t make LLM assertions frequently or lightly. You shouldn't make them at all. Not only are you wrong in this case but it's against the site rules and doesn't add value to a conversation.
- ceejayoz 5mo agoAgain: I said “I'm referring to the fucking Strait of Hormuz” and you helpfully linked me to Ohio’s traffic cams in response. The alternative explanation is you can’t be bothered to read what you’re replying to, no matter how short and clear.
- ericmay 5mo agoI've already explained myself and have tried to do so charitably. It's up to you to choose how to act. If you want to keep comparing ships in the Strait of Hormuz to cars, I'll just say again that it's a bad comparison that you're making because all it really means is there's a roadblock in one spot but traffic flows great everywhere else.