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by zfg 2y ago
Save America: don't buy Tesla.
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by zfg 2y ago
It makes them more corruptible. They will perform corrupt acts while believing it the right thing to do. They're too naive to know better. They won't do graft. They will follow orders. Even and especially when the orders are corru
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by zfg 2y ago
> I call it frog-boiling because it's easy for me to imagine that one day I would wake up and be horrified by the systems we had inadvertently let spring up around ourselves. You're already removing the ability of users to vo
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by zfg 2y ago
Yes, they are corrupting the youth for their own purposes. The young are too dumb to recognize what's happening to them.
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by zfg 2y ago
> too young to lie or corrupt Too young to have the experience to know what's a good idea and what's a bad idea. Too young to question what they're doing. Too young to push back when things are going wrong. Too young to
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by zfg 2y ago
Surely everyone will want a swasticar.
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by zfg 2y ago
You're rationalizing his fascist salutes. Can you also rationalize these lies by Musk: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42902603
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EV charging in less than 10 minutes: Zeekr 7X test confirms fastest charging SUV(thedriven.io)
4 points by zfg 2y ago|2 comments
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by zfg 2y ago
It was two salutes: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/20/trump-elo... So really it only cost half as much. What a bargain!
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by zfg 2y ago
Why don't you make such things transparent and clear on a user's account so they can see what you've done? You're keen on reviewing a user's recent history, but provide no corresponding transparency to the user on w
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Tesla sales are dropping like a rock in Europe, but not just because of Musk(electrek.co)
13 points by zfg 2y ago|4 comments
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The State of WebAssembly – 2024 and 2025(platform.uno)
2 points by zfg 2y ago|0 comments
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by zfg 2y ago
The young are always the easiest to indoctrinate.
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Cutting-edge Renault Filante concept hopes to break EV efficiency records(electrek.co)
2 points by zfg 2y ago|0 comments
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by zfg 2y ago
South Korea can train the US navy. Teach them how to build again: https://www.voanews.com/a/us-navy-looking-to-s-korean-japane... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJkyurhnAQo
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by zfg 2y ago
> you just got here. Yes, you do need my perspective.
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by zfg 2y ago
> Let HN be what it is. I will not let it be dishonest.
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by zfg 2y ago
> our community It's as much mine as it is yours.
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by zfg 2y ago
> It does not inform us or stimulate a new discussion. But someone connected to the American government flipping two fascist salutes at the inauguration of the new president sure does.
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by zfg 2y ago
Politics is a major part of the tech industry now. It's what it has become. Building any kind of ethical framework for hardware and software engineering necessitates looking at the ugly side. If Hacker News is genuinely not up to that
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by zfg 2y ago
This one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42907961 The problem is that so much of the tech industry is now precisely about politics and power. The problem is that so much of the tech industry it is now explicitly a
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by zfg 2y ago
In your previous post you tried to deny and minimize the problem. That kind of apathy is exactly what you can't afford to look away from.
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by zfg 2y ago
But it's not in "some" way connected. It's now explicitly and directly connected. You can't look the other way anymore.
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by zfg 2y ago
So much of the tech industry is now precisely about politics and power. Hacker News cannot be afraid to look at it, cannot run away from it, and, if you're part of the tech industry, must take responsibility for it.
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Artificial Gills for Ocean Gliders(hereon.de)
4 points by zfg 2y ago|1 comments
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by zfg 2y ago
> Suspension of disbelief is the act of temporarily accepting something as true, even if it's not, in order to enjoy a piece of fiction. This suspension can only go so far. Ask me to suspend too much and I snap back to reality, pul
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by zfg 2y ago
Hitler got rid of Germany's democracy in 53 days: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/hitler-ger... Maybe Musk and Trump can beat his record.
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by zfg 2y ago
Musk has no commitment to the truth or even reality. He lies constantly. He lies about things there's simply no need to lie about. He can't help himself. He's spent 10 years lying about Tesla's full self-driving: https:
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by zfg 2y ago
A video on the Curta type 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loI1Kwed8Pk
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The Curta hand-held mechanical calculator(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by zfg 2y ago|1 comments

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