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Is it theft if another thief steal's the first thief's theft?

Isn't that always how corruption/devolution has worked? Why not use the same tools we always had: accountability via transparency and then if needed shaming. Don't want strangers t…

Again, I get downvoted by the fear-police on hacker news for this: - Montana LLC ownership of vehicles. Don't own your vehicles ya'll, and at least those license plates won't be tr…

Maybe the goal isn't really to protect the public's interests, but to protect a privileged class of people.

Does this beat self-stewarding my data, and placing relevant protections around my data instead. Then the UI's, the "Apps", are just ephemeral instances over my live data whose per…

Ah. I understand now. Thank you for clarifying. And my bad too for assuming bad faith there and/or projecting onto you. I don’t want to believe it’s true that you compromise privac…

So you called my advice bad. Then ignored my questions before retreating. You stated something as thought it were fact earlier (ownership) and then didn’t back it up. How can you o…

Is this where with in conjunction with Jevon's paradox, we are AI usage to exponentially skyrocket?

Same problem for me for sending emails, outreach, and other behaviors that signal human identity but it turns out to be an AI post. The area with grace for me is how much effort a …

Location: Alexandria, VA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: yes Technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, FastAPI, Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Cloudflare, agentic AI (Claude, Cla…

what happens when you mix world wars, potential food and water shortages, and a rising unrest with the local governments? (edit: and a massive inequality in resource distribution).…

Meta recently added a filter as a requirement for posts on Facebook. if it was ai generated, you are required to check off a box for that on your posts. I've been asking for that f…

Am I hearing this right: - people will use AI bad - because people will use AI bad, stop building it

So what's your argument or point here? I am arguing that a Montana registration, with registration under an LLC and not you, with insurance even where the vehicle's vin is tied to …

You are mistaking ownership and falsifying who owns the vehicle. Do you understand how ownership is defined, legally? How can you simultaneously own a vehicle, and the LLC too ? If…

Sure. Insurance isn't asking for your vehicle registration though, and is not even getting your license plate. You are not being tracked by flock cameras and your license plate lin…

The LLC’s ownership and Montana registration are not inherently tax evasion. The appropriate party can pay California or New York use tax arising from the vehicle’s in-state use. W…

The LLC’s ownership and Montana registration are not inherently tax evasion. The appropriate party can pay California or New York use tax arising from the vehicle’s in-state use. W…

dropping here, again: - Montana vehicle registrations give you privacy - are not tax evasion, those straw mans and ad hominems are to scare you into giving away your privacy protec…

I remember the old hacker news though having more "we built xyz" posts and less any "War, news, flee from death" type of things and even AI dystopian-themed things (regardless of A…

What's the necessary thing here that people need to "learn" to prevent the hypothetical AI damage scenario you are talking about?

I think the underlying motivation may be straw manned or misrepresented as only that. Do you use AI? Do you build anything with it technically? I do. I don't want to know things wi…

Wondering when did political discourse become so prevalent in hacker news? I have now become accustomed to it being normal, but I remember the hacker news of 10 years was not like …

I think they already are.

If I was in a power position, I could theoretically channel this water into my own private reservoirs and locations like private land, bunkers, etc to weather a disruption, and bla…