US Military's cyber command unit grapples with cluster of deaths by suicide • Hacker News Board

Re: US Military's cyber command unit grapples with cluster of deaths by suicide

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Post by preg_match » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC

perpetuallunch wrote: post #579

preg_match wrote: post #569

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This has not been my experience, at all.

The overwhelming majority of what people consider “ mental health ” issues simply stop being issues when people fix: Diet Exercise Faith

Diet and exercise are both clinically proven to help mental health. That does not make them complete, however. In clinical trials, medication + diet and exercise worked better than either alone.

Faith isn't really a cure for anything, and many mental health issues are caused by faith, because many religious organizations use fear and shame as tools. Most encourage simply covering up mental health issues or just pretending they don't exist. Both exacerbate, not solve, mental health issues.

Re: US Military's cyber command unit grapples with cluster of deaths by suicide

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC

analognoise wrote: post #574

CamperBob2 wrote: post #571

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That doesn't address the question of whether the concerns are valid. They aren't. You want to save water? Protest golf courses. You want to save energy? Progress in AI is the best way to do that.

Oh they absolutely are valid, though! We've seen them ignore permitting for generators, use incredible amounts of water and raise all our power bills, steal books and movies for training - and for what? Subscription AI isn't going to pay for itself - it's pretty clear that they'll want a bailout in the name of "security"; which is why it's so great the Chinese are releasing models as-good-or-better for free: ironical…

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Re: US Military's cyber command unit grapples with cluster of deaths by suicide

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Post by akoboldfrying » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 1:56 AM UTC

iamnothere wrote: post #578

akoboldfrying wrote: post #565

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I interpret your examples as further evidence (in addition to the examples I gave) that there is no sensible justification for distinguishing military from civilian casualties. Was that your intention?

On the contrary, I was fully intending to show that you need a hard line between civilian and military when considering military action, or mass atrocities and even genocide are almost certain. It’s a little concerning that you didn’t understand that, or willfully misunderstood that. Make sure you don’t lose your humanity.

I think someone who considers a civilian's life to be starkly more valuable than the life of a person who was a civilian yesterday but, through no choice of their own, is a soldier today, should be mindful of their own humanity.

It is precisely the concept of such a "hard line" -- which by design enables such inhumanity to be passed off as inconsequential -- that must be brought out into the light and examined.