What does our system say about itself when people of integrity so rarely rise to the top?
I dont know too much but Jensen Huang seems like a good guy
Readit NewsEricDeb commented on Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters ft.com/content/e5fbc6c2-d... · Posted by u/merksittich
EricDeb commented on Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran nytimes.com/2026/02/23/te... · Posted by u/boplicity
Bear in mind that this guy pleaded guilty in a court case.
In my mind that doesn't mean shit. Prosecution said, "if this goes to trial, we'll try to get life in prison. Or you could take our plea deal." That is why 90-some percent of prosecutions (EDIT: in the U. S.) go plea deal instead of trial.
I would imagine very rich people have extremely good lawyers though that can tell them very accurately if they will get off if it goes to trial.
EricDeb commented on How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post newyorker.com/news/annals... · Posted by u/thm
All you're doing is giving the power to someone else. Giving way more power to politicians like Donald Trump. The reality is, there will always be powerful people, with outsized control and dominion over others; it's baked into the fabric of reality. Thinking otherwise is a utopian fantasy.
well ideally more power should be distributed amongst normal people
EricDeb commented on How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post newyorker.com/news/annals... · Posted by u/thm
To use Bezos as an example, how would you work that out? Take away his ownership of Amazon as it increases above 100MM? Who would you give it to? Would you nationalize it?
couldnt you have control shares that weren't worth money?
EricDeb commented on How private equity is changing housing theatlantic.com/ideas/202... · Posted by u/harambae
Wealth taxes don't work because wealth gets extremely fuzzy.
For example, unsold stock that I bought 15 years ago; and then got a loan against. I'm wealthy... kinda? But I didn't sell the stock; I have unrealized gains, and you shouldn't tax me beyond income tax on borrowed money? Okay, tax me on my unrealized gains then - but then 2008 repeats itself, stock goes down 40%, do I get a refund? Of course not, I only pay when stock goes up and never down, which is not exactly a fair incentive.
Now imagine artwork I bought 15 years ago from Banksy. Or imagine my video game collection I bought on eBay that contains some rare titles. Or what about my wine collection? Now imagine I'm Elon Musk, on paper worth $400B, but if I sold even 20% of my stock, that paper valuation would be shredded from an excess of liquidity driving the share price down, so you can't tax me on what is physically impossible to realize.
What about a law where you couldnt use over a million dollars (to exclude normal people) a year of any asset as collateral for a loan unless you paid capital gains on it at its current valuation?
EricDeb commented on AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending is fastcompany.com/91435192/... · Posted by u/felineflock
American devs should support the hire act bill
EricDeb commented on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah nbcnews.com/news/us-news/... · Posted by u/david927
In the USA: There are more suicides than murders every year. The ratio is typically 2:1. The "deaths due to gun violence" statistic includes suicides. It's not exactly that plain and simple either.
guns are a very efficient tool for murder or suicide. They absolutely will increase the number of deaths due to their effectiveness. Whether that's worth the societal price is up to the people.
EricDeb commented on Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office businessinsider.com/micro... · Posted by u/alloyed
Ohio senator introduces 25% tax on companies that outsource jobs overseas - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45146528 - September 2025
https://www.moreno.senate.gov/press-releases/new-moreno-bill...
https://www.moreno.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The...
This would be very helpful for American jobs.
If the article is to be believed, though, the damage is already done. Companies have already laid off large portions of their R&D staff, and have canceled lots of forward-looking technical work. Re-hiring those people and restarting those projects can take years, and that's if companies feel confident enough that the exemption will stick around, and not get removed again in a few years.
Still, I'll take it
EricDeb commented on Please Fund More Science (2020) blog.samaltman.com/please... · Posted by u/ssuds
It's possible private funding could build a better incentive structure but still a shame there's far less public research being done