fermienrico (u/fermienrico)

fermienrico commented on The Rise of North Korea's Hacking Army newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/mitchbob

dang · 4 years ago

Generic tangents that get us to Saddam from the OP are not at all the point of this site. Please don't. Reductio ad Saddamum may not be full Godwin but it's way over the line.

We've asked you before to stop using HN for political flamewar. It's not only not what HN is for, it destroys what it is for. If you keep doing it we're going to have to ban you. Using multiple accounts to do this kind of thing is particularly not cool.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

fermienrico · 4 years ago

I apologize. It is difficult to tell when to refute praise of evil (Saddam, NK) and when to avoid starting a political flamewar. I'll just disengage since it leads to unpleasant toxicity, you're right.

fermienrico commented on The Rise of North Korea's Hacking Army newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/mitchbob

fermienrico · 4 years ago

What's with astonishing praise for evil just for the sake of sticking it to the status quo?

Completely orthogonal to any US allies and their action, it is absolutely disingenius to dismiss the evils of Saddam's empire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUktJbp2Ug. There is a large body of work around Saddam's regime, this YT clip isn't provided as an evidence, but to show how misplaced it is to say "Saddam did nothing wrong".

I find this an ongoing problem on HN. There are 2 counter acting forces A and B. Objectively, B is evil. But, HN equates A and B on the same level and demands equal criticism of both just by the virtue of the fact that A and B are up for a discussion. I am sure there is a list of biases being violated. It's similar to the debate between flat earth deniers and believers. If we host a debate between them, there is a perceived notion that both parties are on the same footing. The truth couldn't be far from that.

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fermienrico commented on Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 shouldn't be ruled out technologyreview.com/2021... · Posted by u/todd8

SubiculumCode · 4 years ago

The opposition to the idea comes down to one thing 1)Donald Trump et al supported this hypothesis, and thus disagreeing with the hypothesis becomes reflexive for many.

fermienrico · 4 years ago

Just shows how politics have divided us. No one seems to be thinking independently and that includes myself - I try but often the first reaction is otherwise.

You can despise someone deeply, but if they are citing facts, reason, logic, etc - have no association, they stand on their own. Doesn't matter who uttered it.

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fermienrico commented on Show HN: Notesnook – A cross-platform privacy focused zero-knowledge notes app notesnook.com/... · Posted by u/thecodrr

fermienrico · 4 years ago

I hate these damn illustrations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_memphis

https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/dont-worry-these-gangley-armed-...

It's cliche. It is obnoxious. They serve absolutely zero purpose. Get rid of them.

fermienrico commented on Baltimore plant ruins 15M Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccines axios.com/emergent-biosol... · Posted by u/UncleOxidant

epistasis · 4 years ago

This has nothing to do with nationalism. I'm not German. I don't care about whether Germany gets credit for this. I care about BioNTech getting credit.

My complaint, beyond just the media, is that large pharma, like Pfizer, being fundamentally uninnovative companies that grow by acquisition rather than invention. And about small companies being denied the potential to grow because of an oligopoly of control.

Name brand recognition drives dollars, and in biotech the ability to raise money is just as much a hurdle as the chances of your trial failing.

fermienrico · 4 years ago

I see your point, and that's a valid concern. I wonder how much damage public PR does to investors - who are supposed to be highly informed and not be pursued by public hype.

fermienrico commented on Baltimore plant ruins 15M Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccines axios.com/emergent-biosol... · Posted by u/UncleOxidant

epistasis · 4 years ago

I'm not in Germany, but I also get very frustrated when the Pfizer name is applied to what BioNTech created. BioNTech is going to be doing amazing things later on too, with their great tech platform.

I have a feeling that news sources are very guarded about introducing new names to the public, especially ones as difficult to pronounce as BioNTech (I've heard some great butchering of the pronunciation too).

fermienrico · 4 years ago

May be its just easier to pronounce Pfizer than BioNTech?

Not everything needs to be distilled down to nationalistic undertones.

I am getting sick of this kind of discussion permeating on HN - It is extremely juvenile and damaging to the spirit of HN. In this regard, Reddit seems to be a lot better. Go on any vaccine related thread and there is absolutely none of this. There is so much more global cooperation observed on Reddit than on HN.

fermienrico commented on Baltimore plant ruins 15M Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccines axios.com/emergent-biosol... · Posted by u/UncleOxidant

mulmen · 4 years ago

Scenario:

An engineer who you pay $200,000.00/yr in salary pushes code to prod which brings your totally unique SaaS product down. Accounting says the incident cost $2,000,000.00.

Do you:

A) Fire the engineer on the spot.

B) Conduct a thorough investigation of your testing and deployment practices and implement changes to avoid such a mistake in the future.

fermienrico · 4 years ago

Obviously, option A. Improves the morale instantly.

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