Readit Newspagade commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025) · Posted by u/david927
Currently working on to auto sync Notion events to Google Calendars based on Project property. I needed this desparately so decided to do it myself.
pagade commented on ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials icc-cpi.int/news/situatio... · Posted by u/runarberg
>In his first response to the ICC issuing a warrant for his arrest on allegations of war crimes, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has described the ruling as “absurd and false lies” and said the decision is “antisemitic.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/21/internati...
If Netanyahu and Gallant really think they are innocent, and the allegations are absurd and false, they should cooperate with the ICC. Have your day in court and show how absurd the accusations are. If you're not willing to do that, it seems reasonable for the public to draw a proverbial negative inference.
Antisemitic. Every time I hear this word, I can’t help but think of its irony—a term used exclusively for describing discrimination against one community, as if prejudice against them carries more weight than against any other. Perhaps, though, it serves as the best reflection of our hypocrisy.
Prediction: Demis Hasabis will win second Nobel.
I think more solo developers should build chrome extensions.
Why? Because as a full-time developer wanting to do a side-project, you need to build what you can in a short time frame, with minimal maintenance, and without worrying about hosting costs.
And you actually want users and minimal marketing.
These are the smallest true solo dev projects you can build I think.
I’ve built 10 in the last year (mostly for fun) monetised one, and have a flagship extension I’ve just released that I expect to do well [0]
Ask me anything about chrome extension development!
Though that being said, API-only is also a good gig.
[0] - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/design-copilot/hgal...
Could you share some ideas or pointers on how to monetize an extension?
Also, probably a dumb question but what stops other developers to reverse engineer your extension and release a clone?
pagade commented on Launch HN: Sorcerer (YC S24) – Weather balloons that collect more data · Posted by u/tndl
To a layperson like me, could you explain how these balloons will be cleaned up / collected after their life? What material are they made up of?
pagade commented on Are people too flawed, ignorant, and tribal for open societies? conspicuouscognition.com/... · Posted by u/jseliger
That's just representative democracy, no?
I don't think adding a level to it would help, a new class of voter-politicians would soon emerge anyway, and they'd probably merge with "proper" political parties.
I mean I mark my vote as same as XYZ's vote in the system. XYZ doesn't have to know about it.
pagade commented on Are people too flawed, ignorant, and tribal for open societies? conspicuouscognition.com/... · Posted by u/jseliger
> On the one hand, the costs of becoming politically informed—learning about politicians, issues, policies, and relevant social science—are very high for individual voters. It takes a lot of time and energy, which could be spent on other important—or simply more fun—activities. On the other hand, the negligible impact of individual votes means that being informed has little benefit. Given this, political ignorance is rational.
I have been toying with the idea of a system that allows voluntarily delegating my vote to someone who I think is rational, more informed than me, and cares about things important to me, more than me. I would love to know the flaws in such a system.
I recently watched these 3 episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Highly recommended.
Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCaIhfETsM)
Opioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qCKR6wy94U)
Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pdPrQFjo2o)