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wnevets commented on Tesla insiders have sold more than 50% of their shares in the last year   electrek.co/2025/08/18/te... · Posted by u/MilnerRoute
dvt · 15 hours ago
Tesla has been over-bought for years and everyone knows it, but as Keynes once said: the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. My strategy has just been to stay away. TSLA could blow up in the next 6 months, or it could go up for the next 6 years. To me, at least, it's not worth f'ing around and finding out, especially when the market as a whole is doing so well.
wnevets · 14 hours ago
> but as Keynes once said: the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. My strategy has just been to stay away

To take it a step a further, you cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.

wnevets commented on The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables   insideclimatenews.org/new... · Posted by u/mooreds
Loughla · 2 days ago
Farmers also want solar panels is the thing. It brings their costs down.
wnevets · 2 days ago
> Farmers also want solar panels is the thing. It brings their costs down.

I am a little curious to know what percentage voted for this.

wnevets commented on ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes   bmj.com/content/390/bmj-2... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
dodobirdlord · 9 days ago
Only if you myopically assume all drugs have equal abuse potential, addiction potential, and negative consequences of abuse. The US federal drug schedule is a clown show.
wnevets · 8 days ago
I'm sure RFK Jr will have wellness farms that everyone can go to instead of using these drugs.
wnevets commented on ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes   bmj.com/content/390/bmj-2... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
klipklop · 9 days ago
The irony about getting treatment for ADHD is that medical providers make it very hard to get the proper medication and treatment. People with ADHD are horrible at following through and handle rejection poorly. So the worse the ADHD is, the less likely somebody will be able to actually get treatment for it. A lot of people suffer because doctors fear losing their license like so many did during the pain pill debacle. It's a risk for them to prescribe a stimulant, but zero risk to tell you to eff off.

As many have said in this thread, most doctors will tell you to go away or give you Welbutrin (which works poorly, if at all). I feel for your struggle.

wnevets · 9 days ago
> because doctors fear losing their license like so many did during the pain pill debacle.

Which is understandable after the monumental pain and damage oxy caused to families everywhere.

wnevets commented on Meta accessed women's health data from Flo app without consent, says court   malwarebytes.com/blog/new... · Posted by u/amarcheschi
12_throw_away · 10 days ago
Well, my steelman argument against regulating this repulsive shit: every time a government says it's going to regulate infotech to protect children, it almost invariably ends up having a chilling effect that ends up restricting children's access to high quality educational and medical information. Even if a law is well-intentioned and equitable, its enforcement never is.

In this case, I'm confident that whoever wrote this section, just checking their hard drive should be sufficient to send them to jail.

wnevets · 10 days ago
Its already illegal to distribute pornographic material to children tho. Why shouldn't this be considered that?
wnevets commented on Meta accessed women's health data from Flo app without consent, says court   malwarebytes.com/blog/new... · Posted by u/amarcheschi
12_throw_away · 10 days ago
Thanks for asking! Also on the front page today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44898934

From that article:

   “It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” according to Meta’s “GenAI: Content Risk Standards. [...] The document seen by Reuters, which exceeds 200 pages, provides examples of “acceptable” chatbot dialogue during romantic role play with a minor. They include: “I take your hand, guiding you to the bed” and “our bodies entwined, I cherish every moment, every touch, every kiss.”

wnevets · 10 days ago
Can someone explain me why this shouldn't be illegal?
wnevets commented on CPS investigated her 4 times because she let her kids play outside   reason.com/2025/08/09/chi... · Posted by u/leephillips
darth_avocado · 13 days ago
Just takes one google search to see that there are entire YouTube channels dedicated to the exact problem you claim doesn’t exist. Do bad parents exist? Yes. Do bad CPS agents exist? Also yes. Overzealous power tripping people exists in all functions of society, all the way from the guy checking receipts at the door at Walmart to the people in the highest places in the government.
wnevets · 13 days ago
> Just takes one google search to see that there are entire YouTube channels dedicated to the exact problem you claim doesn’t exist.

Well if its on youtube

wnevets commented on CPS investigated her 4 times because she let her kids play outside   reason.com/2025/08/09/chi... · Posted by u/leephillips
pc86 · 13 days ago
Nobody is making that strawman of an argument. Most states give CPS very little (or no) ability to simply ignore reported child abuse. They get reports and they have to investigate.

"The local law enforcement agency is required to investigate all reports. Cases may also be investigated by Child Welfare Services when allegations involve abuse or neglect within families." [0]

Just one example, but 27 states came up in my search for where CPS has little or no latitude in choosing which allegations to investigate.

[0] https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ss/ap/childabusereportingguide.asp

wnevets · 13 days ago
> Nobody is making that strawman of an argument.

That is precisely what was happening in the examples the original commenter provided [1]. Why are you compilating CPS being legally required to investigate a report and the CPS targeting parents?

[1] they almost all exclusively believe they were being unfairly targeted for past transgressions or unfair accusations.

wnevets commented on CPS investigated her 4 times because she let her kids play outside   reason.com/2025/08/09/chi... · Posted by u/leephillips
SilverElfin · 13 days ago
Sorry this is false. There are tons of reports of CPS investigating normal parenting practices or imposing invasive reporting plans and things like that. CPS in most jurisdictions is in fact overflowing with time and money, and is staffed with low intelligence nosy incompetent types that couldn’t get a better job. Search your social media of choice and you’ll find so many absurd examples.
wnevets · 13 days ago
> Search your social media of choice and you’ll find so many absurd examples.

This is exactly what the original commenter is talking about.

wnevets commented on CPS investigated her 4 times because she let her kids play outside   reason.com/2025/08/09/chi... · Posted by u/leephillips
jvanderbot · 13 days ago
Not saying this is the case, but sometimes, if CPS is involved in an inane-sounding investigation, it's because they were involved before in a less-inane investigation. A person with a history of neglect can _say_ they were adopting a free range parenting style, but if they had a kid die in a hot car two years ago, you can understand how CPS would watch more closely.

I saw an article floating around about a couple that were prosecuted for letting their child cross a street alone to go to a store, but it was actually a highway and one of their other kids had died on that highway a few years ago.

Having been involved in the foster care system before, I can tell you, no parent believes they were doing anything wrong, ever. They almost all exclusively believe they were being unfairly targeted for past transgressions or unfair accusations. That happens, but given how everyone says that, it's not a good signal.

Yes, this may not be the case in this article, or even in most cases, but it is something to consider about human nature.

wnevets · 13 days ago
> I saw an article floating around about a couple that were prosecuted for letting their child cross a street alone to go to a store, but it was actually a highway and one of their other kids had died on that highway a few years ago.

Anyone that suggest agencies like CPS are overflowing with time and money to target random parents over minor things like letting a child cross a street isn't a serious person.

u/wnevets

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