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zzrrt commented on Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files jmail.world... · Posted by u/lukeigel

the_af · a day ago

I agree many Trump supporters will be able to spin -- even if just to themselves -- any damning news no matter what (especially in this age of easily spoofed photos and videos) but still, puzzlingly enough, his voting fanbase actually made the Epstein files a thing, so much that he publicly lashed against them when they wouldn't let go. It was the one crack in his armor, the only (mild) falling out with them he's ever had. Do you remember this?

I think Trump made the Epstein conspiracy such a thing, it's now hard to disentangle from the minds of his MAGA supporters. All it takes is for some of his political rivals (from within the party) to fan the flames.

I'm not sure about what Trump actually did, and we have no solid proof. I can only guess, judging from how the man behaves, and his general attitudes toward lying and women.

zzrrt · a day ago

It does seem like the most significant schism he’s had, with Massie, MTG, and some podcasters etc defecting over this. I may be out-of-date. But I don’t think it’s gone very far though, considering some of these defections are considered to be career suicides, and that he got away with reneging on one of the party’s big bogeymen that just happened to be his former best friend. If this was a big weakness, there would be screams for impeachment and ditching him.

Agreed on the general principle of building your movement on conspiracy theories of the elite and then becoming elite. The situation is even worse for him; he was already friends with the subject of the conspiracy theory long before the public at large even knew about it, and then by some combination of bad luck and hubris he let the party chase the conspiracy. We’ll see if there’s anything bad for him in there that sees the light of day, and what his opposition makes of it.

zzrrt commented on Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files jmail.world... · Posted by u/lukeigel

the_af · 2 days ago

I think Trump being shown with underage girls (or irrefutably implicated in pedophilia) would damage his reputation with his MAGA fanbase. It's the one thing they won't forgive him for, if enough evidence is provided. They already clashed over this, with Trump lashing out against his supporters because of this, seemingly the only crack in their unflinching loyalty.

I think it's what happens when you cultivate a conspiratorial fanbase: eventually the conspiracies will mention you.

zzrrt · a day ago

I’m not so sure. After years of ignoring every other sign, what would it take for them to believe? His suggestive comments about his own daughter on multiple occasions, his opinion of 12-year old Paris Hilton, his mentioning 12 years old as a limit with Howard Stern[1], turning up in beauty pageant changing rooms, the “grab em by the p*ssy” tape, the swerving between Epstein case is a hoax to frame him vs. it’s real but only implicates Democrats.

I think of JD Vance, when Trump’s Epstein birthday card had been described but not released, he scoffed they didn’t provide an image. Weeks later, we had an image released by Congress, so then JD Vance tweaked his arguments a bit but still denies basically everything. The evidence he requested did not change his mind anyway. Trump’s supporters, for the most part, will say it’s AI, faked images, paid liars, mentally ill accusers, Trump haters, fake news, Trump was only there to inform on Democrats, it’s not what it looks like, the media is lying about girls’ birthdates, etc etc before they’ll ever admit he’s a sick man. If they wanted to believe that, the evidence is already there.

Personally I have a fair amount of doubt that he has committed a crime against a minor, but he is obviously lecherous and well below the supposed moral sexual standards of many of his supporters. It should not matter to them whether a 60+ year old married man only peeks and banters about young girls or if he has actually touched them. If they’re still around, it will take a lot to snap them out of it.

[1] I know he didn’t actually say that 13 is okay or whatever, but what kind of pervert or fool jumps all the way down to 12 when asked? Way below the lowest age of consent in the States. This should be disqualifying on the grounds of horrendously bad judgment to phrase it that way in public, let alone what it may or may not reveal about his criminality.

zzrrt commented on Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files jmail.world... · Posted by u/lukeigel

kg · 2 days ago

"Especially since the MeToo era began, we’re too credulous about these things. So we have globs of money going to Epstein accusers and their lawyers, while nothing has ever been proved by the standards of the criminal justice system."

Feels like someone with an axe to grind over MeToo turning Jeffrey Epstein of all people (???) into a martyr figure for their pet issue. I don't know why someone would feel compelled to defend him when he's not even alive to thank you for it. The idea that vast amounts of evidence and accusations exist yet nothing bad happened whatsoever is so wildly implausible that I can't grasp the mindset that would lead to openly publishing this perspective on Epstein. We found out from the most recent disclosures that people reported Epstein's inappropriate behavior to the FBI as early as 1996 and it wasn't investigated. One need only look at the amount of detail on his Wikipedia page ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein#First_criminal... ) to get a sense of why accusations against him are at least treated as credible.

I totally get not finding this issue interesting or not caring about what he did to his victims, though I can't really empathize with that position, I understand it. But writing like Hanania's feels beyond the pale and unnecessary.

zzrrt · 2 days ago

>> nothing has ever been proved by the standards of the criminal justice system

This flabbergasted me at first. Admittedly I had to refresh my memory that he died in jail awaiting trial, but he was still convicted once before that! The fact it was pre-MeToo should make it more damning, per his logic. I guess he’s saying there were no convictions after he became infamous, but there’s a caveat that he died awaiting trial, and that plus the prior conviction just makes this statement seem disingenuous or sloppy at best.

zzrrt commented on PBS News Hour West to go dark after ASU discontinues contract statepress.com/article/20... · Posted by u/heavyset_go

codeddesign · 3 days ago

Again, this would be the Legislative branch. Your right to vote has not decreased, and you can absolutely contact your senator to introduce a bill for what you stated. I mean, you have a representative. Absolutely use them if you dislike something.

However, disagreeing with the Legislative or Executive branch in no way erodes your democratic rights.

zzrrt · 3 days ago

My right to vote for a Congress member and tell them what I want to fund is nullified, if the president refuses to follow the budget laws they passed.

zzrrt commented on PBS News Hour West to go dark after ASU discontinues contract statepress.com/article/20... · Posted by u/heavyset_go

codeddesign · 3 days ago

Like it or not, the entire response is accurate.

zzrrt · 3 days ago

Ok then, I look forward to my tax breaks and refunds enabled by cutting this program. I’m sure it’s in the mail with all the other dividends for citizens that Trump mentions every few months.

zzrrt commented on He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over washingtonpost.com/lifest... · Posted by u/wallflower

fakedang · 10 days ago

Would completely understand if the wife took the kid to another country after his idiotic decision to embark on such a trip for a bar bet. If it were my dad, I would have moved to that country myself without any qualms forever.

Also after he left, his wife literally became a single mom, and had to move to receive family support.

zzrrt · 9 days ago

According to other comments in the thread, the wife left years before he did.

zzrrt commented on Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools larr.net/p/namings.html... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

rini17 · 11 days ago

That glorious day when I explained to my boss what wiki is and that we should have one internally, he fired "viki" into google, with smoothly honed muscle memory clicked first result..and got full screen of poon.

zzrrt · 11 days ago

What was the first result? Mine is Rakuten Viki, a streaming service focused on Asian dramas that aren’t like what you described.

zzrrt commented on Crews claim Boring Company failed to pay workers and snubbed OSHA concerns nashvillebanner.com/2025/... · Posted by u/breve

drbojingle · a month ago

Come with me And you'll see A world of OSHA violations

zzrrt · a month ago

TFW you realize real-life Tony Stark is actually Willy Wonka.

zzrrt commented on Rethinking C++: Architecture, Concepts, and Responsibility blogs.embarcadero.com/ret... · Posted by u/timeoperator

amluto · a month ago

There is literally no correct way to handle move in an RAII context that doesn’t either (a) behave unexpectedly if you try to use the moved-from object or (b) permit a null value of the object. This isn’t a library problem — it’s a language problem.

zzrrt · a month ago

What if the moved-from DB object lazily opens a new connection, if someone uses it again? Maybe that’s a null object, but at least the nullness isn’t really observable to the API user. Even the extra latency or possibility of failing to connect must be expected at any time from query() etc. so it changes little.

Also, I would say nothing is “unexpected” behavior if you document it and implement accordingly. And at least for this DB case, handling it is not onerous or stretching the idea of class invariants beyond usability.

I’m probably like what GP said, “high on the feeling of having finally grokked C++, which is no small feat.” But I either want to understand better why move is broken, or we can agree that things like move require too much skill to get right and there are better alternative languages.

zzrrt commented on Rethinking C++: Architecture, Concepts, and Responsibility blogs.embarcadero.com/ret... · Posted by u/timeoperator

amluto · a month ago

The author seems to be writing about a dream language that isn’t actually C++. For example:

> In my streams I showed how RAII can thereby also be applied to database operations: a connection exists as long as it is in scope.

Only if that connection object doesn’t support move — we’re 12 years of C++ standards past the arrival of move, and it still leaves its source in an indeterminate state.

> With std::variant, C++ gained a tool that allows dynamic states without giving up type safety.

variant is not quite type-safe:

https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/variant/valueless_...

> With C++20, std::ranges decisively extends this principle: it integrates the notions of iterator, container, and algorithm into a unified model that combines type safety and readability.

Ranges may be type-safe, but they’re not safe. Like string_view, a range is a reference, and the language does not help ensure that the referent remains valid.

zzrrt · a month ago

> Only if that connection object doesn’t support move — we’re 12 years of C++ standards past the arrival of move, and it still leaves its source in an indeterminate state.

I haven’t watched the streams he referred to, but… I am fairly certain the language itself says no such thing. You may be thinking of the standard library, which states that certain classes of moved-from objects have unspecified state. If you’re writing your own DB connection class, you can define moves to leave the object in whatever state you prefer, or disallow moves.

Admittedly it’s still a weird example IMO, because external factors can sever the connection while the object is in scope.