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> Then, at least in a free market, their only choices are to use AI or cease to exist.

That is a false dichotomy. Eschewing AI may actually provide a competitive advantage in some markets. In other words, the third choice is to pivot and differentiate.


The Dos Equis ad campaign came well after Chuck Norris jokes

It depends, and no obviously not. Having a forum to discuss suicide/suicidal ideation is fine, outright telling someone to kill themselves is illegal. The Michelle Carter case is an example of this


Whoa, an acquisition made things worse for everyone but the people who cashed out? Crazy, who could have seen that coming


Guess you came for the hot take without actually using the service or participating in any intelligent conversation. All the sibling comments observe that nothing you are talking about happened.

Snarky ignorant comments like yours ruin Hacker News and the internet as a whole. Please reconsider your mindset for the good of us all.


Market consolidation generally being bad for consumers and workers is not a hot take at all. Maybe you should reconsider your holier-than-thou attitude.

https://lowendbox.com/blog/two-weeks-after-killing-the-linod...

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/03/03/linode-price-increases/

https://www.linode.com/community/questions/23898/new-price-i...


Not just doge, there were pretty clear indicators they left the door open for Russia to grab all they could as well.


The same whistleblower mentioned newly-created doge credentials being used to attempt login to the NLRB system from an IP address in Primorskiy Krai, the province around Vladivostock in Russias far east. They were blocked because the system doesn't allow non-US access even with proper credentials. There are many possible explanation for that since it's just an IP address.

This is some more detail about the whisteblower's testimony from an earlier Krebs article:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/whistleblower-doge-sipho...

Was there anything else about Russia?


The fun part is the Supreme Court has steadily eroded away any avenues for recourse. ICE can harass, abuse, even kill people with zero justification and any lawsuits will be thrown out.


You mean a net positive for other crypto scammers by showing how easy it is?


> I'm concerned about the diversity of your media consumption

… says the conspiracy theorist spouting Breitbart nonsense


If you’re not fine with criminals who get away with fraud, why vote for a well known fraudster? He’s been conning people since the 80s


When is there not social unrest?


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