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·3 lata temu·discuss
It seemed to me the entire point of the legal structure was to raise private capital. It's a lot easier to cut a check when you might get up to 100x your principal versus just a tax write off. This culminated in the MS deal: lots of money and lots of hardware to train their models.
ascv
·4 lata temu·discuss
Honestly it seems like you didn't read the thread. He's not talking about how Twitter itself works but about problems in moderation more generally based on his experience at Reddit. Also, he specifically advocates public disclosure on ban justifications (though acknowledges it is a lot of work).
ascv
·4 lata temu·discuss
> That's just silly. China hasn't infiltrated HN.

This kind of assumption is naive (no offense) and reminds me of the denialism regarding Russian disinformation. You do not need to "infiltrate" the site with "agents". It's fairly easy to write a script checking the front page for mentions of China and manually checking the thread to possibly respond with a comment. Before dismissing concerns like this as conspiratorial or silly, you should do some research on the topic:

[1] https://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/50c.pdf?m=146479...

[2] https://www.info-res.org/post/revealed-coordinated-attempt-t...

[3] https://www.techdirt.com/2021/12/15/how-china-uses-western-i...

[4] https://www.state.gov/prc-efforts-to-manipulate-global-publi...

[5] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/05/dozens-of-fake-news-websites...

[6] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/28/china-m...

[7] https://www.lawfareblog.com/understanding-pro-china-propagan...

[8] https://mediamanipulation.org/case-studies/astroturfing-how-...

> the general implication here on HN is that China is the current Big Bad and everything they do is uniquely bad

The CCP is hostile to many Western values (e.g. free speech) and they are a primary geopolitical antagonist to the U.S. It's not unreasonable for a mostly U.S. user base to see the worst in CCP behavior or be biased against the CCP.
ascv
·4 lata temu·discuss
The authentic HN experience.
ascv
·4 lata temu·discuss
Yes it seems to be worded incorrectly.