← Back to context Comment by carlosjobim 1 day ago This is a pure scam on tax payer money. But what else would be expected? 18 comments carlosjobim Reply hootz 1 day ago Apparently no public money was involved. jdiff 1 day ago This is contrary to the mayor's words on Twitter.> An open AI model trained in Rio with public funding over the last year by @Prefeitura_Rio surpassing all other models.https://x.com/CavaliereRio/status/2065984620626129026 jrm4 1 day ago Unlike the big companies who do this, which often are merely impure scams on tax payer money a little more downstream. philipallstar 1 day ago Companies that generate loads of corporation tax, income tax, and VAT revenue are the exact opposite of wastes of public money. jrm4 1 day ago Yes, when they do so proportional to what they take, especially as compared to individuals and their tax liabilities.You'll have to let me know when that finally happens, because that ain't now. 3 replies → carlosjobim 1 day ago Great, now we're defending embezzlement and fraud with public funds on HN, because we really really hate big business.A child caught doing something bad will cry "but my friends also did it!", is that the level of reasoning hackers want to be at? blanched 1 day ago That seems like a bad faith read to me. Nobody is defending it, just pointing out the irony / hypocrisy. Two things can be bad, and they can be related. 4 replies → sdevonoes 1 day ago There are no hackers around here anymore. HN is mainly about business nowadays 1 reply → jrm4 1 day ago What part of that said "defense?"They can both be bad. lostlogin 1 day ago > Great, now we're defending embezzlementI might be missing something, but I don’t see anyone defending the the scams.
hootz 1 day ago Apparently no public money was involved. jdiff 1 day ago This is contrary to the mayor's words on Twitter.> An open AI model trained in Rio with public funding over the last year by @Prefeitura_Rio surpassing all other models.https://x.com/CavaliereRio/status/2065984620626129026
jdiff 1 day ago This is contrary to the mayor's words on Twitter.> An open AI model trained in Rio with public funding over the last year by @Prefeitura_Rio surpassing all other models.https://x.com/CavaliereRio/status/2065984620626129026
jrm4 1 day ago Unlike the big companies who do this, which often are merely impure scams on tax payer money a little more downstream. philipallstar 1 day ago Companies that generate loads of corporation tax, income tax, and VAT revenue are the exact opposite of wastes of public money. jrm4 1 day ago Yes, when they do so proportional to what they take, especially as compared to individuals and their tax liabilities.You'll have to let me know when that finally happens, because that ain't now. 3 replies → carlosjobim 1 day ago Great, now we're defending embezzlement and fraud with public funds on HN, because we really really hate big business.A child caught doing something bad will cry "but my friends also did it!", is that the level of reasoning hackers want to be at? blanched 1 day ago That seems like a bad faith read to me. Nobody is defending it, just pointing out the irony / hypocrisy. Two things can be bad, and they can be related. 4 replies → sdevonoes 1 day ago There are no hackers around here anymore. HN is mainly about business nowadays 1 reply → jrm4 1 day ago What part of that said "defense?"They can both be bad. lostlogin 1 day ago > Great, now we're defending embezzlementI might be missing something, but I don’t see anyone defending the the scams.
philipallstar 1 day ago Companies that generate loads of corporation tax, income tax, and VAT revenue are the exact opposite of wastes of public money. jrm4 1 day ago Yes, when they do so proportional to what they take, especially as compared to individuals and their tax liabilities.You'll have to let me know when that finally happens, because that ain't now. 3 replies →
jrm4 1 day ago Yes, when they do so proportional to what they take, especially as compared to individuals and their tax liabilities.You'll have to let me know when that finally happens, because that ain't now. 3 replies →
carlosjobim 1 day ago Great, now we're defending embezzlement and fraud with public funds on HN, because we really really hate big business.A child caught doing something bad will cry "but my friends also did it!", is that the level of reasoning hackers want to be at? blanched 1 day ago That seems like a bad faith read to me. Nobody is defending it, just pointing out the irony / hypocrisy. Two things can be bad, and they can be related. 4 replies → sdevonoes 1 day ago There are no hackers around here anymore. HN is mainly about business nowadays 1 reply → jrm4 1 day ago What part of that said "defense?"They can both be bad. lostlogin 1 day ago > Great, now we're defending embezzlementI might be missing something, but I don’t see anyone defending the the scams.
blanched 1 day ago That seems like a bad faith read to me. Nobody is defending it, just pointing out the irony / hypocrisy. Two things can be bad, and they can be related. 4 replies →
sdevonoes 1 day ago There are no hackers around here anymore. HN is mainly about business nowadays 1 reply →
lostlogin 1 day ago > Great, now we're defending embezzlementI might be missing something, but I don’t see anyone defending the the scams.
Apparently no public money was involved.
This is contrary to the mayor's words on Twitter.
> An open AI model trained in Rio with public funding over the last year by @Prefeitura_Rio surpassing all other models.
https://x.com/CavaliereRio/status/2065984620626129026
Unlike the big companies who do this, which often are merely impure scams on tax payer money a little more downstream.
Companies that generate loads of corporation tax, income tax, and VAT revenue are the exact opposite of wastes of public money.
Yes, when they do so proportional to what they take, especially as compared to individuals and their tax liabilities.
You'll have to let me know when that finally happens, because that ain't now.
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Great, now we're defending embezzlement and fraud with public funds on HN, because we really really hate big business.
A child caught doing something bad will cry "but my friends also did it!", is that the level of reasoning hackers want to be at?
That seems like a bad faith read to me. Nobody is defending it, just pointing out the irony / hypocrisy. Two things can be bad, and they can be related.
4 replies →
There are no hackers around here anymore. HN is mainly about business nowadays
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What part of that said "defense?"
They can both be bad.
> Great, now we're defending embezzlement
I might be missing something, but I don’t see anyone defending the the scams.