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New comment by 9283409232 in "The Prime Reasons to Avoid Amazon"

9283409232 — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:37:57 +0000

My hardware store is locally own and carries phone mounts. I realize this is an outlier though.

New comment by 9283409232 in "Local-First Software Is Easier to Scale"

9283409232 — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 02:46:12 +0000

Damn this hit me hard. If I ever hear this I know it's time to retire.

New comment by 9283409232 in "RFK's proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry"

9283409232 — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 02:02:48 +0000

You forgot about the part where the virus mutates and jumps to humans.

New comment by 9283409232 in "Techno-feudalism and the rise of AGI: A future without economic rights?"

9283409232 — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 01:45:55 +0000

The people you mention are too egotistic to even think that is a possibility. You don't get to be the people they are by thinking you have blindspots and aren't the greatest human to ever live.

New comment by 9283409232 in "RFK's proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry"

9283409232 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 23:43:01 +0000

His idea is eugenics but for chickens. Just let it spread it through all the birds and the ones that get infected will die and the ones that are immune will survive and breed and the chicken race will be stronger for it.

New comment by 9283409232 in "OBBB signed: Reinstates immediate expensing for U.S.-based R&D"

9283409232 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 20:29:14 +0000

If I recall the problem with approval voting is that it is much easier to tamper with than RCV. Filling in an empty bubble is a lot easier than changing the order of ranking on a ballot

New comment by 9283409232 in "Local-First Software Is Easier to Scale"

9283409232 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 20:27:50 +0000

Way to miss the point. They said box product is well understood but it isn't these days.

New comment by 9283409232 in "Local-First Software Is Easier to Scale"

9283409232 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:29:45 +0000

Lot of young people don't know what a box product is. You're showing your age.

New comment by 9283409232 in "OBBB signed: Reinstates immediate expensing for U.S.-based R&D"

9283409232 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:27:17 +0000

Enough people know about it that it has been put on ballots in several states and has had strong pushes in other states while STAR hasn't at all. If you want to get outside and start informing people about STAR then please do but RCV has a decade long head start and is the path of least resistance.

New comment by 9283409232 in "OBBB signed: Reinstates immediate expensing for U.S.-based R&D"

9283409232 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 18:06:47 +0000

It absolutely makes sense. You need buy in from the public. RCV is the most known alternative and it has taken a decade to get it that far. If you want to start the work of informing people about STAR voting then be my guess but RCV is a tremendous improvement from what we have and an acceptable alternative.

New comment by 9283409232 in "[dead]"

9283409232 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:24:30 +0000

It is important to contextualize that a lot of things this article is mourning have not come to pass.

> OBBBA sets the stage for the proposed cuts in the upcoming Presidential 2026 budget request, which aims to destroy federal research.

While it may seem hopeless and that "call your representatives" is pointless, there are several provisions that were stricken from this bill that are clear losses for the Trump admin. Trump's plan to sell off federal land was taken out of the bill due to huge backlash from Republican states for example. We are also heading in a midterm year so putting pressure on your representatives will be your best move. In the eyes of politicians, people who bother to call are people who bother to vote.

New comment by 9283409232 in "OBBB signed: Reinstates immediate expensing for U.S.-based R&D"

9283409232 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 13:43:13 +0000

Anything is better than what we have and ranked choice voting is the most popular alternative.

New comment by 9283409232 in "ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral"

9283409232 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 03:31:07 +0000

Trump himself said he would like to deport citizens.

New comment by 9283409232 in "OBBB signed: Reinstates immediate expensing for U.S.-based R&D"

9283409232 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 02:19:54 +0000

The answer is to vote out politicians. Getting ranked choice voting on your states ballot would go a long way to fixing this. They would not have Mamdani on the ballot for NY mayor if it wasn't for ranked choice voting. Certain politicans know this and have made RCV illegal in their state. Get RCV on the ballot for your state.

New comment by 9283409232 in "OBBB signed: Reinstates immediate expensing for U.S.-based R&D"

9283409232 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 02:16:36 +0000

I think editorializing the title is fine in this case. The original headline is not descriptive and buries the part that would be relevant to HN.

New comment by 9283409232 in "Ask HN: Worth leaving position over push to adopt vibe coding?"

9283409232 — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 23:34:30 +0000

Look for a new job but be amendable to your current one. If they want you to "vibe code" then do it and look for another job on the side. Get in touch with your network and see if anyone is hiring with reasonable coding practices. My company bought everyone a Claude subscription but they trust us to use it where reasonable.

New comment by 9283409232 in "ChatGPT creates phisher's paradise by serving the wrong URLs for major companies"

9283409232 — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 20:43:27 +0000

I've been using Phind lately and I think they do a really good job avoiding this problem. I don't think I've ever run into a fake URL using it. As a search engine, I think I still prefer Kagi but Phind is a great if you want a free option.

New comment by 9283409232 in "I want to leave tech: what do I do?"

9283409232 — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:29:17 +0000

This is what I mean. Thanks for giving an example. There are very normal not sexy companies that need engineers.

New comment by 9283409232 in "My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]"

9283409232 — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:20:18 +0000

People begging YC to "do the right thing" don't understand that this is the exact behavior that VCs love and reward.

New comment by 9283409232 in "I want to leave tech: what do I do?"

9283409232 — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:19:30 +0000

The title is a bit clickbait because it's not really about leaving tech, it's about leaving the bullshit behind. If you don't want to work for FAANG actively ruining the world then you have options. In addition to what is posted here, the best advice I can give is to work at a company that isn't a tech company. More regular companies than you think employ software engineers.