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New comment by JoblessWonder in "Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs"

JoblessWonder — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:07:26 +0000

One of our vendors started charging a 10% tariff fee for parts ordered from Switzerland... we passed that fee directly on to our customers as a line item. I can't imagine the headache when (not if) they come to us expecting a refund for that.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "How Did the FBI Get Nancy Guthrie's Nest Doorbell Footage?"

JoblessWonder — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:53:14 +0000

If it was still uploading events then why did it take so long to recover?

New comment by JoblessWonder in "How Did the FBI Get Nancy Guthrie's Nest Doorbell Footage?"

JoblessWonder — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:10:19 +0000

She apparently didn't have a subscription so it shouldn't have been uploading anywhere... however things get murky with notification settings.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "2 in 5 Americans did not read a single book in 2025"

JoblessWonder — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 06:19:53 +0000

Yeah… I didn’t say they both weren’t true due to a mathematical error… I was insinuating that the survey is probably flawed because if 20% of Americans can’t read… they likely aren’t even taking this survey.

It is also my uneducated guess that the actual percentage of Americans who haven’t read a single book in the past year is MUCH higher than 40%. Maybe a survey of HN commentators but not of the general population.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "2 in 5 Americans did not read a single book in 2025"

JoblessWonder — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:01:28 +0000

? What's going on man? I... didn't use any math in my comment?

New comment by JoblessWonder in "2 in 5 Americans did not read a single book in 2025"

JoblessWonder — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:41:00 +0000

1 in 5 Americans is functionally illiterate so.... yeah. There is no way this is true.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "2 in 5 Americans did not read a single book in 2025"

JoblessWonder — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:40:34 +0000

Aren't 1 out of 5 Americans functionally illiterate? [1] There is no way this is correct.

[1] https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-liter...

New comment by JoblessWonder in "Pretty soon, heat pumps will be able to store and distribute heat as needed"

JoblessWonder — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:57:33 +0000

I think something like 25% of the population reports 0 household income.

(I don't understand the implications, it was just surprising when I heard that.)

New comment by JoblessWonder in "Moltworker: a self-hosted personal AI agent, minus the minis"

JoblessWonder — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:57:50 +0000

I wish they would give a real-world cost estimate of what this would look like. They have a section of it "in action" [1] and I wish they would be like, "with this setup, the invoice is going to look like this, include these products, and with similar daily usage be about $XXX.00 per month."

[1] https://blog.cloudflare.com/moltworker-self-hosted-ai-agent/...

New comment by JoblessWonder in "Moltworker: a self-hosted personal AI agent, minus the minis"

JoblessWonder — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:54:21 +0000

Oh man, so many big players are JUMPING on this bandwagon! I got an email for Digital Ocean's Moltbot app this morning. All of them are touting their increased security over rolling your own.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot"

JoblessWonder — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:14:15 +0000

I see value in the LLM being able to read/integrate my iMessages since a lot of my scheduling/commitments are discussed on there.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "Claude's new constitution"

JoblessWonder — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:44:29 +0000

But if only one person feels that way, wouldn't it no longer be universal? I genuinely believe there has to be one person out there who would think it is moral.

(I'm just BSing on the internet... I took a few philosophy classes so if I'm off base or you don't want to engage in a pointless philosophical debate on HN I apologize in advance.)

New comment by JoblessWonder in "Carrier Landing in Top Gun for the NES"

JoblessWonder — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:20:45 +0000

I never got that far in the game... but that song gave me a visceral body memory of "difficult things in games that trigger intense 8 bit music" memories.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "Carrier Landing in Top Gun for the NES"

JoblessWonder — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:17:10 +0000

I rented this game *TWICE* as a little kid and never got to actually do anything because I couldn't figure out how to land the damn plane.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "New benchmark shows top LLMs struggle in real mental health care"

JoblessWonder — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:34:35 +0000

I’m not against affiliate links. I’m just pro-disclosure especially for something as important as therapy and it seems like maybe you should mention you make $150 for each person that signs up.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "New benchmark shows top LLMs struggle in real mental health care"

JoblessWonder — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:19:49 +0000

I love how the top comment on that Reddit post is an *affiliate link* to an online therapy provider.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "People are using iPad OS features on their iPhones"

JoblessWonder — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:24:14 +0000

Yeah... it almost seems like a brag instead of an insult. I wish my programs used only enough memory to power a spaceship!

New comment by JoblessWonder in "Offline card payments should be possible no later than 1 July 2026"

JoblessWonder — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 23:31:06 +0000

My list is similar except I'm using ACH for about 50% of your list.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus"

JoblessWonder — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:58:32 +0000

> Anyone know where can we see parent commenter's code or something that demonstrates their knowledge of computers, computer networks or particular knowledge of "SIM farms"

The parent commenter literally never questions the post's technical conclusions or assumptions. Why are you acting like they did?

The commenter appears to be trying to make a point about how the post addresses sources, tone, and confidentiality.

New comment by JoblessWonder in "30 minutes with a stranger"

JoblessWonder — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:47:21 +0000

Firefox in Windows has the tiniest little scrollbar indicator in the top right that honestly blends in very well with the background. I didn't realize I needed to scroll until I came to the comments. I clicked around... got some interaction... but basically left the first time being very confused.