Hacker News: KeithBrink

Competition Bureau sues DoorDash, alleging misleading price promotions

KeithBrink — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 21:49:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/competition-bureau-doordash-1.7556125

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44229898

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by KeithBrink in "Careless People"

KeithBrink — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:36:23 +0000

I was interested in this anecdote about the board games, but it seems like there's at least some dispute about how true or inflated this story is:

https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-board-game-c...

I think it's easy to believe a narrative like this about someone generally disliked, but the reality about basically everyone is that we have good moments and bad moments. People that are famous are constantly being watched and evaluated.

Given the inevitability of those bad moments being observed and reported, I don't think it's a good foundation for evaluating someone's character. In this case, it's mostly useful for confirming an already negative point of view.

New comment by KeithBrink in "US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU"

KeithBrink — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:22:31 +0000

Bad example. Most dairy imports from US -> Canada are not subject to the tariffs.

This video goes over the details of the thresholds and how those dairy tariffs work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lURdVBCBo8

In short, nobody is paying 200% tariffs.

New comment by KeithBrink in "Carlos Slim cancels Starlink orders"

KeithBrink — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:34:39 +0000

https://archive.is/JwEcG

The $22B number comes from the stock market downturn leading to a loss of wealth of $7B for Musk that happened to be on the same day that Slim said they will cancel contracts for an unspecified amount with Starlink and invest $22B into developing their own infrastructure.

So, the headline is completely false.

New comment by KeithBrink in "Ask HN: Do the tarrifs impact software/SaaS? If so, how?"

KeithBrink — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 06:51:53 +0000

This is not how tariffs work - the US company is responsible for the tariff, not the Canadian company.

New comment by KeithBrink in "Ask HN: Do the tarrifs impact software/SaaS? If so, how?"

KeithBrink — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 09:42:15 +0000

Not any kind of expert, but from my research, Article 19.3 of the USMCA says that tariffs can't be imposed on digital products:

1. No Party shall impose customs duties, fees, or other charges on or in connection with the importation or exportation of digital products transmitted electronically, between a person of one Party and a person of another Party.

The full chapter on digital trade: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/agreements/FTA/US...

New comment by KeithBrink in "Launch HN: MinusX (YC S24) – AI assistant for data tools like Jupyter/Metabase"

KeithBrink — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:26:29 +0000

Any chance of a Firefox extension?

New comment by KeithBrink in "Ask HN: How do you fairly split donations among an open source team?"

KeithBrink — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:07:33 +0000

Yes, if everyone isn't involved in arriving at the decision about what is fair, they won't feel that it's fair even if you come up with some brilliant objective measurement of contribution impact.

New comment by KeithBrink in "Ask HN: Advice for turning my side project into a real business"

KeithBrink — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 20:38:01 +0000

I would find a way to validate that there is a path to $1m/year. Perhaps talking to some of the folks to see if they would commit to paying if you're able to deliver what you're building.

If you can get some written commitments in place, it will be a lot easier to pitch to investors if you decide to go that route, and you'll get a better valuation.

It doesn't sound like you are able to bear a worst case scenario at the moment since you have dependents, so you want to be as sure as possible before you lose your income stream.

New comment by KeithBrink in "Losing my son"

KeithBrink — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:24:57 +0000

Thank you for writing this. They say that you don't know what you have until it's gone, but reading experiences like this reminds me how precious and fragile life is, so that I can more deeply appreciate the time I do have with my loved ones.

New comment by KeithBrink in "Losing my son"

KeithBrink — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:19:21 +0000

The author's other writings on the four magic words helped me understand his point of view at visceral level. He is not clinging to preserving his son, he believes that his son's life is sacred, even in its diminished state.

New comment by KeithBrink in "Ask HN: Visual interfaces for editing markdown-based static sites?"

KeithBrink — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:13:27 +0000

You can look into a Git-based CMS, such as https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms

These typically are designed to support static site generators.

New comment by KeithBrink in "Ask HN: Are there downsides to making all our source code publicly available?"

KeithBrink — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:25:16 +0000

I disagree, there's nothing wrong with a business owner doing things because it makes them happy.

New comment by KeithBrink in "Logic Lab"

KeithBrink — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:03:21 +0000

Another good one: https://nandgame.com/

New comment by KeithBrink in "Ask HN: How small startups deal with long security questionnaires from clients?"

KeithBrink — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:21:28 +0000

Ah their pricing was different when I was using them, but I recommend reaching out, they were very flexible and easy to work with they might do something custom for you.

New comment by KeithBrink in "Ask HN: How small startups deal with long security questionnaires from clients?"

KeithBrink — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 03:28:33 +0000

I had a great experience with Stacksi, they helped both created the policies and answer the questionaires semi automatically based on the policies.

Black Death may not have been spread by rats after all

KeithBrink — Sat, 20 May 2023 03:38:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/black-death-may-not-have-been-spread-rats-after-all

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36009151

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

New comment by KeithBrink in "Denver’s e-bike subsidy program produced more new riders, fewer car trips"

KeithBrink — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 02:39:15 +0000

Making money based on statistics is what the insurance company does. The whole point of insurance is paying extra money to the insurance company in case I'm personally on the wrong side of the statistic.

New comment by KeithBrink in "Developer marketing for early-stage startups – what we’ve learned"

KeithBrink — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:23:18 +0000

Did you think about having the saleswoman continue to visit that one customer on contract? Pay a few thousand for the day, land the sale, then back to the MBA.

New comment by KeithBrink in "How they filmed The Last of Us arcade scene"

KeithBrink — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:38:57 +0000

Here's the comment: https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/last-of-us-arcade-s...