<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: Libcat99</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Libcat99</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:56:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=Libcat99" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The feds don't own state IDs in the US, at least.</p>
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<p>And arresting the users solves none of that. Maybe it hides it from casual observers, but if you actually want to help people, treatment programs and assistance, not cops, are what you need.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 22:39:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44805375</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44805375</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44805375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "FICO to incorporate buy-now-pay-later loans into credit scores"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>8 years ago I bought a house. My monthly rent was 1300 and mortgage/escrow/repair savings were instead 2000. Rent went up $100-$200 a year.<p>My son is looking for rentals in our same community and the equivalent rental to what I had is now around $3000.<p>Even ignoring appreciation, in the long term there was a cash flow savings.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:55:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44364775</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44364775</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44364775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "AI Won't Kill Junior Devs – But Your Hiring Strategy Might"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The issue is not that companies don't have the funds to chase these bugs (which will impact future trust/revenue), it's that they don't want to spend it chasing these bugs. Next quarter thinking leads to bad software.</p>
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<p>Not free, but this was one of my favorite things when learning to program.
<a href="https://everybasic.info/lib/exe/fetch.php/basics/vbdos-3.png" rel="nofollow">https://everybasic.info/lib/exe/fetch.php/basics/vbdos-3.png</a>
Visual Basic for DOS.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 15:28:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44022080</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44022080</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44022080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The report includes notes on certain messages having durations set before they would disappear. This indicates intent.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:51:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43477352</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43477352</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43477352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "America Is Missing The New Labor Economy – Robotics Part 1"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A broad UBI plan would likely not have every single person's income going up by a known amount, either.<p>Most of the plans I've seen taper off and then become a tax at certain income levels.</p>
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<p>I agree with you, and I support archive.org, but let's be clear.<p>The US gov could shut them down tomorrow. Illegally, but that's not stopping them elsewhere right now.<p>So support archive.org, and support backups elsewhere.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:45:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43257819</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43257819</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43257819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback'"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Support is looked at as a cost center only.<p>This policy was meant to make people give up, it's literally anti-support.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:50:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43127366</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43127366</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43127366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "2-Year Call of Duty False Permanent Ban Reversed by Court Case"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Imprisonment is worse, being kicked out of university is also worse, but a company taking your money for a product and then banning you from use of that product without a reasonable (and inexpensive) appeals process is also evil (and imo should be illegal).</p>
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<p>Our town has Installed several crosswalks with flashing lights in common crossing areas away from traffic lights. It feels many times safer.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 02:13:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42720188</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42720188</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42720188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "Let's Quit X"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It appears to have better blocking mechanics, so I don't know. The same content might exist there, but you won't see things that you filtered.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:39:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42696502</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42696502</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42696502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "AI companies cause most of traffic on forums"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Switching to sending wrong, inexpensive data might be preferable to blocking them.<p>I've used this with voip scanners.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 04:55:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42564061</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42564061</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42564061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "What we know about CEO shooting suspect"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Don't misunderstand me, I think it's fine he gets the treatment he needs to resolve his pain.<p>It should have happened without death, is all.</p>
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<p>Where he'll get treatment on the taxpayer dime?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:55:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42378610</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42378610</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42378610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "Show HN: App that asks ‘why?’ every time you unlock your phone"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So responding to you and the parent post both...<p>I have my own thought and also one in response to the "taking a photo" type tasks.<p>I'd like a drop down of some tasks I predefined, so I can answer with one of those.<p>Things like "answering a message" that I can choose instead of entering one. There is occasionally one message with 3 choices, I think, about how this aligns with my goals. So something like that but user defined.<p>Second thing, maybe a couple of those options could be tied to app launch so clicking it takes you to the common task. For example, "Taking a photo" could drop me right back into the camera app.<p>Great app, I've been using it all day and just doing so is insightful. And glad this comment chain led me to the "cooldown" function.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:43:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42261283</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42261283</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42261283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "Using BenQ's latest 32" 4k monitor (RD320U) which is aimed at programming"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I reread the part about speakers 3 times and still don't understand. He says it has speakers but then implies it doesn't? I'm lost.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:25:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42125868</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42125868</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42125868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "Spotify's Car Thing, due for bricking, is getting an open source second life"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't disagree IF they make tooling available for reuse.<p>Of course, I'd prefer they do that all along.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:17:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42122263</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42122263</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42122263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "Ask HN: What's the most creative 'useless' program you've ever written?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Love this concept :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:47:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41945785</link><dc:creator>Libcat99</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41945785</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41945785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Libcat99 in "Ask HN: What's the most creative 'useless' program you've ever written?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://github.com/JonD-libera/sandwichbot">https://github.com/JonD-libera/sandwichbot</a></p>
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