<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: RandallBrown</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=RandallBrown</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:53:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=RandallBrown" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by RandallBrown in "OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Isn't SpaceX the only one of those that actually makes money?</p>
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<p>> Eventually, there will be a lot of bugs, and developers will complain that we need additional human resources<p>I just hope I can last that long.</p>
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<p>> More often than not, the first thing I do when I sign up for a service is cancel it (after confirming I can use it for the billing period).<p>That's what I loved about Apple controlling their App Store subscriptions. All subscriptions keep working through the billing period and there isn't really anything an app can do about it. It also gave me an easy centralized place to view and cancel subscriptions.</p>
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<p>> "carbs are recognized now as seriously unhealthy" is absolutely untrue<p>I don't think they meant that the medical community recognizes carbs as unhealthy. I think they meant the general public.<p>It's not true that carbs are unhealthy, but I think it is true that people recognize them as unhealthy.</p>
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<p>Robbery may not be the main reason for a camera. Having a video of any incident that happens (broken equipment leading to injury, angry parent, etc.) would be valuable.</p>
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<p>How do you find the place to buy the thing you're looking for?<p>I just tried asking ChatGPT where to buy a backpack I'm looking for and it just... did a search. It would have been considerably faster to just do the search myself instead of wade through the slop about how "This backpack is hard to find in stock, you'll need to buy it directly from the brand yada yada yada".</p>
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<p>Sending someone a link to a photo is a much worse experience than sending them the actual photo directly to their phone.<p>Sending a photo over text message often compresses it, which isn't always desirable. (Not actually sure if it gets compressed when sent of iMessage)<p>I've also used it to send people photos when we were in places without cell service like on hiking and camping trips.</p>
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<p>If you're ever in Seattle you can visit the La Marzocco US headquarters and actually try out their machines.<p>I actually hate coffee, but I go by their building every day and the machines are very impressive looking.</p>
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<p>What about Seattle's trash was crazy? I've lived here for 14 years and never noticed anything weird about it compared to other places I've lived.</p>
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<p>That would pay for a very nice e-bike or scooter to use on most of those rides.<p>But by using a Lime instead you don't have to worry about theft, maintenance, or storage, which could definitely be <i>more</i> valuable to lots of people.</p>
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<p>I end all of my sentences with periods and I was told that I have a negative attitude at work because of it. Seriously, my manager's advice was to stop ending my sentences with periods.</p>
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<p>Can it hover?</p>
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<p>Agreed. That's what I put in my original post.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:32:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47251764</link><dc:creator>RandallBrown</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47251764</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47251764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by RandallBrown in "Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You probably don't need to go faster <i>in</i> the city center, but you need to get to the city center somehow.</p>
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<p>I can't say I'd be excited about 19 mph speed limits enforced by cameras, but I don't doubt it would work.<p>I'd love for my city to just focus on making other forms of transportation more appealing. More bus lanes, more (properly designed) bike lanes, etc.</p>
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<p>Seattle lowered the speed limit on a lot of roads, but didn't do much else beyond add a few "No turn on red" signs.<p>So now you have a road where the speed limit used to be 35, but is large and straight enough to comfortably go 45, with a speed limit of 25. That causes people to go wildly different speeds and (in my opinion) makes it a lot more dangerous.</p>
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<p>I think you're purposefully missing my point.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:35:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47222084</link><dc:creator>RandallBrown</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47222084</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47222084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by RandallBrown in "NASA announces overhaul of Artemis program amid safety concerns, delays"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So let's say you want to check something like a new fuel nozzle.<p>SpaceX might design and build the nozzle, then put it in the rocket and launch it. It might work how they intended, or it might not, but they'll find out immediately. They'll make changes, build a new nozzle, launch another rocket, and continue until it works like they want.<p>NASA will do a lot more testing, simulation, redesigning, etc. until they KNOW that the nozzle will perform perfectly on the first try.<p>On the surface, NASA's approach sounds cheaper because you aren't wasting rockets. In reality it looks like SpaceX's approach might be better.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:24:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185077</link><dc:creator>RandallBrown</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185077</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by RandallBrown in "NASA announces overhaul of Artemis program amid safety concerns, delays"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When SpaceX launches a rocket, they think it will work.
When NASA launches a rocket they <i>know</i> it will work.<p>The cost of going from "I think this will work" to "I know this will work" is really expensive. It might be cheaper/faster to fail a few times and fix those problems than it would be to verify everything up front.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:41:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47183946</link><dc:creator>RandallBrown</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47183946</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47183946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by RandallBrown in "Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If someone took the time to look through my GitHub contributions then pitched me with a job relevant to that work I would absolutely consider them. That's <i>exactly</i> the kind of recruiter I would like to work with.<p>If it's obviously just a bot scraping emails and sending generic job requests, that's very different.</p>
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