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New comment by RhodesianHunter in "Show HN: OneCLI – Vault for AI Agents in Rust"

RhodesianHunter — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:35:11 +0000

Just because it's been done before for a different use-case doesn't mean that building exclusively for this use-case doesn't remove friction.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"

RhodesianHunter — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:51:58 +0000

There are many obvious ways in which this may not be true.

Anyone learning the language and some people with learning disabilities, for example, may communicate better via an LLM.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "Igalia, Servo, and the Sovereign Tech Fund"

RhodesianHunter — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:55:57 +0000

You're welcome to move somewhere with no taxes. I hear those places are all very pleasant.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "Show HN: ClickStack – Open-source Datadog alternative by ClickHouse and HyperDX"

RhodesianHunter — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:21:02 +0000

That's what happens when there's a need for something.

You see an explosion in offerings, and then eventually it's whittled down to a handful of survivors.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "The journey to save the last known 43-inch Sony CRT"

RhodesianHunter — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:34:43 +0000

I just don't think ancient artifacts are comparable to an old TV.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated"

RhodesianHunter — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:39:57 +0000

Well, and once this kills the web then Google's AI no longer has a data source its AI can tap to answer questions about anything that happens afterward, so it kind of needs the web to at least limp along.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses"

RhodesianHunter — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:41:28 +0000

Yes, but are they on Instagram though?

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "Two new Gemini models, reduced 1.5 Pro pricing, increased rate limits, and more"

RhodesianHunter — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:19:59 +0000

That doesn't seem like much of a plan given their trailing position in the cloud space and the fact that Microsoft and AWS both have their own offerings.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "Two new Gemini models, reduced 1.5 Pro pricing, increased rate limits, and more"

RhodesianHunter — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:18:54 +0000

I wonder if they're pulling the wall-mart model. Ruthlessly cut costs and sell at-or-below costs until your competitors go out of business, then ratchet up the prices once you have market dominance.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters"

RhodesianHunter — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:31:12 +0000

Half of builders went out of business in 2008 and 1/3 left the trades.

We only just recently reached the level of new home starts we were hitting pre great-recession.

We have a decade's worth of supply deficit and in most locale's aren't doing much to overcome this.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters"

RhodesianHunter — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:45:58 +0000

Malibu, CA is very expensive to live in as well.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters"

RhodesianHunter — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:45:22 +0000

Hard to get much denser than NYC without massive capital expenditure.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters"

RhodesianHunter — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:58:15 +0000

> Collusion requires taking supply off the market in order to raise prices.

This is factually incorrect.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters"

RhodesianHunter — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:57:06 +0000

Yes, living in one of the, if not the, most desirable cities on the planet comes with additional costs.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters"

RhodesianHunter — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:03:18 +0000

Housing supply is inelastic due to the time it takes to permit and built.

Housing demand is more elastic than you suspect. People have income on a curve, and at a certain point of price/quality will move further out and commute or move to a lower cost of living city entirely.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters"

RhodesianHunter — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:01:20 +0000

>I have a strong incentive to undercut them

Not in a supply constrained market where your rental will be occupied either way.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters"

RhodesianHunter — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:57:30 +0000

True but, look up the price fixing that's been going on in big AG via AgriStats. Similar story as OP.

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters"

RhodesianHunter — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:55:41 +0000

I'm not trying to be snarky, I'm genuinely curious. Have you ever read the economics literature on price controls?

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters"

RhodesianHunter — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:51:53 +0000

>Dynamic price control of rents

How many economics studies, from all schools of economic thought, across 100 years of research need to prove that price controls don't work before people start accepting that fact?

New comment by RhodesianHunter in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2024)"

RhodesianHunter — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 17:21:09 +0000

Location: US - Seeking work in Europe

Remote: either

Willing to relocate: technically a requirement :)

Technologies: Kafka, stream processing, JVM (Java, Kotlin, Scala), distributed systems, concurrency, large scale

Email: rhodesianhunter [at] gmail

Situation: I know this is a long shot but I'm throwing it out there just in case.

I am a Principal level distributed systems engineer in the US who would love to move to Europe and would require visa sponsorship to do so. I currently make in the 400k TC range and am willing to take less for this opportunity, but not 1/3 which is what I've seen in previous searches, and is why I'm putting this post out there just in case.

I have over 12 years of experience as a software engineer across a variety of stacks. Over the last 6 I have specialized in stream processing, distributed systems, and data storage working on systems that handle millions of messages per second. I generally write code in JVM languages but have experience with many and am eager to learn anything.

If it sounds like I might be a fit please let me know, thank you!