Hacker News: SandB0x

New comment by SandB0x in "Facebook reportedly laying off thousands of employees"

SandB0x — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:32:47 +0000

It's a big deal for the many affected people

New comment by SandB0x in "Web3 Is Bullshit"

SandB0x — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 08:33:54 +0000

I think you mean: "Has relevant industry knowledge

New comment by SandB0x in "Tether Fined $41M for Lying About Reserves"

SandB0x — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:35:28 +0000

Well that too

New comment by SandB0x in "Tether Fined $41M for Lying About Reserves"

SandB0x — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:30:17 +0000

This is simply insolvency, not fractional reserve.

New comment by SandB0x in "I'm sorry"

SandB0x — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 23:52:07 +0000

The diff https://github.com/reactiveui/splat/pull/778/files

New comment by SandB0x in "Ask HN: Software design patterns for projects without a scope?"

SandB0x — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 04:45:47 +0000

> oftentimes I'm rewriting existing chunks of code to incorporate the new features because I chose a certain structure that no longer makes sense.

You're doing it right.

> the client usually doesn't know what comes next until they need it.

Do you know what comes next? If not then designing for requirements that may not exist is likely to take your code in the wrong direction.

New comment by SandB0x in "On the Use of a Life"

SandB0x — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 08:18:22 +0000

The original comment was completely unacceptable.

Secrets of the 747: On board the last Qantas jumbo jet (2020)

SandB0x — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 04:28:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jul/22/secrets-of-the-boeing-747-on-board-the-last-qantas-jumbo-jet

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23924182

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by SandB0x in "Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections"

SandB0x — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:18:36 +0000

Stock price dropping over 8% today is one metric.

New comment by SandB0x in "Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier are symptom-free"

SandB0x — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 07:35:55 +0000

It seems unlikely that someone would even be tested after being hit by a truck, or that a doctor would choose to list it as a cause of death.

The risk of systemic healthcare failure due to Covid-19

SandB0x — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 02:15:09 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/LizSpecht/status/1236095180459003909

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22515864

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by SandB0x in "Ask HN: STEM toy for a 3 years old?"

SandB0x — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:19:21 +0000

My kid of this age loves the Brio Builder range: https://www.brio.net/products/all-products/builder

Desert Aircraft 'Boneyards' (2014)

SandB0x — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 19:21:48 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140918-secrets-of-the-aircraft-boneyards

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20537600

Points: 20

# Comments: 3

New comment by SandB0x in "[dead]"

SandB0x — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 18:29:40 +0000

Do you really expect to hire a good developer with experience for £28k in London?

New comment by SandB0x in "A Reply to François Chollet on Intelligence Explosion"

SandB0x — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:22:35 +0000

Reminder that Eliezer Yudowsky is a crank https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Eliezer_Yudkowsky

How do I make sure I don't mix up identical twin newborns?

SandB0x — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 21:54:31 +0000

Article URL: https://parenting.stackexchange.com/q/1533

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14127748

Points: 21

# Comments: 4

New comment by SandB0x in "Why do developers who could work anywhere flock to the most expensive cities?"

SandB0x — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 07:16:06 +0000

> there’s nothing about software development that requires meatspace interactions

This is a big claim that is not true in my experience. Dealing with highly ambiguous situations, talking people out of bad ideas and learning through collaboration works much better in person.

New comment by SandB0x in "Most of Mars' air was 'lost to space'"

SandB0x — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:29:49 +0000

That's more or less what happens at the end of Battlestar Galactica (syfy version).

New comment by SandB0x in "Uber's SVP of engineering is out"

SandB0x — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 20:44:57 +0000

Is this a wise comment to make, given that your profile displays your personal details and work history?

New comment by SandB0x in "Cloudflare Reverse Proxies Are Dumping Uninitialized Memory"

SandB0x — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:04:50 +0000

Can someone provide a lay-person's explanation of the issue and its implications?