Hacker News: Simon_ORourke

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "Zugzwang"

Simon_ORourke — Sat, 02 May 2026 19:07:59 +0000

Would it be a fair analogy that the president is in a constant state of Zugzwang - ever subsequent move he makes only ends up making things worse.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

Simon_ORourke — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:09:40 +0000

I think just forego the hypocrisy and have the Israeli's move the White House over there and put one of their own in it instead of pulling the strings.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

Simon_ORourke — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:07:14 +0000

Are all our foreign policy decisions now made in Tel Aviv to suit Israel?

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

Simon_ORourke — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:55:23 +0000

What's the desired strategic outcome here - to remove the incumbent president and his political party from power and replace it with one more favorable to US oil interests? And to do that without putting ground troops in to some Latin American Vietnam? Good luck with that.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "Reminder to passengers ahead of move to 100% digital boarding passes"

Simon_ORourke — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:13:59 +0000

I'm 100% certain the douche who runs Ryanair is extremely concerned about paper waste.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"

Simon_ORourke — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:27:02 +0000

Building a tourist app for my local city here upstate New York, since nobody in the local government office can be bothered.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "Four-year wedding crasher mystery solved"

Simon_ORourke — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:50:13 +0000

The guy made an honest mistake - like that time I mistakenly stayed in the bar across the street from one wedding venue (that I had been invited to) and then tried to mingle with the crowd once they came out.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "NYC wants you to stop taking traffic cam selfies, but here's how to do it anyway"

Simon_ORourke — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 09:49:32 +0000

How come I've got to this years old and only learned today that there's a "school for poetic computation" that's mentioned in the article.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "Man ran 700 miles to make 'insanely impressive' art on GPS fitness app"

Simon_ORourke — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 09:40:30 +0000

The only thing he's missing is that he did this "for charity".

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "The Madrileños who move into Toyko-style capsules"

Simon_ORourke — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 14:21:53 +0000

Good God, the absolute stench out of those capsules in Tokyo would not be the first thing a weary traveler would want.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "The Surreal Magnificence of Fatherhood"

Simon_ORourke — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 21:41:43 +0000

It's f*cking hard work, for those in any doubt. It's the most difficult web server config file you've ever to edit at 4am to resolve some production outage, for years, without any hope of let up. Is it rewarding, yes, but it's a duty and there's no backup or timeout, you get to experience this 24/7 for at least a few year while they're young.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad family"

Simon_ORourke — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 21:36:58 +0000

> is a literal terrorist group

Some guys doing bad stuff, say other guys doing bad stuff are really bad - trust us - and thus have them added to the definitive naughty list. In case you're in any doubt, there are lots of bad people and folks out there, but believing there's one definitive list is pretty much Western chauvinism writ large.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "Show HN: Cut the crap – remove AI bullshit from websites"

Simon_ORourke — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:44:26 +0000

But if you remove all the AI nonsense from corporate websites, how will the clueless bozos in charge make kissy faces to investors using "AI" anymore?

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "Ask HN: Does retro computing make you feel younger or older?"

Simon_ORourke — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 17:26:20 +0000

Neither, just enjoying myself either way.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "Ask HN: Nineteen Year Old Seeking Career Advice"

Simon_ORourke — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 08:57:58 +0000

At that age, it's rather simple. Do whatever it takes to get the foot in the door at a FAANG company. Take whatever RSUs they award you and put them in the bank for 10 years. Get promoted, play the game and after ten or fifteen years, collect all the RSU's you've built up, cash them in and then retire somewhere cheap building out personal projects for the rest of your days to keep yourself engaged and learning (on your own dime).

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad family"

Simon_ORourke — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 08:53:59 +0000

> * how will Turkey negotiate with this facing the pkk and Kurdish nationalism?

Hopefully Turkey does the honorable thing, recognizes an independent Kurdish state and apologizes for decades of oppression, murder and state-sanction terror? Unlikely though.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "An Assassin Escaped One of the Most Surveilled Cities in the World"

Simon_ORourke — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 19:52:28 +0000

https://archive.is/XbB0J

Syrian rebels begin to encircle Damascus

Simon_ORourke — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 19:50:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/07/syria-rebels-have-reached-damascus-suburbs-insurgent-commander-says

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42352350

Points: 6

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New comment by Simon_ORourke in "If Putin loses his Tartus base, he may need a ceasefire in Ukraine"

Simon_ORourke — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 19:37:13 +0000

Nonsense, he'll just pull those forces back to Russia and point them at Ukraine.

New comment by Simon_ORourke in "My second year without a job"

Simon_ORourke — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 08:50:23 +0000

> We were recently in Portugal. There's a ton of trendy food spots with prices near what we'd pay in HCOL U.S., but there's a ton of really local, mom 'n pop places, with absolutely incredibly prices, and they're incredibly appreciative of your business.

I hear that - last time I was in Lisbon I got breakfast in one of those kind of places and had to ask the cashier if they made a mistake with the change and had given me back too much. Like literally, they could have charged double I would have accepted it as a fair price for a nice meal.