Hacker News: Vixel

New comment by Vixel in "Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator"

Vixel — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:40:56 +0000

20 years? BRB, scheduling my ice float.

New comment by Vixel in "Twitter.com – Is Twitter Down?"

Vixel — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:10:34 +0000

Good.

New comment by Vixel in "X Is Down"

Vixel — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:09:09 +0000

Good.

New comment by Vixel in "Reddit Will Introduce Paywalls in 2025"

Vixel — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:50:56 +0000

Paywalls on people's content would work well if they have some type of revenue sharing, but paywalls on entire subreddits would be a disaster.

New comment by Vixel in "X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links"

Vixel — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:44:35 +0000

Garbage platform run by garbage people.

New comment by Vixel in "IRS Expected to Lay Off Thousands"

Vixel — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:11:04 +0000

https://archive.is/4Y6XL

New comment by Vixel in "Ping: the atomized social media network"

Vixel — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 23:55:40 +0000

I just don't have time to learn or care about another social network.

New comment by Vixel in "Ask HN: Netflix doing mass layoffs today?"

Vixel — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:27:36 +0000

Fuckin greed everywhere.

New comment by Vixel in "Free IRS-run tax filing pilot to be available in 13 states"

Vixel — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:26:58 +0000

This is great, but a lot of people think it will be a Intuit or H&R Block "killer". It won't. People don't pay for the "expert" tax prep, they pay for the hand holding. I have worked for HRB corporate for years and have seen countless people with simple W2's that happily pay $100+ per year just to have an office to go to, to shake a hand and talk to a person about their past year. As long as there are lonely elderly people, these businesses will always be there.

New comment by Vixel in "Mistakes to avoid to build a better 1-person business"

Vixel — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:32:45 +0000

I can totally relate to these tips. I used to do in-home computer service and I advertised on self made signs all around the city. Got a lot of calls but not a lot of conversions. The minute I put "Business Computer Service" on the signs, I got the same amount of calls and nearly every call was converted into an appointment. And now that they had a reliable computer person, they continued to call. I was able to raise my prices by 40%, hire a few employees, get some funding and eventually sell the business. I'll never forget how adding that one word was liked a magic trick.

New comment by Vixel in "The Undeniable Street View"

Vixel — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 16:37:06 +0000

Incredible use of technology

New comment by Vixel in "California AG and state senators introduce bill to ban hidden fees"

Vixel — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 23:23:35 +0000

I wish this bill was "ban ALL FEES" period. Classifying something as "junk" or "hidden" sounds like a nightmare that plenty of businesses and industries will find way around. Get back to bottom line pricing, taxes included, and watch competition rise while prices fall

New comment by Vixel in "Hyperrealistic Deepfaked Tom Cruise in a Coffeeshop"

Vixel — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 16:56:26 +0000

AI celebrity porn will be here soon

New comment by Vixel in "Google combines Maps and Waze teams in restructuring move"

Vixel — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:35:30 +0000

This is great news! It's about time! I was so excited to see the instant, crowdsourced traffic news in the Maps app. I was shocked when they didn't integrate right away. I use Waze for most drives but then have to switch to Maps for better business info

New comment by Vixel in "Ask HN: What Recession?"

Vixel — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 17:06:22 +0000

Here in the US, our recession is apparent in every day life. Various issues are causing disruptions in our supply-demand balance, which in turn has caused many essential industries and businesses to remain under staffed. Many of the skilled people I know have been unemployed or under-employed for the better part of a year. This imbalance has also caused the prices of goods and services to be inflated, making it difficult for everyone, including the properly employed, to enjoy life without worrying about finances.

New comment by Vixel in "Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)"

Vixel — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:57:15 +0000

I was a huge fan of RSS for a long time but stopped using it. I found that when I added in multiple feeds of my interests, My feed was littered with the same stories and sometimes even the same content. Also, much of the content had the same ads that were on the sites. So at that point, it was easier to just visit the sites with an ad blocker on.

New comment by Vixel in "Aegis Authenticator – Secure 2FA App for Android"

Vixel — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 01:19:53 +0000

I've always been aware of Aegis, but is there any reason to use this over the built in TOTP tool in a password manager like Bitwarden?

New comment by Vixel in "The Nevada national security site pt 1"

Vixel — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 23:21:27 +0000

Cool read, thanks. I worked in Mercury and all over the test site for years and miss all that history and stories from the cave dwellers.

New comment by Vixel in "YouTube currently testing 5 to 10 unskippable ads before video starts"

Vixel — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 23:17:49 +0000

If ads, or more ads, are bothering you that much, you're probably using youtube a lot and should subscribe to Youtube Premium. I've cancelled all my subscriptions except this one because it is an amazing value. You wouldn't believe how much better youtube is with no ads. And youtube music is pretty good as well.

New comment by Vixel in "Show HN: My Neat Portfolio Website"

Vixel — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 17:39:29 +0000

Wow, this is the best portfolio site i've ever seen. Mine is a tiny static page with a few css tricks