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New comment by Yhippa in "The Demoralization of the White-Collar Worker"

Yhippa — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:06:29 +0000

> This is not a spending problem. Families spend less on clothing, food, and appliances than a generation ago, adjusted for inflation. [19] The increase is entirely in fixed, non-discretionary costs: housing, healthcare, childcare, education.

I bet the explanation for this is that non-discretionary costs got higher, so people pulled back on discretionary spending. I do wonder if maybe people intentionally pulled back on discretionary spending despite small wage growth over time and capture was performed by housing, healthcare, and childcare. Or incentives by the government caused it. I have no clue.

New comment by Yhippa in "I Love the Computer"

Yhippa — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:11:10 +0000

This post resonates with me. I remember in Kindergarten getting my very first life experience with computing tech: grounding myself by touching the bottom screws of a Apple IIe. I've loved them in nearly the same way as OP.

I get the way he feels. I remember how special this stuff used to be because of how niche it was. It does feel a bit like the normies co-opted it but that is my personal and selfish view.

New comment by Yhippa in "A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer"

Yhippa — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:06:50 +0000

> but on a more tired or rushed day

This has nearly gotten me before, and I got lucky.

New comment by Yhippa in "How to earn a billion dollars"

Yhippa — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:39:16 +0000

If you draft Tom Brady in the sixth round, you can win seven Super Bowls.

New comment by Yhippa in "Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass"

Yhippa — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:05:15 +0000

> Makes bank for 9 years > Quits > Takes the moral high ground on the way out despite highly profiting from all the things he's decrying

Pretty nice life if you ask me.

New comment by Yhippa in "The placeholder name for the Windows 8 experience was "modern""

Yhippa — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:32:14 +0000

They had some cool form factors too. I remember I had one of the phones with a landscape slide-out physical keyboard.

New comment by Yhippa in "The placeholder name for the Windows 8 experience was "modern""

Yhippa — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:31:26 +0000

Way more fun than JaCoCo (which I actually like): https://www.eclemma.org/jacoco/

New comment by Yhippa in "The Last Technical Interview"

Yhippa — Sat, 30 May 2026 15:49:20 +0000

An equally rude and aggressive response.

New comment by Yhippa in "Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis"

Yhippa — Thu, 28 May 2026 03:58:26 +0000

At this point you can abstract what you wrote to any kind of task. I'm seeing people generate multiple takes on one concrete topic, poop out all kinds of artifacts, and keep emitting them within and outside of the company.

New comment by Yhippa in "We've made the world too complicated"

Yhippa — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:30:02 +0000

Kids aren't allowed to play at the playground unsupervised or walk around anywhere by themselves. Cars are all now 4,000 pounds, have terrible sight lines and are lifeless. I don't like this world.

New comment by Yhippa in "Every AI Subscription Is a Ticking Time Bomb for Enterprise"

Yhippa — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:26:39 +0000

Wasn't this the same thing when enterprises started using cloud computing? Did the bomb explode for them?

New comment by Yhippa in "Computer Hobby Movement in Canada"

Yhippa — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:44:16 +0000

I didn't grow up in Canada, but I miss these days where the universe of knowledge about computer tech and hardware wasn't impossibly large. It was possible to meet with people in meatspace and have real discussions with them. It's possible now, but it doesn't have the same vibe.

New comment by Yhippa in "Googlebook"

Yhippa — Wed, 13 May 2026 13:35:05 +0000

I'm curious to know how this will work in practice. I have tried multiple times for Gemini to take a look at what's on my screen on my Android device and create a Google Calendar event from it. A few times it works, but fails in the vast majority of cases.

New comment by Yhippa in "I hate soldering"

Yhippa — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:35:25 +0000

The first time I soldered, it was for a job interview to work for a professor building gastric pacemakers after university graduation. My eyes were still sharp so it was actually kind of fun.

New comment by Yhippa in "I want to live like Costco people"

Yhippa — Fri, 08 May 2026 04:27:51 +0000

Is it a requirement in Hawaii because of the generally high prices of everything there?

New comment by Yhippa in "Claude.ai unavailable and elevated errors on the API"

Yhippa — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:10:58 +0000

Just ask Claude and some agents to fix it...

New comment by Yhippa in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

Yhippa — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:44:09 +0000

As I'm typing on mine right now, I wonder why they made these so sharp. It hasn't cut me yet, but they are decidedly uncomfortable.

New comment by Yhippa in "I prefer OG style websites – what are yours?"

Yhippa — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:32:09 +0000

Your first link...I miss portals so much. Rip ig.

New comment by Yhippa in "I prefer OG style websites – what are yours?"

Yhippa — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:30:54 +0000

> I would be careful with calling that kind of design function over style.

Why?

New comment by Yhippa in "LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs"

Yhippa — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:47:24 +0000

This reminds me. Google Reader had comments enabled from your friends on posts you shared. This was the best form of social media I have ever experienced.