Hacker News: YoyoyoPCP

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "'No cash accepted' signs are bad news for unbanked Americans"

YoyoyoPCP — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 23:55:15 +0000

Dumb guy question: why does the US government not offer all citizens a bank account? Is there some constitutional reason against it?

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants"

YoyoyoPCP — Mon, 15 May 2023 23:03:05 +0000

I also don't believe the people that say they want a simple tax code. This is the same country that loves coupons, discounts and promo codes. You really think they're gonna give up the tax breaks in the name of elegance and simplicity?

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says"

YoyoyoPCP — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 01:40:04 +0000

Fair enough, but I don't think I'm saying anything that hasn't already been pretty abundantly documented over the last several years.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says"

YoyoyoPCP — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 01:38:16 +0000

Correct. Absolutely devastating to small business owners.

I've heard stories that SF is so inundated with car theft that it has created a portal that automatically approves car break in claims for insurance.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says"

YoyoyoPCP — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 01:29:37 +0000

San Francisco has its heart in the right place and is struggling to grapple with the reality that lax drug laws invites the wrong kind of people to the city.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "OP-1 field"

YoyoyoPCP — Thu, 12 May 2022 16:10:41 +0000

The OP-1 has been the single most inspiring tool I've had in a decade. Every other sampler I've bought has always failed to reliably draw me in.

There is no putting a price on creativity. Sure, the competition can compete on specs and price, but they never seem to get me to want to turn them on like the OP-1.

Just my opinion of course. But it is already a classic at this point and is deserving of respect.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge"

YoyoyoPCP — Sat, 22 May 2021 00:27:41 +0000

Prop 47 misled the public and needs to be repealed.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "The Fall of Silicon Valley"

YoyoyoPCP — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 04:19:12 +0000

Reminds me of this quote from Michael S. Malone in The Valley of Heart's Delight (2002)

> When will it end? I knowingly predicted Silicon Valley's imminent demise in 1980, 1985, 1989, and 1994. Eventually, I learned my lesson. The rest of the media world obviously has not--regularly indulging in yet another paroxysm of features about how the Valley is losing its crown to Austin, Orange County, Bangalore, even Boise.

> Perhaps. All I know is just months after the last time I predicted the Valley's end, I found myself regularly having lunch in a Chinese restuartant in Campbell with two young entrepreneurs... The company they were building was called Ebay.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "A concise guide to the latest Go generics draft design"

YoyoyoPCP — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 14:56:14 +0000

Wish comparable supported all of the compare operators. Otherwise, this looks like a nice design by the Go team!

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "A Brief History of California’s Housing Crisis"

YoyoyoPCP — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 04:24:14 +0000

Another fun feature of Prop 13 is the corporate landlords' ability to avoid the "changing hands" reset of the property tax:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sd-u...

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Facebook showed me my data is everywhere and I have absolute no control over it"

YoyoyoPCP — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:26:06 +0000

At what point does the end user feel accountability for giving a free service all of their information? I get that they employ various unsavory tactics (especially on mobile), but remember that this _is_ the Internet after all.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Uber drivers “employees” for unemployment purposes, NY labor board says"

YoyoyoPCP — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 05:00:01 +0000

Sure! At least it would be a clear, defined system.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Uber drivers “employees” for unemployment purposes, NY labor board says"

YoyoyoPCP — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 04:59:24 +0000

Apologies, I must have worded that too vaguely. I meant the state should minimally pay people the amount they believe to be a livable wage.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Uber drivers “employees” for unemployment purposes, NY labor board says"

YoyoyoPCP — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 16:31:20 +0000

I find it so funny when the state/government requires businesses to compensate people in some minimal way. If you think people need X dollars or Y benefits to live a comfortable life, why don't you give it to them?

/rant

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Nutrition offers its resignation, and the reply"

YoyoyoPCP — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:44:18 +0000

I was struck by how I started feeling after drinking Diet Coke. It's a rather indescribable feeling of discomfort afterward. The studies about its harmful effects are of no surprise to me.

Same with Ramen. I even experience muscle aching at times after eating it. It's a shame because I find it so tasty!

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Nutrition offers its resignation, and the reply"

YoyoyoPCP — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:41:55 +0000

As a former smoker, I knew exactly how bad it was for me minutes after the initial high. Smoking is a perfect example, really.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Nutrition offers its resignation, and the reply"

YoyoyoPCP — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:41:15 +0000

I feel like I know when I've eaten something unhealthful. Even feeling it in my burping afterwards feels like an indicator to me. I don't generally feel this way after a salad or drinking water.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Nutrition offers its resignation, and the reply"

YoyoyoPCP — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 00:16:51 +0000

My general philosophy about nutrition is simply to listen to my own body. As in: how does this meal that I just ate or drink that I just drank make me feel? I've noticed with certain foods, I have strange feelings after eating them, so I'll tend to stay away from eating them regularly or even at all.

I'm not sure if there's any merit to this way of considering my diet, but it feels like the most sensible approach towards deciding what I should or shouldn't eat.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Apple Music now has 38M paid members"

YoyoyoPCP — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:40:51 +0000

Personally, this is exactly why Google Play is the only option for me. I would gladly move back to Spotify should they offer that feature.

New comment by YoyoyoPCP in "Oh shit, git: Getting myself out of bad situations"

YoyoyoPCP — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:19:00 +0000

You use the 'e' option which allows you to edit the hunk. Remove the minus sign or the entire line with a '+'