<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: __derek__</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=__derek__</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:54:25 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=__derek__" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Airbnb sellers can charge a fixed fee directly by setting minimum stay lengths or by charging different nightly rates based on the length of stay (e.g., weekly and monthly stay discounts).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:45:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39670454</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39670454</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39670454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "U.S. is said to open criminal inquiry into Boeing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As Matt Levine says, everything is securities fraud. Boeing defrauded its shareholders (and its public company customers) by saying that it was building safe planes. Even beyond that, the law guarantees protection for whistleblowers within these companies.* These hypothetical engineers would have absolutely been protected.<p>* If you work for a public company, you've almost certainly had a training about its ethics hotline with information about your protection from retaliation.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:11:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39663558</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39663558</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39663558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "My Clients, the Liars"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That's not perjury. Trial attorneys are not under oath because that would conflict with their duty to advocate for their clients. Their duty not to lie to the court is a matter of professional ethics.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 17:58:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39661094</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39661094</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39661094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "U.S. is said to open criminal inquiry into Boeing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The US Congress empowered the SEC with strong whistleblower protections to avoid dilemmas like that.[1]<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.sec.gov/whistleblower/retaliation" rel="nofollow">https://www.sec.gov/whistleblower/retaliation</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 17:42:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39660964</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39660964</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39660964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Icelandic Approved Names – Nordic Names"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It looks like there are only 35 in Iceland.[1] It's more popular in the continental Nordic countries, though.<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Mohammed" rel="nofollow">https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Mohammed</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 17:30:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39660869</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39660869</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39660869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Furious Congress plows forward with TikTok bill after user revolt"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That seems to be the committee's takeaway, too:<p>> “The fact that they used geo-location targeting to go after minor children to call congressional offices with misinformation about the bill caused so many members on the E&C Committee to vote in favor," [Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi] said.<p>[1]: <a href="https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-bytedance-bill-divest-5b5a685e8f1e19d22182d62526bf19b8" rel="nofollow">https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-bytedance-bill-divest-...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 22:40:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39647373</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39647373</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39647373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Furious Congress plows forward with TikTok bill after user revolt"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The protests against SOPA and PIPA.[1]<p>[1]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 22:31:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39647308</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39647308</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39647308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "What It's Like to Be a Sociopath"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> antisocial = commits crimes and <i>harms society</i><p>The GP conflates "tech workers" and "CS" but it's pretty clear that this is the target of the second paragraph: folks who are happy to do work that harms society without doing anything that rises to the level of mandatory treatment. That tendency has been a big part of the so-called "techlash" the last several years.<p>That said, I don't think this is unique to tech (cf. finance or politics).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:42:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39503479</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39503479</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39503479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "High Interest Savings Leaderboard"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Post-GFC, that's not a real risk for retail MMFs. They're de facto narrow banks now.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:39:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39485153</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39485153</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39485153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Capital One to buy Discover Financial in $35B stock deal"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Lots of ex-Amazon directors and VPs, FWIW.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:52:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39444391</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39444391</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39444391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Seattle ordinance intended to help app delivery workers is 'hurting' them"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Anecdotally, some factors I've heard that make YoY comparisons questionable:<p>1. With RTO, folks are more likely to eat out during the week (especially for places in SLU), so weekend demand is probably lower<p>2. With commutes, folks are more likely to pick up on their way home, so demand for delivery is probably lower<p>3. With the poor level of service, folks are more likely to pick up in order to ensure that their food is actually edible<p>King5's post itself notes another potential confounding variable: more drivers.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 23:16:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39268540</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39268540</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39268540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "A Record $6T in Cash on the Sidelines"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The post is an advertisement:<p>> The following content is sponsored by New York Life Investments<p>The "content" is just an image with an affiliate link.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2024 15:10:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39240994</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39240994</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39240994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan's online rant spurs threats to supes, police reports"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There's a Key and Peele sketch in this vein: Rap Album Confessions.[1]<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WE3A0PwVs" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WE3A0PwVs</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:12:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39206360</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39206360</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39206360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Delta Dental says data breach exposed info of 7M people"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My info was not leaked because I've never done business with Delta Dental of California. The title omits the essential "of California" context.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:38:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38659710</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38659710</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38659710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Delta Dental says data breach exposed info of 7M people"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The title is borderline click-bait: I have had Delta Dental insurance at every employer, so I clicked through to read more, but I've never lived in California or been employed by a California company.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38655923</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38655923</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38655923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Appeals court denies judicial immunity to judge who personally searched home"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, that's a naive view of American law enforcement.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 21:53:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38135480</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38135480</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38135480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Appeals court denies judicial immunity to judge who personally searched home"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>FYI: that bill is from the previous Congress, but it's been reintroduced in the current one[1] and in the Senate.[2] But Republicans control the House, so it's not going anywhere. Meanwhile, it looks like a Republican introduced an opposing bill to codify qualified immunity for police.[3]<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2847" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2847</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1196" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/119...</a><p>[3]: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/233" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/233</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 21:51:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38135463</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38135463</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38135463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Appeals court denies judicial immunity to judge who personally searched home"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Appointed judges are just another form of patronage. The process is no less partisan than an election, and arguably more so because of the small coalition that actually needs to be onboard.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 21:45:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38135398</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38135398</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38135398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "Google lays off employees working on its voice assistant"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Alexa Let's Chat was announced last month, but not yet launched.[1]<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/b?node=118801773011" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.amazon.com/b?node=118801773011</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:11:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38113033</link><dc:creator>__derek__</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38113033</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38113033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by __derek__ in "FTX thief cashes out millions during Bankman-Fried trial"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>From TFA:<p>> Some of the stolen Bitcoin successfully laundered last year has been traced to a wallet known to be used by Russian-linked criminal groups. Elliptic says this could point to the involvement of a broker or other intermediary with a link to Russia.<p>IMO, the most compelling story is that the thief is an attacker who had previously gained access, saw the news, and acted quickly to grab what they could. Security was not exactly a priority for these people.</p>
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