Hacker News: adetrest

New comment by adetrest in "Bugatti’s Strategy of One-Off Supercars"

adetrest — Fri, 31 May 2019 21:00:50 +0000

This is both absurd and obscene. I could think of a million better ways to spend the money and benefit people or ecosystems if I had 10 or 20 million $ burning a hole in my pocket. Shame to the people spending this kind of money on such trivial and useless things, and to Bugatti (and other brands) for humoring them. It makes me really sad to know there are people who would rather blow these amounts and waste the money.

New comment by adetrest in "ProtonMail Voluntarily Offers Assistance for Real-Time Surveillance?"

adetrest — Wed, 29 May 2019 19:28:34 +0000

> These allegations are false. Hidden at the bottom of the article, is this: "Public prosecutor Walder of the Competence Center Cybercrime contacted me, saying he had been misquoted". In other words, the alleged source (a public prosecutor) has also supported our denial of these false allegations.

Ah, what a brave new world of clickbait and amateur "journalism" we live in... The "source" was probably asked for a quote five minutes before the article went live and the "publisher" has no incentive to correct it because all they care about is that people visit the site and load the ads so they get a few cents per 1000 views.

Good luck ProtonMail or any other entity caught in these "reporters" and "journalists" antics.

New comment by adetrest in "Mobile networks caught selling your emergency location data to bounty hunters"

adetrest — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 23:40:23 +0000

In a country where everything and everyone is for sale, this is hardly surprising unfortunately.

New comment by adetrest in "Google and Waze Must Stop Sharing Drunken-Driving Checkpoints, NYPD Demands"

adetrest — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:36:39 +0000

Sharing donut coupons doesn't kill bystanders. DUI and speeding does.

New comment by adetrest in "Sweden's leave of absence system helps workers launch their own business"

adetrest — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:37:51 +0000

You can do work on the side without disclosing your employers trade secrets, I would hope. There is nothing mysterious about yet another CRUD web application. Besides, confidentiality is covered separately and an NDA can stand on its own.

I suspect employers love restricting your right to have a side hustle so that they absolutely totally own you. If you have no other means of income besides your job they can lean on you pretty hard and there isn't much you can do about it if you like having a roof over your head.

New comment by adetrest in "Sweden's leave of absence system helps workers launch their own business"

adetrest — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:52:14 +0000

Count your blessings, every US and Canadian work contract (hell, even some contracting/consulting agreements) I have ever seen or signed had a no-compete and a clause prohibiting you from doing anything else than working for your employer.

New comment by adetrest in "Sweden's leave of absence system helps workers launch their own business"

adetrest — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:19:37 +0000

It's meant to be struck out but HN doesn't do strikeout text. I meant that just as when you were in school and needed a hall pass or note from your parents to be absent, once you're an adult you need a formal authorization from your employer to work on anything else than your job during your employment even if it's on your own time.

New comment by adetrest in "Sweden's leave of absence system helps workers launch their own business"

adetrest — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:10:59 +0000

Meanwhile, in the US and Canada, you are forced to sign clauses that gives your employer full ownership of anything you invent ever while employed and you have to ask your ~parents~ employer if you could please do something else on the side. Good for Sweden, these feodal rules are dragging everyone down.

New comment by adetrest in "Denver to vote on whether to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'"

adetrest — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 20:03:31 +0000

Have you read "how to change your mind"? It touches on the subject. There is also erowid.org that might have the information you're interested in.

New comment by adetrest in "Insurance Company Says NotPetya Is an “Act of War”, Refuses to Pay"

adetrest — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 19:41:46 +0000

Definitely, I was replying to parent who didn't seem to have a problem with a $25k loss.

New comment by adetrest in "A Design Flaw Behind MacBook Pro’s “Stage Light” Effect [video]"

adetrest — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 14:13:39 +0000

This has been going on with Apple for as far as I can remember. Apple puts out a new product, a significant number of people are affected by what seems to be a manufacturing defect, Apple suppresses mentions of it as much as they can, and a year or two later, they offer some kind of a remedy (usually free repairs) to whoever didn't rage sell or return their defective product. And because their machines are barely repairable, users can rarely fix the issue themselves.

This seems to work well for them, people keep clamouring for more overpriced apple hardware and are happy to run on Apple 's treadmill to buy the new iteration every year or two, while running the risk of getting a lemon yet again. So I'm guessing that's a valid strategic decision for Apple and that's why it continues unabated.

New comment by adetrest in "Insurance Company Says NotPetya Is an “Act of War”, Refuses to Pay"

adetrest — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 14:04:24 +0000

Not even mentioning the ridiculous costs (especially in the US) that come into play should the fire that started in your unit injure or kill anyone.

New comment by adetrest in "Insurance Company Says NotPetya Is an “Act of War”, Refuses to Pay"

adetrest — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 14:02:05 +0000

It adds up really fast, especially when deaths or disabilities (even worth from a financial perspective) are the result of the crash.

New comment by adetrest in "Insurance Company Says NotPetya Is an “Act of War”, Refuses to Pay"

adetrest — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 13:58:04 +0000

I... Don't get this mentality. Yes replacing 25k worth of contents isn't that big a deal (although it would suck), but in a fire there are other costs that dwarf your contents. Think about how much your building/unit is worth. If the fire started in your place, you could be responsible for all these damages (and especially your neighbour's). Can you afford to repay a whole new building for you and your neighbours + their contents? How about living out of a hotel for a few months while the place is being repaired (which repairs you'll have to cover too) and potentially paying your neighbours' bills for that as well? How does that compare to a 1000$ deductible and a 300$/year premium? To me it's a no brainer. If you really want a low premium, get a 2 or 5k deductible, 5k contents, and shop around. You'll also get added protection like third party liability which is usually minimum 1 million $ and covers any damage you'd do to other's property. Of course no-one wakes up thinking they'll set their house on fire or flood the unit under them. And yet that happens every day. I don't know anyone who didn't have insurance and who got struck by a fire/flood/other damages say that they regret nothing and wouldn't buy insurance if they could go back in time.

New comment by adetrest in "Table-Saw Kickback on Camera (2012) [video]"

adetrest — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:43:46 +0000

I have a very hard time understanding why do people cut corners and do not follow safety instructions to the T. They're there for a reason, so why ignore them? Same thing why I'll never understand why people bitch about OSHA. They exist to save your limbs/life, why on earth would you ever berate them for that? It's literally the best thing workers have to protect them, because their employers would value money over safety a lot more if OSHA didn't exist.

New comment by adetrest in "Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received a large tip"

adetrest — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:30:02 +0000

Not everyone is a software developer with companies fighting over them. Some really don't have options, and the choice is either get no income and be unable to pay your bills, or get screwed over but get some money to pay the bills.

New comment by adetrest in "Ask HN: Which new programming language are you planning to pick up in 2019?"

adetrest — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:27:02 +0000

C. I only know high level languages (JS, Ruby) but never delved into lower level ones. Not from lack of interest but rather lack of time. I'm going to change that this year.

New comment by adetrest in "We demand BuzzFeed pay out earned paid time off to its recent laid-off employees"

adetrest — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:36:43 +0000

The US is just nuts. Are you saying that your earned but unused PTO doesn't have to be paid out to you when you're laid off but is rather at the discretion of the employer? How is that justifiable in any way? Does the bank owe you accrued interest when you close your account or is it up to them to pay it? Why would it be different for PTO?

New comment by adetrest in "How to Hack an Expensive Camera"

adetrest — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:14:05 +0000

Very neat, and impressive skills from the author! I wish I could do that myself... I started learning C so there is hope.

New comment by adetrest in "How to Be Successful"

adetrest — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 23:08:16 +0000

I agree with you.

All these books and essays ultimately boil down to "what worked for me, plus a million other things I'm not mentioning because they're not as glamorous, and a ton of luck: it could happen to you too!"

Yes there is hard work in becoming successful but a ton of it is luck: being in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing, with the right people... This talk, peddling luck, expresses what I mean: https://vimeo.com/53494258