Hacker News: algobro

Ask HN: Have You Been Debanked?

algobro — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 08:56:27 +0000

After watching pmarca's eye opening interview this morning, I am curious to know how pervasive the debanking phenomenon is.

Did you ever have a bank account closed on you for no good apparant reason?

What are some other ways this is enforced? I know for example, the the industry in Europe maintains a list for politically exposed persons, for which there is no recourse or transparency. So if you get on that list accountants will refuse to work with you and banks will close silently, and there is no way to contest it. According to pmarca this could be an arbitrary use of power for something you do for work.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42254263

Points: 4

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New comment by algobro in "DOJ filed paperwork to US District Court to force Google to spin off Chrome [pdf]"

algobro — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:10:53 +0000

Weird that a Biden DOJ would do this.

Here's a bet: they are offloading a legal liability. Within 12 months someone reverse engineers the binaries and show that they were siphoning out all keystroke data, or it has an official remote backdoor or something equally horrendous.

New comment by algobro in "WebSockets cost us $1M on our AWS bill"

algobro — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:21:22 +0000

Good flex. These days access to capital is attractive for talent.

New comment by algobro in "Ask HN: Solopreneurs, how did you come up with your idea?"

algobro — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:55:25 +0000

You guys don’t have a text file full of world changing ideas you would work on if you had some runway?

New comment by algobro in "Ask HN: What is one software product that boosted your productivity?"

algobro — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 06:55:22 +0000

Not yet sorry but maybe in due time. It’s probably half a day of python dev work to reproduce. Maybe more to nail down the analytics and charting.

One day.

New comment by algobro in "Ask HN: What is one software product that boosted your productivity?"

algobro — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 05:40:20 +0000

Custom tooling I wrote:

1. Focus session time tracker with talking clock counting down every n minutes.

2. Activity monitor and alerter. Tracks active window and title every minute and alerts if more than n minutes outside whitelisted websites. Alert immediately if blacklisted website (dns blocking is painful. Sometimes you want to access it for a few minutes).

A bunch of more things but those are the two most effective ones.

New comment by algobro in "Ask HN: Former gifted children with hard lives, how did you turn out?"

algobro — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:14:43 +0000

In a logical world, affirmitive action efforts would be redirected to people with ACE score >= 4, regardless of ethnicity or race.

New comment by algobro in "Antibiotics damage the colonic mucus barrier in a microbiota-independent manner"

algobro — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 11:18:28 +0000

Annual vaccines are much more convenient and are preferable to one-off treatments like antibiotics, (which reduce the nations GDP as well because of they "cure" the problem cheaply), and have proven to be safe.

I call for an immediate ban on antibiotics. Only high ranking members of society should have access. And people with good social credit scores.

New comment by algobro in "Asynchronous IO: the next billion-dollar mistake?"

algobro — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 08:58:35 +0000

The 1990s called. They want their threads vs events debates back.

Todays processors are fast enough to serve many useful workloads with a single core. The benefit of the async abstraction outweighs the performance benefit in the majority of the cases.

And debugging multithreaded code is way harder than async code, mainly if its the kind of program that needs stepping into.

New comment by algobro in "Bullets for sale in some US grocery stores with ammo vending machines"

algobro — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:04:23 +0000

The military aged illegal immigrants have photo id. Let that sink in.

New comment by algobro in "Ask HN: My manager is bad. Should I care?"

algobro — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:15:53 +0000

Welcome to the real world. It’s like this at many places. You have to assume that the director and manager go on family picnics together. At these places you get promoted to manager because the guy above you trusts you and for that reason only. Talent can be hired, trust cannot.

Either learn to adapt or leave and join a firm with top tier culture. Do your homework on that.

New comment by algobro in "Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity"

algobro — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:28:40 +0000

Good catch, fixed.

New comment by algobro in "Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity"

algobro — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:54:00 +0000

Sir if you live in USA and do not take a dip into the VC money swimming pool, you are stupid, because crazy people with stupid ideas routinely get to $100 Million valuations, like no other place on earth.

Its like going to Disney Land and saying "Oh i'll just sit at the coffee shop". Some people are here for the ride. Some people like the 9 to 5. Like you, obviously. Why dont you go start corporate-drone-news.org, this board is for hackers and founders.

New comment by algobro in "Ask HN: How to manage autistic developer?"

algobro — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 03:05:00 +0000

Avoid verbal communication. Use email always. This gives them time to regulate their response and something to look back and be embarassed about when they are in better shape mentally.

If you have to communicate verbally, any topic can become contentious. When that happens, say something positive and revisit it later.

When a toddler hits you the best way to react is vocal and exaggerated hurt. Same principle. They will have extraordinary empathy if they see it that way.

Ask them how they are doing often and offer to help. Be on their team.

Praise often.

New comment by algobro in "Ask HN: Is anyone else bearish on OpenAI?"

algobro — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 03:25:40 +0000

Can you elaborate on "where it's really hard not to get your salary seized."? How and why?

New comment by algobro in "Bing Chat is so hungry for GPUs, Microsoft will rent them from Oracle"

algobro — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 04:22:18 +0000

The OpenAI dev day product manager had a slide with her calendar. Two slots were marked up in red "Find GPUs" . Sending a message there.

New comment by algobro in "Marijuana use linked with increased risk of heart attack, heart failure"

algobro — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 05:22:22 +0000

This is not covering up the issue of vaccine-caused myocarditis, before anyone starts on that.

New comment by algobro in "Gaza experienced its third total communications blackout"

algobro — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 04:56:32 +0000

Hacker news can't figure out world peace? Propose a practical set of steps to ensure this never happens again (both sides).

New comment by algobro in "Turmeric can kill cancer cells and prevent their growth"

algobro — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 17:17:44 +0000

"Nice natural remedy you have there, pity if the supply chain got contaminated" - big pharma

Turmeric can kill cancer cells and prevent their growth

algobro — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 17:17:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/treatment/complementary-alternative-therapies/individual-therapies/turmeric

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38143074

Points: 33

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