Hacker News: aplummer

New comment by aplummer in "Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed"

aplummer — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:38:45 +0000

I read this entire article and didn’t sniff AI, plus it had some good insights…?

New comment by aplummer in "SpaceX bond worth 10% less than issue price – heading for junk bond status"

aplummer — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:31:40 +0000

Does seem a bit like; we’ve never tried roasting people at 1200C, only at 1000C

New comment by aplummer in "What it would take to rebuild U.S. manufacturing might"

aplummer — Thu, 28 May 2026 00:26:58 +0000

I don’t think factory worker is quite a covered specialty profession…

New comment by aplummer in "No more JetBrains products for me"

aplummer — Mon, 18 May 2026 21:18:24 +0000

I'd love to give this a try, I work at a privacy sensitive company, can I ask in advance is it possible to opt out of:

> We automatically collect certain information when you use DB Pro:

> Device information (IP address, browser type, operating system) > Usage patterns and interaction with our services > Log files and analytics data > Cookies and similar tracking technologies

New comment by aplummer in "Sense Humans with WiFi – Ruview"

aplummer — Mon, 18 May 2026 05:17:45 +0000

Are all your posts downvoted because you sound like AI?

New comment by aplummer in "Sense Humans with WiFi – Ruview"

aplummer — Mon, 18 May 2026 05:17:06 +0000

Ah extra raw WiFi photons please.

New comment by aplummer in "We intercepted the White House app's network traffic"

aplummer — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:05:28 +0000

See gov.uk for a good example

New comment by aplummer in "Volvo Centum is Dalton Maag's new typeface for Volvo"

aplummer — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:06:33 +0000

My anecdata on a 2019 Volvo xc40 is that it’s my most reliable car ever? Made in china too

New comment by aplummer in "California electric vehicle drivers will lose carpool lane privileges"

aplummer — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:28:10 +0000

Oh yeah I’m a big fan of 911s (and fun cars in general) that’s why I’m always looking!

But I’m also a new Maserati owner and your Subaru friend is doing rookie depreciation numbers above…

New comment by aplummer in "California electric vehicle drivers will lose carpool lane privileges"

aplummer — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 02:04:26 +0000

That’s how it works now, for 5 bucks you just zoom down fastrak. Always blows my mind seeing 911s sitting in traffic instead of using it

New comment by aplummer in "A sunscreen scandal shocking Australia"

aplummer — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 03:35:13 +0000

Yeah I think it’s the water resistance, I bet it way below par

New comment by aplummer in "A sunscreen scandal shocking Australia"

aplummer — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 02:05:38 +0000

Ok I found this handy chart on a guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/12/sever...

New comment by aplummer in "A sunscreen scandal shocking Australia"

aplummer — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 02:03:28 +0000

Anecdata on QLD everyone knows banana boat is a scam. That sunscreen straight doesn’t work. The cancer council being on here is surprising though

New comment by aplummer in "The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years"

aplummer — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 01:55:37 +0000

How can that make sense, the photons are emitted and fly straight at us

New comment by aplummer in "Project Hyperion: Interstellar ship design competition"

aplummer — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:13:37 +0000

> Have any of you asked a woman about the utter insanity of generation ships?

Isn’t submitting the proposal to a jury that is 40% women explicitly asking women?

New comment by aplummer in "Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers"

aplummer — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:02:40 +0000

I spend a lot longer than candidates do on themselves if they have open source (or if an internal transfer, internal) code I can review.

50% that I’m terrified of bad hires, 50% I recognize the opportunity and gravity from their side so try to respect that.

New comment by aplummer in "Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting"

aplummer — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 06:47:52 +0000

Just bought a dream 7 and so far it’s the best router I’ve owned. The software portal is a cut above

New comment by aplummer in "Building my own solar power system"

aplummer — Wed, 21 May 2025 19:02:41 +0000

Feral cats kill 2 billion birds a year, FYI the green energy kills birds thing is a right wing talking point designed to distract and delay. All human activity kills some nominal number of birds

New comment by aplummer in "An appeal to Apple from Anukari"

aplummer — Tue, 06 May 2025 07:51:11 +0000

Have you filed a feedback? Seems like the right next step.

New comment by aplummer in "Slouching towards San Francisco"

aplummer — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:55:56 +0000

I don’t think this is true though, as this chart from the city indicates: https://www.sf.gov/data--homeless-population