Hacker News: argc

New comment by argc in "Warp is now open-source"

argc — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:16:26 +0000

Yeah I don't understand why people are acting so hurt by this. If you want to be paid for something, don't make it open source. If you want to force users to keep the source open, make it GPL/AGPL/whatever. If you want to prevent commercial use, use an appropriate license. This company didn't do any wrong from my limited knowledge of this thread.

Sure it would be great for them to give back, and they absolutely should, but I don't see why they deserve any hate (unless they hide what they did or engage in otherwise shady practices, but based on the comments I'm not seeing that).

New comment by argc in "I'm puzzled how anyone trusts ChatGPT for code"

argc — Wed, 08 May 2024 21:24:01 +0000

Yeah, to use it effectively you use it for inspiration and generation of template code. The code may need a lot of changes or may need relatively few. But don't copy it expecting it to work without validating and testing it.

New comment by argc in "Growth is a mind cancer"

argc — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 18:33:40 +0000

Why can't they just stay profitable, pay dividends, and not really grow?

New comment by argc in "The Ute Tribe will construct one of the largest solar farms in the US"

argc — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 16:18:24 +0000

In this context Tribe is a federally recognized sovereign yet dependent nation. They have the ability to govern themselves but are still subject to federal law, but while on reservations they not subject to state law, only federal and tribal law. It's complicated.

New comment by argc in "To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use"

argc — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:18:13 +0000

AFAIK there are drug addicts all over the world, including in the Middle East and Philippines where drug addicts are met with severe punishments. The problem is IMO more the availability of drugs vs the potential punishments people face. People are willing to take risks to do drugs. Unless a government completely controls everyone's private life there remains an ability to evade detection and take drugs while telling oneself that one will not be caught.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/02/middleeast/saudi-drug-capital...

New comment by argc in "Writing documentation for your house"

argc — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 02:16:32 +0000

Yeah sounds like the people who bought it suck. Why would you destroy a pizza oven? It would add a ton of value to the house for the right buyer. If you had sold it to me I would have absolutely kept the oven :) Also inspires me to follow a similar path for my house. I think the key is to price the house so only someone who values the work you've done would bother buying it, if you have the time to wait around. And I guess that doesn't guarantee anything.

New comment by argc in "What happened with ASUS routers this morning?"

argc — Thu, 18 May 2023 04:44:39 +0000

This happened to me too! After a day of dealing with the router crashing every 30 minutes, I finally updated the firmware and am hoping the issue is fixed now.

New comment by argc in "American worker productivity is declining at the fastest rate in 75 years"

argc — Sat, 06 May 2023 06:15:49 +0000

How is this even measured? My gut tells me the data are nuanced.

New comment by argc in "Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech"

argc — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:05:42 +0000

I was definitely guilty of thinking this. Confirmation bias is a helluva drug.

New comment by argc in "Xylazine, a dangerous new drug fuelling Canada’s opioid crisis"

argc — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 01:19:34 +0000

If the government is going to give out drugs, then they should just run some pharmacies similar to state run liquor stores. No need to force users to buy from dealers, that makes no sense at all.

New comment by argc in "Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC"

argc — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:12:16 +0000

It doesn't matter who was banking there, from my perspective a society where we have to worry about bank runs and bank failures is worse than a society where we don't.

New comment by argc in "Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC"

argc — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:05:38 +0000

Agreed, in the abstract the system is better if people and businesses are more protected from events that are out of their control.

The argument that the system should punish people for not risk averse enough to protect themselves against bank failures is like saying that languages with type checking are bad because they make soft programmers who can't protect themselves, even though the safer system is easier to use, and allows its users to focus on different, more important/business relevant problems.

New comment by argc in "Outdoor Dining Is Doomed"

argc — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 05:18:12 +0000

Pretty common in Vietnam

New comment by argc in "Amazon-Stripe partnership"

argc — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 21:39:12 +0000

Amazon is ok with internal competition, so this could just be a way of keeping options open while locking in a large customer. Maybe Stripe is better in some markets or verticals but Amazon will still rely on Amazon Payments for others. Long term there could still be a convergence on one or the other. (Amazonian but this is complete guesswork)

New comment by argc in "OpenAI used Kenyan workers on less than $2 per hour to make ChatGPT less toxic"

argc — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:26:06 +0000

Yeah it seems like it would only be worth mentioning if its less than the local livable/minimum wage or the employees were mistreated.

New comment by argc in "Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API"

argc — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 06:25:12 +0000

I like the name pirate weather a lot.

New comment by argc in "Ask HN: At 45, I can't seem to read as well anymore"

argc — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 20:09:08 +0000

If I were you I'd get a neurological test and try to rule out all serious possibilities. Not because they are likely but because its good to catch many of those possibilities early and the fact that you are posting here suggests it is at least a possibility. IANAD

New comment by argc in "P-22 has been euthanized"

argc — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:57:45 +0000

No I was simply using strong language to suggest that I feel strongly about it. I'm not sure where to draw the line but as a concrete example, I'd consider voting for a law which created a large tax to fund biodiversity protection. Say 10% of income for high earners, or perhaps a corporate tax, etc etc. At the end of the day its almost an aesthetic decision, I'd like to live in a world with high biodiversity and where humans are well integrated with nature, where there's animal crossings over roads and all kinds of ridiculous things like that, and I'd be willing to pay for it with some non-trivial amount. Anyway, I'm commenting on hacker news, don't take me too seriously.

New comment by argc in "Freeform: a new app designed for creative collaboration"

argc — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:47:59 +0000

Why do you need to regret spending money if you don't use what you spent it on?

New comment by argc in "P-22 has been euthanized"

argc — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 07:01:14 +0000

The value and worthiness is subjective, I'd support astronomical expenses and hardship humans to improve wildlife habitat because I think its important and care about it more than most other possible things to spend money on. The reason that makes sense to me is that we have no way of bringing extinct species back, and we are killing them off at record speed. The different life forms on our planet are absolutely amazing, why shouldn't we do everything in our power, for any cost, to replenish and improve habitat for them so they can survive for our descendants to see?