Hacker News: askar_yu

New comment by askar_yu in "Waymo Premier"

askar_yu — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:40:47 +0000

I've had a few similar cases, often teenagers on bikes coming dangerously close (e.g. forcing waymo to sudden break) and last one one bicyclist just blocking me for 5-10 minutes in SF (also just to be an asshole), with a street full of cars behind all blocked. I called the "connect to support" button and they could not anything. This is the only negative experience I had with Waymo; and I am hope something is done to be able to swiftly respond to such cases (e.g. remote driver take over, or at least capture their video and work with police to punish them later) in order to deter them in the long term.

New comment by askar_yu in "Tell HN: Interviewed with Triplebyte? Your profile is about to become public"

askar_yu — Sat, 23 May 2020 07:57:24 +0000

When big companies do, it's understandable - they know they can get away with it and they often do. But what makes these beloved and trusted folks commit such actions? (I've never used TB, but had heard so many good stories about them and had put them in my mind into that category of companies that almost send a handwritten note to their first 100 users, etc.)

Are we (users) perhaps partly to blame? Maybe we do let them get away and they know that? How many people are really going to delete their profile now? (instead of just opting out) Perhaps we should be more principled in our response to such things? Imagine they lose 90% of their user base because of this idiocy. May be that'd serve as a broader lesson of real ethics?

I remember well when Quora forced me to install their app on mobile (not just a reminder pop-up, they blocked the page fully) - I sweared to never use them ever again. I kept my promise for a year or so, and then somehow went back to reading it later; so I am guilty myself of not being principled. But these sort of decisions really really puzzle me.

New comment by askar_yu in "Which of these Amazon Prime purchases are real?"

askar_yu — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:42:32 +0000

I am afraid verified purchases are being gamed too. Sometimes I feel like scammers might be going to the extreme of coordinating clustered purchases (I am guessing the merchandise ends up in the owners hand/warehouse anyways somehow?) and posting the reviews.

This is not even mentioning incentivized reviwers who may be posting exaggerated (if not fake) reviews for promos, discounts, etc.

New comment by askar_yu in "The Joy of Perl (1998)"

askar_yu — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 22:58:23 +0000

Such a well written article. It was amusing that an article from 1998 ends with a footer with author's (Andrew Leonard) Twitter ref.

New comment by askar_yu in "The Joy of Perl (1998)"

askar_yu — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 22:56:10 +0000

One of the most insightful pieces from the article:

""" "I realized at that point that there was a huge ecological niche between the C language and Unix shells," says Wall.

...

"People are always looking for the interstices," says Wall. "They are always looking for the new ecological niches. And the speed with which you can move into those ecological niches is really important, because the first person into a niche is often the winner." """

New comment by askar_yu in "Facebook is using the Menlo Park Police Department to reshape the city"

askar_yu — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 18:55:21 +0000

Constant emphasis on 'people of color' makes it hard to read and dilutes the main point. Such obsession to view everything through the length of race is mind boggling. This is seems to be a US thing.

I mean, you steal a bike, you are responsible. Whether you're mostly brown, mostly white or mostly blue is irrelevant. As simple as that.

New comment by askar_yu in "Huawei Mate 30 phones launch without Google apps"

askar_yu — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:52:26 +0000

I guess the point parent comment making is spying on the world (including allies)

New comment by askar_yu in "Kazakhstan's National HTTPS Certificate Is Cancelled"

askar_yu — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 23:19:05 +0000

By looking at their clients, if not sponsored, at least clearly affiliated. What junk load of nonsense press release.

My view of what happened is some clowns at the top wanted a proper, full interception of traffic. Besides the attention in international media it received, people had real issues accessing the internet properly (those who installed). So they simply could not execute their MITM properly. Putting aside privacy, etc. I expected simple operational ineptitude, which is what happened (gladly) and they dropped saying "it was a mere test".

PS, in 2011 the government tried something similar with Google's traffic and after Google started redirecting the KZ traffic they backed, saying some similar B.S. like "it was a test".

New comment by askar_yu in "Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site"

askar_yu — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 21:44:10 +0000

Exactly. One of my favourite apps, Quora, also did it some time ago (may be they still do) - forcing you to install the app if you're browsing them on mobile. I remember being shocked - shocked because while this (horrible) practice became a common thing, I'd always though of Quora highly, and assumed they'd never do something silly like that, but no, they'd disappointed.

New comment by askar_yu in "Impostor syndrome strikes men just as hard as women in technical interviews"

askar_yu — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:58:42 +0000

What makes you imply that those who grind on Leetcode then forget?

New comment by askar_yu in "Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?"

askar_yu — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 13:46:42 +0000

After one year, moved to a closer place to work (in a walking distance). Most companies in Istanbul have shuttle services, so even when I had to commute it was not that bad.

New comment by askar_yu in "Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?"

askar_yu — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:52:18 +0000

Istanbul, Turkey.

Warm climate, fantastic food and friendly people. Modern city with developed infrastructure. I lived there between 2011 and 2013 and enjoyed every bit of it. Upon leaving, I knew that I would go back to live there again because I loved it so much. However recent events and overall political direction Turkey is taking is killing that wish within me. I really hope things get better in Turkey.

New comment by askar_yu in "Thousands of people are watching this guy code a search engine"

askar_yu — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:08:25 +0000

He is an ex-Yandexer! :)

New comment by askar_yu in "Al-Jazari"

askar_yu — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:58:46 +0000

slightly OT, but I've enjoyed N J Wildberger's lectures on History of Math:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW8Cy6WrO94&list=PL55C7C83781...

It's a good coverage of fundamental theorems in Math with well balanced historical touch.

New comment by askar_yu in "All Our Patent Are Belong To You"

askar_yu — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:55:46 +0000

"All Our Patent Are Belong To You" this sentence sounds grammatically incorrect to my non-native-English ear (O_o)

First film ever made: Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) [video]

askar_yu — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 17:55:16 +0000

Article URL: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/roundhay-garden-scene-1888/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7862601

Points: 4

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New comment by askar_yu in "Visualization of tweets during Champions League final"

askar_yu — Sun, 25 May 2014 22:08:55 +0000

might also be due to the fact that Turks are simply - really mad about soccer :)! I lived couple years in Istanbul, and was amazed by how Turks are obsessed with soccer overall.

New comment by askar_yu in "US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tribe"

askar_yu — Sun, 25 May 2014 22:00:21 +0000

I don't think it's fair of you to imply what he did not imply. Despite all the 'cultural-sensitivity' and what not, there are some lines that have to be drawn and stated bluntly and unapologetically. In that respect, I could not have said it better than the parent comment, and 100% agree with below statement:

" Any 36 year-old man, from any culture that has ever existed, that finds it acceptable to marry a 9-12 year old and then start raping her when she's 13 is a piece of shit. Any culture or individual that condones such behavior shouldn't exist anymore."

New comment by askar_yu in "SICP taught by Abelson and Sussman [video]"

askar_yu — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:14:28 +0000

I had to re-read the 'King of Prussia' several times (O_o) before Googling it up :)

New comment by askar_yu in "Serious reading takes a hit from online scanning and skimming, researchers say"

askar_yu — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 10:30:36 +0000

That moment when you're skimming through an article which is about skimming and scanning. Yet you keep speeding and scrolling through the content which in turn is revealing what you're experiencing as you're just reading about it.