Hacker News: astura

New comment by astura in "Late Bronze Age Collapse"

astura — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:04:19 +0000

What, specifically, are you talking about?

New comment by astura in "New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices"

astura — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:35:19 +0000

Plenty of places have required renters insurance going back the last two decades I've been an adult. My parents were landlords in the hood when I was a kid and they required it (as a lease provision, never enforced).

However, it is landlord and location dependant - it's pretty much the norm in NYC, for example (see https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/comments/11bl350/does_your_a...).

New comment by astura in "New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices"

astura — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:26:32 +0000

Most people will purchase through their car insurance company for a bundled rate.

New comment by astura in "New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices"

astura — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:20:30 +0000

Renters insurance protects the landlord from liability claims. They don't care if you insure your own property, but I don't know of an insurance company that decouples liability and property.

Also, renters insurance is cheap, I haven't rented in more than a decade but when I rented I was only paying less than $100/year for it.

I just looked it up and currently the average premium for renters insurance is $15 to $22 a month.

New comment by astura in "We charge $10k a week to delete AI-generated code"

astura — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:06:35 +0000

I owe the first decade of my career to shitty outsourced code.

New comment by astura in "Military branches restore flu shot requirement after virus swept through base"

astura — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:27:55 +0000

>he has been adamant that vaccines are incredibly important for the military and the policy changes have really angered him, specifically because of the damage it does to readiness.

Your friend knows his history; disease has been the leading cause of death in warfare, historically, killing more soldiers than actual combat.

New comment by astura in "Big Banana Car"

astura — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:15:58 +0000

Loads instantly too, just like text+pictures should.

New comment by astura in "Unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil"

astura — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:59:31 +0000

>even if they were closer - say only 25 mi away, I'm still not going to be any help.

Even if you help the cops locate the kidnapping victim, they might just murder her.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Savannah_Graziano

New comment by astura in "How many of the 170k English words do you know?"

astura — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:38:03 +0000

Frugal doesn't mean anything "excessive," it's not the same as a cheapskate or tightwad.

Being frugal just means allocating scarce resources in a way that provides most utility and value.

New comment by astura in ""No Feigning Surprise""

astura — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 23:15:04 +0000

A real life "Stan" situation.

https://www.fox13news.com/news/surveillance-video-shows-accu...

https://www.fox13news.com/news/man-sentenced-to-15-years-in-...

New comment by astura in "The 2-Year Apartment Rule"

astura — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:52:46 +0000

With a maid to clean up after them.

New comment by astura in "The 2-Year Apartment Rule"

astura — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:42:12 +0000

My parents used to be landlords. For years they always bought used appliances for the apartments to save money until a used stove came with a surprise roach infestation. New appliances only after that.

New comment by astura in "Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost"

astura — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:13:13 +0000

Big medical systems will post their clinical trails quarterly or so. If you have a big medical system near you you can sign up for emails. I imagine universities would have a mailing list too, if they regularly did clinical trials.

You can also search here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/

I was a clinical trial participant once and it was a positive experience for me.

New comment by astura in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

astura — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:09:23 +0000

Tody (not Toby) is a scheduling app exactly as you describe that you are building and theres no "clutter." You can use it to schedule tasks on any interval, and seasonally. Literally it's exactly what you are describing.

Dismissing it as "built for stuff that gets dirty again, like vacuuming and counters" just means you didn't even look at it. Saying it doesn't support "only nagging you about gutters in the right season" is a lie, it absolutely supports that. I use it to schedule household tasks exactly as you describe, and even personal tasks like applying night cream (every 3 days) and doing my hair treatment (every 60 days).

You can also easily track multiple properties, just set each property is an "area."

I don't know why you can't just say "I'm building it because I want to build something" instead of pretending that the thing you're building doesn't already exist.

New comment by astura in "What happened to nerds?"

astura — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:48:57 +0000

>“Virtuous” is not a word I’d associate at all with wanting to become a doctor. Veterinarians are a different matter, though.

For those that don't know, veterinarian education is just as rigorous, time consuming, and expensive as human medical education, yet the median annual wage for practicing veterinarians is $125,510.

New comment by astura in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

astura — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:12:33 +0000

Not to be a Debbie downer but Tody already handles home maintenance tracking, and it's already close to perfect IMO. What does your app offer that Tody doesn't? I can't download it because it's iOS only.

New comment by astura in "How to earn a billion dollars"

astura — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:09:49 +0000

>One reason why doctor is more popular is the process for becoming one is high effort but low risk.

Disagree completely that becoming a doctor is low risk. The amount of residency spots is capped and is smaller than the number of people graduating from medical school. Every year thousands of MDs are prevented from going to residency and thus prevented from practicing medicine, even though they graduated from medical school.

https://dailyorange.com/2026/03/opinion-amid-u-s-doctor-shor...

>In 2025, 9,541 applicants went unmatched, including 2,409 soon-to-be graduates of United States schools awarding Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degrees.

New comment by astura in "Firewood Splitting Simulator"

astura — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:05:27 +0000

Don't listen to this noise; it fucking sucks, it's kinda dangerous, and it's not at all meditative. It's the exact opposite of meditative. My parents made me do it because they certainly didn't want to, because it sucks. I'm so glad I don't have to split firewood ever again.

If you're looking for a meditative exercise try yoga.

New comment by astura in "Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints"

astura — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:51:36 +0000

Diabetes Care isn't just a reputable journal, it is the flagship publication of the American Diabetes Association, the organizers of the conference!

New comment by astura in "Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints"

astura — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:48:21 +0000

>people commenting on reddit tends to self-censor words like "r@pe"

That's just because reddit is almost entirely children and bots/shills. Yes, a platform full of children is going to be childish.