Hacker News: bananacurve

New comment by bananacurve in "The Ocean is Broken (2013)"

bananacurve — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 04:06:42 +0000

Sorry. You did not deserve that and I wish I had not posted that comment.

New comment by bananacurve in "The Ocean is Broken (2013)"

bananacurve — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 04:40:00 +0000

That's true, also I was too harsh.

New comment by bananacurve in "The Ocean is Broken (2013)"

bananacurve — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 04:04:28 +0000

This article was posted before and debunked. Believe it if you like.

New comment by bananacurve in "The Ocean is Broken (2013)"

bananacurve — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 02:56:30 +0000

If you believe your own claptrap you shouldn't you be killing as many humans as possible?

New comment by bananacurve in "US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview"

bananacurve — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:44:55 +0000

The fucking title says blacked out.

New comment by bananacurve in "/u/161719 tells us all why surveillance is not OK"

bananacurve — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:59:26 +0000

>i may never be able to tell you "i told you so", because in the future there may be no platform for us to express our discontent.

Statements like this make people roll their eyes and walk away. You don't need hyperbole to explain why mass surveillance is dangerous.

New comment by bananacurve in "Optimizing Your Industry to the Point of Suicide (2012)"

bananacurve — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:45:08 +0000

Google did not have to follow Apple's lead, yet they did.

New comment by bananacurve in "US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview"

bananacurve — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 13:02:27 +0000

When it does we will know the lizard people got to pg.

New comment by bananacurve in "How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry"

bananacurve — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:55:11 +0000

>whatever the developers did someone would just crack it so why should anyone pay for games?

Isn't this largely mitigated on iOS with code signing? Unless you jailbreak, which most won't bother with, it doesn't matter if it is cracked, you won't be able to load it.

The Coldest Spot in the Known Universe

bananacurve — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 13:15:02 +0000

Article URL: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/30jan_coldspot/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7161584

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by bananacurve in "Wealth does not make you smarter"

bananacurve — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:24:01 +0000

Money is root of evil today, but if you ask for any rise it's no surprise, they're giving none away.

New comment by bananacurve in "The upside to being let go by Nokia"

bananacurve — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:59:43 +0000

>most people who are offered/asked nicely to stop coming in to work earlier will come to a suitable arrangement

What kind of arrangement? Keep all the money but don't come in? I would think three months at a position you are leaving would be kind of awkward.

New comment by bananacurve in "The email line that's client repellent"

bananacurve — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:39:44 +0000

The mail in rebate is also trying to get feedback from the customer, which is very difficult.

New comment by bananacurve in "The email line that's client repellent"

bananacurve — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:56:25 +0000

>people are lazy and you might be surprised but the fact is that they don't want to do work even for their own requirements.

And they will pay to avoid even the easiest chore. We got tired of not getting any response from people using our free trial and briefly required them to call us to activate their free trial. People started paying for the first month rather than make a phone call and some that paid never even used it. Crazy.

New comment by bananacurve in "The upside to being let go by Nokia"

bananacurve — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:39:12 +0000

They lost 40% of their revenue in mobile phones in Q2 2013. It is amazing they retained any composure at all after being so thoroughly crushed.

New comment by bananacurve in "Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Someday Need to Drink"

bananacurve — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:20:05 +0000

I don't think you understand the scale of the US economy.

New comment by bananacurve in "Technology and Wealth Inequality"

bananacurve — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:38:46 +0000

>Move to Europe!

If you are starting a technology company you may want to rethink that idea.

New comment by bananacurve in "California regulator seeks to shut down 'learn to code' bootcamps"

bananacurve — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:50:17 +0000

>It's a big terrified nanny state where everyone in charge seems to be too scared to let anyone do anything cause it might hurt them emotionally or physically.

California is quite left of center, a bit of America becoming like Europe. At least, for now, you can still fire, and therefore hire at will, so they haven't gone completely over the edge.

New comment by bananacurve in "Lessons From McDonald’s Clash With Older Koreans"

bananacurve — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 21:31:28 +0000

From the article:

>There are scores of fast-food outlets, bakeries and cafes near Main Street, a half-mile away.

Too busy feeling smug to read the god damn article?

New comment by bananacurve in "US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from getting access to Coursera"

bananacurve — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:58:37 +0000

There are much bigger problems with the US than how religious it is currently. Gitmo is a disgrace, healthcare is a mess, keep running deficits. Being too religious is the least of the problems. The US is flawed, but it is not a theocracy despite what Europeans may believe.