<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: bickfordb</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bickfordb</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:17:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=bickfordb" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Results are fuzzy.  He has a nice Malibu compound to go to after this lived experience</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 01:19:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48624450</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48624450</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48624450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "Is Meta destroying its engineering organization?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Then all the engineers will get to rejoin their outies.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:17:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48560490</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48560490</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48560490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "New U.S. college grads now have higher unemployment than the average worker"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I believe we have a competitive construction market, but anti-urbanization zoning regulations, overzealous bespoke building codes and inflation in construction material prices has made construction relatively more expensive than in previous eras in the US.<p>Aside from housing, every professional sector has been taken over and hollowed out by private equity or big tech.  My grocery store, vet, plumber and doctors are all PE.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:00:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430737</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430737</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The only reason I can think of for the accelerated S&P 500 inclusion of SpaceX is a pump and dump</p>
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<p>If it's expensive and in a for profit system, why aren't competitors on the supply side undercutting each other to increase sales?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 22:40:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48350433</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48350433</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48350433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "Greg Brockman interview [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>One reform I would make would be to limit tax breaks to actual charitable activity within an organization, instead of a blanket tax break to the whole organization.  For example if a Church/Hospital runs a soup kitchen and homeless shelter, those resources should be tax free, but maybe the rest of their activities shouldn't be by default.<p>Another reform I would make would be around independent governance and removing donor control of charities to reduce the number of sham Rich Guy foundations.</p>
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<p>FWIW, a number of the panels I've looked at are rated for 50 years</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 19:59:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48040956</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48040956</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48040956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Maybe this already exists, but it would be great if one of the major index ETFs omitted all the firms with problematic board governance like there is at Tesla, SpaceX.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:15:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47857963</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47857963</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47857963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Aside from an easily swap-able battery I would love for an iPhone with a double thickness screen that was less susceptible to cracking and built-in rubber bumpers so I wouldn't need a case.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:47:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836939</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836939</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "OpenAI's $852B valuation faces investor scrutiny amid strategy shift, FT reports"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What evidence is there that he knows how to build an empire outside of fundraising?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:10:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774255</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774255</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust web UI library using fine-grained reactivity"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The Dioxus library seems really similar to me.  How is Sycamores model different?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:16:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47600445</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47600445</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47600445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "New Washington state law bans noncompete agreements"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I also see these as reasonable since they are part of the negotiation of selling the business.  Non-competes as it relates to most ordinary employees in the US is typically a contract of adhesion: a surprise take it or leave it clause while signing an employment agreement, well after a job offer and salary negotiation.</p>
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<p>I wonder what effect this will have on file sharing services like Megaupload?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:45:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47519840</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47519840</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47519840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Carmack was a shareware/proprietary software guy way before he was a open source person if ever.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:21:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47372990</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47372990</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47372990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Section 122 has rarely been used.  State AGs announced lawsuits today: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/05/trump-tariffs-state-ags-sue-supreme-court-decision.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/05/trump-tariffs-state-ags-sue-...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:27:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47266131</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47266131</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47266131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The latest temporary tariffs are also likely illegal.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:09:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47262429</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47262429</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47262429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This shouldn't be understated.<p>Also, implicit in the government's requirements is that they require mass domestic surveillance capabilities.  Imagine a large government tool that for each citizen there is an antagonist OpenClaw-like set of agents surveilling and potentially acting against every public interaction and occasionally hallucinating.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:50:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47190115</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47190115</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47190115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In many cases they charged me ~$25 in processing fees to collect a ~$3 tariff.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:21:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47096429</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47096429</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47096429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's hard for me to pay my taxes</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:03:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091478</link><dc:creator>bickfordb</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091478</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bickfordb in "Property taxes going up? The 340B Program might be partly responsible"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Church goers using parking lots like this is a use, but I doubt it's a productive charitable use that should to be subsidized by localities.<p>Every other contemporary development in my area that faces real economic reality is ground floor retail, commercial/residential on top, and optionally underground parking.<p>There are certainly productive religious charitable efforts using facilities like this: homeless shelters, community low-cost/free clinics, soup kitchens.  I think these uses should be tax subsidized, but other mystical efforts should not be whether they generate a profit or not.<p>I think a good reform to the 501c3 system would be to make non-profits like these churches and hospitals classify their actual charitable activity and separate it from their other activity, just like individuals with a mix of personal/small business income/expenses are required to do.</p>
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