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New comment by bluedevil2k in "Ferrari Luce"

bluedevil2k — Mon, 25 May 2026 23:48:37 +0000

> same with Jaguar

The Jaguar redesign / rebrand has been a complete and utter disaster! A 97% drop in European sales. That’s not a misprint - 97%!!

No one would call the cybertruck a success either.

This design is a massive mistake for Ferrari. Looks at Porsche’s first electric, the Taycan. I can tell it’s a Porsche as soon as I see it. Look at Lamborghini- looks like a Lambo. Look at this car - looks like a Volkswagen. This is going to be a bomb.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "How diamonds are made"

bluedevil2k — Sun, 17 May 2026 14:30:25 +0000

Monopoly? DeBeers itself is virtually worthless now, its parent Anglo American can’t even sell it at a huge discount.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timtreadgold/2026/02/22/diamond...

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case"

bluedevil2k — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:50:52 +0000

Have you met kids? They’re devious, tech knowledgeable, and scheming and can find ways around any rule. Plus, no matter how good of a parent you are, you’re somewhat at the mercy of their friends’ parents as well. I can block TikTok from my daughter’s phone, but can’t block her from watching her friend’s phone while she’s out of the house.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule"

bluedevil2k — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 13:33:53 +0000

Taking over Taiwan.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address"

bluedevil2k — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:31:00 +0000

Handy tip for software testing - Gmail ignores everything after a “+” in the address. So when you’re testing different accounts in your software you can use +1@gmail.com, +2@gmail.com, +3@gmail.com etc. to create many different accounts in the software that all go to the same email address.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Advice for new principal tech ICs (i.e., notes to myself)"

bluedevil2k — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 12:31:32 +0000

Yes they are

https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Netflix%2CGoogle%2CFacebook

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Oral Microbes Linked to 3-Fold Increased Risk of Pancreatic Cancer"

bluedevil2k — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:54:38 +0000

Nor your eyes for some reason either.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says"

bluedevil2k — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 01:21:08 +0000

All the comments are missing the bigger picture with this new policy - Trump is sending a message the tech companies will need to pay up (to him) to get this policy to go away.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "How the restoration of ancient Babylon is drawing tourists back to Iraq"

bluedevil2k — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 19:08:10 +0000

Tourism is one of the best “products” a country can produce. It’s almost all a service industry which doesn’t strain natural resources, doesn’t cause physical health issues for its employees, incentivizes a higher level of education, and brings in large amounts of foreign currencies, helping to stabilize their own currency. The positives FAR outweigh the negatives. Countries like Saudi Arabia have embraced tourism as a great way to diversify. A country like Thailand is able to “thrive” relative to its neighbors because it derives far more economic power from its tourist trade.(20% of GDP compared to Cambodia’s 9%, Malaysia’s 15% and Myanmar’s 3%)

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office"

bluedevil2k — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:48:07 +0000

That’s absurd - the guy’s worth $130B, you think he cares about the not-even-pocket-change that would come from owning the land that a Twin Peaks is on? Dell’s RTO is purely a silent downsizing.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Crypto founder Do Kwon pleads guilty to US fraud charges"

bluedevil2k — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 22:44:16 +0000

Can Do Kwon bet enough money on “yes” to over his own roughly $30M bribe.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Ask HN: What trick of the trade took you too long to learn?"

bluedevil2k — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:51:49 +0000

What?? Something’s off in your statement. Inflation is actually a good thing when it comes to buying a house. You buy a house, get a (fixed) mortgage, and make set payments for the next 30 years. However, the payment amount never changes so as inflation takes effect over the years, your “real” payment gets cheaper and cheaper. In my case, the $1500/month I started paying in 2011 was worth a lot more than $1500 is worth today.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "What Happens When Hertz's AI Scanner Finds Damage on Your Rental"

bluedevil2k — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:25:00 +0000

Insurance doesn’t cover you when you drive outside your home country (USA).

New comment by bluedevil2k in "What Happens When Hertz's AI Scanner Finds Damage on Your Rental"

bluedevil2k — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:23:59 +0000

This part of their business model, why would they get rid of it?! Seems particularly pervasive in Europe. I got burned twice, once in Germany and once in France (both with Hertz), where they “discovered” a tiny scratch on a door they are sure was not there when I rented it. They charge a massive repair fee AND a loss of use fee. Around $900 for each of them. And the most beautiful part…they get to repeat this with the next person who rents it as well.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "The Future of MCPs"

bluedevil2k — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:01:52 +0000

Writing an internal MCP server to link our API layer to Augment/VSCode so that our Frontend developers can ask in plaintalk about API details. With over 1000 endpoints, it lets the devs find the endpoint, and more importantly the GQL fields, quickly. After some dogfooding we plan to open it up to our clients as well.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Apple shuffles AI executive ranks in bid to turn around Siri"

bluedevil2k — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:39:56 +0000

The baffling part of Apple’s AI strategy - they continue to insist on using the “Siri” brand. That brand is damaged beyond repair and has been for many years, maybe since it was first launched 10+ years ago. The recent mistakes of over promising and under delivering have further eroded the brand to near zero. For a company that comes up with ridiculous branding of small features (Retina Display, Force Touch, Dynamic Island) the choice to keep “Siri” and its negative connotations is un-Apple like.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Tesla Cybertruck deliveries on hold as trims are flying off 'bulletproof' truck"

bluedevil2k — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:00:05 +0000

> Tesla has promised a new Tesla Roadster for 5+ years now

It’s actually been 7+ years. And it didn’t stop Tesla from taking $50k deposits on it and holding that money the entire time. Nothing like vaporware covering up an interest free loan.

https://autos.yahoo.com/people-paid-50-000-teslas-112401833....

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Tesla Cybertruck deliveries on hold as trims are flying off 'bulletproof' truck"

bluedevil2k — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:46:12 +0000

Minor build issues? They had a total recall. Fixed for free? Yes, if you can wait weeks for the fix.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91109879/a-timeline-of-tesla-cyb...

https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/threads/waiting-o...

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Google defends scrapping AI pledges and DEI goals in all-staff meeting"

bluedevil2k — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:48:24 +0000

> The process is self-selecting

Isn’t this the opposite of DEI then? There’s “momentum” in sports - kids want to play what their heroes play, Dominicans have Dominican baseball heroes and play baseball. There’s nothing DEI about that.

New comment by bluedevil2k in "Google defends scrapping AI pledges and DEI goals in all-staff meeting"

bluedevil2k — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:40:38 +0000

60% of the LPGA are Asian…is that more than a single anecdote??