Hacker News: bshoemaker

New comment by bshoemaker in "House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading – report"

bshoemaker — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 21:45:23 +0000

Yet another thing Democrats fight against and Republicans support

New comment by bshoemaker in "Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade"

bshoemaker — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 20:17:43 +0000

I have grown to hate edgy comments that are like "Well actually now it is just a state's issue and Roe v Wade was poorly decided!".

You're not edgy & insightful. The impact of this decision isn't just pushing pieces around a chess board. It's scared women & girls around the country, it's women dying who wouldn't have otherwise.

New comment by bshoemaker in "SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking Elon Musk"

bshoemaker — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 19:40:10 +0000

Free speech for me but not for thee.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Dreaded commute to the city is keeping offices mostly empty"

bshoemaker — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 18:31:11 +0000

You are one of the very few people to have no kids and a seemingly utopian home. This does not seem like an experience most would have.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Much philanthropy is a routinized exchange between salaried bureaucrats"

bshoemaker — Tue, 24 May 2022 06:01:41 +0000

I have always thought this. The fundamental way this is discussed today (taxation as a punitive measure) rather than celebrating the contribution to society titans of industry make when they pay their taxes.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Employees are returning to the office to sit on zoom calls"

bshoemaker — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 03:21:17 +0000

Wtf are you on about

New comment by bshoemaker in "Climate change is hitting the planet faster than scientists originally thought"

bshoemaker — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:29:53 +0000

I think it's pretty reasonable to bet on people being incredible stupid and stuck in their ways; concluding that we have a better chance of innovating out of it than changing human behavior is a pretty worthy hedge.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Ask HN: How does TurboTax get away with dark patterns?"

bshoemaker — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 02:15:00 +0000

I've used FreeTaxUSA and it's done everything I've ever wanted.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Google Search Is Dying"

bshoemaker — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 21:39:28 +0000

That's so funny, because I use Google to search reddit, because Google's search of reddit is better than Reddit's.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Why U.S. Infrastructure Costs So Much"

bshoemaker — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 22:59:37 +0000

This is stupid af because there are plenty of other countries with similar incentives & similar levels of corruption who don't have this problem. This sort of low-effort "lol everything bad" adds nothing to the discourse.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Nuclear energy is long-term sustainable"

bshoemaker — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:54:21 +0000

I do not understand why this comment is getting votes. The doomer perspective alone should be disqualifying... While we can't completely prevent any climate change, we have already significantly bent the curve and our efforts now are important - 2 degrees warming vs. 4 degrees is incredibly material.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85%"

bshoemaker — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:15:30 +0000

Lol it's nice that you can just send all the covid patients to the city to get treated and you guys can pretend covid doesn't exist

New comment by bshoemaker in "Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduces Risk of Hospitalization/Death by ~50 Percent"

bshoemaker — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 19:30:15 +0000

Sure, but you're suggesting that they are doing that without any evidence.

This is classic conspiracy theorist rhetoric, whether that's your intention or not.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduces Risk of Hospitalization/Death by ~50 Percent"

bshoemaker — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:54:26 +0000

Is there any evidence they are?

Otherwise, that sounds like a conspiracy theory itself.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Show HN: We built an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Photos"

bshoemaker — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 18:58:32 +0000

I want none of those features.

I want automatic backup, easy sharing, and accessibility from all devices.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Google and Facebook mandate vaccines for employees at U.S. offices"

bshoemaker — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 07:16:18 +0000

Found Marjorie Taylor Greene!

Moved on from the Holocaust comparisons, at least.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines"

bshoemaker — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 03:23:43 +0000

It's not that complex. These people also acted like masks were an affront to their liberties. It's not about the facts, they're delusional.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines"

bshoemaker — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 03:21:49 +0000

What argument..?

The workforce is safer if vaccines are mandated in the office. Indisputable.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines"

bshoemaker — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 03:20:26 +0000

That's nice. I have a baby. I don't want to be exposed to unvaxxed people at the office and risk bringing that home to my baby.

New comment by bshoemaker in "Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines"

bshoemaker — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 03:19:13 +0000

It's a thought, I suppose, but the science is in on the vaccines. It's not in on the case you're talking about, and given the safety & availability of the vaccine it's an easy call.