Hacker News: c0vfefe

New comment by c0vfefe in "Firefox 69.0 Released"

c0vfefe — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 17:59:45 +0000

New comment by c0vfefe in "You Can Now Tell Facebook to Delete Its Internal Record of Your Face"

c0vfefe — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 17:52:41 +0000

They might as well call the site "PleaseHackMe."

New comment by c0vfefe in "Vinyl set to outsell CDs for first time since 1986"

c0vfefe — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:02:04 +0000

And considering carcinogens specifically, they're so ubiquitous in modern life in various tiny quantities that eliminating credible risks becomes an exhausting goose chase.

New comment by c0vfefe in "Google's software mistreats or harms the user"

c0vfefe — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 17:58:55 +0000

There's a lot to appreciate about Stallman, but as an ideologue, he's never going to prioritize a gentle & incremental articulation of his ideas. We could call it a failure to empathize, but you see ideologues all over undermining their communication by making it as distilled & radical as possible. But that's not what tends to convince other humans they're wrong about something.

New comment by c0vfefe in "People love working remotely"

c0vfefe — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 17:58:33 +0000

That makes it hard to come out of your office to accomplish a specific task, like grabbing coffee or visiting the restroom. Then your attention's not free game, and you still have to sneak around.

New comment by c0vfefe in "The Impact of Meditating Every Day"

c0vfefe — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:29:12 +0000

It's basically a warning against escapist entertainment of any form.

New comment by c0vfefe in "People Simply Empty Out (1986)"

c0vfefe — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:56:02 +0000

You're getting downvoted, but I just want to let you know that you're absolutely right. It's a very adolescent thing to reduce life-meaning down to career, and project one's angst onto everybody else. I'm all for finding a way to enjoy the 1/3 of life that is your career, but the "wake up sheeple" alarmism is not higher vision, it's a failure to see both the restrictions of a scarce economy and the joys of family and responsibility.

New comment by c0vfefe in "The Horror of Microsoft Teams"

c0vfefe — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:15:32 +0000

Why do you hate it?

New comment by c0vfefe in "Want to hire the best programmers? Offer growth"

c0vfefe — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:28:42 +0000

You don't envy me, you don't know anything about me.

New comment by c0vfefe in "What If Consciousness Comes First?"

c0vfefe — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:27:24 +0000

I'd encourage you to examine some of the many arguments for the supernatural that have been discussed for many years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CulBuMCLg0

New comment by c0vfefe in "Amazon Is a Monopoly"

c0vfefe — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 16:36:00 +0000

Anecdotally, I'd say yes, it's mostly the discoverability, plus things like Prime shipping, reviews, the generally good UI, etc.

New comment by c0vfefe in "Devilution – A web port of the original Diablo game"

c0vfefe — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 19:21:13 +0000

Sure, but I like most of the critically acclaimed books that I buy, which is more analogous to mrec's comment.

New comment by c0vfefe in "Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009)"

c0vfefe — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 20:48:47 +0000

How much profit does Amazon show?

New comment by c0vfefe in "Devilution – A web port of the original Diablo game"

c0vfefe — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:06:00 +0000

As above, I was referring to mrec's behavior of returning most games he buys, including critically-acclaimed ones. That's not a case of disliking a certain work, but of either not knowing your own taste or disliking the medium itself.

New comment by c0vfefe in "Devilution – A web port of the original Diablo game"

c0vfefe — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:05:41 +0000

I was referring to mrec's behavior of returning most games he buys, including critically-acclaimed ones. That's not a case of disliking a certain work, but of either not knowing your own taste or disliking the medium itself.

New comment by c0vfefe in "Devilution – A web port of the original Diablo game"

c0vfefe — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:50:17 +0000

Are you sure you like video games?

New comment by c0vfefe in "Want to hire the best programmers? Offer growth"

c0vfefe — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:01:55 +0000

I hope you can make your way toward a less noxious & more trusting version of the human experience.

New comment by c0vfefe in "Want to hire the best programmers? Offer growth"

c0vfefe — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 19:27:01 +0000

Maybe it's only made toxic by those who need to shout to negotiate a raise.

New comment by c0vfefe in "What If Consciousness Comes First?"

c0vfefe — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:40:46 +0000

> There isn't any evidence that there is anything happening that's not biological despite 1000's of years of searching for that evidence.

If we're looking for something supernatural like a soul, then we shouldn't expect to see natural evidence. Thus the lack of that evidence does not imply its nonexistence. Relevant xkcd: https://www.xkcd.com/638/

New comment by c0vfefe in "I work in an Amazon warehouse in West Sacramento"

c0vfefe — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:58:07 +0000

I understand hating that from a health perspective, but for a profit-driven entity there's no resolving this issue without compromise. Sick time will always get abused by someone, so you might as well provide some incentive to not abuse it.