Hacker News: catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=catacombsHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:17:37 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Ask HN: What's your best advice for someone turning 30 today?"]]>> Get a promotion

Easier said than done.

]]>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:50:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26080466catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26080466https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26080466<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Ask HN: Any tips for a programmer wanting to switch into security?"]]>> Source: I did penetration testing for four years, also served in a cyber position in the military. What a giant waste of my time that whole effort was.

But the money must've been really, really good.

]]>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:28:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26067466catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26067466https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26067466<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Ask HN: What is the best way to spend $1000 to improve your productivity?"]]>> Faster internet. A few bucks added to your monthly bill.

A few bucks? Yeah, right.

]]>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:27:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26067448catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26067448https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26067448<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Ask HN: What is the safest way to put an Email address on my website in 2021?"]]>Normies don't know how to decode Base64.

]]>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:11:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26039355catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26039355https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26039355<![CDATA[Former moderator of TheDonald recalls forum's hate, racism and violent threats]]>Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/05/why-thedonald-moderator-left/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26037662

Points: 9

# Comments: 0

]]>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:57:47 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/05/why-thedonald-moderator-left/catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26037662https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26037662<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Email from Jeff Bezos to employees"]]>> The questions shouldn't focus on what he lets get printed

Bezos has no say in what can and can't be published.

]]>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:53:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26015629catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26015629https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26015629<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Email from Jeff Bezos to employees"]]>Ah, yes. Because owning a news organization, one filled with people who can do investigations, presents numerous opportunities to avoid paying taxes.

]]>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:20:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26008453catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26008453https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26008453<![CDATA[A large list of handpicked color names]]>Article URL: https://github.com/meodai/color-names

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26008433

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:18:32 +0000https://github.com/meodai/color-namescatacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26008433https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26008433<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Email from Jeff Bezos to employees"]]>> spend time inside that WaPo newsroom that he loves.

Investing in journalism is actually a very good thing.

]]>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:18:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26006829catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26006829https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26006829<![CDATA[The Covid Tracking Project Will Soon Come to an End]]>Article URL: https://covidtracking.com/analysis-updates/covid-tracking-project-end-march-7

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25992559

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:28:01 +0000https://covidtracking.com/analysis-updates/covid-tracking-project-end-march-7catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25992559https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25992559<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Facebook testing notification to users about Apple privacy changes"]]>> You're not the consumer here. You're not paying for anything.

But you are the PRODUCT.

]]>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:55:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25991197catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25991197https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25991197<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Most of the time, you don’t really need another MOOC"]]>> Always remember that your freelance rate should be double your full time rate

Can you elaborate on this? I had always wondered what a baseline rate should be if one goes freelance.

]]>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 02:47:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25965520catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25965520https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25965520<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes the web slow"]]>You should reconsider. Facebook made more than $80 billion in revenue, a majority of it through ads.

]]>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:23:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25937321catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25937321https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25937321<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Most of the time, you don’t really need another MOOC"]]>> it was against the subreddit rules to ask for help.

Yes, as it says in the /r/cpp sidebar. You needed to post your request for help in /r/cpp_questions/

]]>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:22:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25937309catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25937309https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25937309<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Most of the time, you don’t really need another MOOC"]]>> I pay the guy $150/hr in 10 hour chunks

$1,500 seems....excessive.

]]>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:21:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25937300catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25937300https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25937300<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes the web slow"]]>It's 2021. Who isn't using an ad blocker?

]]>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:33:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25918712catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25918712https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25918712<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Ask HN: What is your low stress, high paid job?"]]>What programming language(s) do you mostly use in your job?

]]>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:43:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25906194catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25906194https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25906194<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Ask HN: What is your low stress, high paid job?"]]>What programming language(s) do you mostly use in your job?

]]>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:42:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25906182catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25906182https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25906182<![CDATA[A color palette inspired by the 2021 inauguration]]>Article URL: https://github.com/ciannabp/inauguration

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25864426

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:21:35 +0000https://github.com/ciannabp/inaugurationcatacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25864426https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25864426<![CDATA[New comment by catacombs in "Ask HN: Would anyone be interested in a Hacker News to debate politics?"]]>Absolutely not.

Want to debate? Do it in person.

> I am envisaging a platform that allows the community to structure and "type-check" (loosely) arguments.

No one should try to profit off political discourse.

]]>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:20:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25861374catacombshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25861374https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25861374