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New comment by chrisBob in "Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept"

chrisBob — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:01:16 +0000

So, lie about RSU and Bonus?

It seems like base salary would be easy to track, but other benefits would be much harder.

New comment by chrisBob in "Solar and batteries can power the world"

chrisBob — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:24:54 +0000

People acclimatize pretty well if you let them. We keep our house at 65F all winter, and set the AC for 85F in the summer and everyone is pretty happy. The payback period on a good sweater is not very long.

New comment by chrisBob in "Can you get root with only a cigarette lighter? (2024)"

chrisBob — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:09:54 +0000

We just unplugged our vending machine with similar timing.

New comment by chrisBob in "US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement"

chrisBob — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:03:04 +0000

So, the answer to "when having less information is better" is "when YOU have less information".

New comment by chrisBob in "3D-Knitting: The Ultimate Guide"

chrisBob — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:25:55 +0000

Tailored Industries (the factory) says they have over 300 products that are available immediately as white-labeled items at your custom online boutique. I don't know if any of these designs were customized or not, but it is a surprisingly low startup cost to put together a shopify store and have Tailored Industries make your clothes on demand. You need some photos, and a cool looking brand, and they do all of the hard work. I wonder if I should open up my own shop...

New comment by chrisBob in "3D-Knitting: The Ultimate Guide"

chrisBob — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:21:18 +0000

TI says that they offer custom yarn at their "Flagship" level, with a $20k upfront cost. Not sure how that compares to setting up production overseas.

Look at their plan features chart: https://tailoredindustry.com/pricing/boutique

New comment by chrisBob in "US Court of Appeals: TOS may be updated by email, use can imply consent [pdf]"

chrisBob — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:16:02 +0000

Semi-serious question: can I send a company a letter that modifies the terms and say that continuing to provide me the service implies consent?

New comment by chrisBob in "Launching the Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative"

chrisBob — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:25:56 +0000

If AI and robotics reach their logical goals then projects like this are about to become more and more important. I don't mind machines taking all of the jobs, as long as all of those displaced workers don't starve.

New comment by chrisBob in "Ford Has Steered Its Former EV Truck and Plant Plans in to a Ditch"

chrisBob — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:47:19 +0000

I really thought a sub post was better than one long one. I never understood the two account thing except for specific situations where you don't want to talk about X with an account that has a lot of NSFW content on Y.

New comment by chrisBob in "Does my key fob have more computing power than the Lunar lander?"

chrisBob — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:44:35 +0000

Making houses 3 orders of magnitude smaller and cheaper isn't very popular.

But I get your sentiment.

New comment by chrisBob in "Ford Has Steered Its Former EV Truck and Plant Plans in to a Ditch"

chrisBob — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:44:32 +0000

I had a 2004 WRC that we replaced with the IONIQ 6. The Hyundai is a great upgrade, and let us keep AWD. We could get by with less range on that car, but for now we just take the truck if we are going more than 100 miles one way.

New comment by chrisBob in "Ford Has Steered Its Former EV Truck and Plant Plans in to a Ditch"

chrisBob — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:05:03 +0000

I didn't want to say it in my original post because I don't want to offend anyone, but "Most pickups are gender affirming care".

New comment by chrisBob in "Ford Has Steered Its Former EV Truck and Plant Plans in to a Ditch"

chrisBob — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:01:26 +0000

I don't think people who can meet there needs with public transit are the target market of many car manufacturers. Most truck miles are driving to work and the store. Your use case sounds like it would be perfect for renting a vehicle, especially since it would save you from storing and insuring it an extra 300 days per year.

New comment by chrisBob in "Ford Has Steered Its Former EV Truck and Plant Plans in to a Ditch"

chrisBob — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:47:21 +0000

Cost is a concern, and there will be a cost penalty at purchase time for a while. That will impact some people, but there is still a big market for expensive trucks.

New comment by chrisBob in "Ford Has Steered Its Former EV Truck and Plant Plans in to a Ditch"

chrisBob — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:43:17 +0000

I live in a two car household, and I need one vehicle that is comfortable on long trips, and one to handle truck jobs like hauling brush, firewood, oversized items and 3 bikes. My wife, daughter and myself vastly prefer our electric car (IONIQ 6) around town, but even as a big fan of the car I am still uncomfortable using it on long trips, so our truck (Honda Ridgeline) is still a gas vehicle.

I predict that EV trucks with a range extender will do very well in the US, and will be the catalyst behind the move to electric trucks. Once people get the experience of an electric truck they will love it, but the option to dump in gasoline and drive 400 miles without charging is an imaginary barrier that stops most customers from giving it a shot.

Personally, I would love to see an electric truck that can be charged while driving by an external generator, possible mounted to a trailer.

New comment by chrisBob in "Ford Has Steered Its Former EV Truck and Plant Plans in to a Ditch"

chrisBob — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:30:58 +0000

Electric pickup trucks are hard, mostly because they need to fill an imaginary, or aspirational use case. More than 99% of the pickup truck miles in the US could be filled by an electric truck with a 150 mile range that people charge at home. But no one will buy that truck because of the desire to take long trips, and potentially tow a long distance.

The driving and ownership experience of electric vehicles is MUCH better, but it is hard to convince buyers to try it out.

New comment by chrisBob in "Show HN: I built a dashboard to compare mortgage rates across 120 credit unions"

chrisBob — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:10:39 +0000

Credit unions, or small banks are likely to be helpful in some situations. When building our house 8 years ago we had a lot of trouble getting the construction loan mostly because of 1-2 bad comps in our area. One of the big banks turned us down with no recourse with an assessment that included a picture of the wrong lot (a farm field across the street). Another said no one should build a house under 3k square feet, so no to our plan. Our little local bank was able to actually take a look and approve us.

New comment by chrisBob in "Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright"

chrisBob — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:43:11 +0000

The US has clear regulations on headlights that limit the number of Watts. That worked when everyone had halogen bulbs, but doesn't fit with LEDs.

New comment by chrisBob in "Data centers contribute to high prices as energy bills electrify local politics"

chrisBob — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 16:57:58 +0000

My solar install is scheduled for December. Even if it ends up missing the cutoff for a tax break I still think it’s the right thing to do. The combination of investing in green energy and locking in my effective electric rate is the smart move right now.

… and I heard on Friday that OpenAI is planning a data center 15 miles south of me. That can only make things worse.

New comment by chrisBob in "The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol"

chrisBob — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:08:04 +0000

I spent some time in Germany last year and I couldn't believe that the chemical name is somehow different between Europe and the US.