Hacker News: cjrp

New comment by cjrp in "European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple"

cjrp — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:14:38 +0000

I didn't say it would be decent, just that it might make financial sense.

New comment by cjrp in "European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple"

cjrp — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:30:33 +0000

> building a worse version of AWS just so that it is "European" makes no financial sense

Unless it becomes necessary because of EU regulation?

New comment by cjrp in "The Boeing 747 begins its final descent"

cjrp — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:34:01 +0000

More likely United I'd say

New comment by cjrp in "5k menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Collection (1880-1920)"

cjrp — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:15:44 +0000

Funny to see Marmite on a menu for a (presumably) fancy NYC restaurant https://pudding.cool/2026/06/menu-story/assets/menus/474586....

New comment by cjrp in "Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators"

cjrp — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:08:49 +0000

That's a fair point, it would be more interesting to compare the salary to equivalent, family-owned private companies (although I'm sure most of them don't disclose that sort of thing).

New comment by cjrp in "Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators"

cjrp — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:52:29 +0000

> Her salary of £421 million in 2020 was 50% higher than it was in 2019, and higher than all FTSE 100 Index CEOs combined.

New comment by cjrp in "Investors get real-time view of UK bond market activity for the first time"

cjrp — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:28:31 +0000

Ah I see, I wasn't aware of the Cash ISA change too, thanks.

New comment by cjrp in "Investors get real-time view of UK bond market activity for the first time"

cjrp — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:54:52 +0000

Wasn't it something like a 3-4% reduction in private school pupil numbers? And some of those would have ended up homeschooled rather than state.

New comment by cjrp in "Investors get real-time view of UK bond market activity for the first time"

cjrp — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:50:00 +0000

I think they're clamping down on cash held in Stocks and Shares ISAs, not Cash ISAs.

New comment by cjrp in "Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct"

cjrp — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:01:35 +0000

True, but it avoids any unknowns when the office manager is organising a senior leadership lunch meeting. "Nobody ever got fired for buying Pret".

New comment by cjrp in "Working in Glass"

cjrp — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:52:24 +0000

Recommend Corning Museum of Glass (upstate NY) for similar reasons. Really awesome.

New comment by cjrp in "SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B"

cjrp — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:03:00 +0000

> The main reason humanity hasn't meaningfully started expanding into space is because it used to cost $54,000 to get a liter of water into space.

Am I naive in thinking that we haven't expanded into space because we don't need to? What's the benefit?

New comment by cjrp in "How do you design a $30k electric pickup? Inside Ford's skunkworks"

cjrp — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:13:31 +0000

I guess it's a bit like the nuclear deterrent. The threat of them raising prices or refusing to sell to other countries might be enough.

New comment by cjrp in "Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds"

cjrp — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:58:45 +0000

It's been downhill since FB removed pokes.

New comment by cjrp in "Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor"

cjrp — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:18:12 +0000

> Ursa will probably be gone in 10 years

Or worse, absorbed by one of the big manufacturers.

New comment by cjrp in "Legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival"

cjrp — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:12:52 +0000

I mean, the Hay Festival is in Wales. You don't have to be in America to be affected.

New comment by cjrp in "London's Free Roof Terraces"

cjrp — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:53:32 +0000

Can you go up without going to the restaurant?

New comment by cjrp in "What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?"

cjrp — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:45:45 +0000

I wonder if it’d also related to the reduced length of time that people stay in a job now? Why invest in training a junior if they’ll move jobs as soon as they reach mid-level.

New comment by cjrp in "Ferrari Luce"

cjrp — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:58:38 +0000

Wouldn't the Purosangue be the competitor though?

New comment by cjrp in "Ferrari Luce"

cjrp — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:57:21 +0000

Does Ferrari have the same "relationship requirements" as other high-end manufacturers? I.e. to get the latest and greatest ICE sports case, you'll need to buy one of these first.