Hacker News: cmaggiulli

New comment by cmaggiulli in "PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods"

cmaggiulli — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:32:52 +0000

Oh shit I've been drinking powdered milk from 1952 Korean war rations basically every day.

New comment by cmaggiulli in "The problem with new URL(), and how URL.parse() fixes that"

cmaggiulli — Mon, 20 May 2024 03:19:12 +0000

Are you saying that is the to string value of a URL object instantiated with the url of a page containing just an image tag, or are you saying it’s the value when you instantiate an object with a url parameter to the png file itself? If it’s the png file itself my 0.02 is that is a logical choice. Obviously the to string ( or whatever it is, I’m not a JS dev ) isn’t the binary data, and I believe in the binary encoded response body there is a meta data signature block that contains that info.

New comment by cmaggiulli in "I love programming but I hate the programming industry"

cmaggiulli — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:52:33 +0000

That was an absolutely ridiculous article

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Most people with addiction simply grow out of it (2014)"

cmaggiulli — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 02:09:12 +0000

There is nothing in the definition of addiction that requires the desire to quit

New comment by cmaggiulli in "What it was like working for Gitlab"

cmaggiulli — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 19:03:25 +0000

I think there’s at least something true hidden in the post you’re responding to. While I don’t necessarily think it’s a strong enough point to base salary decisions on, nor do I think it’s the actual reasoning behind GitLabs policy, I can for sure see how being overly paid for a job that you’ve grown to hate produces poor results for the company and possibly the employee

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Ask HN: Why does the NSA use Java so much?"

cmaggiulli — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 20:08:19 +0000

My answer is guesswork but…

The NSAs work is likely focused around parsing large amounts of data, building exploits for various technologies, things related to access and identity, etc.

I’m sure that for niche activities the NSA implements with whatever tool fits the job. However, in general, for more generalized activities such as parsing data, building reports, building access control systems, etc you’re going to want to use a language that is common and has longevity. Additionally, you’ll probably want a language that is performant but isn’t so low-level that programmers are spending their time writing code that is purely technical and not aligned with the end goal of the organization. Java is good mix of performance, common, lasting, etc. Additionally government agencies seem to love static, strongly typed, compiled languages. Those programming principles seem to align with the overall rigidity of government

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Ask HN: Why does the NSA use Java so much?"

cmaggiulli — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 19:59:45 +0000

The unique selling point of Java for the NSA or are you asking why it’s generally so prevalent ?

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Why it's impossible to agree on what's allowed"

cmaggiulli — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 19:50:45 +0000

My 0.02 but the airspace above the park is not the park or else you could take that to a logical extreme. A park is the land/waterways within a geographical bounds with a specific designation. It does not include the air above the park which is why planes flying over your house are not trespassing

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Why it's impossible to agree on what's allowed"

cmaggiulli — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 19:48:54 +0000

I would argue that “no shirt, no shoes, no service” is not rule but rather a concise and simplistic phrase that communicates the spirit of the rule to a broad audience. The rule is that a human must have their feet, part of their lower and upper body covered or else they will be denied entry and/or refused service. The phrase is just a way to communicate that rule in a concise way

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Why it's impossible to agree on what's allowed"

cmaggiulli — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 19:37:23 +0000

The vehicle in the park game seemed very obvious to me with a 100% result. I’m having a hard time imagining what others could have disagreed with.

A vehicle is loosely defined as a human-sized ( but not necessarily human operated ), generally functioning motorized transport device. Emergency vehicles in the park technically violate the parks rule ( even though the violation is basically rendered meaningless ).

A tank would be a vehicle even if it was inoperable, but not if it was intentionally made inoperable. It ceases to be a vehicle and instead becomes a display piece, memorial, etc.

In the park means any land or water within the parks geographic bounds, but definitely not airspace.

A toy is a toy. It may be a replica of a vehicle but it is not a vehicle. A bike, skateboard, rowboat, etc are not motorized and are therefore not a vehicle in the most common colloquial usage.

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Ask HN: How much code do you write in your job?"

cmaggiulli — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 23:57:26 +0000

My title is director of product development. I manage a team of roughly 30 people with 1 layer of management between most ICs. While it’s not evenly distributed, over the course of a year I spend about 10% of my time writing code. I’ve worked in strictly development roles before where I was still coding less than 50%

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Buried in Infrastructure Bill Is a Mandatory Backdoor Kill Switch for Your Car"

cmaggiulli — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:36:39 +0000

If you refuse to give blood or breath sample you automatically lose license. Also there are presumptions of intoxication after your first impaired driving conviction in NYS ( it’s not that simple, but too complicated to outline in short form ). So, this wouldn’t really be unprecedented. Not saying I agree or disagree.

The stakes are very high with impaired driving. In many states your first impaired driving charge can be felonious even if there is no injury or accident. In about half of all states your second impaired driving is automatically a felony despite no injury or accident. Society has a right to protect its roadways. However, we also need to be very careful about wanton criminalization. The penal system in the USA is backwards and barbaric

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Tell HN: Lost then regained access to Google account, with correct credentials"

cmaggiulli — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:24:47 +0000

I have so many important accounts attached to my gmail so I created a bunch of backup codes and hide them in various places

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Fisher Price Chatter Telephone with Bluetooth"

cmaggiulli — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:45:48 +0000

So can you dial out on the toy? Or can you only dial out on the mobile device that the toy phone connects to?

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Ask HN: Has Google search become quantitatively worse?"

cmaggiulli — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:10:44 +0000

My father has been saying this for years. I find Google to be useful by using search operators. I know for a fact that the YouTube recommendations algorithm is “worse” than before. It’s infuriating

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Importance of muscle mass, strength and cardiorespiratory fitness for longevity"

cmaggiulli — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 16:50:45 +0000

Starting Strength by Mark R

New comment by cmaggiulli in "You can't download this image"

cmaggiulli — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:24:53 +0000

Does WebRTC show in the network console?

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Ask HN: Tips on Sysadmin Job"

cmaggiulli — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 13:59:48 +0000

If he received a new job title and a salary increase it’s a promotion

New comment by cmaggiulli in "Ask HN: I’d like to hire a personal/executive assistant – any tips or advice?"

cmaggiulli — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:33:37 +0000

I would probably be ok with a few $470 cakes here and there… if I was in the position to have a PA that is

New comment by cmaggiulli in "The sticky issue of consent in street photography"

cmaggiulli — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 16:12:54 +0000

I’m willing to be swayed on this issue but to me the word “consent” implies permission, and the word permission implies some type of authority. In the case of photography in public there is no authority so no consent is needed. I personally believe that, for the most part, ethics and legality align here. I don’t think it is unethical to photograph and publish a picture of someone in public. However, I think there may be an ethical dilemma if the picture is unintentionally sexually suggestive. I still don’t believe it should be legislated. The societal and personal benefits guaranteed by the right which allows us to photograph in public is worth more than the protection that would come through legislation.

Additionally the picture in question is not sexual to me at all. I don’t even understand how anyone could construe it as sexual. To me it’s a raw, emotional photograph that perfectly describes what it’s like to mother children in a large city. It’s an amazing moment