Hacker News: codegrappler

New comment by codegrappler in "Do teachers need advanced degrees?"

codegrappler — Fri, 15 May 2026 01:29:55 +0000

We call this new movement “involuntary CEO”. Bob you’re now it.

New comment by codegrappler in "Two billion email addresses were exposed"

codegrappler — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:25:20 +0000

2FA most commonly thwarts server-side compromised passwords. An API can leak credentials and an attacker still can’t access the account without the 2FA app, regardless of which app that is. The threat vector it does open you up to are a) a compromised device or b) someone with access to your master password, secret key and email account. Those are both much harder to do and you’re probably screwed in either case unless you use a ubikey or similar device.

New comment by codegrappler in "“No tax on tips” is an industry plant"

codegrappler — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:11:20 +0000

The law accounts for this. Jobs and industries that previously and traditionally don’t work on tips cannot convert to a method you describe.

New comment by codegrappler in "The death of partying in the USA"

codegrappler — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 23:06:35 +0000

Anecdotally a lot of families we see in my social circle can be reliably split between single income and dual income households. We see the single income folks far more than we see the dual income folks, which tracks with this article. If I come home from work and my wife says “Sarah and family are coming for dinner tonight”, I know that my wife has tidied up the house, coordinated food and all I have to do is pour some drinks and maybe cook something on the grill (that has already been purchased and prep’d). If no one has done that? Far less likely I would see that same family that night.

New comment by codegrappler in "Builder.ai Collapses: $1.5B 'AI' Startup Exposed as 'Indians'?"

codegrappler — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:48:10 +0000

Don’t forget grocery list add-er!

New comment by codegrappler in "High-end California hotel begins banning children"

codegrappler — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 23:04:43 +0000

This is a global trend that seems to follow the general decline of parenthood in almost every country. The more hostile our culture becomes to parenting the more it will decline. While it’s a personal choice to have children, there is a societal threat to declining birth rates. We would do much better to be supporting parents and encouraging family formation.

New comment by codegrappler in "Why won't some people pay for news? (2022)"

codegrappler — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:36:02 +0000

I think that also depends on the story. You saw far different reporting on Covid from the two sources. Some of the stuff coming out of the right was crazy but some ended up being the truth and the left leaning sources clearly had their marching orders dialed in and even cast things that were eventually proven true to be “lies” at the time.

New comment by codegrappler in "Aristotle – How to live a good life"

codegrappler — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:28:51 +0000

Mechanics in Ancient Greece meant the study of mechanical physics. So essentially scientists. If your focus is on the material world (material here being ‘matter’ not consumer goods) then you necessarily see science as a higher aim than virtue.

New comment by codegrappler in "Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship"

codegrappler — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 01:03:47 +0000

Sick kid during the weekend

New comment by codegrappler in "Looking Glass debuts 16-inch OLED and 32-inch 'holographic' spatial displays"

codegrappler — Sun, 26 May 2024 11:26:47 +0000

The big change here for Looking Glass is GROUP 3D. Everything shown above tracks a single person at a time.

New comment by codegrappler in "A skeptic's take on beaming power to Earth from space"

codegrappler — Sun, 12 May 2024 13:01:56 +0000

But you do need to factor in geography. Solar cells in space can be “always on and operating at peak efficiency” directly over the places that need the power, significantly reducing the need to build long distance transmission lines.

New comment by codegrappler in "The business of takehome assessments"

codegrappler — Wed, 01 May 2024 17:58:17 +0000

So if you do a take home, I believe you MUST follow it up with a live review. It becomes painfully obvious who cheated based on their ability to reason about their decisions.

New comment by codegrappler in "'Expensive' Streaming Services Are a Key Reason for Americans to 'Pirate'"

codegrappler — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:22:05 +0000

I think it’s also helpful to point out that the pirating interfaces have gotten _really_ good. Using Overseer, Radaar, and Sonaar together with Plex created such a seamless experience I was blown away the first time I saw it. Any movie or show across any service at the push of a button. It doesn’t even feel like pirating. It feels like any other service.

New comment by codegrappler in "Google Podcasts service shuts down in the US next week"

codegrappler — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 22:38:00 +0000

What does Apple Music do better than Spotify in the music space?

New comment by codegrappler in "Americans' trust in media plummets to historic low: poll (2023)"

codegrappler — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 03:29:27 +0000

I’m with you. As someone with the opposite political view of the majority around me, I’m in constant fear of disagreeing with the status quo messaging. In a glass-half-full way it has helped me build my Socratic method muscles in these situations.

New comment by codegrappler in "Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: 2023 Progress on Smooth Scrolling"

codegrappler — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 03:23:54 +0000

I find that changing the right click to the bottom right corner works well for me. I constantly have two fingers resting on the trackpad. Other replies have commented about using the thumb to click while you drag with another finger. I do that constantly so I just gave up on the two finger right click. It would trigger all the time when I didn’t want it to.

New comment by codegrappler in "Five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer"

codegrappler — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 12:16:43 +0000

What exactly do you think wealthy people do with their money? Buy a big vault and swim around in it like Scrooge McDuck? They invest in new businesses, donate to charities. Heck, Bill Gates’ foundation is curing malaria in Africa. What makes you think the government getting the money is going to be more effective? I think it will largely just swell the bureaucracy and lead to more waste, not less.

New comment by codegrappler in "Minimum Wage Clock"

codegrappler — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:48:14 +0000

Yet you think government corruption wouldn’t become an equal (or worse) problem?

New comment by codegrappler in "Fewer people are buying electric cars in the US"

codegrappler — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 11:36:10 +0000

One thing I have not heard discussed is the all-too-common family visit. If I drive 200 miles to visit some family and stay at their house what’s the etiquette for using their power to charge my car? I wouldn’t feel comfortable asking and saying “I’ve got to leave for two hours to find a charging station” also feels awkward. I want to maximize our time together and not burden folks with needing to pay to charge my car.

New comment by codegrappler in "Is Austin losing its luster?"

codegrappler — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 15:06:48 +0000

I suppose you’re talking about abortion rights, not the right to vote. Making a pretty sweeping claim about an entire state there…