Hacker News: codq

New comment by codq in "The past was not that cute"

codq — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:56:23 +0000

This is actually one of the key points Yuval Noah Harari made in his landmark book 'Sapiens' (a must-read, probably the book I've recommended more than any other)

New comment by codq in "Why is Venus hell and Earth an Eden?"

codq — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:13:39 +0000

Without tectonics, is terraforming Mars even possible as a long term solution? This "Mars colonization" strategy seems like a pipe dream, no?

New comment by codq in "OpenAI doesn't have the cash to pay Oracle $300B"

codq — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:11:31 +0000

Hilarious what they're turning into, compared to their founding principles.

New comment by codq in "MacKenzie Scott donates over $2B in 2024 to 199 organizations"

codq — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:47:20 +0000

"technically doing nothing" what a terrible comment.

New comment by codq in "Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for free?"

codq — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 10:36:45 +0000

This is interesting. He’s doing this entirely by choice? You don’t have a problem with it?

New comment by codq in "Sam Bankman-Fried and the effective altruism delusion"

codq — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 16:10:53 +0000

Yes, it's a way of excusing lifestyles of luxury via immoral causes.

The modern equivalent of paying indulgences to the Catholic Church; the wealthly have always sought ways of justifying the grotesqueries of their lifestyles. Indeed for many, it's the primary labor of their lives.

New comment by codq in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December"

codq — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:13:34 +0000

Well that's one way to get (a very specific type of) people back in the movie theaters!

New comment by codq in "Omnivore – free, open source, read-it-later App"

codq — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:49:36 +0000

I wanted something more advanced than Pocket, which integrated with my Obsidian vault and had better highlighting features and voice, so it was a choice between Matter and Readwise Reader.

I went with Readwise because they were a bootstrapped company vs VC-funded Matter, but now I'm starting to wish I went with Matter because they've been shipping meaningful updates more reliably.

Also, I interviewer with Dan from Readwise and he totally ghosted me, so I may be a little bitter about that, ha.

New comment by codq in "Omnivore – free, open source, read-it-later App"

codq — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 21:17:55 +0000

As someone who pays a yearly subscription for Readwise, I have a hard justifying that price when Omnivore excels at that core functionality entirely for free.

Matter is another paid read-it-later app who's lunch Omnivore is eating, though they seem to be shipping useful features (podcast transcript parsing, send-to-Kindle, etc.) much faster than Readwise.

Tough time to be a for-profit reading app these days, when options like Omnivore exist.

New comment by codq in "Omnivore – free, open source, read-it-later App"

codq — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 21:16:10 +0000

Raindrop is primarily for saving and archiving links and websites, Omnivore is primarily for reading.

New comment by codq in "Costco gold bars are selling out within hours"

codq — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:13:10 +0000

I dunno, a 1956 Fender Stratocaster, maybe?

Something you can actually do something with?

New comment by codq in "Your brain on emoji"

codq — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 11:19:51 +0000

Kinda adds a whole new layer to the drone metal band sunnO)))

New comment by codq in "Ask HN: How do you look for jobs in 2023?"

codq — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 17:35:44 +0000

I'm in a similar boat.

I'm a marketing guy, and have started to regret my career path. I've made it to several final rounds in the past year, but only wound up with rejection at the end—at the final stages, it can be real subtle things that lead them to make that final choice of one candidate vs. another.

On top of that, I'm taking care of a toddler full time, since we can't afford a nanny since I got laid off, so I have even less time to dedicate to the job hunt / skill advancement, and honestly I'm so exhausted by the end of the day that I'm too drained to work on projects that require real brainpower. It's been a slog, but I'm hanging in there and not giving up.

Otta.com has been a great, easy resource for job hunting.

New comment by codq in "Ask HN: What's the coolest physical thing you've made?"

codq — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:26:34 +0000

You're playing Stardew Valley IRL. Fantastic.

New comment by codq in "Never waste a midlife crisis"

codq — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:45:32 +0000

Thank you. I turned 40 this weekend, and have spent the last few months if not years wondering who the hell I am, and thinking about all the cool projects, startups, languages and learnings I'd love to explore.

However, I also have a 3-year old I'm taking care of who drains me of all my excess time and energy. I can't do any of this stuff. I'm exhausted at the end of the day, and with my 1-2 hours at the end of night after my kid goes to bed, I'm certainly not writing the Great American Novel.

Maybe when he's older I'll have time for a midlife crisis.

New comment by codq in "The Last Place on Earth Any Tourist Should Go"

codq — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 23:04:05 +0000

Gonna go ahead and say the last place any tourist should go is North Sentinel Island.

New comment by codq in "APPL $3T valuation isn’t far off – but no thanks to Vision Pro, argues Bloomberg"

codq — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:37:09 +0000

As someone who switch from Android to iPhone just a few years ago, it's insane how quickly I got engulfed in the ecosystem and now have Apple everything in my house.

At this point, I don't even know how I'd switch back to Android even if I wanted to (and I don't). Once they've got their claws in, they've got you—and you're happy about it.

No wonder their growth and expansion continues.

New comment by codq in "An Interview with Marc Andreessen about AI and How You Change the World"

codq — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 19:10:36 +0000

Ty still makes Beanie Babies.

New comment by codq in "Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer"

codq — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 21:10:54 +0000

iSight was the name they used for their webcam a decade ago, and when was the last time they used the ‘iDevice’ naming convention? Seems they’ve been getting away from that for a long time.

New comment by codq in "Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer"

codq — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 21:09:41 +0000

Perhaps, but my sense is you can hot swap the battery while using the device, instantly getting back to 100% charge. Inelegant, but solves the battery problem.