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New comment by comprev in "Ente – Opening Our Books"

comprev — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:29:22 +0000

I once worked for a company where they operated in the red for 95% of the year as they paid for project material costs up front. The CFO was quite open about how finances worked in our niche sector.

A client would pay an invoice and the balance would swing from -£20M to £0 and back down to -£15M for the next project within weeks! Revenue was in the £100Ms per annum.

As someone with almost zero business background it was a real eye opener how much we depended on a healthy relationship with the local bank manager. The business model clearly worked as they passed their 30th anniversary during my employment!

New comment by comprev in "Half-Life 2 in a Browser"

comprev — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:12:42 +0000

Same here - splashed out crazy money upgrading my PC to play HL2.

After that moment I switched to consoles.

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

comprev — Fri, 29 May 2026 17:55:48 +0000

For those without a FT subscription: https://archive.ph/DrFSW

New comment by comprev in "Ask HN: Do you know the ethics of Developers?"

comprev — Mon, 11 May 2026 12:26:50 +0000

Ethics will depend on the developer's needs at the time, and there is a big difference between ethics of the developer themselves and their employer's ethics.

They may take a less ethical job to put food on the table for their family.

They may take a less ethical job to build a financial buffer zone allowing them to take a more ethical one in the future.

They might not have the luxury of working a more ethical job - either picking the least worst option or perhaps only option due to reasons far beyond their control.

I consider myself extremely fortunate that - so far - I've always been able to avoid industries on my moral blacklist.

New comment by comprev in "I didn't think I could get addicted to weed. I was wrong – and I'm not alone"

comprev — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:35:28 +0000

It's a psychological addition of being stoned and slightly detached from reality - no different to people munching pills every weekend at a rave or drinking enough to be tipsy (or wasted, if that's your thing)

It's escapism, pure and simple.

New comment by comprev in "The operating cost of adult and gambling startups"

comprev — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:11:48 +0000

Employment at a below market rate might be the only job some people can get due to events in their past i.e someone with a criminal record that puts most employers out of reach.

There is a large talent pool who want to get their lives back on track.

New comment by comprev in "Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated"

comprev — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:13:14 +0000

I'm curious how your platform might avoid false positives with intentionally repetitive music, in particular techno (either produced via a DAW or hardware).

New comment by comprev in "Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated"

comprev — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:10:02 +0000

I've been caught out a few times after learning a new artist I liked was AI.

The time spent listening to AI music _could_ instead been spent listening to something created by a human.

That is what pisses me off the most!

New comment by comprev in "Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated"

comprev — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:42:02 +0000

I have "friends" purely through common interest in music, and the same for bicycles too.

My oldest/life-long friends have very different musical tastes...and some can't even ride a bike :)

New comment by comprev in "Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated"

comprev — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:34:33 +0000

I have little interest in doing a DJ set in public but I'll spend hours crate digging for new music and mixing circular black slabs of vinyl for nothing more than the love of the craft.

New comment by comprev in "GitHub's fake star economy"

comprev — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:29:26 +0000

These days many DJs are booked on their social media following not their skills or musical knowledge.

The market is completely flooded and promotors cannot practically sift through the sheer volume of mixes published online -- so they go by Internet points instead.

New comment by comprev in "Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as difficulty drops"

comprev — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:32:39 +0000

It's no different to a mortgage being in negative equity as the home owner would still be in debt after selling the property.

New comment by comprev in "81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone"

comprev — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:30:19 +0000

It's better for the company not the customer

New comment by comprev in "Music for Programming"

comprev — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:26:47 +0000

Definitely my cuppa tea too :)

https://m.youtube.com/@arcologies

New comment by comprev in "We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do"

comprev — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:29:51 +0000

Gambling and weapons (or "defence" depending on perspective) are two industries I refuse to work on principle.

On my deathbed I want to look back on life and feel I've made a small positive impact on the world.

New comment by comprev in "The Oxford Comma – Why and Why Not (2024)"

comprev — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:21:08 +0000

"John helped his uncle, Jack off a horse"

"John helped his uncle Jack off a horse"

Two very different outcomes...

Age requirements for managing an Apple Account in the UK

comprev — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:49:37 +0000

Article URL: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/126788

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47524911

Points: 3

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New comment by comprev in "FFmpeg 8.1"

comprev — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:27:20 +0000

It's a sibling to curl in that way

New comment by comprev in "Ask HN: Which DNS based ad blocker do you suggest?"

comprev — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:17:11 +0000

Pi-hole operates on your local network.

NextDNS performs the same thing but on the public internet, removing the dependency on a VPN to the private local network.

New comment by comprev in "Ask HN: Which DNS based ad blocker do you suggest?"

comprev — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:15:27 +0000

+1 for NextDNS.

Been a happy user for a few years now and introduced many non-tech friends/family into the world of 99% advert-free internet.