Hacker News: cubicle67

New comment by cubicle67 in "ASCII Silhouettify"

cubicle67 — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 04:47:44 +0000

ChatGPT? Seriously though, this is such a weird reply and doesn't fit at all with the account's previous comments. Also has that kind of not-quote-right feel that a lot of ai generated content has

New comment by cubicle67 in "Can Microsoft Flight Simulator help me learn to fly or make me a better pilot?"

cubicle67 — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 04:43:04 +0000

Yeah, nah, no way this can be taken at face value. If you've never flown before, this would be apparent to your instructor before you'd even got in the plane.

I haven't flown for a while, but three things jump immediately to mind - The absence of your log book - Not knowing how to do a walk around inspection (yeah, I'm calling bs on that too) - Banter with the instructor

New comment by cubicle67 in "Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name"

cubicle67 — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:14:24 +0000

How? It's only two letters, so it would be like YCombinator making a trademark claim on yc

I agree on not asking for money directly though

New comment by cubicle67 in "Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name"

cubicle67 — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:41:16 +0000

no, it's nothing clever, just my initials. Also happens to be the same as the initials of the company in question

Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name

cubicle67 — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:59 +0000

I've a two letter github name and I've just been contacted by a company asking (nicely) if I'd be interested in transferring ownership of this name to them. Is there any convention around this, eg is it expected I'd ask for money?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10089329

Points: 10

# Comments: 14

New comment by cubicle67 in "A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It in the Metal"

cubicle67 — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 02:56:28 +0000

You might want to define "flop" and specify a timeframe if you're offering a bet like this

Some suggestions:

* will sell less than x units in the y months after it becomes available

* is discontinued within y months

* will not make it to version n

* will bring in less than $x revenue/profit in [timeframe]

* will lose its link at the top of the apple website within y months

It's also hard to tell what Apple's internal expectations are. They may expect to only sell 100, or they may be expecting to sell 100 million. My guess is it's a "feeler" product to guage demand while they work on v2

New comment by cubicle67 in "Dreadnoughtus, a 130,000-Pound Dinosaur That Wasn’t Done Growing"

cubicle67 — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 04:18:09 +0000

which I thought was odd when I read the arstechnica article and saw the chart which showed the beast at ~59,000kg, or 59 tons, but then I remembered that our tons (tonnes) are 1000kg and the US ones are about 907kg

New comment by cubicle67 in "A Mother’s Journey Through the Unnerving Universe of ‘Unboxing’ Videos"

cubicle67 — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:18:03 +0000

I think my kids are having the same problem (boredom) as you did.

What do you mean by "paying attention"? One of the thinks I really like about Montessori, and I'm guessing each school is different, is that the children are able to develop long attention spans and learn to stay focused on something for as long as they like; half a day is not uncommon, and an entire day is possible. Normal school allows children just long enough to become absorbed in something, then interrupts them with "change class!". Montessori allows that child so keep focused on their activity (drawing a map, writing a story, maths, etc) for as long as they want.

The up-side is that I've found Montessori to be a very efficient means of learning. My kids have no homework and an enjoyable relaxing day, but they're far ahead of their friends in normal schools.

Down-side is, like you say, low tollerence for droning teachers and being bored

New comment by cubicle67 in "A Mother’s Journey Through the Unnerving Universe of ‘Unboxing’ Videos"

cubicle67 — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 01:48:33 +0000

If you're considering Montessori, there's a few things I need to warn you of (I speak as a parent who's put 4 children through)

1. You'll never look at normal schooling the same way again. You'll find the thought of sending your kinds to a traditional school depressing and wonder how anyone can think it's a good idea

2. Every parent/teacher you who finds out you send your kids to a non-traditional school, and who hasn't experience of them, will find the need to defend traditional schooling

3. Unless you're lucky enough to have access to a Montessori high school, or you're able to homeschool, you'll have to face the day when you send your kids back into a normal school.

New comment by cubicle67 in "Ask HN: Advice for dealing with a client and bad SEO advice"

cubicle67 — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 04:39:16 +0000

Thanks heaps for this. I think one of the problems is that they expect when they hire an expensive "expert" they then trust that expert's advice, same as they would advice from a lawyer or accountant. Me coming along and saying "No! don't do that" comes off to them the same as if I complained about advice from their accountant.

The above links are good and I'll read them when I get a break and apss them along. As for the hiding elements, I just plain said I wouldn't do it, but the rest I've less grounds on which to object. In short, I want them to do what's best for them

New comment by cubicle67 in "Ask HN: Advice for dealing with a client and bad SEO advice"

cubicle67 — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 04:32:59 +0000

Yes, this is what I thought, but how do I say this to a client and get them to listen?

Ask HN: Advice for dealing with a client and bad SEO advice

cubicle67 — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 03:29:26 +0000

I have a regular client who I've been doing work for for a number of years and their website rates well in Google, but it's recently fallen to page 2 and they've hired an SEO firm to help them, but I'm concerned the advice they're being given is bad.

Has anyone here any good articles etc on SEO I can give to my client and do any of you have any tips on how to approach this? I've stated my reservations, but in their eyes I'm "the website guy" and the other firms are "the experts".

Examples of what I consider to be bad advice they've been given - massive keyword stuffing. Here's the copy I've just been given for meta keywords "Corporate keyword1 keyword3, keyword1 keyword3, keyword4 keyword2, keyword1 keyword3 Melbourne,cheap keyword1 keyword3,keyword5 merchandise, business keyword2,Company keyword2 Australia, company keyword1 keyword3, corporate keyword2, marketing keyword3, keyword1 keyword2, keyword1 items, keyword1 merchandise, keyword1 keyword3, keyword1 keyword3, keyword1 keyword3 Australia, keyword1 keyword3 Brisbane, keyword1 keyword3 Perth, keyword1 keyword3 Sydney"

Other advice includes hiding h1 elements behind images and the like. fwiw, the SEO mob are a reputable looking Australian firm, and my client is a long standing bricks and mortar store

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7975010

Points: 6

# Comments: 10

New comment by cubicle67 in "Drop Dropbox"

cubicle67 — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:25:06 +0000

Rice wasn't just there, she played an active role in making it happen.

New comment by cubicle67 in "Pronunciation errors that made the English language"

cubicle67 — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 07:53:29 +0000

I've not seen this before. To me that reads like mixed tense, where lead (rhyming with steed) is the present tense of led

New comment by cubicle67 in "Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 1 in 5 Macs vulnerable"

cubicle67 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 05:19:50 +0000

Snow Leopard is the most recent version of OSX able to run on 32 bit Intel machines, like the one I have here. Sure, it's 8 years old but it's still running well and I'm in no hurry to throw it out.

New comment by cubicle67 in "[dead]"

cubicle67 — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 08:03:45 +0000

cool! Love the Blackberry user generated text (try it)

New comment by cubicle67 in "Python code to solve xkcd 1313 by Peter Norvig"

cubicle67 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:02:51 +0000

first panel of the cartoon

New comment by cubicle67 in "The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen (2007)"

cubicle67 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 03:43:26 +0000

4 weeks paid annual leave

plus 10 days paid sick leave (cumulative) plus 10 paid public holidays per year

New comment by cubicle67 in "[dead]"

cubicle67 — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 04:02:38 +0000

Not sure this belongs on HN, but if it stays the link should probably be changed to point to the original interview here http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=149...

If you enjoy asoiaf then it's wel worth a read. You may also enjoy http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf and http://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones

New comment by cubicle67 in "iPad Air Review"

cubicle67 — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 05:05:24 +0000

I'd love to be able to expand my wifes iPad, but I think Apple don't offer it (the ability to expand the capacity) for two reasons, the first of which is price - the retail difference between 16Gb and 128Gb is almost pure profit.

The second resaon though, is that it introduces a level of complexity Apple are unlikely to be comfortable with[1]. Users now have to be aware of where stuff is being saved (flash or sd card), and the OS UI needs to be updated to provide this option.

[1] unfortunately, iCloud seems to wildly disprove my point ...