Hacker News: dataengineer56

New comment by dataengineer56 in "The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein"

dataengineer56 — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:13:14 +0000

> For whatever reason, I forwarded this email to my parents, brother, and then-fiancee Dana.

A very strange action to take for someone who claims to have no recollection of the meeting.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "I found the perfect yearly calendar (for me)"

dataengineer56 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:46:31 +0000

Is there a way to get rid of the text box overlay or does it just disappear when you print it?

New comment by dataengineer56 in "Heathrow scraps liquid container limit"

dataengineer56 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:05:29 +0000

In my experience many of them do feel like they're doing something important, and some seem principally motivated to do the job by the promise of being able to bully travellers.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "Claude outage"

dataengineer56 — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:55:24 +0000

I asked a novel question, well-written and clear, and a "subject matter expert" decided it was too similar to another question (it wasn't), so they defaced it, downvoted it and closed it.

Stack Overflow is dying, it's extremely difficult to get new questions through. Even if they survive moderation then they're unlikely to get answers.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "Claude outage"

dataengineer56 — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:35:57 +0000

If I have a question for SO these days then I ask Claude instead and tell it to use SO where possible. It's preferable to actually asking it on SO which often results in the question being edited, downvoted and closed by someone with an anime child profile picture.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "I played 1k hands of online poker and built a web app with Cursor AI"

dataengineer56 — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:09:58 +0000

It's become a lot more difficult to win online since online poker was banned in the USA. The USA sat at a huge net loss online and every other country profited.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "Mississippi Can't Possibly Have Good Schools"

dataengineer56 — Wed, 07 May 2025 14:00:13 +0000

They hold students back if they don't pass a basic reading literacy test in third grade.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "DoorDash to acquire Deliveroo"

dataengineer56 — Wed, 07 May 2025 13:29:48 +0000

Nando's chips are cooked fresh when the delivery driver arrives so that they're as fresh as possible. The probelm here is that chips travel horribly.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news"

dataengineer56 — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:54:13 +0000

The English icon has the Union Jack flag rather than the US flag, so it automatically elevates the service above Duolingo for me.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "How I got 100% off my train travel"

dataengineer56 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:10:12 +0000

This is UK law(?) or standard across all rail networks. It's automated too, you don't have to fill in a form. Immediately after arriving at your destination you get an email telling you that your train was delayed by enough to give you compensation, click a link and the money is in your bank account in a couple of days.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "I still like Sublime Text"

dataengineer56 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:18:37 +0000

I use Sublime as my notepad alternative. I use no plugins and don't know any keyboard shortcuts but I love it. It's quick, the tabs work well, you don't have to save files for it to remember them...

New comment by dataengineer56 in "Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs"

dataengineer56 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:30:00 +0000

I find it interesting that she's both kept her Patreon up during this time and has also become far more successful https://graphtreon.com/creator/physicsgirl, in spite of posting no content.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy"

dataengineer56 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:37:33 +0000

O'Hare has a real problem, it was alarming to see when I was waiting at the baggage carousel.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy"

dataengineer56 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:59:31 +0000

Does Portland airport have the same issues with homeless people as other major US airports?

New comment by dataengineer56 in "The guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing 8k hours"

dataengineer56 — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:57:43 +0000

I think it's ok to not enjoy something after 8000 hours. It wasn't meant to be played for 8000 hours and it's good enough for him to get a full year of play out of it.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

dataengineer56 — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:15:20 +0000

I don't think anyone else currently in the party has anywhere close to his charisma or pull, and you can't artifically generate that.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

dataengineer56 — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 09:55:24 +0000

He's quite old and no other Republican figure comes close to his popularity or cult-like following (assuming Americans aren't crazy enough to actually support RFK Jr). I'd imagine he'll do one term and then the next Republican candidate will be a more conventional politician.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "What Excessive Screen Time Does to the Adult Brain"

dataengineer56 — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:40:49 +0000

Yeh it's weightlifting not cardio so I need to see specific lifts and my history with them, as well as being able to switch out exercises depending on how I'm feeling/how much time I have.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "What Excessive Screen Time Does to the Adult Brain"

dataengineer56 — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 08:44:48 +0000

> workout loggers both gamify progress

I agree but I just find it too useful to be able to see what my workout is going to be and what I did last time, as well as my progress on different exercises. The alternative would be printing out my workout app before each workout, filling it in with pen and paper and then inputting it back into the app later. I'd love an alternative.

New comment by dataengineer56 in "What excessive screen time does to the adult brain"

dataengineer56 — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 08:27:39 +0000

I wonder if any of these studies distinguish between people who use screentime more productively. I use my phone on a morning for Duolingo and logging my workouts. That's quite different to doomscrolling, but I still wonder if it's good or bad.

There's also the category of people who stew infront of a TV all day - it's unsurprising that these people will have lower cognitive functions, but is that because they don't have the drive or ambition to do anything else? Is that comparable to someone who comes back from work tired and watches 3 hours of Netflix while doomscrolling?