Hacker News: deepakhj

New comment by deepakhj in "Scorched Earth 2000 is back"

deepakhj — Thu, 14 May 2026 03:17:01 +0000

We used to play the DOS version in AP Computers in HS back in 1994.

New comment by deepakhj in "Boris Cherny: TI-83 Plus Basic Programming Tutorial (2004)"

deepakhj — Fri, 08 May 2026 05:24:34 +0000

I remember putting Street Fighter and Drug Wars on my TI-82.

New comment by deepakhj in "Nvidia hits $2T valuation as AI frenzy grips Wall Street"

deepakhj — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 22:58:44 +0000

I haven’t in a bit only because buying a house has stretched me thin, but hope to start putting money in again in a few months.

New comment by deepakhj in "Nvidia hits $2T valuation as AI frenzy grips Wall Street"

deepakhj — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 21:19:53 +0000

I've been loading up since 2006-2007... every quarter I get more shares from dividends. Also bought META at IPO.

I only had to sell AAPL/META for a downpayment.

New comment by deepakhj in "Why Is California the Way It Is?"

deepakhj — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 01:53:51 +0000

I lived there for 13 years.... loved my officer house

New comment by deepakhj in "Why Is California the Way It Is?"

deepakhj — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 01:53:38 +0000

Quiet, safe, neighbors all know each other and hang out. Quick access to Inner Richmond and Marina for food. Walk to Off the Grid (pre COVID) on Thursdays and Sundays. Presidio downtown shuttle takes you to BART/SOMA in 20-30 minutes.

New comment by deepakhj in "Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source"

deepakhj — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 04:01:14 +0000

Why can't I see hidden files or folders like .circleci?

New comment by deepakhj in "U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums"

deepakhj — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 01:52:32 +0000

That's a tax on new construction which will reduce it. Tax all homeowners equally.

New comment by deepakhj in "Why Is It So Difficult to Map the Ocean?"

deepakhj — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 09:01:02 +0000

https://www.saildrone.com/solutions/ocean-mapping

New comment by deepakhj in "Anti Warez Association, 1 (1993)"

deepakhj — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:17:57 +0000

We had weekly scene reports that ranked the FTP sites and groups. It also covered the drama, politics, group mergers or closures, and personal stories (under anonymity though). You got ranked by your performance on the sites that counted towards points. In order to upload files to a top 5 site, you would have to get into release groups and get the "pre", in other words, you get first dibs at uploading the files. Europe had the fastest internet connections especially Swedish and Finnish universities. Top 5 EU FTP sites were the most important. Followed by the top 5 US which were primarily hosted at Internet2 universities such as CMU, Georgia Tech, MIT, and Virginia Tech. These FTP sites were the first place any cracked release would be uploaded to. Almost like the root DNS servers for internet.

New comment by deepakhj in "Anti Warez Association, 1 (1993)"

deepakhj — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 05:45:21 +0000

I dropped out to focus on college and then all the FBI busts happened. I work in tech now. I lost touch with most people.

I can still find my name and groups in the scene reports that have been archived on defacto2.

New comment by deepakhj in "California to lend 20% down payments with 0% interest for homebuyers"

deepakhj — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:19:02 +0000

The program already ran out of money. $300m for 2300 buyers. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-08/californ...

New comment by deepakhj in "Who owns private home security footage, and who can get access to it?"

deepakhj — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:54:39 +0000

Fully managed security camera solution with LTE. They'll repair or service it if there's vandalism or any issues. https://www.flocksafety.com/

New comment by deepakhj in "Builder's Remedy goes into effect in many California cities tomorrow"

deepakhj — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:07:20 +0000

I think another attempt to reform prop 13 will happen in 2024.

New comment by deepakhj in "Builder's Remedy goes into effect in many California cities tomorrow"

deepakhj — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:07:04 +0000

Dense housing on the coast would be more democratic than expensive single family homes.

New comment by deepakhj in "Amazon CEO says company will slow hiring rate, no hard return to office planned"

deepakhj — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 16:57:18 +0000

I've been getting bombarded by recruiter emails. Sometimes from different recruiters on the same day.

New comment by deepakhj in "Why America can’t build"

deepakhj — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:49:13 +0000

CA is working on mixed income public housing. I think it will avoid the faults of the previous projects we built. See AB 2053.

New comment by deepakhj in "Alright, amigo, let's build some affordable housing"

deepakhj — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 00:04:34 +0000

If you'd like to get a taste of what NIMBYs are like, this thread covers the Livable California meeting today. https://twitter.com/cafedujord/status/1510302326837301252?s=...

New comment by deepakhj in "Alright, amigo, let's build some affordable housing"

deepakhj — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 00:01:48 +0000

Affordable units in SF cost $700-800k.

New comment by deepakhj in "Alright, amigo, let's build some affordable housing"

deepakhj — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 23:12:08 +0000

If we want to fix teacher's salaries, we need to reform prop 13. The OUSD funding issues could have been solved if prop 15 was passed.