Hacker News: desmosxxx

New comment by desmosxxx in "We hacked Gemini's Python sandbox and leaked its source code (at least some)"

desmosxxx — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 01:15:41 +0000

What don't you understand. Vegas is literally built for conferences.

New comment by desmosxxx in "Is the world becoming uninsurable?"

desmosxxx — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:30:53 +0000

> High rates will in a way prevent building in those areas.

good?

New comment by desmosxxx in "Is the world becoming uninsurable?"

desmosxxx — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:15:55 +0000

The right price is the market price. There are multiple insurance providers and sufficient competition. And certainly the time to raise the limits is when companies are leaving the state?

New comment by desmosxxx in "Is the world becoming uninsurable?"

desmosxxx — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:09:20 +0000

Then why are private insurers being pushed out of California?

New comment by desmosxxx in "Scientists uncover how the brain washes itself during sleep"

desmosxxx — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:39:42 +0000

I took Ambien for one of my sleep studies and I had sleep paralysis and nightmares (bordering on hallucinations because I swear I was awake or at least in a lucid state). That was my first and last time doing Ambien.

New comment by desmosxxx in "Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for foreign tech workers"

desmosxxx — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 20:42:51 +0000

Best post I've read on the subject. As Teddy Roosevelt said, there should be no such thing as a fifty-fifty American - and thank you for holding this view and for defending American culture, it means a lot. I'm not a fan of straight up multiculturalism (I don't think it works, but some elements can be absorbed), but multiracial nationalism can absolutely work and that's what is missing IMO.

New comment by desmosxxx in "Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay?"

desmosxxx — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:42:53 +0000

This happened to me sometime between my first and second kids (last year or so). It was some mix of changing priorities, less time, starting to feel my age, work becoming more difficult, company cultural changes, etc. I think I've stuck a decent balance of saving and living, but man does life come at you fast. Went from happily working 60-80 hours (including some side projects) to struggling to work 40 hours. Reminds me of how one day something switched and I just couldn't drink anymore. Age is probably the biggest factor, and I can't imagine what this is going to be like in my 50s (just turned 40).

New comment by desmosxxx in "Nevada’s public employee pension fund invests passively and beats peers (2016)"

desmosxxx — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:17:16 +0000

You do know there are thousands of stocks right. how many people dump their entire savings into one stock. 20 years ago you wouldn't have known apple was going on to do so well. If people did know it would have been bid up in price at the time

New comment by desmosxxx in "Ask HN: Where do you keep your 401k investments?"

desmosxxx — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 01:21:42 +0000

What's your reasoning for ditching VEA and emerging markets?

New comment by desmosxxx in "Ask HN: Where do you keep your 401k investments?"

desmosxxx — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 01:20:02 +0000

Have everything in Schwab.

Portfolio is a modified ben felix portfolio with a small allocation to qmom and individual stocks. No bonds

New comment by desmosxxx in "Ask HN: Where do you keep your 401k investments?"

desmosxxx — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:32:53 +0000

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertberger/2021/02/05/how-a-1...

Hope they're doing more for you then just managing your investments

New comment by desmosxxx in "Ask HN: Where do you keep your 401k investments?"

desmosxxx — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:31:30 +0000

People don't realise that the opportunity cost of those fees is compounding money.

In your example that 67k is 4.8% of your investments. And that's not including the fees of the ETF or mutual funds you get invested in.

I would never even think about touching this service - why would anyone use this?

New comment by desmosxxx in "Udio: Generate music in your favorite styles with a text prompt"

desmosxxx — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:01:40 +0000

Hah, I've been using this in a similar fashion with my 5 year old daughter. We've been generating super random and personalized songs about anything and everything (sometimes narrating life) - it's been super fun. Definitely has value as an entertainment tool.

New comment by desmosxxx in "Some colleges will soon charge $100k a year – how did this happen?"

desmosxxx — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 00:15:16 +0000

Nuance can be introduced. Allow aged based price discrimination but not descrimination that is based on actual income numbers?

New comment by desmosxxx in "The Empty Adderall Factory"

desmosxxx — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:53:04 +0000

I'd say it does agree with OP considering the article used "may" and is followed up by "Currently, there is not enough scientific evidence to support Adderall’s neurotoxicity. Additional research on the effects of prolonged stimulant use is necessary.

I believe OP was saying that neurotoxicity has only been definitively shown in higher doses. Granted I highly doubt no studies show neurotoxicity at lower doses, but it doesn't look to be a settled matter.

New comment by desmosxxx in "Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’"

desmosxxx — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 07:19:51 +0000

IIUC, that is just a hidden variables theory. Bells theorem tells us that it would at least be non-local which is just as weird/interesting IMO.

New comment by desmosxxx in "Computer Engineering for Babies (2021)"

desmosxxx — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 03:40:20 +0000

For actual babies it's the same thing but my daughter and I had a lot of fun with this when she was 2&3. She is 4 now and making pretty decent progress on snapcircuts and precoding. I give this book at least some credit for getting both her and I started. I think it's a fun book regardless.

New comment by desmosxxx in "San Francisco’s rent prices have never returned to pre-2020 levels"

desmosxxx — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 05:40:59 +0000

That'd probably need to be a 1mil+ offer

New comment by desmosxxx in "Impacts of lack of sleep"

desmosxxx — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:31:16 +0000

We didn't have nearby family either so can understand how hard that is. Good news is it should start getting easier soon. Good luck man and demand some help if you're absolutely at your breaking point. Everyone needs sleep.

New comment by desmosxxx in "Impacts of lack of sleep"

desmosxxx — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:03:30 +0000

I'm sure you helped out while she was pregnant as well? Was she sleep deprived during pregnancy? This doesn't sound 'reasonable' to me.