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New comment by dmarlow in "Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35% next week"

dmarlow — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:42:39 +0000

Doesn't Tesla have an open patent philosophy? I've heard Musk say that if someone builds a better electric car and it causes the end of Tesla, he's fine with that.

New comment by dmarlow in "The Burnout Machine"

dmarlow — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 04:09:49 +0000

Maybe he's counting decimal places too?

New comment by dmarlow in "Google to buy Wiz for $32B"

dmarlow — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:37:03 +0000

Plenty of people know who they are and have for quite a while.

New comment by dmarlow in "Microsoft open sources PostgreSQL extensions"

dmarlow — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:41:33 +0000

This is just absurdly false. What basis do you have for this claim?

New comment by dmarlow in "Ask HN: How to sell a script that will save companies $100k a month?"

dmarlow — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 07:18:28 +0000

I'd be happy to talk to you more about this. I manage a cloud team, oversee a sizeable budget, and have a lot of experience optimizing cloud spend (along with startup/unicorn/mega corp experience).

The play is, like what others have said, it's your expertise and providing consulting services to others struggling with cloud spend.

hn handle @gmail.com

New comment by dmarlow in "Grifters, believers, grinders, and coasters"

dmarlow — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:58:24 +0000

> You see the company hire friend after friend of execs, friends' kids as interns, friends' wives as Executive Directors, execs' girlfriends as "Chief of Staff" - and you realize you need to get something too, so you use company time to form your own startup.

They do this because no one wants to work at their startup. How do you see this being solved then?

New comment by dmarlow in "US house prices in 1950 vs. 2024, accounting for inflation"

dmarlow — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 15:51:19 +0000

How about two of the most cost impacting elements in home building, cost of labor and land?

New comment by dmarlow in "Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?"

dmarlow — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:21:34 +0000

This. I have one and I think it may outlive me. That thing has been working flawlessly for over a decade.

New comment by dmarlow in "Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?"

dmarlow — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:04:02 +0000

I thought the PIN was the issue. Can't op just do a pw reset, wipe the phone and log in again?

New comment by dmarlow in "Show HN: Can you beat my dad at Scrabble?"

dmarlow — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:46:22 +0000

I absolutely love it! Thanks for making it so simple and clean.

New comment by dmarlow in "Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directly to homeowners"

dmarlow — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:34:10 +0000

Totally get it. If you're into it for a few k to install, that's one thing. To me, the total costs for this seem a bit high. Who knows, maybe with scale things get cheaper. I'm definitely not their target customer, despite wanting to be.

New comment by dmarlow in "Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directly to homeowners"

dmarlow — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:29:16 +0000

Same thought as well. I recently self installed an 18k BTU unit. The lines came pre-charged, but I wanted it to be run exactly to length. For someone to come and do just that part (cut, flare and vacuum/charge the lines) cost me just $150. I got the unit (a pioneer) for under $900. The rest of the world has heat pumps figured out, no need for a tesla-ish version charging a premium. Cost will be the biggest factor for adoption for ElectricAir, imo.

If anything, a sweaty startup offering just the install for a nominal fee would do really well here.

New comment by dmarlow in "A cruise company offers remote workers to sail around the world for $30k a year"

dmarlow — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 23:46:14 +0000

It would be an interesting way to cover a lot of ground and see the world. I don't think I'd personally would want to do this indefinitely though. Cost wise, it seems to be on par with bargain cruise costs (from what I remember). I'd hate to be stuck on a cruise ship when there's a malfunction or illness spreading.

New comment by dmarlow in "Ask HN: Learning Real Estate Investing Through Investor Profiles"

dmarlow — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 23:42:09 +0000

I think you're going to find HN to be against most rent seeking forms of "investment". There's a lot of hate on landlords, for both good and bad reasons. HN isn't on the friendlier side of the spectrum.

New comment by dmarlow in "World’s largest four-day work week trial finds few are going back"

dmarlow — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:58:52 +0000

I would welcome this, but won't skeptics say that remote work was also touted as a huge benefit and companies are now looking to go back to office? I can see the same thing happening with 4 day work week.

New comment by dmarlow in "Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI"

dmarlow — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 23:14:01 +0000

Maybe it should have been, 'Machine helps man beat machine at Go'.

New comment by dmarlow in "School dental program prevents 80% of cavities with non-invasive treatment"

dmarlow — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:19:38 +0000

I stopped getting cavities when I stopped rinsing all of the fluoride away after brushing my teeth. If you wish to rinse, do so after a few minutes. I told this to my dentist and he said he wished that was more common knowledge, yet he's never mentioned it to me. Go figure.

New comment by dmarlow in "Ask HN: Have you tried using forum software in place of Slack at work?"

dmarlow — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:59:54 +0000

Thanks for sharing! I had no idea this was possible. I think this makes things much more interesting.

Ask HN: Have you tried using forum software in place of Slack at work?

dmarlow — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 05:16:39 +0000

The recent submission on Slack (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34540085) got me thinking about how using something like Discourse would look like. Having something like ChatGPT summarizing things as you go would also be useful. If you've done it, how did it go? Any interesting lessons learned?

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New comment by dmarlow in "Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35% next week"

New comment by dmarlow in "The Burnout Machine"

New comment by dmarlow in "Google to buy Wiz for $32B"

New comment by dmarlow in "Microsoft open sources PostgreSQL extensions"

New comment by dmarlow in "Ask HN: How to sell a script that will save companies $100k a month?"

New comment by dmarlow in "Grifters, believers, grinders, and coasters"

New comment by dmarlow in "US house prices in 1950 vs. 2024, accounting for inflation"

New comment by dmarlow in "Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?"

New comment by dmarlow in "Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?"

New comment by dmarlow in "Show HN: Can you beat my dad at Scrabble?"

New comment by dmarlow in "Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directly to homeowners"

New comment by dmarlow in "Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directly to homeowners"

New comment by dmarlow in "A cruise company offers remote workers to sail around the world for $30k a year"

New comment by dmarlow in "Ask HN: Learning Real Estate Investing Through Investor Profiles"

New comment by dmarlow in "World’s largest four-day work week trial finds few are going back"

New comment by dmarlow in "Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI"

New comment by dmarlow in "School dental program prevents 80% of cavities with non-invasive treatment"

New comment by dmarlow in "Ask HN: Have you tried using forum software in place of Slack at work?"

Ask HN: Have you tried using forum software in place of Slack at work?

New comment by dmarlow in "Working for a Dating Website (2015)"