<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: dsajames</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dsajames</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:13:18 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=dsajames" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "US labour watchdog halts Apple cases after group’s lawyer picked for top job"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You clearly have enver spent time in Honduras</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:49:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43584140</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43584140</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43584140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "Finland's zero homeless strategy (2021)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I can see this. I knew someone who was homeless for a time.<p>I asked her where she slept.  She said "you don't sleep".  You don't even have to run an experiment to know that sleep deprivation, even in your own home, causes psychosis.  Now add the shock of being exposed to filth for the first time, poor climate control (homeless don't walk around with multiple layers of Patagonia and a nice backpack to stash them in as it warms up), the very real threat of sexual or physical assault, the shocking awareness that you are now  "one of them" and know that a sizable percentage of your acquaintances would immediately distance themselves from you if they knew your plight.  We're not even talking about food and vitamin quality here.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 23:39:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42661683</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42661683</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42661683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This isn't pressing your thumb.  This is throwing away half the scale</p>
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<p>So this is an example of what not to do.<p>1.  Violate the law more blatantly than anyone else.  94% of new jobs went to POC?  So what, 50% of the population shared 6% of the jobs?  This sounds like apartheid era South Africa.<p>2.  Create a backlash where the largest population and richest segment is so angry, it uses all its resources to absolutely destroy this.<p>Nice going.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:14:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42660311</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42660311</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42660311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "The Stigma of Choosing Trade School over College"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is often dragged out whenever "liberal education" is justified.  It's overrated.  My friends who went to college are not $50-$200k more expansively educated than those who didn't.<p>Also, libraries, cheap Kindle books, YouTube, and other internet resources are freely/cheaply available.<p>Those who want to learn will do so and can for the price of a tablet or less.  This reminds me of the scene in Good Will Hunting where the Harvard student is brought down for his overpriced education that could be gotten for a few bucks in late fees at the library.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 06:50:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19335643</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19335643</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19335643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "Why is the wedding industry so hard to disrupt?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You can't put a website in front of it and call it disruption.  Every one of those things you mentioned gets bought after you have physically spoken with someone to give yourself the confidence they are legit.<p>It's such an important day, people want to make sure they'll be taken care of as special, unlike say, a cleaning service.</p>
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<p>Poachers are mostly criminal gangs, not mothers feeding dying babies.
This shows a profound lack of awareness of the area.  It's not some massive group of half starving people.<p>Also when you are dealing with the extinction of a species, drastic measures are necessary.  Are you saying you prefer the economic well being of every single person on Earth over the right of a species to exist?<p>That is indeed twisted morality.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:10:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19302831</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19302831</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19302831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "Mother Learns the Identity of Child’s Grandmother. Sperm Bank Threatens to Sue"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There is zero entitlement to assets from sperm donor.  This is very clearly spelled out in law.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 12:47:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19184199</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19184199</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19184199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "The Rise of the Tech-Savvy Parent"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yup. There was a time I could write out a win.ini file from memory and understanding all the options.  Today, doing the same on any platform would be impossible.<p>It's been many years.  Computers have gotten far more complex and reliable.  My uncle knew how to rebuild his car engine, I don't.  Same thing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 12:33:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19184149</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19184149</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19184149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "The infrastructural humiliation of America"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why wouldn't you be financially responsible for your own property?  This doesn't make sense.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 17:07:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19078092</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19078092</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19078092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "Cruel and Unusual Punishment"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>100%.  Said pedophile's cure should be used far and wide.  I am 100% certain inventions used widely today have been made by pedophiles.<p>If the person is convicted, their assets can be siezed and they can be imprisoned.  This is not the same as allowing them to continue to benefit by refusing to prosecute, which is what happened in the past.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:27:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051876</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051876</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "Cruel and Unusual Punishment"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>He's not being extremely callous.  He's just saying your opinion shouldn't be forced on him.  The suffering of others doesn't need to be his problem.  We can discourage that with prison and fines.  No need to drag the consumer in on a forced march through some rabid vigilante social assassination.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:21:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051852</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051852</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "Cruel and Unusual Punishment"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You absolutely are memory holing them.  If you decide I'm not not allowed to see older Cosby episodes on your platform, new people can't watch it and it's little by little erased from cultural memory.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:17:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051818</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051818</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "Cruel and Unusual Punishment"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not even close to what was written. The article couldn't have been more clear.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:14:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051804</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051804</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "Why Do Rich People Love Endurance Sports? (2017)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I disagree.  I think the rich like endurance sports because they're safe.  My father was a triathlete.  He could push himself to his heart's content and never worry about taking a kick to the temple.<p>Another HUGE factor is age.  Rich people tend to be older.  Older people can do endurance much easier than say, combat sports.</p>
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<p>Cost has increased.  Health care is a huge part.  Housing another.  Higher pay to compete with industry another in select fields.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:18:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18988825</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18988825</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18988825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "I was mistaken for a call girl"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not the more they ask for equality, the more behavior is directed at past transgressions that had nothing to do with a guy.<p>Discriminatory divorce laws keep men from marrying.  I see this very openly.<p>Overcorrection with MeToo will make many men hesitate to interact with a woman if he gets a vibe that she might misread his actions.  It will also decrease interactions by men who planned on harrassing her though.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 15:57:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18947610</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18947610</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18947610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "I was mistaken for a call girl"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They didn't target one person.  What she wrote was quite clear.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 15:51:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18947579</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18947579</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18947579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "I was mistaken for a call girl"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Do you find anything consistent among these women who eat alone?  Age, how busy/rushed they appear, how tough they appear, etc?  Would you guess they are single with few friends in the area?<p>Perhaps they mostly just have more confidence in going out alone.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 15:46:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18947560</link><dc:creator>dsajames</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18947560</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18947560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dsajames in "'Traditional masculinity' labeled 'harmful' by the American Psychological Assc"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Completely different wording.  Risk vs excess risk.  You can say the same about femininity.  Excess reliance on others to do necessary but undesireable things, excess avoidance of conflict, even if it means never standing up to someone who is using/abusing you, not willing to serve in the military as a soldier in times of need, etc.<p>This smells like bullshit.  Anything in excess is bad.  Excess individuality kills cooperation, excess demand on cooperation and by extension conformity kills independent though.</p>
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