<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: econcon</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=econcon</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:48:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=econcon" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "A new book shows how the power of companies is destabilizing governance"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Money and Violence dictates who controls resources hence power. So, companies controlling government is no surprise.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 01:58:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41920950</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41920950</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41920950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Software engineer titles have almost lost all their meaning"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Wages do not matter anymore, i've seen guys making 300K+ a year struggling to get women interested in them.<p>Also, if you want to lose all your assets - only then lead with your wallet.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 04:37:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41900718</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41900718</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41900718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Software Engineer Titles Have Almost Lost All Their Meaning"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They all just write code, imho - software guys are considered very low status and have no pull compared to other professions like doctor, lawyers - i never seen a woman being excited about a programmer haha.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 03:51:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41900524</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41900524</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41900524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "WP Engine sent “cease and desist” letter to Automattic"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We had that problem in barebones WP with no plugins at all.<p>Once we installed a few security plugins, it worked out just fine!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 01:11:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41632179</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41632179</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41632179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Ask HN: Why is Pave legal?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>unless you collude with other companies, doesn't seem like it is.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:24:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41510284</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41510284</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41510284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Study shows 'alarming' level of trust in AI for life and death decisions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I used to waste tons of time checking man pages for Linux utilities and programs. I always wondered why I had to memorize all those flags, especially when the chances of recalling them correctly were slim.<p>Not anymore! My brother created this amazing tool: Option-K.
<a href="https://github.com/zerocorebeta/Option-K">https://github.com/zerocorebeta/Option-K</a><p>Now, ofc there are people are my office who do not know how i remember all the commands, i don't.<p>Without AI, this wouldn't be possible. Just imagine asking AI to instantly deliver the exact command you need. As a result, I'm now able to create all the scripts I need 10x faster.<p>I still remember those stupid bash completion scripts, and trowing through bash history.<p>Dragging my feet each time i need to use rsync, ffmpeg, or even tar.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:50:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41491293</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41491293</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41491293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: Option-K – Instant AI commandline helper]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's a command-line suggestion tool similar to Copilot, offering near-instant suggestions in --quick mode. Best of all, it's completely free and widely accessible, as almost everyone can obtain a free API key from Google AI Studio.<p><a href="https://asciinema.org/a/mktcuXSPDTr2Mp1XVbo5tqhK1" rel="nofollow">https://asciinema.org/a/mktcuXSPDTr2Mp1XVbo5tqhK1</a></p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41475137">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41475137</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2024 17:34:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://github.com/zerocorebeta/Option-K</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41475137</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41475137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Pimp My Microwave"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Cycling power does same</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 01:50:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25097436</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25097436</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25097436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Perovskite can boost solar panel's efficiency to 33%"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I read it as perlite, the volcanic foam</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 02:29:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25022240</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25022240</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25022240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "US govt ups minimum H-1B tech salaries to $208,000 a year"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is good atleast now Indians will stay in India and develop our country instead of going to the US and contributing to a country which is already ahead in everyway.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2020 19:30:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24983061</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24983061</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24983061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask HN: Why India still doesn't have eBay like website?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I see lots of startups in India but still nothing like ebay. There is no place to buy second hand goods or source some scrap from someone who owns it.</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24845867">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24845867</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:27:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24845867</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24845867</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24845867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Maruti Suzuki won over India’s car market with Japanese innovation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>The (income) tax base in India is about 5%; they have no voice in the politics of the country unless they are big corps.<p>Excise on petroleum import affects nearly everyone. I am not only talking about income tax.<p>Other than this, the soap or detergent or even everyday products we use, contain imported active ingredients and they are taxed at some duty which brings up its price, manufacturer simply adds their own profit margin on top of their costs and passed it onto customers.<p>Even if most in India have never made payment to customs department, they've still paid considerable sum as indirect duty charged included into product pricing.<p>If you can just show it to people how much cheaper things will get, they'll give you a chance. This is because Indian voter is very unsophisticated, he will buy your promise atleast once to see if you can really help them by reducing prices.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:38:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24836573</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24836573</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24836573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Maruti Suzuki won over India’s car market with Japanese innovation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>Excessive taxation on luxury goods is one of the few ways we can still milk the rich<p>You'll be able to milk rich if there are more mercedes on road, they'll need more repairmen or mechanics, you can be one and charge them for everything.<p>Right now in India, ultra rich proportionally pay less taxes because of various instruments available to them which aren't feasible to be used by middle class people.<p>We should shift our focus and let them spend their money, it will end up in one of the countrymen's pocket either way.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:35:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24836550</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24836550</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24836550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Maruti Suzuki won over India’s car market with Japanese innovation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>As stated in another comment, most of the income taxes / import taxes etc affect a tiny fraction of the population. Not really a huge voter base there. Influential and disproportionately powerful - but not enough to swing elections I think<p>How can this be true? Nearly everyone needs petrol or diesel or gas, and government has increased exise duty on petroleum import which affects almost everyone in the country!<p>And custom duties also affect others, today if you go to buy a tool - you'll either find Chinese import or some very expensive foreign make tool or crap Indian make tool in most of the case. People need those tools, they'll benefit from low import duties.<p>Yes but most people aren't aware how taxes affect them even if they aren't directly paying any custom duty or income tax, custom duty is being charged to them indirectly (they pay for a product where the importer adjusts the price according to costs of which custom duty is a part)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:32:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24836517</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24836517</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24836517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Maruti Suzuki won over India’s car market with Japanese innovation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Government have been tweaking excise rates. Petrol and Diesel is cheaper everywhere except India, Indian government made 30% revenue increase in exise during lockdown period when all other taxes went down.<p>Funny enough, no one in the country raised voice against it.<p>Fuel is what affects price of everything from grocery to your mobile phone shipped through Amazon, so why is government collecting and increasing this tax on people?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:29:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24824678</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24824678</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24824678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Maruti Suzuki won over India’s car market with Japanese innovation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have never seen any political party in India having "tax reduction" as their stated goal. I think if someone makes such party, people will vote for it as taxes affect them directly or indirectly.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:21:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24824631</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24824631</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24824631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Cameras and secret trackers reveal where Amazon returns end up"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I use amazon India, sometimes I receive broken stuff and I repair it on my own and ask Amazon India if they are willing to refund the part of the sale price.<p>Recently I had received a dented cooktop and since it was functional and my family isn't too much interested in aesthetics, Amazon offered 30% refund to keep it.<p>I think I am doing my part to prevent these products from ending up in landfill.<p>Amazon also honours refund and return request, but not all time I request it.<p>It's still better than offline shop experience where I've to deal with a real person making weird faces which I find hard to interpret.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24751211</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24751211</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24751211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "We Need a Nuclear New Deal, Not a Green New Deal"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think we don't have a good way to transport energy which makes green energy slightly impractical as the main source of energy.<p>If we find a way to connect the world on a common electricity grid, we might be able to skip nuclear and go full green (ofc this ignores the cost of producing/disposing those green energy generators)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:39:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24750954</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24750954</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24750954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "Danish chef spent ten years infiltrating North Korea"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sanctions are way to starve the beast.<p>The beast is the country and the people in power are the ones who control that beast.<p>If the beast is powerful, the people in power can use the beast to harm other countries.<p>Is it unfair? Maybe. But what's the alternative? Usually killing the people in power results in power vaccum which destabilises the country and makes the beast go nuclear where there is always more potential for harm, an example of this is Libya.<p>Invading country isn't seen as good thing to do and installing your favourable party in power is also not seen favourably.<p>Are there other options? I'd like to know as well.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:37:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24750941</link><dc:creator>econcon</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24750941</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24750941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by econcon in "In Finland the average amount of data transferred per SIM card is 17.3GB/month"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Finland is a tiny developed country it probably has good fiber or coax penetration both of which offer better latency than 4g.<p>So what gives? Its similar to my usage pattern, only time I use mobile internet is when I am out of WiFi range</p>
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