Hacker News: fivethree

New comment by fivethree in "With Lyft Line, Passengers Can Split Fares for Shared Rides"

fivethree — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 15:41:14 +0000

How could they roll out this marvelous new idea so quickly. Uber was genius to think of this radical concept, "splitting a cab," there is no way Lyft could come up with it so quickly on their own.

New comment by fivethree in "Should autonomous cars kill their owner to save multiple other lives?"

fivethree — Mon, 12 May 2014 19:21:06 +0000

Congrats, you've exposed the failings of human logic and ethics!

New comment by fivethree in "The Face Behind Bitcoin?"

fivethree — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:54:57 +0000

Libertarians view of government is, 'I want to be allowed to do whatever I want while everyone else is restricted to doing what I want them to do.' It's a dumb ideology that falls apart with literally any amount of thought.

New comment by fivethree in "Rubygems.org AWS bill for Feb 2014 [pdf]"

fivethree — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:21:39 +0000

I'll agree mission critical software exists. I however imagine there are far more engineering projects across the planets whose failure result in mass casualties than software. There is a reason actual engineers are legally liable for their work.

New comment by fivethree in "Japan to regulate Bitcoin trades, impose taxes"

fivethree — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:45:50 +0000

You're dumb. Please read an actual book on economics not associated with Mises or his filth.

New comment by fivethree in "Apple's Mistake (2009)"

fivethree — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:02:25 +0000

Their early versions looked closer to a blackberry. The general Jobs assertion is that Google switched to full touch screen after seeing the prototypes.

New comment by fivethree in "Japan to regulate Bitcoin trades, impose taxes"

fivethree — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 08:57:45 +0000

Theory is dumb when all empirical data disagrees with it. Good thing the Austrian's figured this problem out by ignoring data. It's the true hacker's way.

New comment by fivethree in "Rubygems.org AWS bill for Feb 2014 [pdf]"

fivethree — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 08:50:56 +0000

When a levy breaks people die. Software maintenance and damage is nothing compared to real engineering.

New comment by fivethree in "Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy Protection"

fivethree — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:45:48 +0000

Inflation isn't bad and the only people that think it is are goldbugs with no understanding of economics. Asset backed currency have had MANY more crashes than fiat currencies. Bitcoin is a wonderful experiment in how long it will take people to learn the lessons the world learned over the previous 200~ years.

New comment by fivethree in "American Aqueduct: The Great California Water Saga"

fivethree — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 18:37:59 +0000

Congrats, you're a literal child! In turns out in-depth information takes time to properly explain and discuss. If you want a 10 minute summary that teaches you nothing, watch a TEDtalk. If you want to actually learn and understand an issue, read long form journalism.

New comment by fivethree in "American Aqueduct: The Great California Water Saga"

fivethree — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 18:36:28 +0000

'I'm not interested in this, i'm not on the west coast.' Y'all should learn where a majority of America's food comes from if you think this doesn't affect every American.

New comment by fivethree in "Scientists discover second code hiding in DNA"

fivethree — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:42:10 +0000

This is sort of a misunderstanding of evolution. It's not building to the most efficient or the greatest form of anything. It's spontaneous change that may or may not survive with no real reference to "the best."

New comment by fivethree in "Bitcoin’s Rise Constrained by Heists and Lost Fortunes"

fivethree — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:38:30 +0000

So it's exactly like USD only: few accept it, there is a fee to transfer money in any reasonable amount of time, it isn't backed by any country, all of the exchanges are regularly stolen, it's a giant ponzi scheme, even the austrian economics think it's worth nothing, and there is no form of consumer protect/insurance whatosever. Sounds great, why hasn't the world switched over yet?

New comment by fivethree in "Supreme Court Rejects NSA Case Without Explanation"

fivethree — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:53:57 +0000

The SCOTUS generally doesn't comment on cases they don't accept. At best it's a comment on issues with the challenge's standing. This isn't a nefarious scheme. This is judicial normalcy.

New comment by fivethree in "iPad Air"

fivethree — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:54:31 +0000

Which why it's awesome that it's 2013 and anywhere worth being has WIFI.

New comment by fivethree in "iPad Air"

fivethree — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:28:37 +0000

It's 2013 and most people's data is in the cloud rather than on local devices?

Just because something is capable of doing something doesn't mean it should. A Truck is capable of street racing, but you'd be better off in an actual racing car. Make devices for specific use cases, not for everything. That's how you end up with Windows 8.

New comment by fivethree in "France Bashing Is So 2012 (Here Is Why)"

fivethree — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 21:23:47 +0000

Also the entirety of respected academics in economic, philosophy, and literature. Those guys probably aren't important.

New comment by fivethree in "France Bashing Is So 2012 (Here Is Why)"

fivethree — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:44:36 +0000

Friedman is a hack ignored by anyone with half a brain. Same with Ayn Rand. They say incredible things, if you don't spend much time thinking about it.

New comment by fivethree in "FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests owner"

fivethree — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:53:24 +0000

Delusions of Grandeur aren't either.

New comment by fivethree in "CardFlight, The Stripe For Real-World Payments, Has Raised $1.6 Million"

fivethree — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:33:04 +0000

Not really germane to the topic, but I really dislike people that pitch their company as, " for ." I get it lets you easily convey what you do since it's really just an improve version of an existing thing. Let your product stand on it's own. Sell what it does and why it's better. Not, "Like this existing thing, but fit into this subset?"