Hacker News: fma

New comment by fma in "An AI Hate Wave Is Here"

fma — Mon, 18 May 2026 00:58:54 +0000

It may not be as big as tech layoffs but my wife negotiated a relocation. We used a broker and a lawyer for the first time. We did consultation with a new set of brokers and lawyers. My wife felt they were not aggressive enough. She negotiated EVERYTHING with the landlord (a very large regional landlord). She got more than what she would get and everything was in her favor.

Not only did she gain $50k more in tenant improvement/free rent/et and other freebies that the brokers/lawers she did not get, but easily saved $10k to paying these "professionals".

New comment by fma in "Ted Turner, cable TV visionary who created CNN, dies at 87"

fma — Wed, 06 May 2026 15:58:08 +0000

I still use it to see of my Internet connection still works. It's only 3 letters and likely won't be serving me cached content from my browser.

New comment by fma in "California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws"

fma — Sat, 02 May 2026 20:06:15 +0000

>Why not require breathalyzers in cars before starting them?

FYI Cars will soon detect if you are impaired.

New comment by fma in "College instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work"

fma — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:46:08 +0000

Then I suppose we can go back to having computer labs that can only access white listed domains and other study materials. Students code there to ensure no cheating.

New comment by fma in "I wanted to build vertical SaaS for pest control, so I took a technician job"

fma — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:29:23 +0000

Similar boat here. Many of these service industries are cheap. I've built my own CRM/management system that no big company will ever touch. Even if I can sell to 1000 companies and charge them $25 a month...I'd have staff overhead, maintenance to support it. SaaS isn't some little photo editing app or something you can just launch and forget.

I'd rather grow my business and make as much money. If I can crush it with my business I'd make more than that.

New comment by fma in "Your phone is an entire computer"

fma — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:53:39 +0000

My use case was when I went to the office and I wanted to get some personal work. I brought a USB-C dock and plugged in my employer's peripherals, hop on my cellular connection and have at it.

New comment by fma in "Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion"

fma — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:57:48 +0000

This is exactly it. The junior and mids on my team produce Junior and mid quality level vibe code.

Too generic prompts, unaccounted edge casez, inattentive code reviews...

New comment by fma in "U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run Out"

fma — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:38:15 +0000

I think this is only true if the United States takes armaments from the Pacific theater.

New comment by fma in "U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run Out"

fma — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:35:58 +0000

I don't think OP is talking about a specific war, but the overall cost to maintain such a capability and project force all over the world. At least that is what I perceive when people lament about lack of healthcare.

The United States military budget is now 1.5 trillion dollars per year.

New comment by fma in "AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder"

fma — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:57:19 +0000

I have my own side project that I vibe coded. I probably did what would take one team 6 montns and produced it myself in one month.

I'm not afraid of breaking stuff because it is only a small set of users. However for my own code for my professional job no way I would go that fast because I would impact millions of users.

It is insane that companies think they can replace teams wholesale while maintaining quality.

New comment by fma in "Ask HN: Chromebook leads for K-8 school in need?"

fma — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 02:11:14 +0000

>Laptops have small screens and poor ergonomics.

This is a huge gripe of me and my wife. Growing up we all had desktops in the computer lab at school (elementary+) and you had decent size screens. Now kids pull up their little 12" chromebook in their classroom. Kids have eye strains, myopia etc...

New comment by fma in "Facebook is cooked"

fma — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:59:11 +0000

There's is a button at the top of the app you can hit to just show posts from your friends...try using it.

New comment by fma in "uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts"

fma — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:40:13 +0000

I used to have an account for my kids. I thought I would be smart by seeding the history with educational content. I clicked on a lot of videos, let them play etc. I was there when my kids would watch videos - and slowly but surely YouTube started recommending junk AI generated videos.

It is my opinion their algorithms are tuned to push this kind of engagement no matter what.

New comment by fma in "Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only"

fma — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:38:35 +0000

What good is the free Internet when the government can use it push false narratives and obvious lies and the people just believe it (talking about America in this case).

New comment by fma in "Instagram data breach reportedly exposed the personal info of 17.5M users"

fma — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:28:21 +0000

Yep I got 2 on Jan 9th. he e-mails come from security@mail.instagram.com

I also get a bunch of these e-mails from them every few weeks:

Sorry to hear you’re having trouble logging into Instagram. We got a message that you forgot your password. If this was you, you can get right back into your account or reset your password now.

So, I guess you can actually message them, pretend to another user to rese password? I don't follow many people or have many followers. I can't imagine the attempts on other higher valued accounts...

New comment by fma in "Toll roads are spreading in America"

fma — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:18:28 +0000

I dont like privatized highways or HOV, but...people still have toll roads? Georgia and Florida and surrounding states have electronic passes and pay by toll if you dont have that.

I have thrown coins into a bucket in at least 15 years.

New comment by fma in "AI agents are starting to eat SaaS"

fma — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:04:53 +0000

Are you calling out Microsoft specifically or just in general any big tech company? Because Google can do this with Google sheets using Apps Script.

https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/web

New comment by fma in "Kroger acknowledges that its bet on robotics went too far"

fma — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 04:59:51 +0000

Or their online groceries didnt succeed because people can p4ice shop. I am of the belief Kroger does well because they obfuscate their prices and their tags which make it seems like they are sales truely are not.

Unlike Publix if I see a discount I know it is a discount. Every other item in Kroger has a yellow tag and a red price to make you think you are getting a deal when in fact the red number is higher than regular price at normal stores.

New comment by fma in "Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads"

fma — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:38:45 +0000

The only person who doesn't have a degree listed is co-founder/CEO Alexander Karp. He has a BS, JD and a PhD.

New comment by fma in "US cities pay too much for buses"

fma — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 11:11:29 +0000

This is correct. I have been in situations where I am told the cash price and then "I cant tell you how much it will be with your insurance". Come to find out cash was A LOT cheaper. They cant undo it.

I have also been in a situation where insurance price was cheaper.

Thereinlies the problem..without know the price people CANNOT make an informed decision. There is no freemarket. This done on purpose and only happens in America.