Hacker News: francisofascii

New comment by francisofascii in "Iran will impose fees on subsea internet cables in Strait of Hormuz"

francisofascii — Mon, 18 May 2026 19:25:01 +0000

Sounds like rent-seeking economics at the International level

New comment by francisofascii in "A Master's Degree Isn't the Job Guarantee It Used to Be"

francisofascii — Mon, 18 May 2026 18:33:06 +0000

So maybe "interchangeable" is a better goal. They can replace you, but keep you, just somewhere else.

New comment by francisofascii in "Where Are the Vibecoded Photoshops?"

francisofascii — Mon, 18 May 2026 11:52:22 +0000

Who needs a Vibecoded photoshop when you can simply ask for the image that you need. And that is my fear for many other types of applications. We won't need an application at all.

New comment by francisofascii in "Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career"

francisofascii — Mon, 11 May 2026 19:18:05 +0000

Anecdotally, our firm's Covid hires were just okay. The recent hires are better. So my hunch is the weaker CS candidates were able to get jobs back during Covid, while today, they are left out.

New comment by francisofascii in "The cult of vibe coding is dogfooding run amok"

francisofascii — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:29:40 +0000

At work I am at level 4, but my side projects have embarrassingly crept into Level 6. It is very tempting to accept the features as is, without taking the time understand how it works

New comment by francisofascii in "Nobody is coming to save your career"

francisofascii — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:58:23 +0000

There is good advice here for sure, but the tone seemed focused on growing your career rather than "saving" it. Most people now want to know how to still be employed in this industry 10 years from now. Maybe this advice will be consistent with this goal, but I fear climbing the corporate ladder could make you more vulnerable to cuts and lead to burnout.

New comment by francisofascii in "U.S. stocks are set to deliver their worst quarter in nearly four years"

francisofascii — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:30:46 +0000

Eggs are pretty cheap right now. Housing and healthcare are why Americans struggle with affordability. Food, gas, etc. are all just drops in the bucket.

New comment by francisofascii in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

francisofascii — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:33:42 +0000

Interesting that expletives and words that are more benign like "frustrating" are all classified the same.

New comment by francisofascii in "You are not your job"

francisofascii — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:59:45 +0000

There still is value with the casual acquaintances. Just because a person is replaceable doesn't mean they are not valuable when present. My neighbor who I barely talk to has helped me out when I am in a bind. Even if a new neighbor moves in and replaces him, the original neighbor was valuable and gave me a sense of security, peace, and community while he was present.

New comment by francisofascii in "France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app"

francisofascii — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:22:55 +0000

It would be cool if they actually wer just altering the GPS location data before uploading, so the location reported was false. GPX/TCX files are trivial to edit. "All warfare is based on deception"

New comment by francisofascii in "France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app"

francisofascii — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:20:30 +0000

GPS watches don't need service, they just need line of site to the GPS satellites. Uploading to Strava requires service, but that can be done any time after the activity.

New comment by francisofascii in "Just Put It on a Map"

francisofascii — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:02:23 +0000

It is a good question. The author seems to use the field "assr_land_value", and there is also an "assr_impr_value". So it very well may be correct.

New comment by francisofascii in "Create value for others and don’t worry about the returns"

francisofascii — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:32:25 +0000

The wages for craftsman are actually not that great on average. Stories of them making 6 figures are not the norm.

New comment by francisofascii in "Create value for others and don’t worry about the returns"

francisofascii — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:07:45 +0000

the goalposts for providing value are changing faster than ever

New comment by francisofascii in "Florida Judge Rules Red Light Camera Tickets Are Unconstitutional"

francisofascii — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:01:48 +0000

I suspect the result would be dependant on the specifics. How much is the fine, and how much of a delay after the red triggers a ticket. Sounds like they are set at $158?

New comment by francisofascii in "Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions"

francisofascii — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:55:48 +0000

I think 2001 and 2002 were worse than 2000. I was lucky to find a job in 2002 after graduating. There were hiring freezes and layoffs everywhere.

New comment by francisofascii in "New York could prohibit chatbot medical, legal, engineering advice"

francisofascii — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:39:40 +0000

The other professions are creating lawful protections for themselves in the upcoming AI revolution. Software engineers have no such protection.

New comment by francisofascii in "iPhone 17e"

francisofascii — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:17:58 +0000

13 mini user here. I have 86% battery health, and it is "okay". I need to charge it about once a day. Also holding out due to the smaller size.

New comment by francisofascii in "ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies – study"

francisofascii — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:24:35 +0000

The reality is entering the healthcare system can result in thousands of dollars in bills. People make risk/cost judgement on going to the hospital or not.

New comment by francisofascii in "Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge"

francisofascii — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:19:15 +0000

It is a "reasonable" argument to keep yourself in the game, but it is sad nonetheless. You sacrifice your morals and do bad things, so if things get way worse, maybe you will be in a position to stop something from really bad from happening. Of course, you might just end up participating in the really bad thing.