Hacker News: froggy

New comment by froggy in "Investors pile into clean energy as Iran war drives push for energy security"

froggy — Sun, 03 May 2026 21:20:55 +0000

There are solar panel manufacturers outside of China that have no dependence on Chinese inputs such as polysilicon, wafers, and ingots. Two that come to mind are First Solar (US) and Toyo Solar (Japan). I’m sure there are others. Europe can buy from them while scaling local manufacturing.

New comment by froggy in "How Iran is making a mint from the current war"

froggy — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:18:36 +0000

Which missile intercept systems do you refer to? Surely not the Patriot which has proven to be most effective in Ukraine. Due to poor planning, it sounds like the Patriot stocks have been blown thru so now things are exposed.

New comment by froggy in "Iran students stage first large anti-government protests since deadly crackdown"

froggy — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:11:12 +0000

“If we lived in a world where dictators and their flying monkeys get regularly shot or droned to death, we wouldn't have dictators”

While I agree with the sentiment, the groups who support dictators (oligarchs, religious extremists) would decide to also use violence. So both dictators and the leaders on the side of the people would be murdered and society would be destabilized.

New comment by froggy in "EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies"

froggy — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:44:55 +0000

My theory is consistent repetition of messaging (Cialdini principles). The people aren’t stupid, they’ve been gradually brainwashed over years by propaganda like Fox News and “conservative” talk shows, or they have family/friends that repeat that messaging. It is at the point of groupthink where they all now openly celebrate bigots and extremists.

They probably don’t understand or care why tuna and others parts of our food chain are contaminated by mercury.

Maybe they just want to join a team and beat up on the other team. The fossil-funded GOP tells them each liberal position is evil, so the MAGAs reflexively go against it all, even if it means mutual destruction.

When I was a kid, it was common knowledge (IIRC) that you couldn’t trust lawyers or politicians. It’s crazy to me how people nowadays are putting so much trust in politicians.

New comment by froggy in "Mt32-pi developer quits due to community harassment"

froggy — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:28:39 +0000

I’m an American. I saw it on 60 Minutes last night. Any reason why you prefer the strictly literal interpretation? The difference between a personal insult and a criticism of something someone has done seems pretty clear cut to me. We could use more constructive discourse especially in the US.

New comment by froggy in "Mt32-pi developer quits due to community harassment"

froggy — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 23:57:14 +0000

Trolls get traced and fined in Germany. It ought to be done everywhere. The 1st Amendment is taken too literally in the U.S.. Insults, abuse, and blatant lies have no place in public discourse.

New comment by froggy in "Launch HN: Codebuff (YC F24) – CLI tool that writes code for you"

froggy — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 11:46:16 +0000

"...in a Hail Mary attempt"

I'm curious how often others have experienced this. There have been so many times on many different projects where I've struggled with something hard and had the breakthrough only right before the deadline (self-imposed or actual deadline).

Congrats, sounds like an awesome project. I'll have to try it out.

New comment by froggy in "First anode-free sodium solid-state battery"

froggy — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 19:48:18 +0000

EOS Energy (zinc-bromide grid-scale batteries), just christened their first automated manufacturing line and have entered mass production.

New comment by froggy in "Ask HN: How to help a shy developer to participate to a team?"

froggy — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 01:10:37 +0000

Amen. When I read the OP's post, I thought it could have been my manager. I am reserved, not outgoing, but I'm a team player. I prefer to take tasks, especially larger ones and bunker down exactly as you said.

I'm pretty useless in sprint refinements with asking questions in a group setting, but if I'm given a set of requirements or mockups, I'll knock it out of the park every time. Been doing it this way for almost decades now. I didn't snap quit when a previous employer started trying to get me more sociable but I was gone within a few months.

OP would be well-served to take your suggestions if they want the developer to stay.

New comment by froggy in "Web 3 is Flawed"

froggy — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 22:14:48 +0000

Correct, I value doing the right thing over money. By transacting in something like that, even if for a moment, I would be accomplice to a major environmental destroyer.

New comment by froggy in "Web 3 is Flawed"

froggy — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:41:42 +0000

If I won a contest and the prize was the choice between 100 BTC and 1 small vial of "Thieves" essential oil, I'd take the Thieves. Why? Because it has value (excellent in my homemade mouthwash). Also I can't support something that vampires countries' worth of electricity.

New comment by froggy in "17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduced to WHO standards"

froggy — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 21:46:26 +0000

I've had an electric lawn mower for about 10 years now and I can tell you that it has reduced my maintenance costs. For the ICE mower, I had to take it in every spring or every other spring to get it tuned up so it would start (from memory those bills were ~$75 each tune up).

Same with the ICE snowblower that I bought back when I was young and dumb seeing all my neighbors with one, so I bought one - what a maintenance nightmare. I use snow shovels now which are way better for the environment and my health.

New comment by froggy in "Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human immune system (2018)"

froggy — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 01:23:41 +0000

Mosquitos are part of the food chain and a LOT of animals (reptiles, birds, spiders, bats, etc) depend on them. Eradication is an extreme solution with extreme consequences.

New comment by froggy in "What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?"

froggy — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 16:53:07 +0000

I can vouch for deadlifts. Had wrist tendonitis flare-ups first at age 29 while doing lots of coding for a newly launched product. I'm 43 now and haven't had a flare-up in over 6 years (been doing heavy coding since 28yo). I do deadlifts once heavy a week, sometimes will add in an extra light set during the week. If you're starting out with deadlifts, be sure to check out a program like Starting Strength and practice correct form before adding heavy weight.

Things like bench press and working with heavy dumbbells have probably helped too since the weight forces your hand, wrist, and arm muscles to strengthen. I have also used a hand-held grip squeeze device which has helped over the years when I had flare-ups.

New comment by froggy in "Patent awarded for non-fueled energy charging system"

froggy — Wed, 30 May 2018 17:09:36 +0000

Saw this in my local newspaper and the invention seems majorly disruptive, although I don't think these guys are getting much attention with a little local article written about them. I am posting it here hoping someone with the right background can reach out to them.

Patent awarded for non-fueled energy charging system

froggy — Wed, 30 May 2018 17:09:13 +0000

Article URL: http://grandblancview.mihomepaper.com/news/2018-05-24/News/Local_men_hope_to_market_nonfueled_energy_charging.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17189464

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

How Draft Grew Paying Customers By 200%

froggy — Wed, 29 May 2013 00:35:38 +0000

Article URL: http://insideintercom.io/how-draft-grew-paying-customers-by-200

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5783836

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by froggy in "Login Screen – behind the scenes"

froggy — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:58:56 +0000

To fix points 1 & 2, they could overlay the label to the left and have the caret start to the right of the label, like in MailChimp's login page: https://login.mailchimp.com

It would still look just as nice.

New comment by froggy in "Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name"

froggy — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:21:33 +0000

It looks great, it's fast, and the keyword combinations for my query were excellent. Great job and I hope this takes off for you!

New comment by froggy in "Kendo UI is out of beta"

froggy — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:13:13 +0000

This is way slicker than what you could build using jquery-ui and available plugins unless you are rockstar with the js and have an excellent design person. For instance, the best time-picker plugin I've been able to find for jquery-ui is nice but isn't perfectly cross-browser and not as pretty: http://labs.perifer.se/timedatepicker/

Now look at the Kendo time picker. Design and usability are crucial to a successful product, so I'd say this looks like a smart investment, although I'd have to tinker with it more before buying.