Hacker News: genepope

New comment by genepope in "Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? (2025)"

genepope — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:12:13 +0000

A butthole and a drain hole. Sounds like they are spot on. Give it to society in the butt and drain all societie's resources

New comment by genepope in "$7M lost on Amazon inventory, then bankrupt"

genepope — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 14:04:18 +0000

Amazon has become the absolute worst place to sell or buy things. I try to avoid them if at all possible (disclosure: I worked there for 12 years). Just leave them to the Chinese crooks and eventually enough people will wake up that they will all burn out (or move to another fraud host)

New comment by genepope in "Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote working rainbow?"

genepope — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:24:57 +0000

Pretty much spot on post.

New comment by genepope in "Top USB Drives on Amazon are a Scam"

genepope — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 12:30:02 +0000

Pretty much any tech product top search results on Amazon is a fraud (and it can go VERY deep into the results). I have been burned so many times I finally learned: DO NOT BUY TECH from Amazon! PS: Forget the Amazon Choice as it is mostly just based on how many buy the product so it tends to be self reinforcing, even for a fraud product.

New comment by genepope in "Is 40 the New 60?"

genepope — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:30:24 +0000

Having lived in the tech software world from the late 1970s through 2012 I can say that age discrimination has always been a part of the software world but it is survivable. See other comments in this thread. I remember chats with my older co-workers about where are all the older programmers? I think part is discrimination but another part is that people burn out and go do something else. I have seen this in even the very best programmers I have worked with. By the way, this is not new to software. A common practice in the aerospace industry was to bid low for a contract and when you got it fire all the old guys and replace them with cheaper young guys.

Washington Targets Cupertino

genepope — Fri, 09 May 2014 21:41:06 +0000

Article URL: http://www.city-journal.org/2014/cjc0509mm.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7723405

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Clumsy Ninja for iPad: A Cute Game Ruined by In-app Purchases

genepope — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 14:19:27 +0000

Article URL: http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/11/24/clumsy-ninja-ipad-ruined-app-purchases/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6866411

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by genepope in " Toxic workplace, what do I do?"

genepope — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:37:14 +0000

Leave. The org is old enough and established enough that it isn't going to change and you won't change it, it will change you (think Gollum). There are plenty of good and great places for a talented person to work. Don't waste your life working for bad organizations.

Will anyone defend against this?.

genepope — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:32:21 +0000

Article URL: http://news.yahoo.com/irs-apologizes-targeting-conservative-groups-144349480.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5687134

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Why Capitalism Has an Image Problem

genepope — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:26:46 +0000

Article URL: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443931404577549223178294822.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4308527

Points: 8

# Comments: 2

A hidden history of evil

genepope — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:49:14 +0000

Article URL: http://www.city-journal.org/2010/20_2_soviet-archives.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1347457

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

New comment by genepope in "I just launched my bootstrapped startup. Pray for me."

genepope — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:43:26 +0000

This is very cool! Great idea, good luck on this. (ditto on the US centric approach but then a shoestring startup can't always go global from day 1. You will get there though.

“There is no longer enough mail to sustain six days of delivery.”

genepope — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:34:06 +0000

Just one of many signs that say "Yes Martha, the internet really has changed a lot about our lives"

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1236415

Points: 118

# Comments: 174

New comment by genepope in "Ask HN: What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back?"

genepope — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:43:39 +0000

step zero: Fire Steve Ballmer

Man vs Mutt

genepope — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:43:35 +0000

Article URL: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204908604574334282143887974.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=751177

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by genepope in "Google is now officially evil"

genepope — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:07:07 +0000

btw, on Digg too. http://digg.com/programming/GOOGLE_FAIL_Don_t_Be_Evil_Slogan...

Digg it and help wake up the google techs asleep at the (off) switch. Still going on after many hours. Some people getting 60 sms messages per hour.

New comment by genepope in "Google is now officially evil"

genepope — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:53:38 +0000

shit happens, but responsible companies do something about it, not just say "shit happens"

Google is now officially evil

genepope — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:36:06 +0000

A spam storm of SMS replies from the google SMS service is driving people crazy, not to mention running up their cell bills and google is doing nothing to stop it.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=463310

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

Freedom Rules

genepope — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:48:48 +0000

Article URL: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123180425194675361.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=432667

Points: 5

# Comments: 0