Hacker News: giarc

New comment by giarc in "Gemma 4 on iPhone"

giarc — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:35:36 +0000

It's the dutch version, see /nl/ in the url.

If you just go to https://apps.apple.com/ it does look better, but I agree, still a bit "off".

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

giarc — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:47:26 +0000

I don't know about Strava, but my Apple Watch will detect when I'm going on a walk or a bike ride and ask if I want to track it. I just instinctively say yes. Strava might do the same and so it could just be habit for the sailor and a dumb mistake.

New comment by giarc in "Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence"

giarc — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:16:37 +0000

WFH and the almost 100% shutdown off airline travel at the beginning of the pandemic resulted in nearly 0 change in CO2 emission and levels in the atmosphere.

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/...

New comment by giarc in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"

giarc — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:05:30 +0000

Iran could fund their war by manipulating these markets.

New comment by giarc in "I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job"

giarc — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:11:22 +0000

What I don't see mentioned here is the number of resumes and cover letters written by AI. I've also interviewed people where it was obvious they were using some sort of AI tool to assist in answering questions. So the criticism goes both ways.

This is why I only schedule in person interviews now. Then neither party can use AI and there's something about meeting people in real life to get to know them.

New comment by giarc in "Roblox is minting teen millionaires"

giarc — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:04:54 +0000

My kids play Roblox and get often get gift cards from friends for birthday presents etc. I've always hated that a gift card for $20 can't be redeemed for the equivalent Robux. Instead you get options to purchase Robux and the most you can redeem is about ~$16, so then you have left over cash and have to get another gift card. Dark pattern.

New comment by giarc in "Global warming has accelerated significantly"

giarc — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:30:53 +0000

>people won't see it.

You are correct because it's happening already (massive wildfires burning down cities, 100 year floods every year, mass migration out of hot, dry climates) and the news will state something like "scientists are 85% certain this fire was accelerated by climate change" and then will move onto the next story. Climate change is all around us, but we refuse to see it.

New comment by giarc in "Layoffs at Block"

giarc — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:04:56 +0000

>That's a false dichotomy, you could reduce headcount via attrition which is better in some ways.

I disagree. Slow bleeding just means everyone in the company walks around thinking they are next, never knowing when the next set of cuts are going to happen or when they are finished. Cutting 40% is a quick blow, and everyone that is left knows they are safe.

New comment by giarc in "Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran"

giarc — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:00:32 +0000

"flowed from two Binance accounts to Iranian entities with links to terrorist groups, a possible violation of global sanctions."

New comment by giarc in "Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran"

giarc — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:59:19 +0000

When I think about it, I know people that have been involved in all of those areas (always on the wrong non-criminal end). However, I'm not sure I know a single person that has made a regular transaction in some cryptocoin.

New comment by giarc in "Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court"

giarc — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:14:26 +0000

The irony is that Trump won on a message of "drain the swamp" which was supposed to address this issue. Instead it seems like it's more of just "replace the swamp" with his own guys.

New comment by giarc in "Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus"

giarc — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:56:30 +0000

>The effect lasted for around three months in animal experiments.

It would just be temporary, but there is likely trade offs.

New comment by giarc in "Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball"

giarc — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:17:58 +0000

Maybe add a "flag listing" button so users can alert you?

New comment by giarc in "Chrome extensions spying on users' browsing data"

giarc — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:12:37 +0000

My daughter, in grade school, uses a Chromebook at school and access Google Classroom through Chrome. The school has very few restrictions on extensions and when I log into her account, Chrome is littered with extensions. They all innocuous (ex. change cursor into cat, pets play around on your screen etc). However, without fail, each time I log in and go to the extension page, Chrome notifies me that one or more of the extensions was removed due to malicious activity or whatever.

New comment by giarc in "AirPods Pro 4 Could Feature Cameras to 'See Around You'"

giarc — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:45:42 +0000

Is there a shutter sound when someone uses FaceID? That uses infrared to capture the users face.

New comment by giarc in "AirPods Pro 4 Could Feature Cameras to 'See Around You'"

giarc — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:26:13 +0000

Looks like it will be an infrared camera, so perhaps that changes the requirement?

New comment by giarc in "Leaked chats expose the daily life of a scam compound's enslaved workforce"

giarc — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:44:04 +0000

Good point - it's like the opposite of survivorship bias? We only hear about the ones that don't survive and get caught. The "survivors" we don't hear about all the criminals who are still at large I guess.

New comment by giarc in "Show HN: Adboost – A browser extension that adds ads to every webpage"

giarc — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:40:00 +0000

I remember allAdvantage. I remember hitting like $20 or some low figure which was their base payout. For a 12 year old kid that would have been awesome. Lo and behold I got an email saying they had increased their minimum pay out to $50 and I never used it again.

New comment by giarc in "Leaked chats expose the daily life of a scam compound's enslaved workforce"

giarc — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:49:29 +0000

>seized $15 billion from the alleged kingpin

I know the answer but why amass $15 billion, more money than a person could spend in a lifetime, and still conduct this scam? You think a person would say "enough" and escape to a beach somewhere.

New comment by giarc in "Ross Stevens Donates $100M to Pay Every US Olympian and Paralympian $200k"

giarc — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:51:57 +0000

>It's structured in a way that will probably harm the goal.

Potentially could also stop others from donating to athletes because they hear this and think "some rich guy already took care of them" not knowing the details.