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New comment by gobeavs in "WFH is becoming a benefit again"

gobeavs — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:37:39 +0000

I have kids and would prefer to work in-office or hybrid. There's lots of reasons people might want that.

New comment by gobeavs in "The happiest I've ever been"

gobeavs — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:47:03 +0000

Curious to read if you want to share a link. I've been thinking about this too.

New comment by gobeavs in "How I Left YouTube"

gobeavs — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 20:38:53 +0000

Impact can vary wildly between companies and circumstances given the same inputs however, so indexing on that can be misleading in interviews.

I've moved big revenue metrics with relatively simple projects. Anyone else could have done the same thing. And I was building on work that lots of product people and other engineers performed. That "impact" doesn't tell you anything about what I can bring to a new company with different systems and products.

New comment by gobeavs in "Ask HN: Is it just me or techno-optimism died in the past few years?"

gobeavs — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:29:22 +0000

Do you have any books to recommend to understand more about the luddites and industrial revolution? I want to learn more about historical analogues for our current moment and my current understanding is at the level of high school history class and popular knowledge.

New comment by gobeavs in "Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood"

gobeavs — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:44:08 +0000

Out of curiosity, did you know the neighborhood was like that before moving in? Or was it luck?

I agree there's a huge variety in neighborhoods in the suburban umbrella, which is unfortunately ignored in urban/suburb discussions. We're house shopping and want to find a "good" neighborhood, but short of knowing someone in the neighborhood already or spending significant time in the neighborhood it's hard to get a good indication of vibes.

New comment by gobeavs in "In the belly of the MrBeast"

gobeavs — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 04:46:03 +0000

Ah, I wanted a setting explicitly. I'd like to preserve my watch history, i only want to disable the home and recommendations.

New comment by gobeavs in "In the belly of the MrBeast"

gobeavs — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:24:08 +0000

What setting is this? I'd love to disable the home page but I haven't seen any setting for it

New comment by gobeavs in "Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android"

gobeavs — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:55:33 +0000

I tested it out, unregistered in the app and now I can't receive SMS from iPhones. This link says my phone isn't registered either. Yikes!

Edit: it's working now, took 15 mins to work itself out.

New comment by gobeavs in "Decline in independent activity as a cause of decline in child mental health"

gobeavs — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 02:18:11 +0000

What about the neighborhood made you choose it?

I'd like that sort of neighborhood as well, but other than sidewalks and perhaps a nearby park it seems difficult to gauge character like that until you live there. And there are lots of neighborhoods that have the objective basics (sidewalks, low crime, etc).