Hacker News: hackernoops

New comment by hackernoops in "Now might be the best time to learn software development"

hackernoops — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 01:44:22 +0000

Fractional reserve lending, rehypothecation, etc.

New comment by hackernoops in "US Streetlights Are Turning Purple"

hackernoops — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 01:41:16 +0000

Glad I converted nearly all of the lights in my house to halogen, and stocked up on decades of bulbs, before the ban. Nice warm adjustable light. No strobing LED trash fucking up my eyesight.

New comment by hackernoops in "The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs"

hackernoops — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 01:52:32 +0000

It started with small and nimble innovators. Then it was shifted to Big Tech with the squeeze of patent trolling in the 2000's applied. It was capturing massive created value into the hands of few, connected, corrupt shitbags.

New comment by hackernoops in "A year of funded FreeBSD development"

hackernoops — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 01:40:28 +0000

Has Amazon donated more to FreeBSD than Notch the Minecraft guy?

New comment by hackernoops in "Researchers find a way to make the HIV virus visible within white blood cells"

hackernoops — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 01:37:36 +0000

Positive development.

New comment by hackernoops in "ICANN fee price hike by 11% [pdf]"

hackernoops — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 01:19:18 +0000

Cartel.

New comment by hackernoops in "How big tech monopolies made the internet worse"

hackernoops — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 01:39:49 +0000

Don't forget "IP" patent trolling from the 2000's. That was disasterously suppressive for innovation.

New comment by hackernoops in "At Amazon, some coders say their jobs have begun to resemble warehouse work"

hackernoops — Mon, 26 May 2025 01:53:26 +0000

And for all of Mark Zuckerberg's wealth and property holdings, it wasn't enough and didn't stop him from trying to take sacred land from native Hawaiians on the island of Kauai.

New comment by hackernoops in "Denmark to raise retirement age to 70"

hackernoops — Mon, 26 May 2025 01:50:05 +0000

This is why it's important to contribute as little as possible to others, especially the state. They will gladly take everything from you and then tell you you should be happy about it.

New comment by hackernoops in "A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen"

hackernoops — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 03:29:33 +0000

>we

New comment by hackernoops in "A Love Letter to People Who Believe in People"

hackernoops — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 03:25:25 +0000

Which people? It matters.

New comment by hackernoops in "Framework stops selling some laptops in the US in response to tariffs"

hackernoops — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 02:01:42 +0000

Tariffs are good. If you have a nice mall, and you allow street vendors to walk through it selling junk, eventually the mall becomes trashy and there's no benefit to paying the rent for a proper storefront.

New comment by hackernoops in "23andMe bankruptcy: With America's DNA put on sale"

hackernoops — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:01:19 +0000

Keep up the good work but don't be too disheartened when you realize they don't care.

Case in point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43539849

New comment by hackernoops in "Has the decline of knowledge work begun?"

hackernoops — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 02:17:34 +0000

Even worse is the entitlement spending imbalance along racial lines.

New comment by hackernoops in "Has the decline of knowledge work begun?"

hackernoops — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 02:03:48 +0000

Decline was a set of choices, it's just that the average person didn't make those choices and we're not allowed to discuss them or the people that made them.

New comment by hackernoops in "Carefully but Purposefully Oxidising Ubuntu"

hackernoops — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 01:27:59 +0000

>I think more people might adopt this language if there weren't such in-group terminology like "oxidizing", "Rusteceans", pictures of rusty equipment etc.

I write Rust and I agree. Hype is the downside of attracting trendiness.

New comment by hackernoops in "Why can't we screenshot frames from DRM-protected video on Apple devices?"

hackernoops — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:44:17 +0000

That's why I pirate everything. Originally I tried purchasing music files (iTunes) with the hope of it supporting musicians I liked. When it was a lesser, hindered experience, I switched back to pirating everything, still do, and always will.

New comment by hackernoops in "Microsoft cancels leases for AI data centers, analyst says"

hackernoops — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 03:00:09 +0000

>Apple level of polish.

Absurd claim given the untenable OS release cadence under Tim Cook.

"But better than M$" is still undeserving of the lofty implication from "level of polish".

New comment by hackernoops in "OpenBSD Innovations"

hackernoops — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 07:34:46 +0000

Big respect to OpenBSD. Now all it needs is a FS with ZFS's core capabilities and it'll be almost perfect.

New comment by hackernoops in "OpenBSD Innovations"

hackernoops — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 07:32:16 +0000

> /really weird/

That's only if you take CoC enjoyers at their word. It makes perfect sense when you realize it's not about advancing project or community, but rather controlfreak ideology.