Hacker News: hackflip

New comment by hackflip in "Business books are entertainment, not strategic tools"

hackflip — Wed, 14 May 2025 11:45:06 +0000

Disagreeable people are insurance policies. When the group is right, they are a drag. When the group is wrong, they are necessary.

New comment by hackflip in "Software development topics I've changed my mind on"

hackflip — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:02:57 +0000

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

New comment by hackflip in "Questions censored by DeepSeek"

hackflip — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:58:37 +0000

Censorship just needs to work well enough for the average person. The brightest people who can bypass the censorship will be labeled crazy conspiracy theorists.

New comment by hackflip in "Evaluation of TikTok vs. Instagram Reels"

hackflip — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 12:57:35 +0000

The Devil you know

New comment by hackflip in "The pandemic erased two decades of progress in math and reading"

hackflip — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:11:40 +0000

We need to stop blaming the pandemic for things that were caused by lockdowns. Young healthy people were forced to put their lives on hold for 2 years so that some 86 year olds would make it to 87.

New comment by hackflip in "Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud?"

hackflip — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:58:58 +0000

If a company is going to discriminate against me, I want it done early, before both parties waste their time. Interviews are a two way street.

New comment by hackflip in "U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline"

hackflip — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:18:05 +0000

All else equal, yes.

New comment by hackflip in "U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline"

hackflip — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:15:28 +0000

"Let's lock down young healthy people's lives for 2 years so that the 86 year olds make it to 87"

New comment by hackflip in "U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline"

hackflip — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:07:59 +0000

My young healthy sister got myocarditis after her booster and had to be hospitalized. This is after successfully fighting off a covid infection months prior.

I'm far from antivax, and have had 3 shots myself. But it's crazy that you aren't allowed to talk about this stuff without being labeled a conspiracy theorist.

New comment by hackflip in "Is the internet killing the nude beach?"

hackflip — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:39:12 +0000

A vocal minority doesn't need to be very large to influence culture.

New comment by hackflip in "NASA’s newest rocket is a colossal waste of money"

hackflip — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:34:23 +0000

Evolution isn't paused

New comment by hackflip in "Things I learnt doing stand-up comedy"

hackflip — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 15:23:40 +0000

I've noticed a pattern in comedians who have a funny set but never make it big. They have a shtick that works, lean into it, then end up using it as a crutch.

It doesn't scale to a funny second performance.

New comment by hackflip in "U.S. public health agencies aren't ‘following the science,’ officials say"

hackflip — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:26:54 +0000

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

New comment by hackflip in "Mouse Heaven or Mouse Hell?"

hackflip — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 18:45:58 +0000

Almost all of science fiction is "what if aliens/robots did to us what we do to other animals".

New comment by hackflip in "Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work"

hackflip — Sun, 08 May 2022 15:00:15 +0000

The best friendships I've made in adulthood are mostly ex-coworkers.

New comment by hackflip in "While I’m on a tech rant – who invented this piece of pure sadism?"

hackflip — Sun, 08 May 2022 14:11:46 +0000

In Calgary I've used a parking machine that asked for a lot number. That is on a sign as you enter the parking lot. As if this machine could not be programmed to already know which lot of was permanently installed in.

New comment by hackflip in "Exposed by a Strava KOM: The Many Lives of a Fake Pro Cyclist"

hackflip — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 17:48:38 +0000

I'm always loading my bike/skis/etc into my car after a ride and forgetting to turn off Strava for the drive home.

New comment by hackflip in "Ask HN: Starting a Career in Programming at 61?"

hackflip — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:00:13 +0000

Anecdotally I don't think my parents could learn to program at a hireable level in their 60s.

New comment by hackflip in "‘Limited’ Tactical Nuclear Weapons Would Be Catastrophic"

hackflip — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 20:01:59 +0000

In a fairy tale nuclear disarmament would be great. But as long as any individual nation/dictator wants nukes, all nations will want nukes.

New comment by hackflip in "'Children of Men' is happening"

hackflip — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 19:23:21 +0000

Older parents are good for financial health. Less so for biological health.