Hacker News: harry_ord

New comment by harry_ord in "How to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border"

harry_ord — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:54:42 +0000

Yes but not all of them, no need to drag every person into this.

New comment by harry_ord in "The good times in tech are over"

harry_ord — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 18:35:12 +0000

Yeah, I worked for relatively normal companies as a dev from 2013 to now most of the benefits were normal across the company apart from choice of machine and I guess going to a conference but my current employer doesn't offer that.

New comment by harry_ord in "40% of Britons haven't read a single book in the last 12 months"

harry_ord — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 08:42:09 +0000

What counts as a book? The survey gives the impression it's just reading for pleasure?

This probably plays into the class divide, my wife hates reading (for pleasure) she says that comes from having to read a lot at work. I imagine a lot of people read quite a bit but maybe have less interest in reading in their free time for entertainment.

New comment by harry_ord in "Revolt: Open-Source Alternative to Discord"

harry_ord — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 07:59:40 +0000

The bigger question mark for me is. Is this still at risk from the online safety act that seems to be killing lots of smaller UK communities/games?

New comment by harry_ord in "Urban Dead is shutting down"

harry_ord — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:14:49 +0000

The tie in with deadset(TV show) was neat as well.

New comment by harry_ord in "Ask HN: What less-popular systems programming language are you using?"

harry_ord — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:43:13 +0000

Perl is kinda less popular now. I use that at work. Used to write perl6/raku in my previous job, I loved the grammars made a nice way to try and Wirte an nginx configuration manager.

New comment by harry_ord in "Half My Life with Perl"

harry_ord — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:58:25 +0000

Nice similar age, I got into it as my first job after university and every job since

New comment by harry_ord in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2024)"

harry_ord — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 16:14:15 +0000

Is the remote status here up to date? The job descriptions say you do not accommodate remote work.

New comment by harry_ord in "How Japanese black companies oppress workers (2014)"

harry_ord — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:49:24 +0000

Long ones can be a deal breaker though. It was for me when I was looking for a new job before. It's similar to being willing to relocate imo.

New comment by harry_ord in "How Japanese Black Companies Oppress Workers and Ruin Lives[2014]"

harry_ord — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:45:20 +0000

The notice period is kinda odd. I've known people who want to leave immediately and haven't had a lot of trouble doing so because the relationship with their employer has soured that much.

Paid by the doctor? I think sick pay comes from the employer initially and later statutory sick pay(state).

New comment by harry_ord in "Post-postal: What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?"

harry_ord — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 14:09:35 +0000

Used to write quite a few letters, used to draft then rewrite them using a nice pen and good ink. I miss doing it, very short on the time to write them now. I also found out I lost a lot of letters a last year while moving which was heartbreaking

New comment by harry_ord in "Why birds do not fall while sleeping"

harry_ord — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:25:48 +0000

Breathing is also a conscious action for them if I remember right

New comment by harry_ord in "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024"

harry_ord — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:55:15 +0000

Are you asking why? Because you give an answer to your own question and what should he receive a prize in exactly?

New comment by harry_ord in "Most gamers prefer single-player games"

harry_ord — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:21:37 +0000

A lot more games are structured that way.

I got into online gaming with Cs 1.6 and cs:cz normal online was kinda competitive but you had a lot of joke maps or non competive ones(climbing maps). I don't think they're as popular now since a lot of games have matchmaking and ranked unlocks as the default multilayer. I'm way out of the loop mind you, I learn a lot more to PvE multilayer now(left4dead and deep rock)

New comment by harry_ord in "London saw a surprising benefit to ultra-low emissions zone: More active kids"

harry_ord — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:27:39 +0000

Yeah, that and a lot seem kinda small while being a bit lower than the prices of some houses(but still too much imo). Been a long time since I dreamed of home ownership admittedly.

I thought grenfell pushed the leaseholder vs freehold pricing out in the open. I've seen stuff about leaseholders effectively in negative equity because of the cost of cladding and a previous government dropped a bill or amendment changing who had to pay for such things or the existence of leasehold.

New comment by harry_ord in "Ask HN: Sci-fi recommendations by non-western authors?"

harry_ord — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 05:17:06 +0000

Not sure if they count but the novelisation of Mobile suit Gundam https://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-Escalation-Confron...

Yukikaze and Good luck Yukikaze by Chōhei Kambayashi it ends on a cliffhanger though since the later books did not get translated. https://www.amazon.com/Yukikaze-Chohei-Kambayashi/dp/1421532...

New comment by harry_ord in "London saw a surprising benefit to ultra-low emissions zone: More active kids"

harry_ord — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 04:02:14 +0000

A lot of older council apartments in the UK seem to be a bit grim. There's some skepticism against apartment blocks and a lot of newer ones seem to have odd pricing.

I live in a nice apartment in Austria but I'd be a lot more critical looking for one to live in the UK.

New comment by harry_ord in "London saw a surprising benefit to ultra-low emissions zone: More active kids"

harry_ord — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 03:57:41 +0000

Congestion charge and parking availability would have already frozen out most lower owners driving into Central London (zone 1 and 2). What does rent stabilised mean here? Not a phrase I've ever heard regarding council housing in the UK.

New comment by harry_ord in "The Podcast Index"

harry_ord — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 16:50:26 +0000

I mainly listen to audio dramas. I find reddit the best place to get recs either that or I give advertised podcasts in ones I'm listening to a try.

New comment by harry_ord in "1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place"

harry_ord — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:52:58 +0000

Tafelspitz is waste of good altweiner backfleisch.

I quite like the Sache Torte in the place I live. More importantly though it's coming up to Krapfen season.