Hacker News: harvey9

New comment by harvey9 in "UK internet age checks have boosted rogue adult sites, says Pornhub"

harvey9 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:03:17 +0000

In the words of Tom Lehrer

"I've got a hobby

Re-reading Lady Chatterley"

New comment by harvey9 in "UK internet age checks have boosted rogue adult sites, says Pornhub"

harvey9 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:00:11 +0000

Not all damage is fatal

New comment by harvey9 in "Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees"

harvey9 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:22:40 +0000

it says a large healthcare org but does not say if that's a care provider where on-site jobs will be completely different from remote-compatible ones, or an insurer where most jobs could be done mostly on a PC.

New comment by harvey9 in "Sticky wage norms and the real wage cost of unexpected inflation"

harvey9 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:22:28 +0000

Item 2 seems like a circular argument. If your wages did keep pace with inflation then of course subjectively there is no inflation. On the other hand this does not hold in all situations. In galloping inflation you might as well spend because savings get eroded.

New comment by harvey9 in "Sticky wage norms and the real wage cost of unexpected inflation"

harvey9 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:18:37 +0000

Britain has a few structural issues too, so someone who happens to live in a big city, especially London, will have more opportunities without having to move.

New comment by harvey9 in "My friends all hate AI; I just joined an AI startup"

harvey9 — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:33:50 +0000

Previously, in the case of LinkedIn, filled with handcrafted slop.

New comment by harvey9 in "Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification"

harvey9 — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:59:29 +0000

They want an explanation of what an algorithm is. The world is full of people using words they don't understand and sometimes of them work in legislatures.

New comment by harvey9 in "I've vibe coded an application to see what it's like"

harvey9 — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:44:33 +0000

"...I can’t really call “vibe coding”. I didn’t code. I didn’t even look at the code"

I thought that was the definition of vibe coding?

New comment by harvey9 in "The main way I've seen people turn ideologically crazy (2025)"

harvey9 — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:29:51 +0000

Having similar diet and politics as the writer, I remember years ago falling out with a socialist acquaintance because he thought it was ok for farm workers to go on strike and leave animals to starve. His commitment to never crossing picket lines was absolute.

New comment by harvey9 in "What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers"

harvey9 — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:52:50 +0000

The industry may be getting close to an NS-5 but the physical complexity of nursing means we would really prefer a Nexus-6.

New comment by harvey9 in "What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers"

harvey9 — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:02:38 +0000

A lot of the time bag checks are for glass bottles either because they can make brawls more dangerous or because the venue doesn't want you bringing your own booze.

New comment by harvey9 in "Dataset: Dead mental health startups, 2000-2026, coded on 18 fields"

harvey9 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:06:14 +0000

I'm not in America but just a guess, HIPAA does not apply to a company's financial filings. LLMs are beside the point here.

New comment by harvey9 in "Online ad giant Adform was hacked, proving once again why ad blockers are needed"

harvey9 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:01:47 +0000

Another comment noted over 100,000 USD passing through an associated wallet. I don't know how much work went into this but my hunch is it has paid off pretty good even compared to legit tech work.

New comment by harvey9 in "The iPhone Upgrade Program is being replaced by Apple Upgrade"

harvey9 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:38:02 +0000

They achieve the same peak speed as my car, but they make many more stops and take a (for me) non optimal route.

New comment by harvey9 in "LLMs reward expertise"

harvey9 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:34:17 +0000

I assume no such thing.

New comment by harvey9 in "Dataset: Dead mental health startups, 2000-2026, coded on 18 fields"

harvey9 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:29:27 +0000

Are you serious? It's data about corporations, not your shrink's notes from your consult.

New comment by harvey9 in "Most countries provide between 20 and 40 paid days off"

harvey9 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:28:08 +0000

So why can't I order a rocket frisbee today? Wtf America.

New comment by harvey9 in "Dataset: Dead mental health startups, 2000-2026, coded on 18 fields"

harvey9 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:13:02 +0000

Why?

New comment by harvey9 in "LLMs reward expertise"

harvey9 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:34:57 +0000

Me too. But did you see them on their first day using it or their thousandth?

(Also you don't need to be that old. Less than 10 years ago I watched a doctor breeze through some clinical system while I was crawling along constantly referring to the manual)

New comment by harvey9 in "LLMs reward expertise"

harvey9 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:25:37 +0000

Knowing what Claude Code is and why you might want it actually is domain knowledge which the op's friend does not have. Your idea of the average person might be biased if you work and socialise with people who have this kind of expertise.