Hacker News: heliodor

New comment by heliodor in "Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout"

heliodor — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:43:11 +0000

The vast majority of roofs in Puerto Rico are flat and the vast majority of buildings are made of cinder blocks and concrete.

New comment by heliodor in "NASA Astronauts Depart Space Station After Nine Months in Orbit"

heliodor — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:38:17 +0000

"not being able" is just another way of saying "stranded" again.

Please read up on the details of this adventure and you'll come to realize that whoever is putting this phrasing into the media is trying to lie to you!

New comment by heliodor in "Hedge fund warns White House is inflating crypto bubble that could wreak havoc"

heliodor — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:33:01 +0000

How can you possibly say it has no fundamentals?

Here are some use cases that give it a non-zero value:

It competes with Western Union for money transfers.

It provides ways to transfer money to places and for things the US government doesn't approve of.

New comment by heliodor in "Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves"

heliodor — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:27:12 +0000

You can pin yourself to the top of Whatsapp and write to yourself. Explain that to her. It's what I do and it's been phenomenal.

New comment by heliodor in "HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash"

heliodor — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 12:02:32 +0000

It could just mean he never tried to analyze it.

New comment by heliodor in "T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock–guess what happened next"

heliodor — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:51:46 +0000

You don't have to limit that first statement to telecoms.

New comment by heliodor in "Santa Barbara's collective memory, sold for kindling"

heliodor — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 13:50:15 +0000

A lot more people would be interested in bidding for a domain name than for a company that owns a domain name.

The domain name should be auctioned off separately but the bankruptcy court is more interested in completing the task in the easiest way possible for them instead of doing things right.

New comment by heliodor in "Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced"

heliodor — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:24:02 +0000

It cuts through all the SEO junk. Ask it for a recipe, for example. Night and day UX compared to a recipe site.

New comment by heliodor in "Car ownership in the US is becoming more expensive"

heliodor — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:35:55 +0000

Have you adjusted for inflation?

New comment by heliodor in "Ask HN: What is your best flight booking app/site"

heliodor — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 15:23:01 +0000

I've noticed that sometimes Google Flights finds a cheaper international fare if using the airlines site in the local currency instead of USD. Clicking the button at the end in Google Flights takes care of all the settings to get you to the price they showed.

I've also noticed Google Flights prices being outdated sometimes.

New comment by heliodor in "I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy"

heliodor — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 14:01:56 +0000

from Costco

New comment by heliodor in "Peregrine moon lander suffers anomaly after launch"

heliodor — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:33:36 +0000

What does it mean to have cryptocurrency on the spacecraft, physically?

Sounds like a marketing falsehood to me.

I can't imagine what a statement like, "there was 1 bitcoin on board the spacecraft" would mean. It is nonsensical given what bitcoin is, and cryptocurrency in general.

You can have the keys printed on paper and placed onboard but that does not mean there was 1 bitcoin onboard.

New comment by heliodor in "Tracking developer build times to decide if the M3 MacBook is worth upgrading"

heliodor — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 12:23:55 +0000

If employees are purposefully isolated from the company's expenses, they'll waste money left and right.

Also, they don't care since any incremental savings aren't shared with the employees. Misaligned incentives. In that mentally, it's best to take while you can.

New comment by heliodor in "Blot turns a folder into a website"

heliodor — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 12:13:24 +0000

The interesting question is how did you arrive at this site layout where the pricing is hidden in the sign up page when every single SaaS site on the internet has a pricing link in the header and in the footer. Genuinely curious.

New comment by heliodor in "Copyright is not a moral right, it's a monetization strategy"

heliodor — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 12:06:54 +0000

I wasn't asking for an explanation. Just pointing out it feels wrong.

Same way, it would feel wrong to have copyright protection and have it go away if the item is sold to someone else.

New comment by heliodor in "Copyright is not a moral right, it's a monetization strategy"

heliodor — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 12:03:18 +0000

You're trading the copyright itself. But you're proposal would ban that.

New comment by heliodor in "Copyright is not a moral right, it's a monetization strategy"

heliodor — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 12:49:45 +0000

You talk about moral but I don't see in your proposal what's moral about not allowing two entities to trade things fair and square.

To see what I mean, it rubs me the wrong way when I buy a used car and lose the warranty by doing so.

New comment by heliodor in "Shein forces Amazon to lower seller fees"

heliodor — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:31:08 +0000

Amazon too.

New comment by heliodor in "Ask HN: How do you decide a non-fiction book is worth your time?"

heliodor — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 20:50:37 +0000

Step 1: make sure it's not on the New York Times bestseller list.

That list is quite manipulated. Makes for fascinating reading to see the dynamics of it explained.

New comment by heliodor in "23andMe updates their TOS to force binding arbitration"

heliodor — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:35:52 +0000

There are two processes at play:

- refuse the updated terms of service

- refuse the arbitration

The previous version of the TOS had arbitration too, so I'm not sure what all the stink is about.

Both versions tell you that you have 30 days to opt out of arbitration by emailing arbitrationoptout@...

As usual, the journalists failed at the job and are spreading misinformation.

Current version: https://www.23andme.com/legal/terms-of-service/full-version/

Previous version linked at the bottom: https://www.23andme.com/legal/terms-of-service/full-version/...

Go to both and search for arbitrationoptout@ and you'll see they both have the 30-day opt-out.