Hacker News: helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=helpfulfrondHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:46:57 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "Were software engineers blue-collar workers all along?"]]>That's a great example of magnitude I hadn't heard before.

]]>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:21:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50104096helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50104096https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50104096<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "Passkeys are not a trap"]]>The arguments of they never "usually" do this, or "the guidance says" are meaningless. Whatever can be used for control, will be.

]]>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:28:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50091454helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50091454https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50091454<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "Corporate political donations shatter record at $646M so far for US midterms"]]>It's technically not corruption because it's legal!

]]>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:06:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49483560helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49483560https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49483560<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months"]]>"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" is a French game, (the user's name is expedition 32) and this sounds like something the French would love, so I'm thinking France, but I'm only hypothesizing.

]]>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:08:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49091228helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49091228https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49091228<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "Why can't India's government build a decent website?"]]>The scrolling text on the visa site is wild... Haven't seen that in forever.

]]>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:20:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713653helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713653https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713653<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "My Mathematical Regression"]]>A lot of life is "use it or lose it," due to limited resources I imagine.

]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:50:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48653278helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48653278https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48653278<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "SpaceX sheds $400B in market value as debut rally hits reverse"]]>https://archive.is/lqPsS

]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48640110helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48640110https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48640110<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "A hosting company auto-installed and activated an AI plugin on 1M+ WP sites"]]>Opt-out is not consent... This crazy behavior.

]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:10:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403228helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403228https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403228<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name"]]>https://archive.is/4NwYn

]]>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:25:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48351995helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48351995https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48351995<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "U.S. Seeks to Give Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Startups for Fuel"]]>Which seems like a good reason not to hand out a bunch of nuclear material...

]]>Tue, 26 May 2026 23:35:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287467helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287467https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287467<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "U.S. Seeks to Give Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Startups for Fuel"]]>I still don't trust failing startups to handle radioactive waste properly.

]]>Tue, 26 May 2026 23:35:16 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287460helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287460https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287460<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "U.S. Seeks to Give Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Startups for Fuel"]]>Trusting startups to dispose of it properly if they go bankrupt seems like an absolute disaster waiting to happen. Netflix has/had an interesting series "radioactive emergency" based on real events that seems to be a fairly plausible outcome. The "Goiânia accident in Brazil occurred on September 13, 1987".

]]>Tue, 26 May 2026 21:01:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48285909helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48285909https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48285909<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "Cybersec is a thankless job: expanding workload and shrinking pay packet"]]>One textbook I read has a line about how you shouldn't work in security if you want to make friends, and I was shocked and impressed by its honesty.

]]>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:57:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47941991helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47941991https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47941991<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "We rewrote JSONata with AI in a day, saved $500k/year"]]>Yeah, apparently the original library has nearly 4,000 tests. This would have been impossible without those. This speaks to the power of testing. The lack of discussion here also shows how under-valued it is.

]]>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:32:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47554437helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47554437https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47554437<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "Our commitment to Windows quality"]]>> We are introducing the ability to reposition it to the top or sides of your screen...

Using the word introducing is so disingenuous to me considering how long that was a capability.

]]>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:26:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47467886helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47467886https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47467886<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?"]]>I have seen it for a number of positions, but it seems ridiculous.

]]>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:37:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47434168helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47434168https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47434168<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "Grammarly is using authors' identities without permission unless they opt out"]]>https://archive.is/IeCGL

]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:49:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47339586helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47339586https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47339586<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"]]>I think it must be some form of "I'm special/better/smarter than that other person who got ripped off, I won't get taken advantage of!"

]]>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:54:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322617helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322617https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322617<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "Uber CEO on culture: expects weekend email replies, will push out non-performers"]]>https://archive.is/kSTXg

]]>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:20:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47298540helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47298540https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47298540<![CDATA[New comment by helpfulfrond in "For These Millennials, College Was a Party. Then Came Real Life"]]>https://archive.is/eiEoN

]]>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:43:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47298234helpfulfrondhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47298234https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47298234