<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: ikr678</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ikr678</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 19:52:54 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=ikr678" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "Nurses Sound Alarm as 'Uber for Nursing' Apps Push to Deregulate Healthcare"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Given the NHS(and many other western countries) still has a surplus of med student to training places with much worse compensation than the US, the answer is yes.<p>Prestige and potential higher pay for specialisations will still attract people to the profession, although maybe not if the university costs for medicine remain as high as they currently are.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:41:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50329634</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50329634</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50329634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "MPs moving to restrict gambling ads in Canada"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I tolerate it more than all other gambling thats allowed in my jurisdiction because it's at least a little bit rate limited (only 3 draws a week), involves a bit more friction (tickets are physical only), and profits is specifically returned to the community via an extensive grant system (isnt just rolled back into general tax revenue).<p>You can't stamp out gambling completely but I find well run state lotteries preferable to sports betting apps, poker machines and any other digital gambling platform.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 01:23:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50203376</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50203376</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50203376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "Things to know when you get cancer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I understand that insurance is not your friend and you must advocate for yourself in the modern healthcare landscape, but if appointments take months to get to because everyone is overbooking limited oncology specialists to get their second and third opinions, at what point is this counterproductive for wider healthcare outcomes?<p>Particularly with cancer, when earlier treatment is better.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:48:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50099271</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50099271</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50099271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "Suits Are Better Tech Than Modern Clothes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is just as much a phone problem as it is a pocket problem. I had no issue fitting a nokia or early smartphone in my pockets.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:27:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49938203</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49938203</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49938203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't know that central vacs were the height of vac technology, but I cannot understand how weak cordless/battery vacuums have such marketshare compared to a vacuum unit that gets 110/240v of power direct from the wall.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:14:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49888918</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49888918</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49888918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "Windows 11½"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You sign in to enroll your device in the update scheme then just log out again.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:12:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49885187</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49885187</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49885187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "When did Google get so weird?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's not just engineers, I think it's more an age thing.<p>For a certain cohort (eg those currently between 35 and 45) who did any sort of grade school computer/library classes in the 90's/early2000's, 'chunking' or keyword searching was one of the main skills taught.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:43:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872597</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872597</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's not but they'll eventually need the storage & analysis compute for the infinite surveillance state.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 02:32:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49839556</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49839556</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49839556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "OpenAI breaches Medicare, Albanese reveals"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Per local reporting, they took ages to contact the Govt and did so lamely via a public facing group email address, rather than any of the existing reporting channels for data breaches that would escalate this appropriately, or reaching out directly to a Minister's office.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:45:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49826009</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49826009</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49826009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "OpenAI breaches Medicare, Albanese reveals"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Australia has legislation & regulation - If you're operating here, failure to notify the regulator and stakeholders about certain types of data breaches within 30 days opens you to fines and civil penalties.<p>At the least OAI should cop similar penalties, before getting into damages.</p>
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<p>If you pay a bank for use of a secure deposit box to store private documents, would you be upset if they started advertising services to you based on the contents of those documents?<p>Or if your telephone service began messaging with offers for products on what you discussed in your phonecalls?<p>Yet it's extremism to think Google etc shouldnt be able to do this.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:28:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49824604</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49824604</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49824604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Also, in some orgs you physically cannot send the cv.<p>I can't send or recieve documents as email attachments anymore to external stakeholders, everything must be via sharepoint link.<p>That, plus a decade of compulsory anti phishing training means no half competent HR person should be blind opening an attachment that says 'CV'.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:53:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49824327</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49824327</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49824327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Taking time off your existing role to do multiple interviews for something that turns out to pay 10-15% less than you are currently on is insulting.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:49:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49824284</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49824284</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49824284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Social media could have just as easily spread misinformation about the Bondi incident. It was a failure of the NSW Police to not use the SMS emergency warning systems, which is not a good reason to keep everyone on social media.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:47:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49812528</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49812528</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49812528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "ER visits for gambling disorders doubled after expanded online gambling market"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What would a gambling liability waiver cover? Your losses/damages are not in a confined circuit or ringfenced from your general finances. Are you just agreeing not to sue if you lose your house/wife/job?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:25:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49736731</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49736731</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49736731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "Japan's book scene is moving from bookstores to libraries"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Given the rest of American culture is intensely commercialised, I can see why there is a desire to protect the remaining non-commercial spaces.<p>My local library has an indepenently run coffee kiosk out front, the Council (local govt) own the facility and lease it to the operator, and presumably have some lease terms about allowable signage and branding.<p>I'd probably feel differently if it was a mega franchise like Starbucks or McCafe right at the entrance of a civic building.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:27:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49735328</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49735328</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49735328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Australia has managed a 2nd and a 4th from 11 entrants. Our voting participation is quite low though, as the voting windows are usually at awkward AEST times and the main Australian broadcast of the contest is delayed until our primetime.</p>
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<p>Maybe because State of Origin is the 'tribal' grudge match series, players are only ever eligible for the one team.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:22:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712992</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712992</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Word is out and there are a number of well regarded amazon dupes (CRZ) for Lulu that are rumoured to be from the same manufacturing lines.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:14:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49692277</link><dc:creator>ikr678</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49692277</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49692277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikr678 in "iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Cynical take: A single photo to now consume up 50mb of cloud storage, adding to the demand for more data centers that supported the creation of this authenticity issue in the first place.</p>
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