Hacker News: jimmydddd

New comment by jimmydddd in "Canceling "Hey""

jimmydddd — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:19:00 +0000

Hypothetical: A group of people from a specific race and culture recently came into a country and make their living primarily by stealing the wallets of tourists. If you had to guess, what are the chances that they are Japanese people?

New comment by jimmydddd in "Did they ghost you?"

jimmydddd — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:13:19 +0000

As an interviewer, you should be aware that there is a split on advice given on this topic. Half of the folks say to send an email, and half say not to. Several recruiters have told me that, all things being equal, a company will take the person who seems most interested in the job.

New comment by jimmydddd in "Never Enough"

jimmydddd — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:05:59 +0000

I don't think he's talking about personal fulfilment. His take is more simple. He's saying don't do the following: "I created a piece of software, and it works pretty good, but I have no customers. Should I work on coding to get it to work 5% better, or try to do some marketing? Well, I'm really, really great at coding, so let me do more of that."

New comment by jimmydddd in "Backtrack-Free Cursive"

jimmydddd — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:18:49 +0000

I'm a lefty, so fountain and liquid ink are out due to smudging. Unless I use a hook grip (also known as overwriting). Which, come to think of it, was probably why I was so bad at taking notes until notebook computers came around.

New comment by jimmydddd in "Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity"

jimmydddd — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:03:18 +0000

And while I was taught repeatedly in school that all the Irish folks came to the US due to the potato famine, I don't ever recall anyone mentioning the forced exporation of other food to India, etc. Didn't learn it until I was like 50 years old. lol.

New comment by jimmydddd in "How to read more books"

jimmydddd — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:48:42 +0000

I used to have a 45 minute driving commute each way to and from work. I listened to many non-fiction audio books (on cassette!)during that time and would often listen to them over and over many times. 20 years later I can still quote long portions of those books from memory. I can't do that with any print books. Definitely easier for me to listen to an audio book several times in a row than a print book.

New comment by jimmydddd in "Show HN: I built a free app for New Yorkers to save money on groceries"

jimmydddd — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:29:06 +0000

Do NYC grocery stores publish pricing info in an easily accessible format?

New comment by jimmydddd in "County with 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to 'Conserve Electricity'"

jimmydddd — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:05:28 +0000

Exactly! Everyone's been conditioned that Data Centers = higher electric bills for residents. Of course, another option is for politicians to put any added costs on the data center companies. One tech guy even proposed, in order to gain wider acceptance, having the data center companies pay the whole electric bill for the town, so that data centers = 0 electric bills for residents.

New comment by jimmydddd in "Studio Canal Movies purchased on PlayStation Store removed without refund"

jimmydddd — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:16:07 +0000

Definitely not a perfect memory. But yeah, I can't say I've ever been "touched" or "moved" by a movie. I'm usually looking at my watch trying to figure out how much longer I have to sit there. :-)

New comment by jimmydddd in "Studio Canal Movies purchased on PlayStation Store removed without refund"

jimmydddd — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:04:56 +0000

Why do you guys "buy" movies? Like, you plan to watch the movie many, many times in the future? How many times do you watch a movie? Just curious, because I've never had a desire to watch a movie more than once.

New comment by jimmydddd in "Show HN: Hacker News on a train station-style flip board"

jimmydddd — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:53:32 +0000

Are there supposed to be article titles? It just looks like giberish to me?

New comment by jimmydddd in "Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball"

jimmydddd — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:42:33 +0000

This is great. The 8-bit aesthetic fits great with baseball. Reminds me a little of the old Backyard Baseball video game. I was thinking about using the feed to ring a bell in my home every time my team (NY Mets) scores a run. But this a a much better use of the data feed.

New comment by jimmydddd in "Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users"

jimmydddd — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:53:16 +0000

Yes, but Hans, that one rogue guy in engineering, did get assigned 100% of the blame from the PR dept.

New comment by jimmydddd in "MacBook Neo is so popular that Apple doubled production"

jimmydddd — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:24:56 +0000

My son had a Mac for college. But then the accounting department gave out assignments that required a PC based software package. And it took quite a while to crunch numbers. So I ended up having to get him a relatively high end PC laptop as well. It turns out the professor had never even used the software before. But, that's the academic world.

New comment by jimmydddd in "MacBook Neo is so popular that Apple doubled production"

jimmydddd — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:20:44 +0000

I just got a refurbished Surface laptop for like $350 on Amazon. I only bought it for traveling, but after I set it up for work, I've been using it now for three weeks and it's a pretty nice machine. I don't do gaming or graphics stuff though. And I use an external mouse.

New comment by jimmydddd in "Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min"

jimmydddd — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:35:08 +0000

I wonder if the AI's that replace us will be periodically web surfing and checking HN as part of their daily work flow?

New comment by jimmydddd in "My Students Can't Read"

jimmydddd — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:01:34 +0000

I think it's just the culture. I'm old. I used to regularly read long books. Now I can't even get through a 20 minute video unless I'm walking or driving. I mean I could if I had to, but I wouldn't do it for fun.

New comment by jimmydddd in "Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)"

jimmydddd — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:26:52 +0000

It took me years to notice that folks who confidently made stuff up or provided incorrect info in meetings were looked upon favorably. No one ever knew or cared that the thing the person said was incorrect. Just the confident way they said it.

New comment by jimmydddd in "Please don't spam people looking for employment. It's just cruel"

jimmydddd — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:23:24 +0000

This reminded me of my dad. Years ago, as a sort of hobby, my dad used to change up his middle initial when he gave out his name info. E.g., John X. Smith, John Y. Smith, John Z. Smith. Then when he received (then snail mail) solicitations, he could track them based on the middle initial on the envelope.

New comment by jimmydddd in "EY Canada published a cybersecurity report and most citations were hallucinated"

jimmydddd — Sat, 30 May 2026 22:02:19 +0000

Another attorney here. I understand your plight. But I can't believe law firms are sending out briefs and opinions without carefully checking all of the citations. I mean, even when Lexis or Westlaw identifies an (actual) case on point, you still have to check if the case has been overturned, whether it is truly on point, or if it can be distinuished from your case. So even if the cited case is not a halucination, someone would still have to read and analyze the cited case in the context of the present case.