Hacker News: joegahona

New comment by joegahona in "Show HN: Channel Surfer – Watch YouTube like it’s cable TV"

joegahona — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:03:13 +0000

I prefer searching too, but sometimes it's nice to just "put TV on." I do this now with Amazon Prime Video, which has a "Live" feature that mimics a guide akin to Channel Surfer. Also my dad (age 85) struggles with Youtube on our TV because of the decision paralysis.

New comment by joegahona in "Vogue Eats Teen Vogue"

joegahona — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:55:08 +0000

Was Teen Vogue profitable?

New comment by joegahona in "AI is killing the web – can anything save it?"

joegahona — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 23:33:23 +0000

“Yet as Google does the Googling, humans no longer visit the websites from which the information is gleaned. ”

Can you blame them? These publishers’ content is buried under paywalls, logins, screen-engulfing ads, deceptive headlines, the list goes on forever. Publishers created such user-hostile experiences that people are desperate for a user interface that’s barely there and gives them what they want, and will gladly pay $20 per month for it.

New comment by joegahona in "Ask HN: What's a good alternative to The Verge now it's login-gated?"

joegahona — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 05:04:26 +0000

They want your email address so they can spam you with newsletters, which increase retention.

New comment by joegahona in "I couldn't find a free, no-login, no-AI checklist app–so I built one"

joegahona — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 18:23:06 +0000

I would try to find data like "tasks over 30 days old never get completed" and tie the decision (and marketing) to something like that.

New comment by joegahona in "A Chopin waltz unearthed after nearly 200 years"

joegahona — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 02:27:48 +0000

This pianist is really manipulating the tempo.

New comment by joegahona in "Ask HN: Do you have trouble recalling what you've contributed at your job?"

joegahona — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 01:51:59 +0000

I send an email to my manager every week with two headings: “This week” and “Next week.” 3-5 concise bullet points under each heading, no sub-bullets. I avoid bullets like “Met with Sal about XYZ” or other wheel-spinning stuff that doesn’t translate to a performance review or interview. I include links liberally. Every manager has loved these emails, and they’re really handy for performance reviews, interviews, or even as a paper trail.

New comment by joegahona in "Ask HN: Recruiters, how many hours after a job posting is too late to apply?"

joegahona — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:24:45 +0000

Same. My current job resulted from: seeing a hiring manager post about the role, applying at the link she shared in her post, and spending 2 hours crafting a DM to her. Interviewed and got the job, and knew nobody at the company.

New comment by joegahona in "Is anyone interested in a better Hacker News?"

joegahona — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 02:50:41 +0000

I would be interested in trying the product if the content is as good or better than the content here. More features will not get me to switch, however.

New comment by joegahona in "Ask HN: How did you do your 2023 tax returns?"

joegahona — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:12:49 +0000

I live in Colorado but still use the accountant in NYC I've had since 2003. It's typically around $400 -- I know it has gone up over the years, but I haven't really noticed or felt the increases.

New comment by joegahona in "Launch HN: Circleback (YC W24) – Tooling to make meetings more efficient"

joegahona — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 01:18:16 +0000

Did Vowel go under or get acquired? https://zapier.com/blog/introducing-zapier-central-ai-bots/

New comment by joegahona in "Vice website is shutting down"

joegahona — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 03:28:34 +0000

Original photography sometimes has tricky licensing — photos are good for only 5 years, then have to be renewed. That’s what photo editors at these magazines do. The text content itself is usually a one-and-done deal though.

New comment by joegahona in "Why diets backfire: A year after weight loss, the desire to eat grows (2018)"

joegahona — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 18:01:13 +0000

Thanks for this list. In 2014, I switched to a vegan diet with a heavy emphasis on restricted oil consumption too, and the weight peeled off. I originally did it for dietary/health reasons, but over the years I've developed more of an ear for the ethical reasons too. I never have felt like I'm not getting enough protein, but occasionally when conversations like this come up, it's nice to know what's out there. I'd never heard of TVP.

New comment by joegahona in "Why diets backfire: A year after weight loss, the desire to eat grows (2018)"

joegahona — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 04:56:08 +0000

Did you stay vegan after switching? I.e., are you getting your protein calories via a vegan diet?

New comment by joegahona in "Companies Say 'Layoffs' Without Saying 'Layoffs'"

joegahona — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 23:50:32 +0000

https://archive.is/s10YD

Companies Say 'Layoffs' Without Saying 'Layoffs'

joegahona — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 23:50:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-09/corporate-layoffs-all-the-ways-companies-say-someone-is-unemployed

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39352293

Points: 9

# Comments: 1

New comment by joegahona in "How Quora died"

joegahona — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 22:01:54 +0000

Quora also comingles ads with content, and the ads look almost identical to content. Quora has become unpleasant and unusable in the past decade, and I only end up there on accident.

I just logged in out of curiosity, and I have an avalanche of “notifications” that are just pathetic — “Dark Psychology Facts posted in a space you might like: ‘Can a human win in a battle with a hyena?’”

New comment by joegahona in "Ask HN: Who are the "snake oil salesmen" of tech?"

joegahona — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 02:55:10 +0000

Most SEO tools or “experts” are snake oil.

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

joegahona — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 04:29:24 +0000

It was Anker or Bose — just now I searched “Bose noise-cancelling headphones,” and on the results screen there’s first a carousel of a bunch of JBL headphones, followed by two results that are some brands called Raycon and Tozo.

If I squint I can sort of understand sponsored products on actual product-detail pages or on the homepage, but in search on a shopping site it feels really user-hostile — you’re searching because you’re looking for something specific, not browsing.

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

joegahona — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:54:16 +0000

This is definitely the worst thing about Amazon. I pay them $120/year or whatever, and I search a specific product by a specific brand, and the entire browser screen shows me brands and even products I didn't even search for. I should not get ads in a store that I pay to use, especially in search.