Hacker News: johng

New comment by johng in "Trump announces 'fraud' crackdown in Democratic states as arrests begin in CA"

johng — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:53:14 +0000

To be fair, he did say that this crackdown and investigations would happen everywhere. He definitely didn't need to single out Democratic states, that's just dumb. Though the most recent fraud exposure pieces have shown rampant fraud in both MN and CA.

New comment by johng in "Gold overtakes U.S. Treasuries as the largest foreign reserve asset"

johng — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:35:07 +0000

If the value of gold goes up, doesn't this essentially help the US anyway? I believe our gold reservers are twice that of the closest country?

Source: https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gold-reserves

New comment by johng in "Ask HN: Is anyone still resisting the slop onslaught?"

johng — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:21:26 +0000

I've been seeing lots of sites ban AI content, so it's not just you. At the very least, I think there should be a law that requires AI content, videos, etc. to be identified as AI. It's getting really hard to tell what is even real and what isn't now :(

New comment by johng in "Artemis II is not safe to fly"

johng — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:11:44 +0000

Great read and interesting article. Hard to believe that NASA would risk astronauts lives simply to save face, but that appears to be what's going to happen.

New comment by johng in "ASML plans 1,700 job cuts as it restructures teams"

johng — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:52:09 +0000

Strange to see what seems to be one of the most successful companies in the world, that can't keep up with demand downsizing. At least it's management positions it appears.

New comment by johng in "CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font"

johng — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:06:50 +0000

This is also my favorite. Though there are many different versions of Iosevka now.

New comment by johng in "Why millions of seniors have suddenly lost health care coverage"

johng — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:40:12 +0000

Even that link won't work for me, even in incognito mode :(

This does though: https://archive.is/jz0Dt

New comment by johng in "Why millions of seniors have suddenly lost health care coverage"

johng — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:38:40 +0000

I see commercials for this program so often it's crazy. If they have that much money for commercials that often, it tells you where all the money is going. Their profit margins.

New comment by johng in "SpaceX's monster IPO is unlike anything we've seen"

johng — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:34:37 +0000

Agreed. SpaceX is the only company that I actually think is a good company.

New comment by johng in "U.S. uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at Pentagon"

johng — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:04:56 +0000

Diplomacy hasn't worked for the past 50 years, why would it work now?

New comment by johng in "U.S. uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at Pentagon"

johng — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:04:29 +0000

If you think NASA will be able to build a moon base for $20B, I've got a bridge to sell you.

New comment by johng in "[dead]"

johng — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:02:00 +0000

I haven't met a single person that doesn't believe in immigration in America. But there are many that believe it should be done legally and that immigrants should be vetted and be willing to assimilate to our society and values. Come here for the American Dream, and to accept American Values or go somewhere else. Immigration is a privilege, not a right.

New comment by johng in "Reddit Shows Up in the SERP for B2B SaaS"

johng — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:05:28 +0000

It might be good for the stock price but it's bad for the Internet in general. They are artificially highly ranked for things they shouldn't be.

New comment by johng in "Pentagon considers diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East"

johng — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:01:49 +0000

I would guess that they are getting many less Shahed drones from Iran though.

New comment by johng in "USPS warns stamp price could rise to nearly $1 amid financial strain"

johng — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:50:19 +0000

What i've never understood is why they even bother advertising? They try to compete with fedex an ups... and they just can't. People use them for other things though and it's stuff I don't really think they need to advertise. I've seen tons of USPS commercials... looks like they are spending $150 million a year on commercials :(

New comment by johng in "Whatever Happened to NFTs?"

johng — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:17:57 +0000

Yeah, I can see a use case for crypto. Most of the crypto coins are 99% BS. But, there is at least a legitimate use case for instant digital payments and a public ledger.

NFT's were just dumb from the start.

New comment by johng in "Show HN: I made a tool at 17 to turn YouTube videos into viral clips"

johng — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:21:22 +0000

Sounds like a cool tool, but the only way to test it is to sign up via Google. I don't want to do that just to check out how well it works. Maybe some examples? Post a link to a few videos and then the summary your AI tool did?

New comment by johng in "Why I love FreeBSD"

johng — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:22:19 +0000

I think the main difference is that Linux simply has more hardware support than FreeBSD.

New comment by johng in "Food Stamp Recipients Sue over Bans on Sugary Drinks"

johng — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:42:40 +0000

So taxpayers are on the hook for their sugary drinks, probably high fat/sugar foods that have almost no nutritional value. We have a diabetes and morbidly obese epidemic.... and most likely if you are on SNAP the taxpayers are also paying for your healthcare.

Makes zero sense to me.

SNAP funds should go to basic staples only. Nothing fancy. Just my 2c.

New comment by johng in "Scrt: A CLI secret manager for developers, sysadmins and DevOps"

johng — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:37:28 +0000

Looks like every other CLI manager I've ever seen. It says not ready for production use. What's different for this than the others?