<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: josefresco</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=josefresco</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 23:58:35 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=josefresco" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by josefresco in "Claude Opus 5"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not as lucky as the guy seeing the Mentos/Soda trick for the first time!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:38:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041290</link><dc:creator>josefresco</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041290</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by josefresco in "Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Thanks for sharing, very interesting: <a href="https://www.technology.org/2023/08/01/did-russia-learn-to-jam-starlink-satellites-ukraine-is-already-using-a-simple-but-effective-protection/" rel="nofollow">https://www.technology.org/2023/08/01/did-russia-learn-to-ja...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:38:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038158</link><dc:creator>josefresco</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038158</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by josefresco in "Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> I was worried for a second there that it was the American government.<p>Midterms are coming up and the regime has spoken openly about "rigging" them so... just give it some time (and download a copy!).</p>
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<p>Starlink can be jammed.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:10:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037720</link><dc:creator>josefresco</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037720</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by josefresco in "Patreon laying off 20% of staff"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Locally at least, luxury services are booming.  Patreon probably isn't a "luxury" in the traditional sense, but it's certainly a luxury for the lower/middle class.  Agreed on the "totally-not-a-recession" reasoning - I'm just always curious which businesses are insulated from this type of economic headwind.</p>
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<p>For those interested, just read a great book on this topic: When the Heavens Went on Sale by Ashlee Vance: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62050244-when-the-heavens-went-on-sale" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62050244-when-the-heaven...</a><p>It profiles: Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs, and Rocket Lab</p>
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<p>> At the same time, the market in which we operate has undergone profound change over the last 6 months.<p>I guess this is the "reason" but obviously they aren't elaborating.  It's odd they picked "6 months" - what changed in "the market"?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:32:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035308</link><dc:creator>josefresco</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035308</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by josefresco in "Waymos cause "way mo" injuries per mile driven than for-hire vehicles in NYC"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"have a significantly higher rate of crashes with a serious injury or fatality than the existing New York City for-hire fleet"<p>Ok<p>"Waymo's fleet has not yet driven enough miles to support that they are safer than for hire vehicle drivers."<p>If there's not enough data to show they're "safer" than there also isn't enough data to show they are "less safe".</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:06:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007978</link><dc:creator>josefresco</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007978</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by josefresco in "A better way to tie gym shorts (or any drawstring) [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That is correct and I really need to learn at least one tension knot.</p>
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<p>I screw up the square knot constantly! It's not like I practice but each time I focus, try a few times and then just rage quit and tie 47 half-hitches.</p>
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<p>Only knot I know and I use it frequently: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowline" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowline</a><p>Knots are incredibly situational which makes learning a lot of them (through practice) difficult.</p>
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<p>I guess my argument is that it's not innovative or "hard" to sell ads to people who have given you massive amounts of personal and demographic information (voluntarily!)</p>
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<p>Most interesting observation:<p>> When serving in Iraq or Iran, my biggest fear in those places was always the threat of physical harm, be it ambushes on our person or vehicles, being kidnapped, rocket or mortar attacks on our embassy or accommodation. There were close shaves and the threat and the fear never left you in all of these places.
But as far as life in North Korea was concerned, there were none of these fears. Serving in North Korea gave you this strange feeling of being cut off, isolated and very insular and perversely at the same time “safe.”</p>
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<p>Buying a competitor to which you are losing in an emerging market is not innovative it's the opposite statement: We lack innovation internally and need to look outside the company.</p>
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<p>> Instagram ads are the most consistently interesting ads I see online<p>The credit for that belongs to the advertisers not Instagram.</p>
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<p>My daughter's very ordinary 10+ year old Kia Soul has a very nice navigation and media UI.  It's not the base model but it's a joy to use because it's incredibly responsive and very well integrated with the car's physical buttons.  The SiriusXM radio even has a built-in DAR!</p>
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<p>I'm frankly amazed at the speed at which the Ford and Chevy native UIs will take over from CarPlay for functions like reverse camera, lane camera etc.  You'd expect some delay/lag but it's pretty responsive which obviously is essential for safety.</p>
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<p>Personally I found CarPlay to be incredibly underwhelming.  Very limited app support beyond navigation and music. In addition I frequently have issues switching which phone it's using thanks to terrible iOS BT and of course the ever annoying issue where someone is using the phone that is projecting, and your music suddenly cuts out to play obnoxious audio.<p>The only advantage over a traditional car media center/nav is the always updated and personalized map/nav.</p>
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<p>"Is this real?" launches a pretty realistic looking demo video.  Hard to say these days though.</p>
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<p>Stock Brave: 63%
w/uBOL: 65%</p>
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