Hacker News: lando2319

New comment by lando2319 in "Couples Wanted to Have Children. Rising Costs Are Stopping Them"

lando2319 — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:53:31 +0000

2000 square foot home, he golfs on the weekends, they spend $600 a month on doggie daycare

They decided not to have kids

A tragedy

Edit: it was 600 a month, not a week

Couples Wanted to Have Children. Rising Costs Are Stopping Them

lando2319 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:00:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/business/children-rising-costs.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47942015

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

Why the Washington Post Lost in Virginia

lando2319 — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:50:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/04/22/2026/why-the-washington-post-lost-in-virginia

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47898186

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by lando2319 in "Students are speeding through their online degrees in weeks, alarming educators"

lando2319 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:52:05 +0000

> "It takes most college students at least four years to earn a bachelor's degree. Christie Williams finished in three months."

New comment by lando2319 in "Two inmates at an Ohio prison built a secret hacking operation from behind bars"

lando2319 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:31:13 +0000

> using computers they were supposed to be recycling, they downloaded and sold porn in return for snacks, built a hacker toolkit with Kali Linux and password crackers, and created fake passes to move freely around the facility.

Two inmates at an Ohio prison built a secret hacking operation from behind bars

lando2319 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:30:45 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/i/status/2044568738767294652

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47793524

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

Fame Doesn't Sell Books Something else is required, even above and beyond talent

lando2319 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:27:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/fame-doesnt-sell-books

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47764733

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by lando2319 in "An 'Intimacy Crisis' Is Driving the Dating Divide"

lando2319 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:37:53 +0000

> "80 percent of Gen Z say that they want a romantic relationship, but 55 percent say they’re not ready...We’ve screwed up a whole generation with this idea you need to overly self actualize before you can be in a relationship."

An 'Intimacy Crisis' Is Driving the Dating Divide

lando2319 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:37:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/justin-garcia-the-intimate-animal-sex-and-relationships/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47759791

Points: 16

# Comments: 8

Sent ChatGPT audio file of FART sound effects, asked what it thinks of my music

lando2319 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:35:35 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/i/status/2042445078417834043

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47734607

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Building luxury houses pushes down price of more affordable units

lando2319 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:46:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.slowboring.com/p/build-baby-build

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703006

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Facebook account hijacked, attackers use AI photos of victims to promote crypto

lando2319 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:54:11 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/i/status/2041271005285601621

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47674567

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

AI Is a Threat to Everything the American People Hold Dear – Bernie Sanders OpEd

lando2319 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:56:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ai-is-a-threat-to-everything-the-american-people-hold-dear-a3286459

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47655654

Points: 15

# Comments: 3

Musician says AI company is cloning her music, filing claims against her

lando2319 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:19:11 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/unlimited_ls/status/2040577536136974444

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653471

Points: 123

# Comments: 20

Riot That 'Killed' Disco

lando2319 — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:35:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230922-the-night-angry-rock-fans-destroyed-disco-music

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45582691

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

HighSchool Dances Going Extinct? NJ School Cancels Dance Due to Lack of Interest

lando2319 — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:15:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.insideedition.com/media/videos/high-school-dances-going-extinct-nj-school-cancels-dance-due-to-lack-of-interest-91991

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45574794

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by lando2319 in "Feds: Brothers stole $25M in crypto in 12 seconds. Defense: outsmarted bots"

lando2319 — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:45:59 +0000

I'm not a lawyer but it seems like if they booked a transaction based on a basket of goods, and then seconds later changed that basket of goods, seems like in the physical world that would be fraud

Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (2024)

lando2319 — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 01:24:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newsweek.com/homeowner-baffled-washing-machine-uses-3-6gb-internet-1862675

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45368210

Points: 112

# Comments: 112

Drone Parachute for Construction Workers

lando2319 — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:14:17 +0000

Article URL: https://evtol.news/italian-institute-of-technology-fsd-01

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45334596

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by lando2319 in "Memoji Generator"

lando2319 — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:56:54 +0000

Who is their customer, what do they do for a living? Is this someone who needs to generate 50 of these for an app or something?