Hacker News: late25

New comment by late25 in "No limit to maximal lifespan in humans: how to beat a 122-year-old record (2022)"

late25 — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 14:26:19 +0000

At what age do you feel assisted suicide should be allowed?

New comment by late25 in "Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after all"

late25 — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:43:30 +0000

Heartbreaking. I know it means nothing but my heart goes out to you. Wishing you the best.

New comment by late25 in "Show HN: I struggled to focus at work due to ADHD so I built a solution"

late25 — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 02:57:25 +0000

It’s a simple pomodoro timer. No disrespect to the dev.

New comment by late25 in "USPS In-Person Identity Proofing"

late25 — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 02:52:17 +0000

I’d pay to make sure others can’t in my name.

New comment by late25 in "Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month"

late25 — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:27:17 +0000

Interesting the HN crowd is into this for the simple fact that you must be logged in (and presumably tracked?) to use it.

New comment by late25 in "Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps for grocery delivery in 2024"

late25 — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:00:41 +0000

Surely no - same with tip (I hope). Otherwise, it’s wide open for abuse and fraud.

New comment by late25 in "Ask HN: Why is X's website still on domain twitter.com?"

late25 — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:12:19 +0000

X doesn’t even make me think of a brand, Flopsi does.

“X hires 100 engineers” makes me think X is a typo or a variable of some sort.

New comment by late25 in "‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any profit"

late25 — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 01:16:16 +0000

That creates an incentive to not purchase food. No grocer will allow such an arrangement in NA.

New comment by late25 in "Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, is to charge all users subscription fees"

late25 — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:47:15 +0000

I think it’s that you can negate capital gains with capital losses. Even if, he’s losing money. His tax rate is not 100%.

New comment by late25 in "Tell HN: Goodbye HTML Gmail"

late25 — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 01:58:35 +0000

You don’t use one at work?

New comment by late25 in "Ask HN: What do you think about Apple's report to the “Mother Nature”?"

late25 — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 01:32:29 +0000

I don’t mind hearing about the company’s initiatives, but I don’t need a 30 minute segment on it. Feels like a time killer because they’re lacking true innovation.

New comment by late25 in "Ask HN: How to do literal web searches after Google destroyed the “ ” feature?"

late25 — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:22:43 +0000

I tried it and it looks like it does nothing but wrap my query in quotes… and then return non-exact results if not found. How is this any different than what people have historically done?

New comment by late25 in "I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it"

late25 — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 01:08:30 +0000

>One example: accounting scandals in the US are rare. I don't think anyone trusts accounting figures for public companies from India or china.

I work in accounting. You’re right, I trust the US more than India or China, but you’d be surprised at the liberties US companies make and how many individuals from India are auditing their work. Auditors (excluding partners and some senior managers) are just not equipped to deal with the technical accounting concepts and to challenge management. Remember, the company employs the auditors. You certainly don’t want to ruin a $1MM contract for your firm but pressing too hard.

New comment by late25 in "How mobile apps illegally share personal data"

late25 — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:30:21 +0000

I have to suspect they thought whoever was gullible enough to pay $3-6 a month for an alarm app would surely not care about their data going along with it.

New comment by late25 in "Ask HN: What's Your Desktop Background?"

late25 — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:00:35 +0000

Flat colors, no pictures is what I use too. No distractions, easy on the eyes, improves text readability, and native.

New comment by late25 in "iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus"

late25 — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 08:33:43 +0000

Does Apple care about diversity or their image?

New comment by late25 in "Neopets is still around"

late25 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:36:52 +0000

Is that the anti-adblocker? Reader Mode works.

New comment by late25 in "Google no longer offers new domain registrations"

late25 — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 14:25:22 +0000

No, I do not. Google needs new leadership. There’s something to be said about trying things, but this continued uncertainty is killing their brand.

New comment by late25 in "Apple is reportedly spending ‘millions of dollars a day’ training AI"

late25 — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:18:20 +0000

I suspects it’s hardware costs not personnel (or RedBull :) ) costs.

New comment by late25 in "Apple is reportedly spending ‘millions of dollars a day’ training AI"

late25 — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:08:22 +0000

>It’s helmed by John Giannandrea, Apple’s head of AI, who was hired in 2018 to help improve Siri.

I’m sure he’s a smart man, but considering where Siri is, and the fact he’s been there for 5 years, I’m not holding my breath.