<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: lbotos</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=lbotos</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:14:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=lbotos" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: New Jobs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>aphyr may have some NSFW photos on the site IIRC which may have got the domain swept up with the new UK laws.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:23:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779412</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779412</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Do you own property? Does it flood? Do you live in a place where a rapidly forming storm may cause flooding?<p>I was weather-status neutral until I bought a house that has flooding challenges. Knowing that enough rain that could trigger flooding helps me avoid surprise cleanups and property damage.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:14:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47116336</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47116336</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47116336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "You Can Just Buy Far-UVC"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Feels like v2 of this will be “ducted” in that it lives next to your air handler and comes on when you are circulating air.<p>(Like a reef tank sterilizer)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:14:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46621154</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46621154</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46621154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "SendGrid isn’t emailing about ICE or BLM – it’s a phishing attack"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>the article talked about how the sendgrid accounts are real, and presume compromised.<p>I suspect that once the sendgrid account is compromised, they then send out these phishing emails, hoping to compromise _other_ sendgrid accounts to look for password overlap and/or keep the flow going.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:33:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46558952</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46558952</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46558952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "SendGrid isn’t emailing about ICE or BLM – it’s a phishing attack"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How do you envision this working without the "opposing party" poisoning the vote to get a weaker opponent?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:30:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46558916</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46558916</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46558916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "I canceled my book deal"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>100% right. I buy lots of Japanese cookbooks secondhand. I found an Okinawa cook book for $8. When I received it, it was clear the author was just a content farmer pumping out various recipe books with copied online recipes. Once I looked up their name I saw hundreds of books across cooking baking etc. there was no way they even tried all of the recipes.<p>So yes, review and “narrative voice” will be more valuable than ever.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:30:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46448558</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46448558</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46448558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I came here to fight you but there are some low end boxes with lots of ram and disk for pretty cheap!<p>Found this as an example: <a href="https://lowendbox.com/blog/black-friday-bytehosting-is-here-with-big-ram-vps-systems-at-cheap-prices/" rel="nofollow">https://lowendbox.com/blog/black-friday-bytehosting-is-here-...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:21:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437531</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437531</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "Questions engineers should ask future employers in interviews"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Eng Director here: 100% True. And I'll take it a step further:<p>> Ask this: “How does a project go from an idea to a ticket? Specifically, at what stage are engineers brought into the conversation; when the problem is identified, or after the solution has already been decided?”<p>The root of this question is great. The way it's phrased would be a flag for me.<p>I'd coach someone to ask it this way: "Can you tell me about how bugs and feature requests go from known to implemented/deployed? I want to know how it maps to my previous experiences/workflows"<p>This is the same question effectively. You will get your answer, and can ask a clarifying follow up if needed.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:49:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391951</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391951</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "Why We Abandoned Matrix (2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Can also vouch for this ansible script. I just updated a very outdated homeserver, postgres, and switched from nginx to traefik, and it was extremely painless. I was dreading it, but it worked amazingly. I donated to the author yesterday because of how well it went.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 18:28:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46377949</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46377949</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46377949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "If you don't design your career, someone else will (2014)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You don’t know anyone in your life that “talks big game?<p>Or someone else that “can’t get their stuff together?”<p>A lot of people never even “move”.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:21:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46353593</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46353593</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46353593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "I wish people were more public"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Read GP again.<p>> There are some out there who would love fans of Ruby on Rails to suffer because of its association with DHH.<p>This isn’t about DHH spouting whatever he is spouting.<p>It’s about people trying to convince others to not associate with Rails because of DHH.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 02:53:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46350840</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46350840</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46350840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Elaborate? I’m not following.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:02:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46295206</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46295206</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46295206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "Millions of Americans mess up their taxes, but a new law will help"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In the states if you are a contractor there are tons of things that you can deduct from your taxable income. So “figuring out how much you should be taxed” is after those deductions.<p>If uber paid you $15123 but you:<p>Just bought a new bike bc your other was stolen<p>You paid $1200 for insurance<p>You bought a helmet and cold weather clothes etc etc.<p>Those things reduce your taxable income.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 23:52:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46186654</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46186654</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46186654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "Operating Margins"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>right click -> inspect<p>HTML looks pretty handwritten (lack of crazy css classes and simple structure)<p><link rel="stylesheet" href="<a href="https://fi-le.net/css/tufte.css" rel="nofollow">https://fi-le.net/css/tufte.css</a>"><p>They are using tufte.css <a href="https://edwardtufte.github.io/tufte-css/" rel="nofollow">https://edwardtufte.github.io/tufte-css/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:59:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45926741</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45926741</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45926741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "You should write an agent"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>FYI -- I vouched for you to undead this comment. It felt like a fine comment? I don't think you are shadowbanned but consider emailing the mods if you think you might me.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:32:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45842325</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45842325</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45842325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "Harnessing America's heat pump moment"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What brand and was it sized for winter load?<p>Im in NY, 6 heads across 3 floors with 2 heads per outdoor unit. 2500sf covered.<p>Mitsubishi h2i (i think im on my phone). Get plenty warm in the winter as my sole heat source. I could have gotten smaller outdoor units and had resistive backup but I didn’t want that.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 21:06:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45699077</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45699077</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45699077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "Organize your Slack channels by "How Often", not "What""]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>#customer-incident-channel<p>Lbotos: okay @jane you are leading expert on problem y. Use this thread for your debugging until next sync<p>Lbotos: @phil your up for rebooting all the hosts. Ack this message and thread your work here. Please get started ASAP.<p>Lbotos: others, is there anything else that we need to get unblocked?<p>—-<p>By having one channel you can leave that open and can be up to speed on the overarching state easily. Otherwise, if I'm making subchannels I gotta make sure to invite everyone to the sub channel or switch to the “meta coordination channel” to get unplanned collaboration.<p>Threads have value.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:34:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45434260</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45434260</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45434260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "Factory Raises $50M Series B"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How much of that $50M do you think went to license the term "droid". <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_(Star_Wars)#Trademark" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_(Star_Wars)#Trademark</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:12:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45381001</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45381001</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45381001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "MLB approves robot umpires for 2026 as part of challenge system"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Manfred (Commissioner) started 10 years ago.<p>He oversaw the last collective bargaining agreement in 2021/22. It’s expiring this year. That’s one of the reasons why the rule change is going through now.<p>I won’t deny that sports betting could be a factor, but Manfred wants faster more engaging baseball. That’s been his stated goal for a long time as he worked through rule changes.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 02:48:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45355728</link><dc:creator>lbotos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45355728</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45355728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lbotos in "GPT-5 Thinking in ChatGPT (a.k.a. Research Goblin) is good at search"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Simon says “what I used to Google I now try AI thinking models”<p>I didn’t feel that he was framing it as _revolutionary_ it felt more <i>evolutionary</i>.<p>Simon, for every person miffed about your writing, there is another person like me today who said “ok, I guess I should sign up for Simon’s newsletter.” Keep it up.<p>It’s easy to be a hater on da internet.<p>42lux, if you have <i>better</i> articles on AI progress do please link them so we can all benefit.<p>I wanna know when my research goblin can run on my box with 2x 3090s.</p>
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